PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

KIRIN DEVELOPS POSTAL, TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORK
Changchun Kirin Provincial Service in Mandarin 1100 GMT 7 Aug 77 OW

[Summary] "The masses of workers on the postal and telecommunications front
of Kirin Province have held high the great banner of Chairman Mao, persisted
in the orientation of running the people's posts and telecommunications and
conscientiously implemented the series of important directives made by
Chairman Mao and Premier Chou on acclerating postal and telecommunications
work in our country. Exemplifying Ta-ch'ing, they have resolutely taken
our country's road for developing postal and telecommunications work and
have vigorously fought the battle to eliminate the backwardness of posts and
telecommunications in our province. Relying on their own efforts, they have
launched an all-out ‘battle to automatize telephone services in cities and
towns, use carrier waves in telephone services in counties and communes, use
facsimile transmission in telegram services and motorize mail delivery in
the countryside."

In the past 2 years, particularly since the smashing of the gang of four, the
masses of postal and telecommunications workers have been enthusiastic and
diligent and have expedited the pace of postal and telecommunications construc-
tion. At present, telephone services have been automatized in the counties

of Nungan, Wangching, Shuangyang, Chenlai, Tehui, Yenchi, Yungchi, Tunhua,
Hunchun, Antu and Holung and Khorchin east wing center banner as well as at
three communes. In addition, automatic telephone transmitters and receivers
are being installed in more than 10 other municipalities and counties.

In 1975, carrier waves were used in telephone services for 20 percent of

the communes in the province. Now they are used for 40 percent of the communes.
The province has also succeeded in producing many fascimile transmissions,

mail delivery trucks and other new postal and telecommunications equipment.

This work establishes a favorable foundation for further developing the
telegram and mail delivery services in the province within the next 2 or

3 years.

The convocation of the 3d plenum of the Tenth CCP Central Committee has
greatly inspired the masses of postal and telecommunications workers of the
province. They vow to hold high the great banner of Chairman Mao, deepen
the exposure and criticism of the gang of four and expedite the pace of
further developing postal and télecommunications work in the province.

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the functions of the managers of that enterprise are confined to a planned
orientation regarding the work with which the workers must voluntarily com-
ply.

Concurrently with these aspects, the structures of the movement, the labor
union committee and the management engage in a joint endeavor to raise the
consciousness of the workers and to make them participate in the life of

the enterprise. There are two mess halls operating in the enterprise, to
improve the social status of the workers, especially those who work at night.

However, the establishment of a new structure likewise entails the training
of cadres, and this matter is regarded there as being the fundamental basis
for the performance of any job.

On this subject, the director of EPTEL told us that a stringent plan had
been adopted, the implementation of which necessited the creation of condi-
tions that will now enable the student-workers to achieve good results at
all times.

He added that, despite the problems facing us with regard to the training
of cadres, we think that only the student or technician who has the quali-
fications to serve in that capacity should be promoted.

In order to arrive at an overall solution to this problem of training cadres,
several agreements have been signed between the CPRM [Radio Marconi Portu-
guese Company] and the Secretary of State for Communications in the area of
cooperation and assistance.

He said: "We have devised a preliminary plan based upon specialties. At the
present time, we have 14 mechanics for electronic equipment, 11 telex opera-
tors and four radiotelegraph operators; and we are engaged in improving the
professional skills of the Angolan technicians who were already affiliated
with the CPRM. In this area, we have four telex operators and one mechanic
for telegraph apparatus. We have also received offers of study grants from
some countries, through the SEC. But we think that we should first form
the human substratum with qualifications enabling those individuals to ben-
efit from such a course, and they should not go abroad until they have ac-
quired such skills."

Owing to its particular characteristics, EPTEL's production cannot be eva-
luated in the same terms as it can in other entities. It is communications
outside the country which the circuits placed at the disposal of the public
provide. Hence, the income of that enterprise depends upon the traffic

that exists as a result of the telephone, telegraph and telex circuits.

At the present time, it may be said that, from an economic standpoint, EPTEL
is quite profitable, and is making an effective contribution to the process
of national reconstruction.

