inspection manholes and huts for unattended repeater stations, 15 auxiliary
buildings and approximately 80 kilometers of 6 or 12 conduit runs,

It will require excavation of 866 kilometers of trenches, using machines
and explosives, 80 kilometers of trenches using jackhammers, the laying
of 888 kilometers of cable and approximately 113 kilometers of cables in
buried conduits, In addition, 235 rivers and dams of different sizes will
have to be crossed and 650 road crossings will have to be made,

Objective of the Coaxial Cable--Its primary objective is to satisfy the
needs for long-distance telephone and telegraph communications and data
transmission in our country,

In turn, it will be used as a backup for the television transmission system,
whose main support will be the new microwave system now being installed,
which will be devoted basically for this purpose and for the other needs

of national radio broadcasting.

In the case of a malfunction in a section of the microwave system, a tele-
vision channel--audio as well as video--can be transmitted on the coaxial
cable, In like manner, in case of an interruption in the aforementioned
cable, 960 telephone channels can be transmitted by the new microwave
system,

The cable will satisfy the need for circuits of the main cities of the
country until 1990 and the capacity for expansion of the system will be
able to cover the demands that originate in the years after 1990,

The installation of this system, whose conception, planning and execution
will be possible in large measure because of the help given by the Soviet
Union, will place Cuba at the level of the developed countries with respect
to long-distance communications facilities and with it will establish the
foundations for the future national automatic dialing network,

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EMLLCE ELCIONAL DEL CABIE SOAKIAL

Pp. 23--The Long Distance Transmission System by Coaxial Cable will be approxi-
mately 1,800 kilometers long, linking the 14 provincial capitals as well as

other cities and localities. B



this overlapping of data decreases any risk of uncertainty and
increases the warning period. In case of need or in’ the event
of a serious threat, the Mont-Agel station can order. the take-
off of Mirage F1 aircraft from the Orange base. Depending on
the gravity of the situation, . these aircraft will either inspect
and interrogate or destroy the enemy aircraft.

The growing importance of electronic warfare has given the
Mont-Agel center a fourth mission: radio and radar jamming. In
addition, a civil defense mission will soon be added. This is
known as CEDAR /Radioactivity Detection and Alert Office/, Opera-
ting through the General Alert Office, this system will notify
depar tmental prefectures of. the risks of radioactive dangers

in case of a conflict.

An Instantaneous Knowledge of the Situation

The types of equipment used to provide this control are divided
into three categories. One part consists of the radar antennas
which sweep through space. A second category consists of the
computer calculations. And thirdly, there are the tracking dis-
plays shown on consoles which can be interrogated by the traffic
controlers.

The STRIDA system has two different types of radar which can
each operate independently.

There is a primary two-dimensional radar used in association
with a "sytometry" radar. This enables the precise position
in direction and altitude to be determined. A second, three-
dimensional radar, the Palmier G, was installed in 1971; it has
a range of 350 km over the sea, and about 250 km to the north
of the station.

The Palmier radar's shadow area in low altitude coverage, which
had been estimated at 125 km, has been reduced to about 18 km
because of the sytometry radar's antennas which can be beamed
in the direction desired. The complementary nature of the two
systems, evident already, is further increased by the fact that
if one radar is unavailable, the other is activated.

Computer work is done by an IBM 370/158 which processes the
station's programs in real time. This computer also has many
other functions; it transmits flight parameters to the operator,
thus giving the interceptor the best possible firing conditions,
or, in its traffic control funetion, it warns of collision risks.

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[Shugayev] .The area around the Kirovsk 'Apatite' Combine is very broken re-
lief, and the ministry is to build a powerful television station near the
town during the present five-year plan, which will provide two-channel tele-
vision broadcasting and radio broadcasting. This will make it possible to
bring quality color broadcasts to this economically important region and in-
crease the area of reliable reception.

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SPAIN

BRIEFS

EFE, MIDDLE EAST OFFICES--Madrid, 13 May--The new EFE office in downtown
Jerusalem has been opened. Journalist Don Elias Zaldivar, who speaks both
Spanish and Hebrew well, will be in charge of directing the new EFE office.
In addition to its office in Jerusalem EFE also has a correspondent's office
in Tel Aviv. The new EFE office in Beirut, whose chief will be Don Nemesio
Rodriguez Lopez, was also opened. New EFE offices in Amman, Cairo and
Damascus will open in coming weeks, so as to have complete news coverage of
the Middle East which is an important part of the world. Up to now, EFE had
covered the Middle East by means of stringers, correspondents or special cor-
respondents. [Text] [Madrid EFE in Spanish 1755 MGT 13 May 77]

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VIETNAM

TEXT OF SRV NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 12 MAY COMMUNIQUE
Hanoi Domestic Service in Vietnamese 1430 GMI 12 May 77 OW

[Communique from the SRV National Assembly Standing Committee on its
session of 12 May 1977]

[Excerpt] On 12 May 1977, the National Assembly Standing Committee held
its routine session under the chairmanship of Truong Chinh. Present at
the session were representatives of the Council of Ministers, People's
Supreme Court, and People's Supreme Procurate.

1. According to the proposal of the Council of Ministers, the National
Assembly Standing Committee approved the transformation of Dai Phat Thanh
Tieng Noi Vietnam [Voice of Vietnam Radio Station] into Uy Ban Phat Thanh
Va Truyen Hinh Vietnam [Vietnam Radio and Television Commission], and
placing it directly under the Council of Ministers.

2. According to the Council of Ministers’ proposal, the National Assembly
Standing Committee approved the change of the name Vietnam Thong Tan Xa
[Vietnam News Agency] to Thong Tan Xa Vietnam [News Agency of Vietnam]
placing it directly under the Council of Ministers.

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EL SALVADOR

RADIOS SUSPEND PROGRAMMING, PRIESTS SEEK ASYLUM
Panama City Domestic Service in Spanish 1730 GMT 11 May 77 PA

[Excerpt] Latin American political analysts believe that the death of
Salvadoran Foreign Minister Mauricio Borgonovo Pohl, announced in the
Salvadoran capital this morning, could lead to serious political conse-
quences in that Central American nation of 4.5 million persons.

