ty

settlement dial telephone exchanges, Crosspoint 10,000 EL5 system, with
capacity from 3000 to 20,000 telephone stations;

settlement dial telephone exchanges, Crosspoint EL8 system, with capacity
from 10,000 to 90,000 telephone stations;

settlement dial telephone exchanges, step-by-step system, A-29 type.

In addition to the indicated products, the combine's prodct mix includes
telephone contacts and construction elements for the wee!—current industry:

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Also used for high precision time measurements is a secondary
frequency and time standard built in Czechoslovakia from a
design developed at the Basic Technical Research Institute of
the Academy of Sciences of Cuba.

- The radar laser. in Santiago also has auxiliary equipment and
systems made in fraternal countries: the USSR, the Democratic
Republic of Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, as

‘ we have already mentioned.

We should point out the great dedication, efforts, and enthusi-
asm of the designers and builders of this equipment; they have
worked hard on its installation and in advising auxiliary per-
sonnel working on the construction program.

Once again this makes evident the exemplary solidarity and
spirit of cooperation of the fraternal nations of the socialist
world in their endeavor to broaden knowledge of cosmic space
and to use this knowledge for the benefit of humanity.

7679
CSO: 3010

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CUBA

INTERCOSMOS RADAR LASER FACILITY IN CUBA DESCRIBED
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 24 Jun 77 pp 90-93
(Brticle by Luis Coronado7

{Text7 A radar laser station in the outskirts of Santiago de
Cuba was recently opened. It was built by a group of socialist
‘eountries participating in the Intercosmos program.. The station
will make geodetic and geophysical measurements using artificial
earth satellites.

Professor Jose Altshuler, chairman of the Intercosmos Council of
Cuba and vice-chairman of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, in
inaugurating the facility, stated that this station will open
up new prospects for work for Cuban scientists, who will now
have an additional opportunity to increase their involvement in
space research. ,

Professor Altshuler said: "It is significant that this inaugura-
tion is taking place in the year when the 20th anniversary of

the space age, which began with the launch of the first Sputnik
in. October 1957, is being celebrated, and on the 60th anniversary
of the October Revolution which made this great achievement
possible."

Attending the opening ceremony, presided by Dr Wilfredo Torres,
head of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, were the following
persons: Francisco Aranda, member of the executive bureau of
the Provincial Party; Ernesto Suarez, member of the provincial
executive bureau of the People's Power; Carlos Sarabia, chief
of the Department of Science, Culture, and Educational Centers
of the Provincial Party; Enrique Maranon, president of Oriente
University; Ernesto Lotti, regional representative of the

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The True Picture of the Situation

I asked the honorable undersecretary, "I would like this discussion of ours
to be most frank and clear, so that we may give the reader a true picture
of the state of telephone services. I am not specifying any particular
province here; rather, this could include all the provinces and towns in
the kingdom. How do you interpret this situation? Is it a deficiency in
the human or technical resources of the ministry, complex red tape, or the
correspondence and submissions for receiving the funds necessary for carry-
ing out projects? Questions are going about in everyone's mind, and we want
most explicit answers to them. Are there steps for doing away with these
complaints?"

Mr al-Zaydan replied by stating, "I believe that complaints about telephone
service have abated a great deal. Previously, they were concentrated on
maintenance services, but in the recent period we have arrived at a very
good resolution regarding these services. There are still complaints as far
as the matter of invoices goes. The ministry is making contracts with a num-
ber of computer programming analysts, programmers and key-punch operators to
consolidate invoice preparation programs, and this will lead to a reduction
of complaints. As regards the subject of receipt of invoices, the ministry
is exerting itself to the maximum to have these delivered to the people con-
cerned, but we have faced some problems, such as a lack of clarity in users’
addresses and changes of address by telephone users who do not inform the
telephone utility of their relinquishment of the telephone.

“The ministry has taken new measures in this area. These take the form of
preparation of invoices in two copies, in order to enable persons referring
to the office to receive the other copy when they appear and to make payments
on the basis of it.

We Need Time

"We believe that this step will help us with the problem of delivering in-
voices. When looking into inquiries, we find that the ministry has recently
embarked on the administration, operation and maintenance of telephones; as
is widely known, a company used to perform these functions. The ministry
started them 3 years ago only, began to ascertain the weak points and prob-
lems, and proceeded to create solutions. I hope that all telephone service:
will improve, just as maintenance services have improved to their present
level."

al-Zaydan went on to say, "The ministry has made a contract to choose 300
engineers and technicians for the purpose of bolstering telephone services.

"As far as financial resources go, these, thank God, are available. However,
time is required for complaints of this type to be eliminated."

I asked him, "Do you believe that in the period of time since the ministry
took over it has achieved and carried out the requisite amount of

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JAPAN

BRIEFS

KDD TELEX SERVICE OUTAGE--Tokyo, 2 Sep KYODO--A Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co
(KDD) machine used for international telex services went out of order
Friday afternoon, suspending almost all international telex communications
.in the country for 2 hours, KDD officials said that an electronic converter
machine stopped functioning at about 4:08 pm, interrupting 986 circuits, or
90 percent of all overseas telex communications. As a result, almost all
KDD subscribers, including the Foreign Ministry, leading trading companies
and news organs, were without overseas telex services until the machine was
put back in operation at 6:10 pm. Officials said that the fully automatic
CT-10 model converter had two systems so that service could be maintained
if one system stopped working, but that in this instance both systems had
broken down at the same time. It was the first time in KDD history that
such a widespread suspension of service occurred, [Text] [Tokyo KYODO

in English 1233 GMT 2 Sep 77 OW]

SOVIET'S HOKKAIDO TV BLOCK--Sapporo, 3 Sep KYODO--A Soviet television broad-
cast was picked up by television sets in the Soya-Misaki area at the northern-
most tip of Hokkaido Saturday, completely blocking transmission of one
Japanese private network, Officials of the Hokkaido Radio Regulatory Bureau
said the broadcast apparently came from a new station on the southern end
of Sakhalin, directly across the Soya Strait from Hokkaido, They said the
television signal was picked up by a mountaintop antenna overlooking Soya.
village and conveyed to the sets of about 200 households in the area. A
black-and-white test pattern appeared on August 14, and regular broadcast-
ing began Saturday. As a result, the affected area has been unable to ro-
ceive the Hokkaido broadcasting station, Channel 10, People said vertical
stripes moved down the screen but that the picture was fairly clear, There
was no sound, The Regulatory Bureau sought assistance from the Ministry

of Posts and Communications in learning whether the Soviet broadcast will
be permanent and what kind of steps can be taken to prevent the Japanese
network from being obstructed, [Text] [Tokyo KYODO in English 1020 GMT

3 Sep 77 Ow]

cso: 5500


TTALY

IMPROVED BROADCASTING ABILITY, LARGE AUDIENCE SOUGHT
Paris LE MONDE in French 24 Aug 77 p 7
[Article by Henri Fesquet]

[Text] Who listens to Radio-Vatican in France? (*) Only a very few
listeners it would seem. At any rate they are not typical of a public
particularly representative of the strong religious forces in our country.
A quick glance at the programs broadcast in French--twice a.day for a
period of 15 minutes, without counting the Latin mass and the Rosary in
the evening--provides a primary evaluating element. For example, during
the month of June one reads: the Church in Indonesia, young Apostles in
our time; missionary discourses; the Pope's Angelus; laity in the young
churches; Who is Vladimir Soloviev?; the Pope's Audience; what to think
of the waters of Lourdes; the centenary of the invention of the phonograph;
love and marriage, etc.

Catholics from divergent circles seem to deplore the old-fashioned and
plaintive tone of some broadcasts, the absence of debate as well as the
infrequency of important guests. They add that French culture appears
to be playing a far more important religious role.

These harsh critics do not take into consideration the limited time
allotted to the broadcasts and the considerable effort expended by Radio-
Vatican in order to address the five continents, using local languages.
Furthermore, it should be borne in mind that while some countries are not
as fortunate, others, such as Spain, Great Britain, Hungary, etc., enjoy
the privilege of receiving excellent programs. The uneven quality of the
broadcasts is due, on the one hand, to the modesty of the budget authorized
by the Vatican, and on the other, to a degree of individuality of the
linguists in charge, and finally, perhaps to the concept of the Radio-Vatican's
objectives themselves, which in essence are: broadcasting the Pope's word,
transmit the teachings of the Magistery, including those of the bishops dis-
persed all over the world, encourage prayers (liturgies, recitations of

the Rosary, etc.). Laity, art, philosophy, science come much later.

Nonetheless, the subjects chosen and the manner in which they are presented,
do not always seem adapted to the needs and variety of cultural levels.

(*) Radio Vatican can be picked up in France on medium waves, 1,529 kHx (196m).

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TELEVISION SERVICE TO BE PROVIDED FOR SEVEN TOWNS .SOON

Kaduna NEW NIGERIA in English 30 Sep 71 pi3

[Brticle by Mohammed Bomoi7

Grext]

cso:

THE Nigerian Television Au-
thority (NTA), has concluded
arrangements to provide television
broadcasting facilities for Minna,
Bauchi, Morin, Abeokuta, Akure,
Maiduguri and Calabar.

Already, officers who will take
charge of the new stations until they
were fully constituted, have been
appointed for Minna, Maiduguri
and Bauchi.

These stations are in advanced
stages of completion and will
be commissioned soon.

Acting general managers have
also been appointed for the
Nigerian Television, Enugu, Ibadan
and Owerri.

__Ina “meet the press” interview
in Kaduna at the weekend the
Chairman of the Nigerian Televi-
sion Authority, Alhaji Babatude
Jose, said a committee to draw up a

Philosophy and objective for the -

nations’ television service has been
set up. It is headed by a member of
the board of directors: of the
authority, Dr. Yusufu Bala Usman,
who is also the head of Department
of History, at Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria.