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TUNISIA

BRIEFS

NEW RADIO TRANSMITTER--TAP Sousse--A new regional station for Radio-Television
Tunisienne has been set up at Monastir (in the Tunisian Sahel). This station
has been broadcasting test transmissions since 3 August on 189 meters,

which corresponds to 1585 KHZ. There are two broadcasts daily, one from

1000 to 1230 [0800-1030 GMT] and the other from 1730 to 1830 [1530-1630 GMT]
{Tunis TAP in French 1300 GMT 9 Aug 77 LD]

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"FRANCE

' BRIEFS _

SABOTAGE OF CORSICAN STATION--The television relay station near Bastia was
. sabotaged during the night by five armed and masked men. According to
preliminary estimates the damage could amount to 20 million francs and the
relay cannot be made operational before next spring. As a result, more
than half of Corsica will be deprived of television service and radio VHF
for several months. No one yet has claimed responsibility for the action.
[Paris Domestic Service in French 0800 GMT 13 Aug 77 LD]

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INDIA

BRIEFS

MUSSOORIE TV STATION--The Minister for Information and Broadcasting

Mr L. KX. Advani today opened the Mussoorie TV Transmitter Center. It

will relay the evening programs from Delhi TV Center. People of four
districts of Uttar Pradesh--Dehra Dun, Saharanpur, Bijnaur and
Muzafarnagar--will now be able to view programs transmitted from Delhi.
Speaking at the Delhi TV Center where the function was held, Mr Advani said
every effort will be made to promote suitable social, cultural and develop-
mental activities of the areas which are within the range of Delhi trans-
mission but are beyond the borders of the union territory. The chief
minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mr Ram Naresh Yadav, said the new transmitter
will cover a population of 11.2 million living mostly in rural areas. The
West German Ambassador Mr D. Oncken, who was present at the function, said
that Indo-German cooperation in this field began in 1965 when the first
daily TV service was started from Delhi. He hope that the cooperation
which has proved successful in the past will continue in the future also.
[Text] [Delhi Domestic Service in English 1530 GMT 12 Aug 77 BK]

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BULGARIA

EARTH-BASED TELEMETERING RECEIVING STATION DESCRIBED i

Sofia SPISANIE NA BULGARSKATA AKADEMIYA NA NAUKITE in Bulgarian No 2,
1977 pp 67-68 |

[article by Ventsislav Markov: "Karth-Based Telemetering Receiving Sta-
tion at Yuriy Gagarin Base Observatory" ]

[Translation] After the USSR, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Cuba,
Bulgaria has its own earth-based telemetering receiving station for
satellite scientific information. Its opening took place at the end of
January 1977 in the territory of the Yuriy Gagarin Base Observatory in
Stara Zagora. The creation of the joint telemetering system (JTMS) had
the purpose of consolidating the efforts of designers from the socialist
countries participating in the INTERKOSMOS program for the establishment
of telemetering facilities to transmit and receive scientific information
from INTERKOSMOS satellites. These satellites have at their disposal
high-capacity service telemetry, which will be used with the greatest
efficiency in the future as well. But the increase in the number of
onboard scientific experiments and the number of measured parameters have
necessitated the creation of a new telemetering system. In the next one
or two years all the comtries will have their own receiving stations,
which will significantly facilitate and divide up information-processing
efforts. The JIMS system has several basic technical characteristics.
The satellite-earth radio link is in the 136.138 MHz range with a 120 kHz
frequency spectrum. The system is mainly digital: it has 64 digital
channels, which much increases the measuring accuracy. There is also pro-
vision for analog channels, which are realized with modulation of a cor
responding number of subcarrier frequencies. The modulation of the
fundamental carrier frequency is phase-modulation. The operation of all
onboard systems was tested under actual conditions with the launching of
the INTERKOSMOS-15 artificial earth satellite in 1976.

Invaluable help was given by the USSR, East Germany and Czechoslovakia in
the creation of the Bulgarian receiving station, some of the expensive and
unique equipment being given gratis by the USSR and East Germany to the
Central Space Research Laboratory of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

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The plans outlined during this first 6-month period have been executed by
the workers in their entirety. During this second half-year, they are con-
fident and trust that they will comply with all the schedules. At the pres—
ent time, the superior entities are probing: the possibility of installing
underwater cables in the near future which would connect Luanda with at
least two cities, one of which would be Cabinda.