A few hours after radio stations urgently reported the discovery of
Borgonovo Poh1's body, it was announced that several persons, including
various priests, had requested political asylum at embassies in San
Salvador.

In statements to ACAN this morning, Gen Omar Torrijos Herrera expressed
regrets over Foreign Minister Borgonovo's death. The Panamanian chief of
government had previously offered to serve as mediator in obtaining the
foreign minister's release.

On its part, the Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Forces [FPL], which
executed the foreign minister, said that it made this decision because
Col Arturo Armando Molina's regime refused to release 37 political
prisoners, which was the only way to save the foreign minister's life.
The FPL charged that the Salvadoran Government was not interested in its
foreign minister's release since the political prisoners who were to be
involved in the exchange were already dead.

A few days ago, the FPL warned that it was not demanding money in exchange
for Borgonovo's life but the release of the political prisoners.

Salvadoran radio stations this morning suspended their regular programs
and have been playing classical music. It was indicated that reports on
the Borgonovo case had been banned while police and security forces under-
take a thorough investigation of the events.

In San Salvador there is a climate of tension and uncertainty regarding
the immediate political future of the country. According to political
analysts, Borgonovo's death will cause a serious problem for Colonel
Molina's government since the foreign minister directly handled the
border problems between his country and Honduras.

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The tracking display is done on Sintra Visu IV tabular sereens
and scopes. Each of these consoles is fully autonomous and
independent of:the others. .However, each console can still
replace a nearby console when so ordered by the controler.

The Mont-Agel STRIDA Visu IV system's start of operation, which
is already connected to the. Narbonne radar facility, the Sainte-
Baume, marks the third phase in a program to be completed in 1980
when the Tours station gets its Visu_IV equipment, and when the
system_is connected with the SENIT /Naval Tactical Data Handling
System7 system developed by the French Navy.

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CONTENTS (Continued)

VIETNAM

Text of SRV National Assembly 12 May Communique
(Hanoi Domestic Service, 12 May 77). .sccsscecsceee

EASTERN EUROPE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Briefs
CSSR Telex Stations

LATIN AMERICA

CUBA
Cubanacan: New Coaxial Cable Transmission System
Planned
(BOHEMIA, 15 APY 77). .ccccceccccvccccccccsessessece
EL SALVADOR
Radios Suspend Programming, Priests Seek Asylum
(Panama City Domestic Service, 11 May 77)..seseoeee
Briefs
Catholic Station Warned
GUATEMALA
Briefs

New Telecommunications Agency
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Briefs
Islamic Conference Ends

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USSR

USSR SCIENTISTS EFFECT TV TRANSMISSION BY LASER
Moscow TASS International Service in Russian 0605 GMT 7 May 77 LD

[Text] Moscow, 7 May, TASS--Hundreds of thousands of people visiting the
exhibition of national economic achievements in Moscow have the opportunity
to become acquainted with an operational test installation where a laser
transmits television programs.

Not so long ago, television transmission by laser beam seemed a distant
dream, writes SOTSIALISTICHESKAYA INDUSTRIYA in connection with Radio Day,
which is being celebrated in the USSR today.

The work of Soviet scientists has significantly extended the possibilities
of holography. At present, in the USSR laboratories are working systems
of volumetrical television, reflecting the world in the three-dimensional
form we are used to, preserving its spatial forms and all the richness of
its colors.

Television transmissions from outer space have become possible through the
discovery of Leningrad scientists. They were successful in obtaining a
new type of semiconductor glass in which oxygen atoms are mixed with
sulfur, selenium, and tellurium atoms.

In contrast to silicon and germanium semiconductors, the glass-like semi-
conductors are absolutely simple. They are able to stand up to all possi-
ble eradiations.

Making use of their outstanding photoelectric properties and the wide
spectrum of emanations they transmit, specialists have designed television
tubes of the "Vidikon" type. In comparison with earlier existing models,
the dimensions of these instruments have been reduced ten-fold, and their
sensitivity increased by the same amount.

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0) 6) Equipos. HULTIPLEX 0 d2 ONDAS PORTADOPAS.
® " REPETIDORAS HO ATERDIOAS (a0 reguiere personal)

_ ESEEEE) casie COAXIAL

p- 16--The primary objective of the main system of transmission by coaxial
cable will be that of satisfying the needs for long-distance telephone and
telegraph communications and data transmission, guaranteeing, in turn, the
gradual introduction into the nation of automatic dialing.

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GUATEMALA

BRIEFS

NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGENCY--The Guatemalan telecommunications enterprise
(guatel) opened a modern telecommunications agency in the town of (Melchoca
Adentro) in El Peten. Gen David (Cantiros) Barrios, chief of Army General
Staff dedicated the new agency in the name of President Laugerud.
[Guatemala Domestic Service in Spanish 1800 GMT 11 May 77 PA]

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PHOTO CAPTIONS

p. 16--Legend: 1 and 2, multiplex or carrier wave equipment; 3,
unattended repeater stations and ===== coaxial cable,

p. 18--Cable laying machines in action.

p. 19--The use of mechanical equipment is necessary for accomplishing
such an extensive project.

p. 20--Installation of conduits in an underground-cable trench,
p. 22--Preparation of trenches for underground telephone cables,

p. 22--At this depth will be installed telephone inspection manholes
for the long distance main system of transmission by coaxial cable.

Pp. 22--One of the trenching machines in the construction of the under-
ground telephone routes,

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USSR

INTERVIEW WITH MURMANSK RADIO, TV CENTER CHIEF
Moscow Maritime Service in Russian 1300 GMT 6 May 77 LD

[Summary] Tomorrow is Radio Day. Our correspondent interviewed Vladimir
Stepanovich Shugayev [phonetic], chief of Murmansk Radio and TV Center.

[Correspondent] It is clear from the map we are looking at that television
programs are now received in many distant parts.