Alhaji Jose, who was in Kaduna
toattend the just concluded two-day

420

meeting of the board of directors of
the authority, told journalists that
Dr. Usman was chosen to head the
committee, “because we wanted to
involve a man of the people.”

He said that after the committee
must have finished its assignment,
the board of directors would
summerise. the recommendations
and have a properly defined
philosophy and objective.

Alhaji Jose, turning to problems
of staff, said another committee
would be set up to work out a staff
structure in the television service.
Zonal board of directors would be
appointed so that staff recruited by
the NTA would be delegated to
them.

He said television stations in the
country have been asked to recruit
their own staff up to a certain level,
but promotion and recruitment of
senior level staff would be the
responsibility of the borad.

On the continued stay of NTV
Kaduna in the premises of Radio
Kaduna, Alhaji Jose said ideally,
they ought to have separate
locations, ‘‘but as at now, they have
to stay together. When the NTA
expands, one must move out”, he
said. 7

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NIGERIA



NORWAY

DEFENSE AIDE'S COMMENTS ON LORAN C SYSTEM CONTESTED
Oslo ARBEIDERBLADET in Norwegian 30 Aug 77 p 3 LD

[Article by Nils Petter Gleditsch: "Loran C and the Base Policy"]

[Text] In ARBEIDERBLADET 23 August, Johan Jorgen Holst was interviewed about the rela-
tionship between the Loran C navigation system and Norwegian base and nuclear policy.
Some of the claims in this interview are so misleading that they cannot be allowed to
stand uncontradicted:

1-~"The establishment of the radio navigation transmitters is part of the alliance coop-
eration." This would have been correct if Holst had been talking about Loran A. But

both Loran C and Omega were built in Norway after bilateral agreements between the United
States and Norway. Construction and operation have been financed by the United States
alone. NATO in general has not been involved. In June 1958 Embassy Counselor Raynor even
asked Norway not to inform NATO about the plans for a Loran C station in Bo,

2--After being asked whether Norway has any military interest in Loran C, Holst replies
that "Norway depends on support and reinforcements from its allies in an emergency. It
was considered natural and necessary to implement measures which could insure effective
troop deployments in such a situation. Loran C could be of importance in such a connec-
tion." In what connection? So that American aircraft and warships could find their way
to Norway? They manage that well enough without a precision navigation system out in
the open sea, As is known, the debate concerns missile submarines! navigation by Loran C.
The missile submarines are not to be "deployed to Norway." They are to launch their
missiles from the sea areas where they patrol even in peacetime.

3--"Some of the Norwegian Air Force's aircraft have Loran C receivers. We expect that
Lorari C could be of great importance for resolving the coastguard problems in the
Norwegian economic zone,"

When the United States has given Norway and the world a free military navigation system,
it would be strange if no civilian and military users of this system had cropped up in
Norway 17-18 years later, According to interviews which Anders Hellebust had in 1974
at the Armed Forces High Command, Loran C had little or no military significance until
1974. The coastguard's potential use of Loran C still lies in the future. These con-
siderations could possibly be arguments for not closing down Loran © stations in Norway
but not for establishing them in 1959-1960.

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TUNISIA

BRIEFS

TAP-PARS COOPERATION PACT--An agreement on cooperation between the Iranian
Agency PARS and TAP has been concluded, The agreement provides for the
exchange of news bulletins, photographic material and documentation, More-
over, TAP will disseminate the Iranian agency's news to Maghreb and African
countries and PARS will disseminate TAP's news to Asian countries, Repre-
sentatives of the two agencies will meet in Teheran next year to assess

the implementation of this agreement and devise new forms of cooperation,
[Tunis TAP in French 1500 GMT 31 Aug 77 LD]

cso: 5500

45



«

5) construction of fences at monitoring and measuring centers and purchase
of devices for the security of these centers;

6) purchase of specialized vehicles for the operation of mobile monitoring
and measuring centers;

7) construction and expansion of antenna installations at all monitoring
and measuring centers;

8) rounding out equipment for broadcasting standard frequencies and for
monitoring standard frequencies;

9) purchase of emergency power plants;

10) purchase and installation of communication equipment (radio, telegraph
and telephone) to maintain communications between monitoring and measuring
centers, specialized vehicles and the Federal Radiocommunication Adminis-
tration;

11) preparation of the projects of the digital model of the relief of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (participation in carrying out
that project) and use of that model in planning frequencies and in moni-
toring radiocommunications;

12) rounding out equipment for automatic processing of data concerning
frequency planning, radio stations and the situation in radiocommunica-
tions;

13) advanced and specialize training in Yugoslavia and abroad of personnel
of the Federal Radiocommunication Administration;

14) purchase of specialized literature;

15) preparation of technical regulations, standards and norms for purposes
of unhindered functioning of radiocommunications;

16) construction and purchase of housing for specialists.

Article 4

The rights and duties of the investors in carrying out the Program shall
be exercised and discharged by the Federal Radiocommunication Administra-
tion.

Article 5

The Federal Radiocommunication Administration must submit «. report every
year before 31 March concerning progress of work and exp iditure of funds

to implement the Program to the SFRY Assembly, and upon completion of the
entire Program, it shall submit a report to the SFRY Assembly.

17



JAMAICA

BRIEFS

BRITISH-OWNED STATION TAKEOVER--Georgetown, September 3, 1977 (HSINHUA)--
The Jamaican Government signed an agreement with the British "Rediffusion
International Ltd." today on the acquisition of the latter's subsidiary
“Radio Jamaica," according to a report from Kingston, The takeover of the
radio station, which the British monopoly group has operated for 27 years,
will take place 30 days after the signing of the agreement, announced the
government, Speaking of the significance of nationalizing foreign-control-
led news media in Jamaica, Prime Minister Michael Manley pointed out in
Parliament last January 19, "Local ownership of the media is a necessary
condition if our people is to be kept fully abreast of the local events
oni local programmes." [Text] [Peking NCNA in English 1507 GMT 4 Sep 77
ow.

cso: 5500

35



CONTENTS (Continued) Page
Lhasa Post, Telecommunications Meeting 8
SINGAPORE

Briefs
New Civil Aviation Systems 9

VIETNAM

Hanoi Reports on North Vietnam Wired-Radio Conference
(Hanoi Domestic Service, 8 Sep 77)...sseccecececces 10

EASTERN EUROPE

BULGARIA
Specifications of Telephone Equipment Produced by Weak~Current
Combine
(TEKHNICHESKO DELO, 13 AUZ 77). cc eccccececcceeceees 1L
HUNGARY
Briefs
Sopron Transmitter, Reduced Power 15
YUGOSLAVIA

Law on Planning Frequencies, Monitoring Radiocommunications
From 1977-1980

(SLUZBENI LIST SFRJ, 22 Apr 77).....cececeececceces 16
LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
"LA PRENSA' Stresses Importance of Radio-TV Freedom
(LA PRENSA,3 Sep 77)...cescsecacceccceceececceecues 23
BRAZIL
President Geisel Message Marks New Amazon Broadcasts .
(Brasilia Domestic Service, 1 Sep 77)......ceceeeee 24
Briefs
EMBRATEL Monitoring System Contract 26
COLOMBIA
Briefs
Decree on Radio Broadcasting 27

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a

CUBA

NEW NATIONWIDE MICROWAVE SYSTEM COMPLETED
Havana JUVENTUD REBELDE in Spanish 22 Jul 77 p 1

£lext7 The installation of a national microwave system, which consists of
28 repeater stations located at different heights some 50 kilometers
apart, was completed by workers of Ministry of the Communications as a
tribute to 26 July and the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution,

It must be pointed out that the total execution of the project was planned
for the entire present year, having as the initial goal arriving at Santa
Clara for the 24th anniversary of the attack on Moncada Barracs. However
it was decided to extend it to Guantanamo,

Thus 13 transmitters were installed to bring reception of two TV channels
to Baracoa and 180 telephone channels to Villa Clara Province, which ex-
tended to Santiago de Cuba, will insure the transmission of the main event
of 26 July in black and white and in color,

To finish this task, it was necessary to build approximately 40 kilometers
of access roads, more than 30 km of electric lines and 21 steel towers up
to 90 meters high; transport more than 800 tons of equipment, install

basic and auxiliary equipment for microwave, television, telephone, batteries,

generators and towers, and build and adapt 22 huts in various places,
Gains for TV

The complete microwave system will offer the following facilities: In
television to Pinar del Rio it will have three TV channels: one for
Channel 6, one for Channel 2 and a spare, It will also have two channels
from Pinar to Havana for transmitting remote control programs which orig-
inate in that province.

lt has two channels to Guantanamo, one for each TV channel, They will
bring the signal to each of the transmitters which are in the intermediate
provinces, whether it be directly as in the case of M-*anzas, Jacan and
Camaguey, or that equipment which is off the path of ‘he network, such as
Cienfuegos and Granma,

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ESK-type relays for dial telephone exchanges, Crosspoint system;
telephone switches for dial telephone exchanges;

five-digit telephone counters for dial telephone exchanges;
luminous push-button switches;

line distributors with plugs for dial telephone exchanges;

key tapes for dial telephone exchanges;

luminous push-buttons for Crosspoint dial telephone exchanges;

push-button, flag, connecting, jack, lamp and safety spacers for dial
telephone exchanges;

thermal safety fuses for dial telephone exchanges;

construction elements for communications and electronics industry etc.;
connectors, direct and indirect, for printed circuit boards;

antenna couplings;

rectangular, knife-type couplings;

alarm fuses for electronic computers;

luminous push-buttons with illuminated display;

shades for miniature indicator lamps;

luminous push-buttons and indicators for installation in electronic com
puters;

luminous push-buttons and indicators for micro switches;
instant-action switches for electronic computers;

special push-buttons with magnetically controlled contacts for electronic
computers;

multiswitches etc.