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CONTENTS (Continued)
INDONESIA

Briefs
Television Network Expansion

JAPAN

Briefs
Undersea Telephone Cable

PAKISTAN

Briefs
Radio, Television Independent

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Heilungkiang County Installs Dial Telephone System
(NCNA, 17 Aug 77) Foe e ccc ccs c cece cccerccscscececcccccns

Kirin Develops Postal, Telecommunications Work
(Changchun Kirin Provincial Service, 7 Aug 77) .ssceecee

Sinkiang Holds Meeting on Post, Telecommunication Work
(Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service, 16 Aug 77) .......2.

Briefs
Liaoning Broadcast Network

SOUTH KOREA

Briefs
Second Satellite Station

EASTERN EUROPE

BULGARIA

"arth-Based Telemetering Receiving Station Described
(Venteislav Markov; SPISANIE NA BULGARSKATA AKADEMI YA
NA NAUKITE,

NO 2, 1977) sesccccccccccccccccccccceccccces

HUNGARY

Briefs
Space Telecommunication Station

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EGYPT

BRIEFS

; TV TRANSMITTERS IN PROVINCES~-Four new television transmitting stations have
. been put into operation in the provinces of Bani Suwayf, al-Minya, Asyut and
Sawhaj. An official of the Radio and Television Union has said that the
transmissions ¢an be received in Bani Suwayf on Channel 7, in al-Minya on
Channel 5, in Asyut on Channel 6 and in Suhaj on Channel 12. [Text]
[Cairo Domestic Service in Arabic 1830 GMT 16 Aug 77 NC]

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SINKIANG HOLDS MEETING ON POST, TELECOMMUNICATION WORK
Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service in Mandarin 1300 GMT 16 Aug 77 OW

[Summary] Recently the Sinkiang Regional Post and Telecommunication
Administrative Bureau held a meeting to hail Chairman Hua's inscription
on post and telecommunication work. The meeting urged all comrades on the
region's post and telecommunication front to learn from Ta~ching and make
their work a real success by following the guidelines contained in Chair-
man Hua's inscription.

The comrades who spoke at the meeting unanimously pointed out the excel-
lent situation on the region's post and telecommunication front as a result
of smashing the gang of four and learning from Ta-ching. ‘They said: "By
the end of July, 58 percent of the plan for this year's post and telecom-
munication work had been fulfilled. Of the 12 major work targets, 10 were
met better than last year with increases ranging from 2.2 to 271.8 percent
compared with last year's records. Regarding post and telecommunication
industrial construction, 74.5 percent of this year's plan was completed
during January through July, and the work done during this period was more
than double that during the corresponding period last year."

After reviewing these achievements, the comrades said that what they had
done was still inadequate compared with Ta-ching and the advanced units on
the post and telecommunication front. In this connection, they pointed
out: "It 1s imperative to carry forward the spirit of revolution plus
daring, quickly learn from Ta-ching and catch up with the advanced units.
Strenuous efforts should be made in order for our region to achieve the
goals of having automatic telephone exchanges, using carrier equipment in
electric circuits, rendering a facsimile telegraph service and using motor
vehicles to deliver mail and telegrams by 1980."

"The meeting called upon post and telecommunication workers of all
nationalities in the region to concretely respond to the proposal for a
revolutionary emulation campaign between the post and telecommunication
administrative bureaus of this autonomous region and Inner Mongolia.
Vigorous emulation activities should also be carried out between post and
telecommunication bureaus of various prefectures, autonomous prefectures,
municipalities and counties, between grassroots units and between indi-
viduals, and targets for such emulation should be set up according to the
spirit of the second Learn-From-Ta-ching Conference held by post and tele-
communication departments in the country."

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INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

INTER-AMERICAN BROADCASTING ASSEMBLY OPENS
Paris AFP in Spanish 0112 GMT 23 Aug 77 PA

[Text] Quito, 22 Aug--Public Works and Communications Minister Gen Angel Vega
today asked radio broadcasters to display a higher intellectual and profes-
sional level, which will enable them to guide the community with justice

and truth.