[Shugayev] All major populated centers on the Kola Peninsula receive central
television programs as well as our local programs, In Murmansk Oblast TV
programs reach 98 percent of the population. Central television programs are
received in full. Our local programs are transmitted for two hours a day; *
and during the evening we get Moscow fourth program via the satellite.

At the present time the ministry is renewing the radio-relay line between

Kandalaksha and Murmansk, which will enable them to receive central televi-
sion color broadcasts with good quality. We hope that this will also make
it possible for our Murmansk programs to reach towns on the Kola Peninsula.

[Correspondent] What can you tell us about the technical equipment of your
center? What is new?

[Shugayev] In recent years we have replaced practically all our equipment.
Among other things we have obtained a mobile television station, new video
recorders and lots more. As far as radio is concerned, everything there has
been replaced. We have a new mobile sound unit. So we are now in a posi-
tion to conduct live outside broadcasts on both radio and television. Mobile
video recorders are now being produced and mounted in a vehicle. These can
be used instead of a mobile TV station. Construction of a cine-complex is
now almost complete, and this will improve the technical quality of our pro-
ductions.

[Correspondent] I believe that there is a new TV relay station operating
in Kirovsk. What is the reason for this, and what else is to be done?

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The executive plans for various stretches of the project have already been
completed and the first machinery from the USSR arrived at the end of 1976,

Although the complete system will be completed in the next 5-year plan, its
execution has been planned in such a manner that it can be placed in opera-
tion in sections. This means that when the cities are linked and they have
the necessary equipment installed, it is possible to have the channels and
telephone links between those two points put into service,

Why the coaxial cable? Long-distance telephone service, which means that
service provided between cities and towns, can be operated manually or
automatically,

Manual service is provided by female operators who are responsible for
routing or connecting the customers, while in automatic service, any sub-
scriber can communicate with a distant telephone without requiring the
services of an operator by merely dialing the desired number after first
dialing the number that identifies the city he is trying to call.

To automate telephone service, a dialing system is required that will allow
doing away with requests for help with long distance calls, since with
this system the customer is not subjected to the delay that originates
when circuits are busy. Studies made internationally show that this tele-
phone traffic grows incessantly in keeping with an exponential law.

To continue, we can say that a base or adequate means of transmission is
necessary to provide the large numbers of telephone channels needed be-

cause the backbone of any system of communications is the means by which
telephone calls are transmitted,

Transmission may be made by several means, one of them being the coaxial
cable,

Among the technical advantages of the coaxial cable is the possibility

of transmitting a broad band of frequencies, and subsequently, a large
number of telephone channels, It also offers great protection from inter-
ference and great security in communications,

The System-~The coaxial cable system consists of the coaxial cable itself,
unattended repeater stations, semiterminal stations and terminal stations.

The coaxial cable consists of two conductors, one a small-diameter solid
conductor which fits inside the other, which is hollow in the form of a
tube and surrounds the former.

The internal conductor is kept in the center of the outside tube by small
spacer discs made of insulating material placed at short intervals,

Several of these coaxial lines are placed within a cylindrical container,
other pairs of ordinary conductors being added which are used for super-
vision and coordination [order or engineering wires].

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE, PHILIPPINES SIGN SUBMARINE CABLE CONTRACT
Singapore Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT 12 May 77 BK

[Text] Singapore and the Philippines signed a contract today to build
the first segment of the ASEAN submarine cable network costing $116
million. The 1,380-circuit segment is to be completed in January 1979.
The remaining segment of the network involving other ASEAN countries will
cost some $360 million. The whole network is expected to be ready by
1982.

Today's contract was signed by the chairman of the Telecommunications
Authority of Singapore [TAS], Mr Frank Yung Cheng Yung and the president
of the Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Incorporated, Mr Manuel
Neto Jr. It was witnessed by the minister of state for communications,
Mr Ong Teng Cheong and the Philippine ambassador, Mr Delfin R. Garcia.

In his speech, Mr Ong said that, apart from involvement in this project,
TAS has also planned other projects to improve and increase the range of
Singapore's communications services. The project, costing a total of
about $1 billion over a 5-year period, will include the extension of the
Sentosa earth station facilities [words indistinct] by 1981, and the con-
struction of a [word indistinct] service which will provide audio-visual
contact between people in different countries via two-way close-circuit
television.

Mr Garcia said the submarine cable network will bring benefit to all com-
munications in Southeast Asia and bring them closer together.

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financed through loans from Credit Commerical de France (CCF) for 350
million and from the Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economique (CCCE)
for 210 million, and the rest from self-financing.

Its construction enables Mali to have high-quality telephone and Telex
communications and to eliminate the delay in the routing of international
relations traffic.

At the present time, there are eight circuits to Paris, and this number
can be increased to 24 if the traffic volume justifies it.

The modulation process used at the present time will be replaced in the
near future with another, improved system, which will permit direct
connections with various correspondents without going through Paris.

Another advantage of this achievement is that it makes it possible to
receive a television channel which will eventually enable Mali to re-
transmit world telecasts on its own network.

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

SOUTH AFRICA DENIES JAMMING--Johannesburg, 17 May (AFP)--The National Radio
(SABC) today denied it was jamming broadcasts received in South Africa from
Radio Mozambique in Maputo. The denial of an official SABC spokesman came
after Portuguese listeners who monitor the Mozambique radio complained this
week of "interference" and difficulty tuning in Mozambique. "Confusion on
the air could be caused by two stations using frequencies which are very
close to each other. It is not the policy of the SABC to jam. All the fre-
quencies we use are registered internationally," the spokesman said, One
man was quoted in the JOHANNESBURG STAR tonight as saying it was difficult
at present to pick up news broadcasts from Maputo, where more than 80 coun-
tries are currently represented at a United Nations conference in support of
the peoples of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) and Namibia (South-West Africa). [Text]
[Paris AFP in English 0022 GMT 18 May 77 PA]

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CONTENTS (Continued)
Funding Seen Problem in Telecommunications Race
(Michel Jaeger; L'USINE NOUVELLE, 5 May 77).......
SPAIN

Briefs
EFE, Middle East Offices

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CONTENTS. (Continued)

SAUDI ARABIA

Briefs
Cabinet Approves Microwave Project

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Briefs
South Africa Denies Jamming

MADAGASCAR

Briefs
Soviets Active

MALI

New Satellite Ground Station
(L'ESSOR, 16 Mar 77).....ee0e0.