6474
cso: 5500

14


iv. reconstruction of the plumbing and sewer systems;

vy. reconstruction of the low-voltage network for input of electric power
from the substation;

vi. reconstruction of the heating system.

5. Construction of buildings at monitoring and measuring centers and pur-
chase of devices for security:

i. construction of appropriate enclosures;

ii. purchase and installation of special signal and alarm devices;
iii. purchase of other means of security.

6. Purchase of vehicles:

i. purchase of 5-ton trucks with special cab for accommodation of moni~
toring and measuring equipment;

ii. purchase of 2-ton trucks for accommodation of monitoring and measur-
ing equipment;

iii. purchase of a bus to carry personnel of the Belgrade monitoring and
measuring center to and from work;

iv. purchase of an automobile for official use.

7. Purchase and installation of communication equipment to maintain com-
munications among monitoring and measuring centers, between the monitoring
and measuring centers and the Administration, and between monitoring and
measuring centers and specialized vehicles working in the field:

i. lead-in of PTT [Postal, Telegraph and Telephone] lines for telephone
and teleprinter communications in monitoring and measuring centers;

ii. purchase of two-way short-wave radio equipment for communication
among the monitoring and measuring stations, the specialized vehicles and
the Administration;

iii. purchase of two-way ultrashort-wave radio equipment for communication
between monitoring and measuring centers and specialized vehicles working
in the field;

iv. purchase of walkie-talkies for communication between those making
measurements and vehicles when work is being done in the field.

20


YUGOSLAVIA

LAW ON PLANNING FREQUENCIES, MONITORING RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS FROM
1977-1980

Belgrade SLUZBENI LIST SFRJ in Serbo-Croatian 22 Apr 77 pp 1008-1010

[Law enacted by the SFRY Assembly in a session of the Federal Chamber on
14 April 1977]

[Text] Article 1

This law sets forth the Program for Developing and Modernizing Work in
Planning Frequencies and Monitoring Radiocommunications From 1977 to 1980
(hereafter referred to as the "Program") for whose implementation funds
have been provided by a separate federal law.

Article 2

The funds referred to in Article 1 of this law shall be used in conformity
with the provisions of this law and the Program, which shall constitute an
integral part of it.

Article 3

The Program covers the following:

1) purchase and installation of specialized monitoring and measuring de-
vices for the planning of frequencies and monitoring of radiocommunica-
tions in monitoring and measuring centers in Belgrade, Rijeka, Skopje, Bar,
Ljutomer and Sarajevo;

2) construction of the monitoring and measuring center in Sarajevo;

3) construction of garages to accommodate specialized vehicles at the mon-
itoring and measuring centers in Rijeka, Skopje and Bar;

4) expansion of the facility of the monitoring and measuring center in
Belgrade;

16


This precept in TV is provided with equipment beamed from east to west,
from Santiago de Cuba to Havana, to transmit TELE REBELDE programs nation-
ally from the eastern region, or any other of the intermediate provinces
if so desired.

Telephones

The Havana-Santiago de Cuba telephone system consists of three sections:
Havana-Santa Clara, Santa Clara-Camaguey and Camaguey-Santiago, through
new installed multiple equipment. It has a total capacity of 960 telephone
channels, enough to cover the present needs for long-distence communica-
tions, using operators or direct dialing.

These new channels will be placed in operation progressively as of this
date until the final phase in 1978, and they will allow all provincial
capitals to have automatic dialing through number 07 with City of Havana
Province,

In radiobroadcasting, this system to Pinard del Rio, as well as to Santiago
de Cuba, has four special audio channel, which allow carrying signals from
four other national radio networks to all its transmitters with more
quality and reliability.

The new microwave network will serve as a support for carrying TV signals
in black and white and color to all the transmitters contained in the
development plan of the present 5-year period,

To accomplish this plan, there were united the efforts and enthusiasm
of the workers of the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of the
Electric Power Industry, People's Government, as well as the leadership
of the Party and the union of the branch in all the provinces.

8908
cso: 5500

29


BULGARIA

SPECIFICATIONS OF TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PRODUCED BY WEAK-CURRENT COMBINE

Sofia TEKHNICHESKO DELO in Bulgarian 13 Aug 77 p 8
(Unattributed article: “Sofia Weak-Current Combine")

[Translation] The Weak-Current Combine is a specialized economic juridical
organization within the Ministry of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
for the production of the manufactures of the weak-current industry. The
combine directly runs seven production plants and one institute for
scientific research work in the communications industry.

THIRTY-THIRD INTERNATIONAL FAIR ~- PLOVDIV 77,
PAVILION 16, “ELECTRO 77"

The exhibits of the Sofia Weak-Current Combine
are a realistic manifestation of the technical
progress that has been made.

1



”

TURKEY

BRIEFS

NEW TRT RADIO LINK--The new radio link between Hatay and Gaziantep was
commissioned today. TRI technical officials say that work to build the

radio link started last year, Now, close to 4 million viewers in eastern
and southeastern Anatolia will be able to receive a much clearer televi-

sion broadcast, [Ankara Domestic Service in Turkish 1800 GMT 4 Sep 77 TA]

cso: 5500 END

55



INTERNATIONAL

BRIEFS

MPR-HUNGARY RADIO-TV PACT--Ulaanbaatar, 9 Sep, (MONTSAME)--A cooperation
agreement for the 1978-1982 period was signed here today by the Informa—
tion, Radio and Television Committee of the MPR Council of Ministers and
Hungarian television. The document provides for further development and
expansion of business relations between the two fraternal countries in
the field of information, radio broadcasting and television. In accor-
dance with this agreement, Mongolian and Hungarian television will shoot
a joint film, "The Animal World of Hangay." The mutual exchange of tele-
vision material, films and photographs will be expanded. [Text] [Ulaan-
baatar MONTSAME in Russian 1505 GMT 9 Sep 77 OW]

SOMALI-SUDANESE NEWS AGREEMENT--The Somali National News Agency, SONNA,
and the Sudan News Agency, SUNA, today signed an agreement on information
and technical cooperation. The agreement between the two news agencies,
which was signed at the headquarters of the Information and National
Guidance Ministry here in Mogadiscio, follows the longstanding friend-
ship and cooperation between the fraternal peoples of Sudan and Somalia.
The agreement also includes the exchange of visits between officials of
the two agencies with the aim of strengthening ties between them and
their role in the Arab world. [Text] [Mogadiscio Domestic Service in
Somali 1115 GMT 8 Sep 77 LD/EA]

cso: 5500



BRAZIL

BRIEFS

EMBRATEL MONITORING SYSTEM CONTRACT--Rio de Janeiro--The Brazilian Tele-
communications Company (EMBRATEL) today signed a contract for the estab-
lishment of a national radio-monitoring system with both TELEFUNKEN of
Brazil and TELEFUNKEN of Germany, The amount of 230 million cruzeiros
will be earmarked for technical supervision and permanent control of all
broadcasts utilizing a range of frequencies in areas of interest to Brazil,
[Text] [Brasilia Domestic Service in Portuguese 2200 GMT 1 Sep 77 PY]

cso: 5500

26



ARGENTINA

"LA PRENSA' STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF RADIO-TV FREEDOM
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in Spanish 3 Sep 77 p 4 PY

{Editorial: "Radio Broadcasting in Latin America"]

[Text] The Inter-American Radio and Television Association [AIR], whose representatives
met last week in Quito, ended its 13th annual assembly with the signing of a declaration
which states "the unwavering will of its members for the permanent defense of freedom of
expression throughout the social communication media, as an indispensable condition for
the promotion and defense of the rights of man and democratic principles." The "Quito
Declaration," as it is called, reiterates, furthermore, the conviction that Latin American
radio broadcasting, through the intervention of private spheres and implementing a policy
of free competition, "insures in an efficient manner, more than any other system, freedom
of expression and constitutes one of the most effective means for achieving the development
of peoples through the improvement of their ethical and economic standards."

At a time in which the private enterprise is prevented from participating in radio
broadcasting activities in various Latin American countries, this declaration acquires

a particular importance because it seems to appeal to the sound judgment of government
leaders and an invitation to carefully analyze the problems affecting freedom of
expression. Twenty-five years after having signed jointly with the Inter-American Press
Association [IAPA] the Panama declaration for the defense of free press and radio broad-
casting, the AIR observes with regret that "state control is spreading through Latin American
broadcasting" and attacking the media. The declaration adds that "those who attack free
radio broadcasting also attack our free and democratic Latin American nations." And
making a clear reference to Cuba, it adds that "these ideas can only stem from philosophies
or systems which are foreign to our native ideals."

The barriers opposing the development of private radio broadcasting are based on the false
idea that the broadcasting of news and ideas is a government function, disregarding the

fact that radio broadcasting constitutes "a service of public interest" and not "a public
service." This flagrant confusion is the basis for errors such as the belief that radios

must be managed and directed strictly by government officials.

This statism leads to accepting the official momopoly of radio broadcasting as the only
way to appease those governments which believe that they have the mission to control the
opinion of their people.