Minister Vega tonight inaugurated the 13th Inter-American Radio Broadcasting
Assembly, an event attended by more than 200 delegates from the hemisphere.
The inaugural ceremony took place at the legislative palace.

General Vega noted that, since radio and television represent potential
power, "those in charge of them have an obligation" to their country's
national objectives and to the progress of their peoples.

For his part, National Information Secretary Gabian Garces stated that rela-
tions between the government and the collective communications media "are
absolutely cordial and normal." Garces added that the armed forces government
"respects the freedom to express ideas in all forms." "It has accepted
criticism, suggestions and observations, which on many occasions have

served to guide the decisions of the state agencies," he commented.

Ecuadorean Gerardo Brborich, president of the assembly, said in his speech
that radio broadcasting has waged important campaigns in this hemisphere
to defend freedom of expression whenever it has been threatened.

Brborich has been elected president of the assembly, and Chilean Carlos

Figueroa has been appointed first vice president. Venezuelan Ramon Ramirez
was appointed second vice president and Bolivian Raul Salmon secretary.

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SOUTH KOREA

BRIEFS

SECOND SATELLITE STATION--Seoul, 25 Aug--The nation's second earth-to-satellite |
station will be dedicated in Kumsan, South Chungchong Province, today and be H
put into operation from September 1. The new earth station, which cost 4,800 !
million won in construction expenses, will bring Korea into direct communication

with the Middle East, Africa and eight more European areas. According to offi-

cials at the Communications Ministry, the station will use Intelsat No 4 in

orbit over the Indian Ocean as a relay station for international telecommunica-

tion services. When the station goes into operation, local TV stations will be

able to telecast events the world over without the help of relay stations in

third countries, and international telephone service will be made semiautomatic

when Korean operators may call directly without the help of foreign operators.

[Text] [Seoul HAPTONG in English 0128 GMT 25 Aug 77 SK]

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

BRIEFS

BROADCASTING RANGE--The Emirates News Agency began yesterday transmission of
international news, one month after beginning service for the Gulf area.

The Agency received messages of congratulation from international agencies
on this occasion. These messages indicated that the transmission was totally
clear from the first moment whether in Beirut, Tunis or London. The United
Press International mentioned in its message that it had repeated two news
items from the Emirates News Agency, during its special broadcast yesterday
covering most of the world. The Agency began its transmissions yesterday

on a frequenct of 11560 kilocycle and for 3 hours daily, its news therefore
covers most of the world. The hours of transmission are expected to be in-

creased in the near future. [Text] [Abu Dhabi AL-ITTIHAD in Arabic 17 Jul
77 p 1). 8676

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

HEILUNGKIANG COUNTY INSTALLS DIAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Peking NCNA in English 0711 GMT 17 Aug 77 OW

[Text] Harbin, 17 Aug (Hsinhua)--A small, secluded hilly county in northeast
China's Heilungkiang Province has replaced hand-cranked telephones with dial
telephones. The telephone lines linking the county seat with the people's
communes have been fitted with wave carriers, Telephoto transmitters have
replaced keyboard telegraphs, and motorcycles are used for rural mail
delivery.

The PEOPLE'S DAILY editorial on 7 August called on the rest of the country to
learn from Yenshou in speeding up the modernization of the postal and tele-
communication services. The editorial pointed out that the road taken by
Yenshou County is that of self-reliance and hard struggle followed by
Ta~ch'ing, which is also the road for China to expand its posts and tele-
communications.

More than 70 percent of the equipment used by the postal and telecommunication
office of Yenshou County was made by its staff.

A leading member of the county postal and telecommunication office said: "By
making equipment on our own, we have saved more than 1 million yuan for the
state and trained a number of technicians."

Yenshou County has 15 people's communes with a total population of 210,000.

The county postal and telecommunication office started to bring its telephone
and telegraph services up to date in 1969. A research group formed that year
succeeded in making some simple devices including wave carriers and switch-
boards. The office then transferred one-third of its staff to the project
of building equipment. In 1975, they turned out the screw-spring automatic
telephone switchboard, the first of its kind used.in the Chinese countryside,
in just about 4 1/2 months.