NIGERIA

Briefs
Nigerian Communications Developments

USSR

USSR Scientists Effect TV Transmission by Laser
(TASS International Service, 7 May 77)..cceccceeece

Interview With Murmansk Radio, TV Center Chief
(Moscow Maritime Service, 6 May 77). ..cccccccceccee

Academician Speaks on Communications Developments
(Moscow Domestic Service, 17 May 77....cccceseccees

Briefs
Television Relay Station

WESTERN EUROPE

FRANCE

Radar Control of Mediterranean Strengthened
(LE FIGARO, 22 Apr 77). .cccsccccccceccecccccecveves

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The entire bundle is then covered with a thick coating of insulating mater-
ial, and finally with an exterior sheath of lead, Other materials may be
placed over the lead to give the cable greater protection against corro-
sion, electrical line interference and atmospheric discharges,

To increase the efficiency of the coaxial cable, it is necessary to in-
stall the multiplexes or carrier wave equipment, which are pieces of elec-
tronic equipment whose function it is to take each conversation and assign
it a specific frequency or time division, mix it and amplify it so that
hundreds of them may be transmitted simultaneously along the coaxial cable.

In Cuba, the unattended repeater stations will be placed every 6 kilometers
in telephone inspection manholes similar to the ones used in the underground
telephone cable runs in our cities,

By unattended, they mean that no personnel are required for their constant
attention because they have a control and alarm system that is monitored
from the semiterminal stations where possible failures can be detected so
that they may be repaired if necessary.

The semiterminal stations will have a main building very similar to a tele-
phone central, in whose interior will be installed the transmission and
multiplex equipment linked to the coaxial cable, as well as the equipment
for remotely powering and controlling the unattended repeater stations.

The terminal stations are the buildings (telephone centrals) in the cities
that carry the communications lines for that particular city, linking those
lines with the semiterminal station where they are joined to the main trans-
mission system, It is in these centers that the terminal coaxial cable
equipment is found,

Planned Capacity--Through each coaxial pair may be transmitted 1,920
telephone channels, However, in case a larger number of channels is re-
quired within two or more decades, it is possible to increase that number
by inserting repeater stations, increasing the number of semiterminal
stations without the need for replacing the coaxial cable.

Although the coaxial cable and multiplex equipment represent a large ex-
penditure, their use is economical if used in lengths of 10 kilometers or
more due to savings in telephone pairs.

At this time development of technological research has managed to increase
the capacity of coaxial cables considerably, reducing costs significantly,

Internationally, today there are tens of coaxial cables of 960; 1,920;
2,700; 3,600 and 18,000 telephone channels,

Infrastructure Projects--The execution of the Cubanacan Project requires
the construction of 14 building complexes for semiterminal stations, 260

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INDIA-USSR TELECOMMUNICATION LINK--An official Indian delegation leaves for
Moscow 18 May to finalize with the Soviet authorities matters relating to
the establishment of the troposcatter telecommunication link. The delega—
tion is being led by S. B. Lall, additional secretary, the Ministry of Com-
munications. The visit is a followup of the agreement between India and the
Soviet Union signed in New Delhi last month. During its stay in Moscow, the
delegation is scheduled to finalize matters on the supply of equipment, tech-
nical know-how, deputation of Soviet engineers and training of Indian tech-
nical personnel for the project. The project, which will be implemented by
the Overseas Communications Service of the Ministry of Communications, en-
visages two terminals--one on the Indian side near Srinagar and the other
near Tashkent. The link makes use of the troposphere, which is the lower
portion of the atmosphere, to send the signals. It also takes advantage of
two high mountain peaks to diffract the signals. [Text] [Delhi ISI in
English 0926 GMT 18 May 77 BK]

GDR, LAOS, BROADCASTING AGREEMENT--Berlin--An agreement was concluded in
Berlin on Monday between the State Broadcasting Committee of the GDR Council
of Ministers and Radio Laos. It envisages the further strengthening and
deepening of cooperation between both broadcasting organizations. Besides
the exchange of musical programs and the spoken word both parties will sup-
port the further training of broadcasting staffs. On behalf of the State
Broadcasting Committee the agreement was signed by its deputy chairman, Rolf
Weissbach, and on behalf of Radio Laos by its director, Chaleun Vongsammang.
re {East Berlin ADN International Service in German 1812 GMT 16 May 77

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Observers indicate that in the domestic sphere, Molina will now have to
show greater government unity. The Borgonovo family is one of the
wealthiest in the country. It has financial interests in banking and

industry. It is believed that the family's influence extends to certain
levels of the government in El Salvador.

International news agencies this morning were expecting a statement from
the Salvadoran Government.