The AIR has acted correctly in opposing these generalized errors by reaffirming the
principle that radios do not belong to the state but rather to those who represent the
people and their diverse leanings and desires, The Panama declaration could have well
stated that all mass media are "means for expressing popular will" as well as "for the
development of people's education,"

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CONTENTS (Continued) Page

WESTERN EUROPE

AUSTRIA
Briefs
Austrian Radio Frequency Cancellation 48
ITALY
Improved Broadcasting Ability, Large Audience Sought
(Henri Fesquet; LE MONDE, 24 Aug 77)......++eeee 49
NORWAY
Defense Aide's Comments on Loran C System Contested
(Nils Petter Gleditsch; ARBEIDERBLADET, 30 Aug 77) 53
TURKEY
Briefs
New TRT Radio Link 55


CONTENTS (Continued)

CUBA
New Nationwide Microwave System Completed
(JUVENTUD REBELDE, 22 Jul 77)......-...0- weer eee eeees
Intercosmos Radar Laser Facility in Cuba Described
(Luis Coronado; BOHEMIA, 24 Jun 77)....... eee e ecco eens
JAMAICA

Briefs
British-Owned Station Takeover

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Briefs
Educational Television Network

EGYPT
Briefs
Renovating Cairo Telephone Network
SAUDI ARABIA
National's Telephone, Telecommunications Projects Discussed
(AL-RIYADH, 14 Aug 77)........ dee eceeeeeeee oo ecceccece
Direct Telex Links With Europe Announced
(ARAB NEWS, 24 Aug 77)...ceccececscecceceecececeveuces
Briefs
New Television Station
TUNISIA

Briefs
TAP-PARS Cooperation Pact

YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC

Briefs
TV Relay Station

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NIGERIA

Television Service To Be Provided for Seven Towns Soon
(Mohammed Bomoi; NEW NIGERIA, 30 Sep 77)......

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The product mix of the plants in the combine includes the following:
dial private branch exchanges [PBX], step-by-step system, TST-61 type;
dial PBX's, step-by-step system, GW type;

dial PBX's, Crosspoint 400 E system, in the following versions: 2-10-2;
3-25~-3; 5-25-4; 20-150-15; 40-400-40; 40-400-48 telephone stations;

dial PBX's, Crosspoint 3000 E system, with capacity from 300 to 1000 tele-
phone stations;

automatic dial exchanges, crossbar system, KRZh 104 and 204 type;

settlement dial telephone exchanges, crossbar system, KRS-103 and KRS-203
type;

settlement dial telephone exchanges, crossbar system, ATSK 50/200 type;

settlement dial telephone exchanges, Crosspoint 3000 EL4 system, with
capacity of from 400 to 6000 telephone stations;

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Mr Dimitur Stanishev pointed out that in today's world of active advance
of EAL socialism and increased ideological activity of imperialism, the
activity of the fraternal socialist agencies is of great propaganda
importance. This activity exceeds the framework of the single countries
and grows into a powerful ideological blow with lasting international
impact. A great deal of the truth about our life and the constructive
moves of our policy in all spheres of international life passes through
the transmitting equipment. What the world learns and knows about us as
theory and practice, as ideology and politics, as exploration and suc—
cesses, is mainly due to the tireless round-the-clock work of the
agencies.

It is emphasized in the greetings that at the present stage the inter-
action of the socialist news and press agencies should be built up
chiefly along the lines of a still more successful propagation of the
successes of EAL socialism. Of the all-round struggle against imperial-
ist aggression and of active expose of all deviations from Marxism-
Leninism in the international communist and workers’ movement, built on
this solid foundation, the interaction in your complex and responsible
work will prove extremely fruitful. It will not only meet the require-
ments of the moment, but will throw sound bridges to higher forms of
cooperation in the future.

At the meetings will be discussed the questions of interaction of the
socialist news agencies in the coverage of the 60th anniversary of the
Great October Socialist Revolution, the tasks of the agency news service
in today's international situation.

Problems related to the improvement of technical means for receiving and

transmitting information, using electronic equipment, will also be
reviewed,

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Article 6

The use of funds to carry out the Program in each year shall be budgeted by
the director of the Federal Radiocommunication Administration.

Article 7
This law shall take effect on the eighth day after publication in SLUZBENI
LIST SFRJ.

PROGRAM
for Developing and Modernizing Work in Planning Fregencies and Monitoring
Radiocommunications From 1977 to 1980
Work in planning frequencies and monitoring radiocommunications shall un-
dergo development and modernization in annual stages, beginning with 1977
and ending with 1980.
1. Developing and modernization encompass the following:

1.1. At the Belgrade monitoring and measuring center, which is the main
center:

i. purchase of new equipment for monitoring the frequency range up to
15,000 megacycles;

ii. rounding out equipment for identification of radiobroadcasts in the
range up to 15,000 megacycles;

iii. -rounding out monitoring and measuring equipment for types of trans-
missions not covered to date;

iv. purchase of equipment for close-range goniometry;

v. rounding out equipment for logging of transmissions;

vi. addition to equipment for special measurements.

1.2. At the Rijeka and Bar monitoring and measuring centers:

i. rounding out equipment for monitoring the range up to 1,000 megacycles;

ii. purchase of new equipment for monitoring radiocommunications up to
15,000 megacycles;

iii. addition to specific equipment for monitoring marine radiocommuni-
cations and for inspection of shipboard radio equipment;

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"There is the microwave project, for which an award was made last month, to
increase and bolster communications with the telephone center and extend
these communications to the new towns. There the microwave project will in-
crease the capacity of existing channels of communication between Jidda and
Medina from 48 to 1,800. Also, the project will include the provision of
telephone services between Jidda and Medina, linking the television broad-
casting stations in Medina to other television stations in all towns in the
kingdom. This project will also extend to Yanbu' and it will be possible
to establish direct communication between Yanbu' and other towns. In addi-
tion there are other communications, including the microwave project to con-
nect the town ot al-Ta'if to al-Bahah, Abba and other towns in the south,
like Jizan and Najran.

Direct Communications with the Sudan

"There is another project to hook the kingdom up to the Sudan. A microwave
project will be built between al-Ta‘if and the Sudan, and this project will
make it possible in the future to get in direct telephone contact between
the kingdom and the fraternal state of the Sudan. This project will be com-
pleted in 2 years from the date on which the contract is made. There are
now joint studies by specialized committees in the kingdom and the Sudan to
set forth the final specifications for this project and award it. There are
urgent projects to provide and consolidate local communications by means of
satellite, such as the construction of a satellite station in Medina to sup-
port communications. It is anticipated that these stations will be installed
4 months after the contracts on them are signed."

Only 14 Months

I asked him about the Eastern and al-Qasim Provinces’ share of the ministry's
projects, and he replied by stating, "As far as al-Qasim Province goes, the
ministry is now establishing telephone organizations in Ha'il, 'Anayzah and
Buraydah. It is expected that the automatic exchanges in this province will
be put into operation soon and the microwave project will connect this pro-
vince to the Provinces of Riyadh and Medina. Fourteen months remain until
it is carried out, and the temporary satellites project for internal commun-
ication has also reached al-Qasim Province. There are satellites there,

this station will be consolidated within the project, and a similar station
will be erected in Ha'il.

"Regarding the new telephone expansion, God willing, this will cover all the
towns and villages of al-Qasim."

Regarding the schedule, he stated that as far as telephone expansion goes,
a number of emergency telephones has been stipulated in import and installa-
tion specifications. These are estimated at about 50,000 in the case of the
towns of al-Qasim, 100,000 numbers for Abba, and 100,000 numbers for the re-
maining towns. These will be imported and installed within 1 year of the
contract."

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BURMA

BRIEFS

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PLANS--Rangoon, 28 August--On 28 February 1977
the Transport and Communications Ministry inaugurated the Rangoon-Tokyo
direct telex link at the radio transmitting station at Togyaunggale,
Rangoon, Since the telephone, telegraphic and telex communications with
foreign countries through the line are not satisfactory, the ministry is
preparing to set. up a station that will use a satellite and replace the
Rangoon-Tokyo telex link, The new system will also be useful for tele-
vision stations, [Text] [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 29 Aug 77 p 1 BK]

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NATORE SATELLITE STATION--The Natore satellite station of Bangladesh
television is being commissioned on 9 September. The Natore satellite
station has been putting out this transmission for the last 2 years to
the viewers of the country's northern region. It will now relay Dacca
programs direct through Bangladesh television's own microwave link be-
tween Natore and Kushtia and onward on its microwave channel linking the
capital. [Text] [Dacca Overseas Service in English 1230 GMT 9 Sep 77

BK]

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oT
BRIEFS



in-"Today Loran C is a general navigation system"--a rather striking statement when the
U.S. Defense Department in its official review of military radio navigation stations in
July 1974 classified Loran C as a special purpose system, defined as a system which
Mygually constitutes an integral part of a military weapons system oF exists with the
primary aim of supporting a special weapons system," (Quoted from the hearings on the
1976 defense budget in the House of Representatives’ Finance Committee, D, 5, S, 60)
[reference as published]. The same source also states that the Pentagon needs Loran C
for its "special purpose" at least until 1983. But,as the Pentagon explains with explicit
reference to Loran C, even if something is a special navigation system it can well be
tsed for other purposes than that for which it was primarily intended, once it is
available."

5--"So it is expected that Loran C will be the predominant navigation aid in the northeast
Atlantic.” I would like to see Holst substantiate that claim. For civilian air traffic
tn this area it is at least quite clear that Loran C is and will be of minimum importance
and what are the civilian consumers to do if the Pentagon decides to close down Loran C
after 1983, as it did with Loran A?