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INTERNATIONAL

BRIEFS

FRENCH, YUGOSLAV, MALAYSIAN ENVOYS--Jakarta, 13 Aug (ANTARA)--Information
Minister Mashuri received three foreign ambassadors: Rene Servoise of
France, Paun Serbanovic of Yugoslavia and Datuk Zainal Abidin Bin Sulong
of Malaysia. The Yugoslav Envoy called the minister's attention to a radio
and television conference to be held in Yugoslavia next November. He hoped
that Indonesia, among the 40 countries invited to the conference, would
take part. The minister welcomed the invitation and wished the conference
success. They discussed the proposed ANTARA News Agency representative
office in Yugoslavia, for which preparations are being made. The minister
also referred to the fact that the Yugoslav TANJUG News Agency had set

up a permanent representative office here. [Excerpt] {Jakarta ANTARA in
English 0719 GMT 13 Aug 77 BK]

SOMALI, FRG INFORMATION COOPERATION-~Usman Awees Nur, director general of

the Somali Information Ministry, returned home today after attending the
Conference of Arab Information Ministers in Tunis. "Before the Arab Infor-
mation Ministers’ Conference, Challe Awees visited the FRG, where he held

talks with government officials on cooperation between the two countries

in the sphere of information, with particular reference to the installation

of new radio studios and cooperation between the news agencies of the

two countries." [Mogadiscio Domestic Service in Somali 1400 GMT 10 Aug 77 LD/EA]

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BAHRAIN

GULF NEWS AGENCY DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON AGENCY'S AIMS, OPERATIONS
Amman AL-AKHBAR in Arabic 22 Aug 77 p 2 JN

[Text] Amman, JNA--Nabil al-Hamar, director of the GULF NEWS AGENCY, has
said that the agency will begin its transmission in early October this
year and that this transmission will cover the Arab Gulf and the Arabian
Peninsula during the first phase. He also said that the agency, which is
based in Bahrain, began testing transmission in July and that the transmis—
sion and the reception were good.

Speaking to the JORDAN NEWS AGENCY [JNA], al-Hamar said that the countries
participating in the GULF NEWS AGENCY are: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,

Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE. He also said that the agency is controlled
by a board of directors composed of the information ministers of the parti-
cipant countries and currently chaired by the information minister of
Bahrain.

Al-Hamar added: The establishment of the GULF NEWS AGENCY is in fulfillment
of the Gulf states' aspiration to unify their news media. They have estab-
lished a joint corporation for the production of radio and television pro-
grams based in Kuwait and an institute for training on radio and television
based in Doha.

Al-Hamar said that the establishment of the GULF NEWS AGENCY was announced
last February during the conference of the Gulf information ministers in
Riyadh. He pointed out that the other news agencies now operating in Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Qatar will eventually become tributaries feeding

news and information into the GULF NEWS AGENCY.

Al-Hamar said that the GULF NEWS AGENCY hopes to cooperate with all other
Arab news agencies, especially with JNA. He said that during his brief visit
to Amman he held talks with Yusuf Abu Layl, director general of JNA, on
setting up a formula for close cooperation between the two agencies and on
the exchange of visits, information and experience. This topic, he added,
was raised during the talks which Bahraini information minister, who is also
chairman, of the Board of Directors of the GULF NEWS AGENCY had with Jordanian
information minister ‘Adnan Abu 'Awdah during his last visit to Bahrain.

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ECUADOR

BRIEFS

AIR APPOINTS PRESIDENT--Quito, 23 Aug--The 13th Assembly of the Inter-American
Radiobroadcasting Association (AIR) today elected Uruguayan Hector Amengual
as AIR president. The meeting also unanimously elected Mark Bench, of the
United States, and Gerardo Reborich, of Ecuador, as vice presidents.