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JPRS 69207

6 June 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
No, 3

U. S. JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE

Reproduced From
Best Available Copy

REPRODUCED BY

NATIONAL TECHNICAL

INFORMATION SERVICE


INDONESIA

BRIEFS

RADIO NETWORK CONSTRUCTION--According to radio director Tomas Sugito on

7 May, all 139 construction projects under his directorate, which were
scheduled for completion before the 2 May 1977 general elections, met the
deadline. The construction of the projects, which included the construc-
tion of buildings and the installation of studios, mobile transmitters,
permanent transmitters and SSB networks was financed with 7.7 billion
rupiah, a 2.8 billion yen Japanese loan through IGGI, a $10 million loan
from the United States, the United Kingdom and France and 533,000 pounds.
Sugito said that, with the completion of the projects, audibility of
Radio Republik Indonesia [RRI] broadcasts in all provinces had been vastly
improved. Work is currently underway to improve the audibility of RRI-
Jakarta broadcasts throughout Indonesia. [Jakarta Domestic Service in
Indonesian 0700 GMT 7 May 77 BK]

REGIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING--The director general of radio, television
and film has instructed the television service director to let several
regional television stations, which are entering the final stage of con-
struction, relay the Jakarta television broadcast through the domestic
satellite communications system. The regional stations concerned are

Banda Aceh, Padang, Pakanbaru and Benkulu in Sumatra; Banjarmasin,
Pontianak and Samarinda in Kalimantan; Ambon and Jayapura in east Indonesia.
[Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 1200 GMT 6 May 77 BK]

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INDIA

BRIEFS

SECOND TV REBROADCAST UNIT--Delhi, 18 May, TASS--A ground TV rebroadcast-
ing station has started operating in Raipur, India. This is the second
commissioned station of the 6 that India is building in a TV rebroadcast-
ing system for the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andara Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar, and Orissa. The Raipur station's range of action is 40
kilometres and it will service 400 villages. [Text] [Moscow TASS in
English 0840 GMT 10 May 77 LD]

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The ECS will be derived from the OTS and weigh 460 kilograms. Each ECS will cost
115-120 million accounting units, about 580-590 million francs.

The first ECS is to be launched from the French space center at Kourou, Guyana
in 1981 by an Ariane rocket. The second is scheduled for launch a few months
later. Once operational; both satellites will be exploited by the various
national European telecommunications administrations. Last March in Paris these
administrations formed a single organization--the interim Eutelsat--to handle
these exploitation tasks.

The ministers of ESA member countries also made another most important decision,
namely to build a European direct~broadcast satellite coupled to a “heavy
technological platform." This 950-kilogram satellite is also to be launched

by an Ariane rocket from Kourou in late 1980 or in 1981. It will provide Euro-
pean countries with five additional TV channels allowing direct reception in such
communal facilities as schools, hospitals, large apartment-building complexes,
or even individual homes. ,

This project has aroused considerable interest among manufacturers. Aerospatiale,
Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm of Germany, and ECTA [Aerospace Engineering Research
and Manufacturing] of Belgium have formed an "economic interest group" (GIE)
called Eurosatellite to submit their proposals for the heavy satellite platform
imown as Phebus. This GIE is competing with the aforementioned Mesh consortium.
The European Space Agency is expected to make its decision on this project sometime
in the latter half of this year. Between now and the end of this year, ESA mem-
ber governments will also have to make decisions on production of six operational
Ariane launch vehicles, funding of the ECS program, and reactivation of the Kourou
space center.

Will they be able to provide the funds needed to avoid being completely out-
distanced in a vital area of international competition? Europe is already
lagging considerably behind the United States which in addition to a certain
number of conventional satellites already has two experimental direct-broadcast
satellites, NASA's ATS-6 [Applications Technology Satellite] and Telesat's
(U.S. and Canada) Hermes CTS [Communications Technology Satellite].

This Hermes satellite was launched 17 January 1976. It is a forerunner of
tomorrow's satellites.

Its energy is furnished by a pair of solar arrays consisting of 27,000 solar
cells capable of providing some 1,200 watts of power. It is equipped with a
200-watt traveling wave tube (TOP) of novel design with an efficiency of 50
percent. It is currently the world's most powerful communications satellite.
Its power is such that it permits the use of small ground stations equipped
with antennas as small as 1 meter in diameter.

Some 30 American and Canadian users are dividing use of the Hermes spacecraft

on experiments. The European Space Agency is associated with the project
through a special agreement with Canada.

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MALI

NEW SATELLITE GROUND STATION
Bamoko L'ESSOR in French 16 Mar 77 p 1

[Text] Yaya Bagayoko, our minister of information and telecommunications,
yesterday morning dedicated the Satellite Telecommunications Ground Station
at Sulimambougou, a place situated some 10 kilometers from the capital on
the Koulikoro road.

Members of the government who were present and members of the diplomatic
corps attended this ceremony which was marked by two addresses, given,
respectively, by Yaya Bagayoko and Mr Selosse, president-director general
of the Societe France-Cables et Radio, who made the trip especially for
the occasion and to visit the facilities.

In his address, the minister of information and telecommunications emphasized

in particular our geographical situation--and inland country without

direct acces to the sea--on the one hand, and government policy, which is making
no effort to overcome the drawbacks of this handicap which weighs heavily

on the development of the country. He also stressed the importance of

this station, which is the result of open, straightforward cooperation

between the Mali Office of Posts and Telecommunications and the Societe
France-Cables et Radio through their common subsidiary company, TIM,
(Telecommunications Internationales du Mali).

Yaya Bagayoko described the amjor effort made by this company whose founding
members are the Office of Posts and Telecommunications and the Compagnie
Francaise de Cables Sous-Marines et de Radio (FCE) during the period
1965-1976, when it carried out a large investment program involving a total
of ‘730 million Mali francs for modernizing the decameter wave radio instal-
lations.

Mr Selosse, director general of the Societe France-Cables et Radio, espe-
cially stressed cooperation between France and Mali and the strengthening
of it.