6--"I don't know whether Polaris and Poseidon submarines actually have Loran C receivers
on board." That is rather a strong statement. It has been substantiated by official

U.S, sources how recent years! research on improving the accuracy of Loran € has been
financed under the Poseidon program. Therefore, wouldn't the submarines have receivers?
Holst also states that "our country profits from the guarantee and counterweight provided

by the American nuclear forces, among others," and that navigation systems stationed In
Norway can be exploited by allied armed forces, even those possessing nuclear weapons

Here we have probably reached the heart of the matter: "We now live under the Americans!
nuclear umbrella," as the then adviser on foreign affairs Boye wrote in a memorandum on
omega in 1969, That Norway accepts that the United States may establish military naviga-
tion stations in Norway to support forces with strategic nuclear weapons is presumably

seen by Holst and others as reasonable compensation for the protection of the "nuclear
umbrella." But why not say so openly, instead of resorting to all sorts of circumlocution?

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EGYPT

BRIEFS

RENOVATING CAIRO TELEPHONE NETWORK--The first shipment of cables, instru-
ments and special equipment for the renovation of the telephone network

in the heart of Cairo has arrived from West Germany. The shipment is worth
3 million pounds. It is expected that the second shipment of cables for the
central Cairo area will arrive in Alexandria the beginning of next week.
This was revealed by Mahmud ‘Abdallah, chairman of the wire and wireless com
munications organization. He said that the German Telefunken Company will
undertake the renovation in collaboration with the organization. It will re-
new 40,000 lines in central Cairo at a cost of 55.5 million marks. The
chairman of the organization also said this renovation will be executed in
stages, and work will be completed the end of next year. All preliminary
work for installation of the cables has been completed. [Text] [Cairo
AL-AHRAM in Arabic 2 Sep 77 p 8]

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of agricultural and agricultural-mining development centers, and the con-
struction of roads linking the Amazon region with the central plateau and
with the other regions of the country. He said that these are tangible
evidence of the many achievements obtained in recent years.

After mentioning the initiation of the Radiobras broadcasts, the president
emphasized that from now on all Brazilians living in the Amazon region will
be able to listen to our own line, to our own music, through the radio and
thus be well informed on what is going on in the country, so that they may
feel closer to their other Brazilian brothers and fully share our high na-
tional interests and desires,

President Geisel concluded by stating: "On this significant occasion, which
coincides with the initiation of the Independence Week celebrations, I wish to
greet all Brazilians living in the Amazon region, to reaffirm to them my
confidence in the value of our present common effort and in the promising
future which we are building together."

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The Turnkey System

Regarding the ministry's current procedures for contracting for most pro-
jects, al-Zaydan said that current procedure is to contract for certain
projects on a turnkey basis--for example, the telephone expansion will be
contracted for with a company regarding all importing, installation, main-
tenance and future operation. The same goes for the microwave project--the
contract was made with an international company for importing, installation
and operation activities over a specific period of time."

No to Permanent Companies

On contracting with permanent companies, al-Zaydan said, "As far as contract-
ing with permanent companies for purposes of carrying out the ministry's
projects goes, the ministry considers that there are no grounds for contract-
ing with permanent companies for this purpose. However, it is contracting
with consulting firms and some of these are permanent, while some are speci-
alizing in specific branches."

Setting up and Delivering Telephones in 24 Hours

I asked him about the reason for the length of time the process of setting
up and delivering telephones takes: are there new procedures to reduce this
period of time?

al-Zaydan answered by stating, "The ministry is looking seriously at reduc-
ing the existing red tape and also at speeding up the process of setting up
and delivering telephones. The ministry will soon proceed with its own tech-
nicians on setting up and delivery activities. The experiment will begin in
the city of Riyadh, and we hope that in this manner we will reduce the time
period. At present the transaction takes place between the ministry and the
company which sets up and delivers. This is what makes the time stretch out.

"We have started by laying out specifications and conditions when planning
the system, including lines, cables, distribution points and other technical
matters, so that it.will be possible to install a telephone within 24 hours
of the application. This will start with the new telephone expansion in a
year and a half."

Engineer
Faysal al-Zaydan

11887
CSO:: 4802

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BRAZIL

PRESIDENT GEISEL MESSAGE MARKS NEW AMAZON BROADCASTS
Brasilia Domestic Service in Portuguese 2200 GMT 1 Sep 77 PY

[Text] In a message addressed to all Brazilians residing in the Amazon re-
gion, on launching a special shortwave broadcast over Radio Nacional Brasilia,
President Geisel emphasized the special attention given to achieving nation-
al integration by all governments since 1964. The president said that these
efforts have been aimed primarily at linking the vast Amazon region with

the rest of the country and, at the same time, at creating conditions con-
ducive to allowing the region greater participation in achieving general
development .

The message was broadcast today at 1600 to initiate the Amazon integration
program of radio broadcasts. Broadcasting on shortwave, Radio Nacional
Brasilia will cover the entire Amazon region, carrying a program which will
go on the air from 1600 to 2100 daily, Brasilia local time. This is the
first truly important effort made by the Brazilian Radio Telegraphic Company,
Radiobras, in the Amazon region, where it also has a radio station operating
in Boa Vista, Roraima Territory. This broadcast is designed to meet an old
desire of the people of the Amazon region to counter the growing influence
of foreign broadcasts.

Through the creation of Radiobras, the government sought to set up in that
region a radio broadcasting service which would simultaneously carry programs
for entertainment and information purposes without overlooking its basic
commitment to education and culture. The wording of this special program
will be appropriate for both the radio and the people of that region. The
news and educational items will be carefully selected on the basis of re-
search and surveys, thus offering the listeners various options. Care will
also be taken to not fall into formalism and [word indistinct], apart from
following a modern and dynamic line.

President Geisel outlined the many measures which led to the development of
the old (?SDA) into the Superintendency For the Developmer~. of the Amazon
Region (SUDAM), the establishment of the Manaus duty-free zone, the revitali-
zation of the Amazonia Bank, the policy of tax incentives, the establishment

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”

INTERNATIONAL

BCP GREETS PRESS AGENCIES CONFERENCE
Sofia BTA in English 1335 GMT 13 Sep 77 AU

[Text] Sofia, Sep 13 (BTA)--A meeting of the directors general of the
news and press agencies of the socialist countries began today at the
"Boyana' residence.

The meeting is attended by 17 delegations of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam, the GDR, Cuba, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, the USSR, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria.

The meeting was opened by Mr Lozan Strelkov, director general of the
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.

On behalf of the CC of the BCP, a speech of greetings was delivered by
Mr Dimitur Stanishev, member of the Secretariat and head of "foreign
policy and international relations" department with the CC of the BCP.

Each of the traditional meetings, he pointed out, marks a positive stage
in the interrelations of the fraternal agencies and opens up promising
prospects to their professional advancement. These meetings are an
eloquent expression of fraternal interaction and all-round spiritual
integration among the socialist countries and parties, a live proof of
the truth that it could be best advanced along the common road to
socialism and communism by means of complete political, ideological and
professional cooperation.

Mr Dimitur Stanishev stated that in the complex battle between the world
of socialism and the world of capitalism, which is inflamed with unparal-
leled force, the place of information is enormous. The place of the
political and ideological information is of a special importance today,
when the battle for man, for our contemporary, has reached one of its
peaks.

The fact that the meeting is opened several weeks befo;.. the 60th anni-
versary of October imparts it not only political significance but also
great topicality, because all socialist agencies are the natural result
of the first socialist revolution in the world, the greetings read.



HUNGARY

BRIEFS

SOPRON TRANSMITTER, REDUCED POWER--The Sopron station will transmit the
Budapest Radio Kossuth and Petoefi programs at reduced power between

1 September and 14 November 1977, due to the installation of UHF trans-
mitter equipment at the Sopron TV station, [Budapest Domestic Service
in Hungarian 0700 GMT 1 Sep 77: LD]

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in Addis-Ababa of the Lutheran transmitter "Voice of the Gospel" which fell
victim a few months ago to the stalinist behavior of the government?
Couldn't the Vatican lend its waves to broadcasts which seem hopelessly
suppressed at this time? Such a gesture would have more ecumenical
effectiveness than the most generous of encyclical letters. Furthermore,
since Radio-Vatican is in operation for 21 hours out of 24, it would be
forced to contract for additional use of non-viable antenna time.

If the Osservatore Romano, among others, with whom it is not always

easy to collaborate, would have a better understanding of the nature of

radio imperatives, and the advantage of broadcasting on a large scale the

still reticent news from the Holy See and the Dicastery of the Curia,

and, especially if the Vatican would agree to advantageously improve the
incomparable cultural and evangelical tool represented by the transmitter,

the greatest spiritual power in the world could expand its audience and

its effectiveness. To present the message of the Gospel to the people

of our times, who are so often unbelievers or agnostics entails some mentality
conversion on the part of those who are institutionally in charge.

Apologetics are not appropriate any more - except perhaps in some aggressively
atheistic regions. When one is called upon to speak to the whole world and
has technical means of prodigious consequence at his disposal it is well

to abandon the beaten path.

Rome is no longer Rome. It is not sufficient to echo the Bible word for
word, nor the word of the popes and the bishops. Without abandoning the
faithful traditionalists, who are thirsty for liturgy and security, a
new language of the faith must be found which will transcend man's daily
concerns.

7993
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The site at Santiago de Cuba was selected for its special geo-
graphic conditions, providing satisfactory visibility of satel-

lites from the station.

Concerning its specific operation and the information it

collects, we can say that the idea is to send a laser beam to
satellites and to measure the time it takes the light reflected
by the satellite to return to the point of emission. This pro-
cedure makes it possible to measure the distance from the station
to the satellite in orbit at a point in time with great precision.

To set the station's clock, an atomic clock synchronized with
Universal Coordinated Time was used. This is so precise that

if it operates continuously without a failure, it would lose only
1 second in 40,000 years.