Jose de Almeida, the outgoing president, expressed his gratitude for the
support he received during his 6-year tenure as president of the AIR Board
of Directors and pledged to continue efforts "as a soldier of the institu-
tion." He then expressed hopes for the success of the new board, whose
members will hold office for the next 2 years, and for acontinuation of

"the struggle for the right to free expression." [Text] [Buenos Aires LATIN
in Spanish 0145 GMT 24 Aug 77 PA]

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CONTENTS (Continued)

SUB~SAHARAN AFRICA

ANGOLA
EPTEL General Director Claims Coals Achieved
(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 16 Aug 77) Ooo c ccc cerercccccccccee
Briefs
Direct Communications With Congo
MALI
FRG Aid May Include Radio Transmitters, Color Television
(LIESSOR, 19 Jul 77) ...eee Soe cceeccccccccccsccece
USSR
USSR
Briefs
Space Communications Station
WESTERN EUROPE
FRANCE
Briefs
Sabotage of Corsican Station
GREECE
Briefs
Pirate Radio Stations
Electronic Exchange Cable
TURKEY
Brlefs

New TV Transmitter

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LATIN AMERICA
INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Inter-American Broadcasting Assembly Opens
(AFP, 23 Aug 77) scccaccccccccvccccccccvcccusccucccces

ARGENTINA

Marine Radiotelephone Frequencies Announced
(TELAM, 24 Aug 77) s.cece

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ECUADOR

Air Committee Criticizes UNESCO Communications Policy
(AFP, 25 Aug 77) ccccsccccccccccvccsccccccacvecccccece

Briefs
AIR Appoints President

NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Arab Gulf States Hold Telecommunications Conference in Baghdad
(AL-THAWRAH, 25 Jul 77) .cccccccccccccccccccccccsceccs

BAHRAIN

Gulf News Agency Director Speaks on Agency's Aims, Operations
(AL-AKHBAR, 22 Aug 77)

EGYPT

Briefs
TV Transmitters in Provinces

UNLTED ARAB EMIRATES

Briefs
Broadcasting Range

TUNISIA

Briefs
New Radio Transmitter

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To cut down production costs, the workers tried as far as possible to make
the components and parts needed or renovate used ones, turned existing
buildings into workshops and improvised tools and instruments.

Following Yenshou's example, the postal and telecommunication offices in the
eight counties and two cities in Mutanchiang Prefecture, Heilungkiang Province,
through a mass drive to learn from Ta-ch'ing, have achieved the same
successes as Yenshou in less than 2 years. Now the experience of Yenshou
County is being popularized throughout the country in a drive to modernize

the postal and telecommunicaticn services.

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transmitters in the developed countries. For this reason the struggle for

a participation on an equal footing in the distribution of all kinds of
radio frequencies is one of the justified demands and foundations of the
strategy for the developing national radio broadcasting systems of the non-
alined countries. Only thus, along with the development of radio and
television, will the nonalined countries insure good coverage of all their
areas. Radio and television transmission via satellite, which is still in
its beginnings, is precisely that area in which the radio and television

of the nonalined countries could first gain an equal position. They could
gain this position only if they cooperate in an organized manner and they
appear with their stands coordinated at international conferences, This
requires an immediate analysis of the present situation in their technical
development, joint planning in stages, agreements on standardization of
equipment, an exchange and training of cadres and coordination and mutual
assistance in the production of equipment. A quite direct and concrete task
in this sense is a joint preparation of the radio broadcasting systems of i
the nonalined countries for the World Administrative Conference on Radio f
Broadcasting Communications in 1979.

All efforts for the development and a more successful mutual cooperation of
these radio and television organizations depend on the preparation of their
cadres. For this reason it is necessary to thoroughly examine the common
needs and opportunities for the training of cadres, while tasks must be
implemented in each nonalined country individually and in their mutual
cooperation. In this connection the centers of the nonalined countries
could be better utilized for the training and preparation of cadres and a
suitable international exchange of cadres should also be insured, both of
those cadres who study and of experts training these cadres. It will
perhaps be necessary to agree on new common institutions for the education
and training of those cadres, of which there is the greatest shortage in
the radio and television of the nonalined countries.

At any rate, the ideas for the future cooperation among radio and television
systems of the nonalined countries are numerous, The first conference of
these radio and television organizations in Sarajevo in the autumn this year
will search for those possibilities which will be most useful for all
participants.