The Sulimambougou Satellite Telecommunications Ground Station

The installation work, the adjustment, and the testing, which lasted 10
months (15 March to 22 December 1976) cost about 850 million Mali francs,
in addition to 90 million Mali francs for Mali's participation in INTELSAT
(International Telecommunications Satellite Organization). It was

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MADAGASCAR

BRIEFS

SOVIETS ACTIVE--Moscow is making progress in the Indian Qcean. Soviet
technicians are currently installing a radio station [i.e., transmitter]
in Madagascar, and some advisors from Moscow are expected in Tananarive
to provide aid to certain government ministries. [Text] [Paris LE POINT
in French 16 May 77 p 71]

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INTERNATIONAL

BRIEFS

ETHIOPIAN, GDR NEWS AGENCIES SIGN ACCORD--The Ethiopian and the GDR news
agencies have signed an agreement for increased cooperation between them.
The agreement is to facilitate the regular exchange of news services
between the two national agencies free of charge. The postal department
of the GDR news agency, the ADN, and the Ethiopian news agency exchange
regularly and free of charge their press photos by airmail. The agreement
was signed here by Ato Bealu Girma, permanent secretary in the Ministry of
Information and National Guidance, and by Mr Gerhard Weilhan, director
general of ADN. The two agencies have also agreed to assist correspondents
of each other and extend experience in the field of journalism, communica-
tion engineering, and organization. [Text] [Addis Ababa Voice of Revolu-
tionary Ethiopia in English 1630 GMT 12 May 77 LD/EA]

RADIO AGREEMENT WITH USSR--An agreement on radio broadcasting cooperation
and exchange was signed on 13 May between the State Committee for Tele-
vision and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union and the National Radio
of the LPDR. Based on the agreement which was signed by Mamedov, first
deputy chairman of the Soviet State Committee, and Chaleun Vongsam-ang,
director of the Lao National Radio, the two sides will exchange documents
and radio programs regarding social, political, economic, scientific,
cultural, and sports affairs, as well as programs for women, children,
and youths. The agreement also covers the exchange of programs dedicated
to national festivals, such as the anniversary of the LPDR and the 60th
anniversary of the Great October Revolution. [Moscow Radio in Lao to Laos
1400 GMT 13 May 77 BK]



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USSR

BRIEFS

TELEVISION RELAY STATION--A so-called "overground minitransmitter" to
relay Moscow television broadcasts via the TV satellite for Siberia and
the Far East has started operating at Turukhansk, a village on the
Yenisey River. The effective radius of this cheap and simple relay sta-
tion is over 5 kilometers. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period the
whole of Frasnoyarsk Kray will be covered by central television. [Moscow
Domestic Service in Russian 1200 GMT 15 May 77 LD]

CSO: 5500

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FRANCE

RADAR CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN STRENGTHENED
Paris LE FIGARO in French 22 Apr 77 p 10
[Rt ticle by 8.B.7

/Text/7_The STRIDA /Kir Defense Data Processing and_Display
System7 Visu IV system of the Nicé Mont-Agel CDC /Detection
and Control Center/, which has been operational since it was
first opened on 30 March, is the result of work that has been
going on since 1956, designed to give the CODA /Operational
Air Defense Command/ high performance and reliable equipment
to provide coverage and immediate transmission of air traffic
data for the Mediterranean area. The Mont-Agel Air Force Base
943, located at an altitude of 1,150 meters, 4+ kilometers from
the Italian border, towering above Monte Carlo, performs three
essential missions, using data supplied by its radar network.

The first is an alert and detection mission. As soon as an echo
is acquired, its course, speed, altitude and the number of
aircraft or missiles which might be violating France's air

space must be identified. When this is done, the echo becomes
a "track," which is immediately classified as friend, unknown,
doubtful, or foe.

This permanent evaluation of .threats is centralized at the
Taverny CODA and at the Lyon Mont-Verdun center which, if it
is not functioning, is replaced by the Mont~Agel CDC.

In addition to control of military air traffic and special
training missions, the closely related second and third missions
attempt to provide air safety in cooperation with the Italian
center and the French center at Aix-en-Provence. The Mont~Agel
station is in close contact with the Ares radar stations of
NATO's Nadge network, and with the civilian Cautra system;

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ENDS--Abu Dhabi, 9 May--Concluding its 2-day meetings
in Abu Dhabi tonight, the general assembly of the Organization of Islamic
Broadcasting Stations conveyed thanks to Saudi Arabia for establishing
the Voice of Islam broadcasting station in Mecca. The assembly decided
that the member states will set up relay stations for the Voice of Islam
and will provide Islamic programs in joint coordination. The assembly
approved the formation of the executive council of the organization con-
sisting of nine members, eight of whom will be elected by the general
assembly while the ninth member will be the organization's secretary
general by virtue of his post. In the light of this, it was decided that
the new executive council will be composed of Saudi Arabia, the UAE,
Morocco, Pakistan, Malaysia, Mali, Niger, Iran, and the organization's
secretary general or his representative. [Excerpts] [Cairo MENA in
Arabic 2138 GMT 9 May 77 NC]

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JPRS 69207

6 June 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

“No. 3
ConTENTS PAGE

INTERNATIONAL

Briefs
Ethiopian, GDR News Agencies Sign Accord
Radio Agreement With USSR
India-USSR Telecommunication Link
GDR, Laos, Broadcasting Agreement

NNER

ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

Singapore, Philippines Sign Submarine Cable Contract
(Singapore Domestic Service, 12 May 77)....ecsseceeeees 3

INDIA
Briefs
Second TV Rebroadcast Unit 4
INDONESIA
Briefs
Radio Network Construction 5
Regional Television Broadcasting 5
NEPAL
Briefs
Asian Telecommunication Network 6

-a- [III - INT - 140]



Specific applications have already been found for this direct-broadcast type of
satellite in the Far North and other remote regions of Canada. They involve
medical and educational uses, transmission of television programs, plus exchanges
between scattered local communities. Hermes heralds a new stage in the history
of human relations.

Japan also recently entered the race with a brilliant achievement. On 23 Febru-
ary 1977, it launched a 130-kilogram satellite into a synchronous orbit with a
launch vehicle of entirely Japanese construction. It is the third country to
have achieved such a feat. Europeans should, therefore, ponder this lesson and
do their utmost lest they remain behind.

OTS Characteristics

Weight: at launch, 866 kilograms, in orbit, 444 kilograms.

Height: 2.1 meters. Width: 9.26 meters with solar panels deployed.

Orbit: synchronous at 10 degrees east longitude.

Service life: from a minimum of 3 years to 7 years.

Principal contractors: Hawker Siddeley Dynamics for the Mesh consortium:
Matra, ERNO, Saab, Selenia, AEG-Telefunken and Thomson-CSF.

Launch date: mid-1977 by a Thor Delta 3914 rocket.