Cuba will use the data collected for, among other things, an
improved knowledge of the characteristics of the earth, its size
and structure, and to increase its technical capability for
studying the atmosphere.

Of course, as the technical level and preparation of the workers
increase, the laser's applications will be broadened to a great
number of fields.

A listing of its present and possible uses would soon be out of
date since, with the growing development of science and tech-
nology, its range of application is constantly being enlarged
all over the world, concluded Mr del Pino in his remarks to

the press.

Statements of Dr Karel Hamal

The radar laser station located in Santiago is the 10th such
station of the Intercosmos program. Dr Karel Hamal, coordinator
of the group of specialists who developed the facility, stated:

Within the Intercosmos program, work is proceeding in many
directions and many fields of research. Right now the program
is coordinating joint manned flights to be made by cosmonauts
from the socialist countries in Soviet spacecraft.

Dr Hamal remarked that the program has different working groups,
including the Cosmic Physics group.

Within section six of this working group, he ad .d, there is
a program being conducted to measure the distance from one pole

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to the other, from the Arctic to the Antarctic of our planet,
and the distance from east to west, that is, along the equator.

This research is designed for geophysical and geodetic purposes
and will enable us to learn more precisely the size and shape
of the earth.

This radar which has just been opened in Santiago will be used
to participate in research to measure the Arctic-Antarctic arcs
and the east-west arcs. Its measurements are expected to be
done jointly with stations located in other countries.

The Intercosmos program now has 30 Soviet-made cameras for
tracking satellites; they are distributed all over the earth, and
are used for the two lines of research listed above.

Operation of the Radar Laser
How do the radar laser and its equipment work?

For example, when an artificial satellite passes over its area
of coverage, the station sends a laser beam to the satellite.

The light reflected by the satellite is picked up by the station.
There, a computer calculates the time used for the beam to go
and return and the distance between the station and the satellite.

The figures obtained are processed to obtain data needed for
geophysical and geodetic research.

The radar laser has a device that follows the movement of the
satellite in the sky; this device was made in the Soviet Union
under the direction of Dr Maris K. Abelo.

The laser that sends the beams was made in Czechoslovakia; Dr
Helena Jolinkova was primarily responsible for its design. The
receiving telescope came from the Soviet Union.

The reflected light is recorded by a piece of equipment built
by Dr Antonin Novotny and Dr Waldemar Kielek of Czechoslovakia
and Poland, respectively.

The reference operations require the exact measurement of the
time it takes the beam to travel to the satellite and be bounced
back. For this reason a time counter capable of recording
millionths of seconds, designed by Dr Kielek, is used.

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AUSTRIA

BRIEFS

AUSTRIAN RADIO FREQUENCY CANCELLATION--As of 5 September the Austrian
radio service will discontinue broadcasting its "Regional Program" on
mediumwave [at 629, 728, 890, 1394 and 1475 kHz] in line with the deci-
sions of the 1975 frequency planning conference, The "Regional Program"

will be on the air as of 5 September only on FM channels--in Vienna, at
89.9 MHZ, [Vienna WIENER ZEITUNG in German 2 Sep 77 p 6 AU]

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8. Construction and expansion of antenna installations at all monitoring
and measuring centers:

i. construction of complete antenna installations at the Ljutomer and
Sarajevo monitoring and measuring centers in the range up to 1,000 mega—
cycles;

ii. completion of antenna installations at the Belgrade, Rijeka, Skopje
and Bar monitoring and measuring stations for the range up to 1,000 mega-
eycles; '

iii. purchase and mounting of new antennas for the Belgrade and Rijeka
monitoring and measuring centers for the range up to 15,000 megacycles;

iv. construction of antenna towers for the Rijeka, Bar, Ljutomer and
Sarajevo monitoring and measuring centers.

9. Rounding out equipment for automatic processing of data on the follow-
ing: frequency planning, radio, stations and the situation in radiocommu-
nications:

i. expansion of the computer memory;

ii. addition of terminal units at all monitoring and measuring centers;
iii. purchase of microfilm readers;

iv. rounding out devices for maintenance and calibration of computers.

10. Preparation of the project of the digital model of the relief of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

i. in cooperation with other interested federal agencies, participation
in preparation of the digital model of the relief of Yugoslavia;

ii. its use in the planning and monitoring of radiocommunications.

11. Rounding out equipment for broadcasting standard frequencies and for
monitoring the broadcasting of standard frequencies:

i. purchase of equipment (stationary and mobile) for monitoring the accu-
racy of the frequencies of the Yugoslav standard frequency system and for
calibration of the Administration's own measuring instruments.

12. Advanced and specialized training of personnel of the Federal Radio-—
communication Administration:

i. advanced training in Yugoslavia;

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"Thank you for your broadcast in Tamil which is my native language" writes
an Indian listerner. As Eskimo expresses his joy in being able to follow
the Rosary every day.

Gan Radio-Vatican be content with these undeniably positive results? Is
it enough for it to rejoice in the fact that broadcasts in Japanese are
followed very closely, if the abundance of the mail received (more than
500 letters per month) can be believed, while Vietnam remains in abeyance.
Are the Christians in that country less interested than the Esperanto —
fans?

At any rate Radio-Vatican has not been affected by yesteryear's Roman
disease: triumphalism. The station is trying to modernize in every way,
and if it is not succeeding rapidly enough, it is because, in part, the
means are insufficient. Its budget depends on the governor of the Vatican,
its programs depend on the office of the Secretariat of State. However,
the latter seems to be quite liberal and trusts its prestigious director,
Father Tucci, a Jesuit, a former director of CIVILITA CATTOLICA, who enjoys
the total confidence of Paul VI. Besides, the present pope has grasped
the importance of Radio-Vatican and has demonstrated the most understanding
in that respect. . Son of a newspaperman, convinced of the interest engendered
by the mass-media, Paul VI has made many opportunities available: a budget,
administrative structures, personnel, premises and technical improvements.

In this connection Radio-Vatican has just purchased a new 500 kilowatt
short-wave antenna for the tidy sum of 6,200,000 francs. It is the tallest
in the world in its category: 79 meters. It presents the original advantage
of rotation, which means that in 10 minutes it can make a complete
circumference on an 89 meter travelling trolley, thus saving precious time,
compared to the era when antennas had to be changed 25 times in order to
cover the world.

At the present time there are only four antennas of this type, of which
two are located in Iran and one in Switzerland (Sottens).

This antenna, built by Telefunken, transmits 6 to 26 megahertz waves.

Five times more powerful than previously, it will allow Radio-Vatican to

be heard in China, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Latin America and

South Africa. At present it is in the experimental stage, but will definitely
be put into service in December, The Santa-Maria-de-Galeria's loose ground,
on which this antenna was erected, has delayed its installation. Its
gigantic profile demonstrates the progress accomplished since Pius XI
inaugurated the modest "Finger of God" in 1931, the Roman name for the

small antenna which still rises above the Vatican gardens.

Equipment is one thing, using it is another. In this respect Radio-Vatican
is very much aware of the fact that it must go forward. Most certainly

the station is not cool toward ecumenism and, since Vatican II, knows

how to call upon the services of non-Catholics. Howeve:. this is only

the beginning. At least one can hope. For example, would it not be

"fair play" for Vatican II to draw an inference from the total disappearance

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JPRS 69846

23 September 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 14
CONTENTS Pace
INTERNATIONAL
BCP Greets Press Agencies Conference
(BTA, 13 Sep 77)......seeeeeeeee 1
Briefs
MPR-Hungary Radio-TV Pact 3
Somali-Sudanese News Agreement 3
ASIA
BANGLADESH
Briefs
Natore Satellite Station 4
BURMA
Briefs
Satellite Communications Plans 5
JAPAN
Tobaru Ward Chief Cites VOA-Caused Electrical Interference
(OKINAWA TIMES, 14 Sep 77)...cccccceuccuccscccceccees 6
Briefs
KDD Telex Service Outage 7
Soviet's Hokkaido TV Block 7

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Briefs

Posts Minister to DPRK
-a-

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responsibilities?"

Eng Zaydan said, "It is indeed hard to pass judgment on the services of the
ministry or the services the telephone utility performs, but, through obser-
vations at hand, and a study of the complaints which reach the ministry, we
have observed that the number of such complaints is very small. Services
are being improved, and there is another aspect of the ministry's services--
for instance, the international instantaneous trunk services, which were in-
augurated in Riyadh on line 92. We have noticed that there is extreme con-
gestion in this service and that it is difficult to get through to this nuin-
ber at particular times. The ministry has set aside another number in cases
where it is not possible to get through to line 92, and the user can register
his request through another number and he may subsequently be contacted when
the call is ready.

"I believe that the improvement is very great, when one makes a comparison
between/the way it was/ before the ministry took charge of telephone utility
services and the way it is now."

Regarding the system of decentralization which has been a success in most
ministries and the question whether the ministry has been about to apply
this system in order to move its own projects forward. Mr al-Zaydan said,

Powers and Work

"From time to time the ministry has been studying the powers granted to the
General Telephone Directorate and the provinces and has been giving them new
powers in accordance with work requirements."

The conversation with Mr al-Zaydan turned to the ministry's projects, and L
asked -him about the date of signing of the contract for the new telephone
expansion, estimated at about 470,000 lines throughout the kingdom, and what
the shares of Jiddah, Mecca, al-Ta'if and Medina will be.