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While the onboard JTMS equipment is completely standardized, each country
imparts its own specific features in the layout of the earth-based sta-
tions. Our station is designed to be a small-type multipurpose receiving
station with the capability of flexible expansion and improvement. It is
able to receive information not only from the INTERKOSMOS-series satel-
lites, but also from almost every scientific satellite in its operating
frequency range. This was tested in practice by conducting sessions with
the Meteor and Solrad satellites. With slight additions the station at
Stara Zagora will be able to receive information from experiments on the
remote study of the earth and natural resources. This versatility of the
receiving station will make it possible in the future to receive scien-
tific information from experiments staged in regions which are difficult
of access or which by their nature hinder the direct reading and record-
ing of information. In this way the station will be able to serve a
large number of experimenters in different branches of science. The
information will be recorded on a digital tape recorder in a form compati-
ble with the "Ryad" system requirements, thus enabling the information to
be processed on any computer of this system.

The earth-based telemetering receiving station is a complex facility that
combines the latest achievements in the most advanced branches of elec-
tronics. Therefore its operation and maintenance require a highly skilled
engineering and technical potential. What is more, this applies not only
to the operation, but also to the design of fundamentally new unique
blocks of electronic equipment and to constant updating of station equip.
ment. All this will enable this station to become a school for the ine
struction of personnel in the field of radiotelemetry -- a comparatively
new field for Bulgaria. The design principles embodied in the station
layout will make it possible to conduct fundamental experiments and de-
velopment projects in the area of the reception and processing of signals
with different types of modulation, and the capability provided for viswl.
izing the processes at many of the key points makes it indispensable as

a demonstration center in training new personnel in the field of radio-
telemetry.

The creation of the Barth-Based Telemetering Receiving Station in Bulgaria
is a vivid manifestation of socialist mutual assistance in the field of
science. It is a great gain for Bulgaria's entire scientific community.

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TURKEY

BRIEFS

NEW TV TRANSMITTER--It is reported that the 30-kilowatt Ordu-Giresun tele-
vision transmitter will begin experimental transmissions as of tonight.
TRI technical officials announced that the experimental relay will be
transmitted on band three and channel five. TV watchers are advised to
turn their antennas toward the Sakarak Mountains near Persembe for better
reception. [Ankara Domestic Service in Turkish 1000 GMT 8 Aug 77 TA]

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AUSTRALIA

BRIEFS

ASIA-PACIFIC TELECOMMUNITY--Australia has signed and ratified the agreement
to establish the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity. This was jointly announced
today by the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sinclair, and the
Minister for Posts and Telecommunications, Mr Robinson. The ministers
said that telecommunity, when finally constituted, would be an organization
designed to assist the development of telecommunications within the Asia~

Pacific region. [Text] [Melbourne Overseas Service in English 1230 GMT
24 Aug 77 OW]

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

BROADCAST FREQUENCY MEETING~-Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have held a 3-day
broadcast frequency coordination meeting in Denpasar, Bali, under the chairman-
ship of Pratomo of Indonesia. The meeting discussed problems of radio frequency
interferences frequently faced by the three countries and the need to find ways
and means to overcome them. The meeting also drew plans for the future use of
radio frequencies and the implementation of radio frequency plans drawn by the
International Radio Conference, which also confer radio frequencies used in
shipping and aviation navigation. [Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian

18 Aug 77 BK]

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MALI

FRG AID MAY INCLUDE RADIO TRANSMITTERS, COLOR TELEVISION
Bamako L'ESSOR in French 19 Jul 77 p 3

[Text] The minister of information and telecommunications arrived at 1500
hours Saturday from the Federal Republic of Germany, following the conclu-
sion of his working visit to that country. He was greeted as he stepped
off the plane by Mr Wade of the protocol section and by top officials of
the ministry. In the interview he granted us the minister emphasized that
his visit was a continuation of his contacts with the West German authori-
ties.

These contacts are being made in connection with the projects that are to
be financed by the FRG and executed by the Ministry of Information within
the framework of the five-year plan. According to Minister of Information
and Telecommunications Yaya Bagayoko, his talks in the FRG dealt primarily
with Mali's future television broadcasting service and replacement of Radio
Mali's transmitters, which were installed in 1963. It should be pointed
out that the future television broadcasts will be in color from the outset.
"This decision,” the minister said, "may appear difficult to justify, but
all the experts we consulted have approved our decision.” Bagayoko believes
that TV will have a major role to play in the process of achieving the
objectives of the national development effort. When asked whether Malians
will be able to follow the coming Biennial Festival on the television
screen, the minister said although this would be desirable he could not
guarantee that it would be possible. In conclusion, he praised Malian-
West German cooperation and emphasized the importance of the role played

by the Federal Republic of Germany in our five-year development plan, expres-
sing pleasure at the positive results obtained from his talks with the Bonn
authorities.