8041
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

CSSR TELEX STATIONS--Prague, 22 May, CETEKA--The number of Telex stations
in Czechoslovakia is rising by some 500-600 every year, and stands at
present at 7,500. Telex is slowly replacing telegraph both in domestic
and international use. Connection in Europe is automatic. Overseas con-
nections involve the use of most sophisticated telecommunications equip-
ment, from submarine cables to cosmic links through the Intersputnik sys-
tem of satellites. The growing use of computers and data-processing
equipment contributes directly to the expansion of the network of Telex
subscribers. The advantages of the fully automated Telex connections are
diminished by the still relatively low number of Telex subscribers--50 for
every 100,000 people. There are 18,200 telephones for the same number of
people in Czechoslovakia. [Text] [Prague CTK in English 1750 GMT 22 May
77 LW)

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Part of the work is being done through the expansion of the conduit along
Rancho Boyeros Avenue toward Santiago de las Vegas, Also in progress is
a plan of civil construction and auxiliary buildings, as well as the ex-
pansion of the telephone centrals where the cable passes, for which the
Ministry of Construction is lending its assistance.

In the phases of surveying and compiling preliminary information, and in
the process of preparing the plans, there was an outstanding technical con-
tribution by more than 40 Soviet communications specialists who worked to-
gether with the Cuban technicians, and who for this purpose toured and
analyzed the possible alternate routes for the coaxial cables.

Also participating in this work were technicians of the Physical Planning
Institute, Urban Hydrology, Hydraulic Group, National Road Group, General
Directorate of Social Works of the former DESA; various institutes of the
Academy of Sciences such as Soils, Geography, Geology, Meterology, the
Geodesy and Geography Institute of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, organi-
zations such as the former National Institute for Agrarian Reform (today
Ministry of Agriculture), the Center for Technical Assistance, and the
National Institute of Tourism [INIT], all of which, with the support of the
Party at all levels, collaborated to conclude this first extensive and com-
plex contribution to the project successfully,

Before delving further into the significance of the coaxial cable from the
operational point of view, let us set the background for it, Let us say
first of all that the development of the country in the years of the revolu-
tion has resulted in a demanding increase in the needs for long-distance
communications service because the present systems are insufficient for
satisfying the large volumes of telephone traffic.

Cubanacan Project--In view of this situation, the governments of the Soviet
Union and Cuba signed agreements in Moscow in December 1972 and later in
April 1976, for economic collaboration in the planning of a communications
line via coaxial cable of approximately 1,800 kilometers in length that
would run from the city of Pinar del Rio to Guantanamo, linking the 14
provincial capitals, with telephone channels branching off to other import-
ant cities: San Cristobal, Artemisa, Guanajay, Guines, San Antonio de los
Banos, San Jose de las Lajas, Jaguey Grande, Mayari, Palma Soriano....

With the name of "Cubanacan Project," the main transmission system for
long-distance communications is the largest investment made in the country
in matters of communications up to now,

The agreements completely cover the execution of the project ranging from
the phase of surveying and compilation of preliminary information, tech-

nical and executive plans, supply of equipment, construction and installa-
tion to the placing in operation,

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ACADEMICIAN SPEAKS ON COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENTS
Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1900 GMT 17 May 77 LD

[Excerpt] A scientific session, devoted to the problems of the development
of radio engineering, radio electronics and communications, opened in
Moscow today.

Vladimir Ivanovich Siforov, director of the Institute of Problems of Infor-
mation Transmission and corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences,
spoke at the session.

[Siforov stated:]

The problems which our session is discussing are of very great scientific
and practical significance. The institute is developing a system of ex-
tracting information from a computer's memory by means of the human voice.
This is very important. Here, man and machine, as it were, are beginning
to form one single whole. This system is now in experimental operation in
the Central Control Directorate of the power grids of the Soviet Union.

In our country work is being carried out on a wide scale to set up a single
automated communications network. This work will make it possible to sat-
isfy more fully the fast-growing needs for various kinds of communications,
both of industrial enterprises and of our citizens, a great role in solving
all these problems is played by the [All-Union] Scientific and Technicla
Society of Radio Engineering and Electronics Communications, imeni A. S.
Popov, the great Popov, the inventor of the radio, a society which now
unites 440,000 specialists.

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EL SALVADOR

BRIEFS

CATHOLIC STATION WARNED--San Salvador, 11 May--Msgr Andres Rivera y Damas,
Episcopal conference secretary, said today that the slaying of Foreign
Minister Mauricio Borgonovo has caused great concern among Salvadorans.
Regarding another matter, Msgr Andres Rivera y Damas said that a meeting
of the Episcopal conference will be held to discuss a government warning
to the Catholic radio station to watch its programming because it is felt
that the station has been attacking the regime. The interior minister has
summoned the manager of the Catholic radio station to discuss the warning
and has also sent him a letter to study and reply to. [Text] [San Jose
Radio Reloj in Spanish 1730 GMT 11 May 77 PA]

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NIGERIA

BRIEFS

NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENTS--A long-range circuit network using
automatic telephone exchanges is to be introduced soon in Nigeria. The
federal commissioner for economic development, Mr 0. Adewoye, announced
this in Lagos yesterday at a lecture organized to mark this year's anni-
versary of the World Telecommunications Day. He also announced that an
automatic TELEX (?JANTEX) system would be introduced. Mr Adewoye added
that existing automatic telephone exchanges would be expanded, while sub-
seriber trunk dialing would be extended to all automatic exchanges. Do-
mestic satellite communications stations with facilities for simultaneous
countrywide transmission, the commissioner said, were being established.
This is to enhance the efficiency and coverage of the conventional trans-
mission system in the country. The number of TELEX (?JANTEX) lines will
be increased from the present 750 to 4,500 during the current plan period.
[Text] [Lagos International Service in English 0800 GMT 18 May 77 LD]

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FRANCE

FUNDING SEEN PROBLEM IN TELEGOMMUNICATIONS RACE
Paris L'USINE NOUVELLE in French 5 May 77 pp 38-39
[Article by Michel Jaeger: "Telecommunications Competition Is in Space"]

[Text] The goal is to establish a truly European continental communications
satellite system by 1980, a system with its own launch vehicles and ground
stations. But can the necessary funds be provided to successfully meet inter-
national competition?