He replied by stating, "This expansion was put up for bids about 3 months
ago and_the bids will be received during the month of Shawwal /September-
October/, It is expected that the awards for this competition will be
granted before early December, As far as the shares of Jidda, Mecca, al-
Ta'if and Medina go, as is well known, there are 30,000 lines in Jidda and,
when this year ends, this will rise to 50,000. Following the expansion, the
total number of telephones in Jidda will rise to 150,000. As far as Mecca
goes, there are about 32,000 lines there and these will rise to 90,000 fol-
lowing this expansion. In al-Ta'if, there are 10,000 lines and these will
rise to 50,000. In Medina there are about 10,000 lines and these will in-
crease to about 50,000 following the expansion."

The Microwave Project

Concerning future steps for the ministry's projects in the provinces men-
tioned in the previous question, Mr al-Zaydan said,

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SAUDI ARABIA

NATION'S TELEPHONE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS DISCUSSED
Riyadh AL-RIYADH in Arabic 14 Aug 77 p 3

/Article: "In Eighteen Months You Will Get a Telephone Twenty-Four Hours
After Applying for It: Urgent Projects to Provide and Consolidate Local
Communications via Satellite"/

/Text/ A maximum of 1 and a half years from now, you will be receiving a
telephone 24 hours after presenting an application for it. All the public's
complaints about telephones have started diminishing and services have
started improving. The total number of telephone lines in Jiddah will come
to 150,000, rather than 30,000, and Mecca's lines will total 90,000 rather
than 32,000, after the new expansion. The lines in al-Ta'if and Medina .
both will total 50,000 rather than just 10,000. The microwave project will
increase communications channels between Jiddah and Medina from 48 to 1,800
and it will provide television service by linking up television broadcast-
ing stations to other stations in the towns of the kingdom.

A meeting with Eng Faysal al-Zayéan, undersecretary of post, telephone and tel-
egraph, reveals important matters regarding this public agency. The meeting
leads to conclusions, as it does not lack frankness and direct confrontation
with an official.

A group of questions presented themselves during the meeting:

What is the reason for the proliferation of citizens’ complaints about tel-
ephone service? Is the period of time in which the Ministry of Post, Tele-
phone and Telegraph has been in existence--estimated at about 3 years--
enough to pass judgment on the ministry? What conclusions has the ministry
benefited from during the period of the experiment? How have maintenance
services turned out? What are the future steps for the ministry's projects
in the following years? These questions were followed by truthful, frank,
objective answers and numerous questions going about in the citizens’ minds
entered into this comprehensive discussion with the undersecretary of post,
telephone and telegraph.



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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

POSTS MINISTER TO DPRK-~-Peking, September 3, 1977 (HSINHUA)--A posts and
telecommunications delegation of the People's Republic of China led by
Chung Fu-hsiang, minister of posts and telecommunications, with Vice-
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Peng Hung-chih as its deputy
leader, left here by air today for a friendly visit to Korea at the invi-
tation of the Ministry of Communications of the Democratic People's Repub-
lic of Korea, Seeing them off at the airport were Shen Kuang and Li Yu-
kuel, vice-ministers of posts and telecommunications; Chon Hyong su,
ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to China was pres-
ent, [Text] [Peking NCNA in English 1256 GMT 3 Sep 77 OW]

LHASA POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS MEETING--On 18 August the post and tele-
communications departments of Lhasa Municipality and the masses of Lhasa
held a meeting to warmly acclaim the brilliant inscription written by
Chairman Hua for the post and telecommunications workers and welcome the
victorious return of the Tibet regional delegation from the Second National
Conference of the Post and Telecommunications Front on Learning from
Taching, Party, government and army leaders of the autonomous region and
the municipality attended the meeting, Yang Tung-sheng, secretary of the
regional Party Committee and vice chairman of the regional Revolutionary
Committee, read Chairman Hua's inscription to the meeting. He called on
the meeting to act upon the inscription to strive for the modernization
of the post and telecommunications facilities. (Chang Tsung-yu), leader
of the regional delegation and deputy director of the regional Bureau of
Posts and Telecommunications, also spoke in the meeting, [Lhasa Tibet
Regional Service in Mandarin 1100 GMT 20 Aug 77 Ow]

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However, an evolution is taking form. For the past two and a half years
Romans have been enjoying stereo broadcasting on the FM band of very good
quality (6 hours per day). The success of this experiement is so great
that some of the peninsular bishops plan to finance "Hertzian Relays"
for the benefit of Italians in other provinces.

Radio-Vatican does not frown on light music any longer, especially during
the night when AM-band transmissions are superior. This has caused problems
with some listeners who were shocked by the remarks made by certain singers.
Therefore, the station prefers to prudently limit itself to melodies

without words.

In the framework of news coverage, newscasts are more numerous, more complete
and more diversified. News concerning the violation of human rights is
given more prominence. The percentage of secular broadcasts has increased.
The concept of universality manifests itself especially by the number

of languages used. Radio-Vatican was broadcasting in 10 languages in

1940, in 19 in 1948, 29 in 1954; today it is using 33 languages, including
Esperanto which is broadcast for 15 minutes every week. (**).

The choice of languages clearly reveals the Vatican's goals:

17 out of 33 relate to countries with communist governments. The results
have been paradoxical. There are programs in Chinese (30 minutes per day),
Albanian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Slovenian, etc. Inversely,

there is only Arabic for the immensely large Christian world in Africa.
Nothing in Swahili, Hausa, Bantu, and other local languages used by tens
of millions of blacks.

The persons responsible for Radio-Vatican are sensitive to these gaps

and wish they could fill them, if provided with adequate resources.

However, they emphasize that the prime concern of the Vatican is to cope
with "apostolic pressures", creating the impression that they are less
isolated than those Christians who enjoy insufficient or almost worthless
religious liberty, who are sometimes dramatically cut off from all ties with
Church activities and with the Great Acts of the Magistery, and do not have
any religious books at their disposal, beginning with the Bible. Radio-
Vatican is literally haunted by the spiritual malnutrition of some of the
people who have been baptized and intends to make their needs a priority.

"My Goat and My Radio"

From the mail received it would appear that the people in charge of
Radio-Vatican, are partly successful in this endeavor. Thus, the follow ing
letter from an inhabitant of Eastern Europe: "I own a small shanty, a

goat and a radio. Your broadcasts offer me much consolation and enormous
spiritual comfort. I have owned this radio for the past 9 years and have

not missedme broadcast". Another native of the same region implored:

"Do not abandon us, continue your broadcast of the Rosary and the Latin mass".

(**) Radio-Vatican does not hold the foremost place in the maximum number

of languages. Radio-Peking, Radio-Moscow, Radio-Cairo, the B.B.C. of
London, and even the Voice of America in Washington (36 languages) are
in the top group.

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VIETNAM

HANOI REPORTS ON NORTH VIETNAM WIRED-RADIO CONFERENCE
Hanoi Domestic Service in Vietnamese 1430 GMT 8 Sep 77 OW

[Text] The Vietnam Broadcasting and Television Commission held a North
Vietnam wired-radio conference [hooij nghij truyeenf thanh] from 5 to

7 September to discuss the stepping up of the wired-radio tasks in sup-
port of agriculture and the organization of management of the local wired-
radio tasks.

Attending the conference were representatives of the propaganda and train-
ing committees of provincial party committees and committees for adminis-
trative organization of provincial people's committees and cadres in charge
of broadcasting and wired-radio tasks in the northern provinces. Comrade
Tran Lam, alternate member of the party Central Committee and chairman

of the Vietnam Broadcasting and Television Commission attended and ad-
dressed the conference. He informed the conference that recently the
Council of Ministers decided to place under the leadership of the Vietnam
Broadcasting and Television Commission the local wired-radio leadership,
which was formerly subordinate to the Information General Department, in
order to achieve uniform guidance over the broadcasting, wired-radio and
television tasks according to sectors from the central level to the grass-
roots level. The conference then heard Comrade Pham Tuan Khanh, vice
chairman of the Vietnam Broadcasting and Television Commission, report

on the current wired-radio tasks and plans for developing the wired-radio
network in the years to come. The conference discussed major measures
for implementing these plans. It unanimously agreed that it is necessary
to build a management apparatus for the broadcasting and wired-radio tasks
in the localities at an early date so as to promptly stabilize the organi-
zation for implementation of plans.

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Academy in Santiago; specialists who took part in the develop-
ment of the facility, officials of the Academy of Sciences of
Cuba, and other guests.

An Example of Socialist Cooperation

The radar laser station located in Santiago de Cuba, is an
example of socialist cooperation; its equipment comes from the
USSR, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Poland,
and Hungary.

On these aspects and other matters of interest, Edubar Ortega
Ortega, director of the station, and station engineer Jorge
del Pino Boytel, reported the following.

The first phase of the project began about a year ago with the
training of personnel, technical planning, and general organi-
zation of the project.

The facilities of the Intercosmos radar laser station were
designed and built by Cuban personnel; the Cubans won the praise
of the foreign specialists for their excellent work.

The installation and testing of the equipment were done by a
group of specialists including: from the Soviet Union, Dr
Maris K. Abelo and engineering specialist Boris Burg; from
Poland, Dr Wlademar Kielek; and from Czechoslovakia, Dr Karel
Hamal, head of the Intercosmos radar laser’ working group; Dr
Antonin Novotny, Dr Petr Hirsl, and Dr Helena Jolinkova.

This radar laser facility was built for the program of the sixth
section of cosmic physics of Intercosmos's radar laser group.
Guba has been involved in this program since its inception in
1967.

As we have already said, this innovative equipment was designed
by the group. of specialists listed.

The employees who will operate the equipment have the requisite
technical background. Training for this program was given in

a course conducted at the Technical University of Prague,
Czechoslovakia, at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical
Engineering. The course was developed by the designers of the
radar.

Cuba has had a satellite tracking station since 1967. The radar

laser it now has is a step of great importance for its cooperative
work in cosmic physics within the Intercosmos program.

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iv. rounding out equipment for close-range goniometry;

v. rounding out equipment for logging of transmissions.

1.3. At the Skopje monitoring and measuring center:

i. rounding out equipment for monitoring the range up to 1,000 megacycles;
ii. rounding out equipment for close-range goniometry;

iii. rounding out equipment for logging of transmissions.

1.4. At the Ljutomer and Sarajevo monitoring and measuring centers:

i. purchase of a complete set of equipment for monitoring the range up to
1,000 megacycles;

ii. installation of devices at work stations;
iii. purchase of equipment for logging of transmissions;
iv. purchase of equipment for close-range goniometry.

2. Construction of the facility of the monitoring and measuring center at
Sarajevo:

i. purchase of land;

ii. construction of the building and garage;

iii. construction of the low-voltage network for electric power input;
iv. construction of access roads;

v. construction of plumbing and sewer systems;

vi. construction of antenna installation.

3. Construction of garages to house specialized vehicles at the Rijeka,
Skopje and Bar monitoring and measuring centers.

4, Expansion of the facility of the monitoring and measuring center in
Belgrade: .

i. purchase of land to expand the antenna installation;
ii. enlargement of building to add new space;

iii. construction of a special room for testing under special conditions;

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SAUDI ARABIA

DIRECT TELEX LINKS WITH EUROPE ANNOUNCED

Jiddah ARAB NEWS in English 24 Aug 77 p 4

Glext]

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«RIYADH, Aug. 23 (SPA}—
P&T Undersecretary for Tele-
geaphic Affairs Dr. Ibrahim
Ahmad Ubaid announced
Tuesday the installation of dir-
ect telex links with France,
Belgium and Switzerland.

He said the new lines will
provide better and quicker telex
services for about 1,000 telex
subscribers in the Kingdom.

-Dr. Ubuid said there were at

present direct telex lines with
the USA, the U.K., France,
Italy, Germany, Austria, Swit.
zerland, Belgium, Egypt, Bah-
rain, Hong Kong and Japan.

Moreover, the ministry has
taken joint measures with these
countries to provide connecting
services for telex messages bet-
ween the Kingdom and the rest
of the world.

He suid the number of telex

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lines, especially with the U.S.
and Britain. will keep increas-
ing in the coming few months.

Dr. Ubaid said a six-thou-
sand line electronic telex ex-
change, which is actually being
installed, will start operating at
the end of October 1977.

He added that the King-
dom’s domestic and interna-
tional telex services will soon
be considerably improved. He
said telex bureaux have been
Tenovated and new centers
have been created throughout
the Kingdom to serve the pub-
lic and render such facility
within everyone's reach.

Three telex bureaux were set
up in Riyadh in Al-Nassereya,
Al-Murabbas and Al. Matar
(Airport), one office was open-
ed in the ministry's branch .1
Mecei while others are. about
to be set up in suitable areas.
There an office was opened at
the PTT branch at Mina street
in Jeddah, three in Dammam,
one at Al-Khobar. one at
Dhahran Airport, one in Me-
dina and one in Taif.

Dr. Ubaid concluded by. say-
ing that the ministry was con-
stantly catching up with sys-
tems’ development to provide
the best facilities to the public.


COLOMBIA

BRIEFS

DECREE ON RADIO BROADCASTING--The government issued today the following
decree concerning radio broadcasting in Colombia: The president of the
Republic of Colombia, making use of his legal authority granted under
Article 121 of the Constitution, and in accordance with Legislative Decree
No 2131 of 1976, decrees: Article 1--While the present state of siege
remains in effect, no information, declarations, communiques or comments
will be broadcast by radio or television concerning illegal work stoppages
or strikes, Article 2--The Communications Ministry, by means of a resolu-
tion which can only be revoked by appeal, will punish any violations of
the stipulations of the present decree in accordance with Articles 17 of
Law 74 of 1966 and 85 and 86 of Decree 2085 of 1975, Article 3--Concerning
the matters subjected to prohibition in accordance with this decree, only
official bulletins authorized by the Communications Ministry will be pub-
lished or broadcast, Article 4--The present decree goes into effect as
of the date of its signature and it revokes dispositions that may be con-
trary to it. To be published and complied with. [Text] [Bogota CIRCUITO
TODELAR in Spanish 0500 GMT 3 Sep 77 PA]

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK--Dr Muhyi-al-Din Sabir, director of the Arab
Organization for Education and Sciences, announced during the international
conference of education which is now convening in Geneva, that the Arab
countries are in the process of implementing a project to establish an edu-
cational television network. He also called for coordination of interna-
tional efforts to frustrate Israel's attempts to destroy the existence of
Arab education in the occupied territories. [Text] [Cairo AL-AHRAM in
Arabic 2 Sep 77 p 8]

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ii. advanced and specialized training abroad for work in the planning of
frequencies, monitoring and measuring of radiocommunications and automatic
data processing.

13. Purchase of specialized literature in the field of radiocommunications:
i. for frequency planning;

ii. for monitoring of radiocommunications;

iii. publications of the International Telecommunication Union.

14. Preparation of technical regulations, standards and norms to guarantee
unhindered function of radiocommunications:

i. regulations on technical operating conditions and performance charac-
teristics of radio stations;

ii. regulations and instructions concerning uniform methods of measurement
and testing in the field of radiocommunications;

iii. proposals of Yugoslav standards in the field of radiocommunications
and interference in radiocommunications.

15. Construction and purchase of housing for specialists.
16. Purchase of independent (standby) power plants:

i. purchase and installation of 15-kilovolt-ampere standby power plants
at the Belgrade and Sarajevo monitoring and measuring centers;

ii. purchase and installation of 5-kilovolt-ampere standby power plants
at the Rijeka, Skopje, Bar and Ljutomer monitoring and measuring centers;

iii. purchase of mechanical-drive units for power supply of equipment
housed in specialized vehicles for work in the field;

iv. purchase and installation of storage batteries and voltage stabilizers
and transformers in all monitoring and measuring centers.

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a

TOBARU WARD CHIEF CITES VOA-CAUSED ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE
Naha OKINAWA TIMES in Japanese 14 Sep 77 p 7 OW

{Excerpts] Kunigami--Tobaru in Kunigami-son was the only place on Okinawa
or in all of Japan where there were "no utility poles." To prevent jamming
by strong radio waves generated from the VOA (Voice of America) broadcast-
ing facility in the neighborhood [as published], telephone, electric light
poles and television antennae had to be buried underground. However,
since VOA's relocation last May, it has been decided to reintroduce poles,
and they are now being erected.

According to Ward Chief Seisho Oshiro, because of radio jamming by VOA,
telephone cables, electric light cables and antenna cables had to be
buried underground and this caused difficulties for public works in the
village. The underground system made it difficult to carry out road,
waterworks and sewage construction. When construction work was underway,
cables had to be cut, which caused frequent power outages and telephone
interruptions. When there was a heavy rain, cables became soaked, which
caused frequent power failures. When telephones, electric lights and
televisions were not functioning properly, it was difficult to check
underground cables and it took a long time to fix them. In addition,
installing telephones or electric lamps required that the ground be dug
up. This involved a lot of time and money and consequently, it was not
easy to get a telephone installed.

Oshiro said: "There were advantages to the underground cable system in
that it makes lights and telephones strongly resistant to typhoons; but
there were more disadvantages. Finally, we found that poles are better.
Since there is no more VOA radio jamming, we have petitioned the tele-
graph and telephone corporation through the village office to install
poles."

Wearing a bitter smile, Ward Chief Oshiro said: "This will bring an end

to the fuss about radio jamming and also to our postwar era. This is how
the Tobaru villagers feel about it."

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SAUDI ARABIA

BRIEFS

NEW TELEVISION STATION--Abha 2 September--A new television station will be
opened in Abha tomorrow afternoon by His Royal Highness Prince Khalid al-
Faysal, governor of 'Asir region, The ceremony will be attended by Infor-
mation Minister Dr Muhammad 'Abduh Yamani, Information Ministry Under
Secretary for Information Affairs Dr ‘Abd al-'Aziz Muhyi ad-Din Khurjah, a
number of Information Ministry officials and newspaper chief editors. The
station's transmission will cover most parts of the southern area, The

new station will operate in color using the SECAM system, It will be the
sixth television station in the kingdom, The information minister has
decided to establish a relay station in the southern area to cover the
areas which will not be able to receive the transmission of the new station.
The station has been built in cooperation with French experts according to
the provisions of the technical and economic cooperation agreement between
Saudi Arabia and France, [Text] [Riyadh SNA in Arabic 1022 GMT 2 Sep 77 NC]

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YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC

BRIEFS

TV RELAY STATION-~Yemen Arab Republic President Ibrahim al-Hamadi today
inaugurated a television relay station on al-Ghayl Mountain which will
cover the northern and northwestern parts of the country. The project
was completed with the help of the engineers of the general radio and
television organization and the soldiers of the first infantry brigade.
[San'a Domestic Service in Arabic 1700 GMT 8 Sep 77 JN]

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SINGAPORE

7

BRIEFS

NEW CIVIL AVIATION SYSTEMS--The Civil Aviation Department has ordered a
fully computerized and automated long-range surveillance radar and data
display system to cope with the projected growth of aircraft movement in j
Singapore, The system, costing Singapore $18.5 million, will be installed ;
at Changi International Airport and be operational by October 1979, A :
digital air traffic control simulator, costing Singapore $4.8 million, has

just been installed at the department's training center at Pelita Airport

to upgrade the skill of. air traffic controllers, By 1982 the projected
commercial aircraft movement will reach some 82,000 a year, 43 percent

more than in 1976, [Singapore Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT

3 Sep 77 BK]

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