On 16 June, an American Thor Delta 3914 rocket will launch the European OTS
(Orbital Test Satellite) communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in
Flotida. The objective is to install a truly continental system, the ECS
(European Communications Satellite) network, as of 1980-1981, utilizing a
series of European-built high-performance satellites launched by the European
Ariane rocket, satellites communicating with a new type of ground station and
utilized to meet Europe's own satcom requirements.

The OTS is an experimental satellite described as "pre-operational by the ESA
(European Space Agency). It is 2 meters high and has an in-orbit weight of
440 kilograms. It consists of a service module used to properly position

the satellite and a communications module.

The OTS was built by the Mesh consortium: Matra, ERNO, Saab, and Hawker
Siddeley Dynamics. The latter was the prime contractor. Matra was responsible
for satellite integration and production of the stabilization system. Tele-
funken and Selenia have furnished some of the electronic components. Tests of
the different models were conducted by the Toulouse Test and Space Environment
Laboratory. As forerunner to the European satellite telecommunications

system, OTS will be used to conduct a certain number of tests and experiments
designed to qualify and evaluate technology, systems and the satellite's opera~
tional effectiveness.

OTS is the first link in a program established at the most recent ministerial
level ESA council meeting in Paris 14-15 February 1977. This program calls
for construction and launching of the first two operational ECS with which to
establish a "European regional satellite telecommunications system" (telephone,
television, telex and telegraph). .

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SAUDI ARABIA

BRIEFS

CABINET APPROVES MICROWAVE PROJECT--Riyadh, 17 May--The Saudi Cabinet has
decided to expedite the implementation of the microwave project for tele-
phone, telegraph and television communications among the kingdom's towns

at the cost of 1,536,179,000 Saudi rials. Announcing this, Saudi Informa-
tion Minister Dr Muhammad 'Abduh Yamani said that the cabinet, during its
meeting last night under Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister Emir Fahd
ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, also approved giving the contract to implement the proj-
ect to an American group of companies which are represented by the Western
Electric Company. [Text] [Doha QNA in Arabic 0716 GMT 17 May 77 NC]

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NEPAL

BRIEFS

ASIAN TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK--The Fourth Meeting of the National Coordi-
nators of the Asian Telecommunications Network for subregions 3, 5, and 6
will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 2-8 March 1977. The coordinators will
represent Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka plus the regional
specialist for the ITU unit and ESCAP (Economic and Social Council for

Asia and the Pacific areas). The third meeting was held in Dacca, Bangladesh
13 months before this. [Excerpts] [Kathmandu GORKHAPATRA in Nepali 1 Mar 77
pp 1, 10] The Asian Telecommunications Network meeting is to be opened by
Rabindranath Shara, Minister of Communications, Nepal. The regional ITU and
ESCAP coordinator is K.B. Pai. Since 1973, the UN development program,
ESCAP, ITU, and the World Bank have been working to establish a telecommuni-
cations network to link this area with 16 countries stretching from Iran in
the West to Indonesia and the Philippines in the East. Nepal is working

in linking the short distance between Birgunj and Raxaul, India to tie Nepal
with the other countries. It is also planning a tie-up with Bangladesh via
Bhadrapur and Thakurgaon. India has installed a 1,000-line crossbar
'pentaconta' telephone system in Biratnagar, thus bringing the total to
2,000 lines. The World Bank is aiding Nepal in the microwave repeater
project, estimated to be completed in 3 years. In Kathmandu, the Interna-
tional Telecommunications Union and the UN will construct a building for
10,000 automatic telephone to boost the automatic lines from 5,000 to 6,000.
An air agreement for jet service signed recently between Nepal and Sri Lanka
will increase the need for telecommunications link up between the two coun-
tries. [Excerpts] [Kathmandu GORKHAPATRA in Nepali 3 Mar 77 pp 1, 10]

The closing address was given by The Nepalese Communications Secretary Tirtharaj
Tuladhar. Others who were identified included (a) S. Shankararan representing
India, (b) K. A. Rauf, representing Bangladesh, and (c) Bhupraj Pande, the
regional coordinator of the Nepalese telecommunications organization, who
chaired the meeting. [Excerpts] [Kathmandu GORKHAPATRA in Nepali 9 Mar 77
pp 1, 10]

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CUBA

CUBANACAN: NEW COAXIAL CABLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PLANNED
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 15 Apr 77 pp 16-23

[Text] One of the thesis approved by the First Congress of the Communist
Party of Cuba held in 1975 states that during the present 5-year plan the
process of industrialization of our economy must be undertaken, an economy
that has primarily had agriculture as the strategic kingpin of its basic
development.

Of course the communications branch, vital for any economic-social progress,
is implicit in the context of this thesis,

That is why an increase in the number of telephone, through an increase in
the capacity of centrals in cities and rural localities, as well as the in-
stallation of microwaves and transmitters that will allow an increase in
the transmission capacity of national television, are proposed as primary
tasks in that aspect during the period. It is also planned to increase the
capacity of medium wave transmission, with a view to the development of
national radio networks, not excluding the provincial networks, It is also
planned to expand and modernize radiocommunications, improve international
broadcasting and continue the work already begun for the use of technical
means via satellite.

Among the tasks .enumerated--which are not all of them--there is the need
to advance as much as possible in the installation of approximately 1,800
kilometers of coaxial cable, a base that guarantees the introduction of
national automatic dialing during the 5-year plan.

This cable, together with the long-distance network, should be prepared to
handle the increase in telephone traffic in that period.

Brigades from the Ministry of Communications are working in the construction
of the underground conduits or channels for the telephone cable through urban
areas, through which the cable will run from Havana to the rest of the
country.