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satellites, and in the field of domestic communications, through the estab-
lishment of an integrated microwave system, by means of which the country
has been linked up from far north to far south.

In addition, communications with neighboring countries have been achieved
through this system, and we have built an integrated coaxial cable system.
The number of telephones has increased from 103,804 before the revolution

to 332,000 at the present time, and 209,591 more telephones will be furnished
in the 1976-80 development plan. Planning for the long-range plan has been
made so that the ratio of the telephone system to the population will be
equivalent to that of advanced countries.

In the field of technical staff training, we have prepared the training cen-
ter in an integrated manner to train adequate intermediate staffs for con-
structing and maintaining our existing and future system in all areas.

During your stay you will observe the Progress the revolutionary government
has achieved in all economic and social areas at first hand.

We are most anxious to have you study closely among yourselves, as one fam-
ily, the correct methods and bases for establishing relations and coordina-
tion in all spheres bearing on your specializations, and we are prepared to
respond to all our brothers' requests in the field of cooperation with ex-
perts and in joint telephone and telecommunications Projects and development
of qualified manpower alike.

Once again, I welcome you and hope that you will have a nice stay in the var-
ious areas of your country, Iraq, the Iraq of the nationalist, progressive
17 July Revolution. Peace and God's blessings upon you.

In his talk, he called for the convening of a similar conference in an Arab
country to round out features of the telephone communications area in the
Arab Gulf region.

After that, Mr ‘Abd-al-Sattar Farman was elected chairman of the conference
by the participating members and the conference's agenda was approved.

The agenda of the conference, which will last 5 days, includes studies on
telephone and telecommunications systems, methods for linking them up to

one another, technical issues related to communications systems, each
country's capability for extending telephone activity into its own territory,
the provision of automatic communications, and telegraph and telephone rates.

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

ARAB GULF STATES HOLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE IN BAGHDAD
Baghdad AL-THAWRAH in Arabic 25 Jul 77 p4

/Article: ‘Inauguration of the_First Telephone and Telecommunications Con-
ference of Arab Gulf Countries''/

/Text/ Mr Sa'dun Ghaydan, member of the Revolutionary Command Council and
minister of communications, inaugurated the first Telephone and Telecommun-
ications Conference of Arab Gulf Countries yesterday at the Auditorium of
the Telephone Communications Building in Baghdad.

At the conference, the member of the Revolutionary Command Council and min-
ister of communications gave a talk in which he stressed the country's read-
iness to respond to all Arab Gulf countries' requirements in the field of
cooperation by experts or joint telephone and telecommunications projects
and in the domain of qualified manpower development.

In his talk he reviewed the great progress the communications sector has
witnessed in the context of the 17 July Revolution.

Herewith follows the text of the talk by the member of the Revolutionary
Command Council and minister of communications:

My brothers, representatives of telephone and telecommunications departments
in the countries of our Arab Gulf;

It is a joy for me to open this conference of yours in your second home,
Iraq. All my hopes are fastened on the fact that you will achieve the co-
ordination our Arab people are aspiring toward in order to make the commun-
ications system an integrated, developed one in all the countries of our
Arab nation.

Brothers:

In this country we have given great respect to the communications sector
and have achieved much, both in the field of foreign communications, through

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INTERNATIONAL

NONALINED COUNTRIES WANT BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF RADIO FREQUENCIES
Ljubljana DELO in Slovenian 6 Aug 77 p 2:AU

[Article by Tone Krasovec: “Cooperation of Nonalined Radio and Television:
Which Is the Best Road Among Wishes, Needs and Possibilities"]

[Excerpts] A conference of the radio broadcasting organizations of nonalined
countries will be held in Sarajevo from 27 to 30 October. This will be the
first conference of this kind since the beginning of the organized active
political appearance of the nonatined countries in the international arena.
This conference is certainly very important, as much as the assertion and
for the strengthening of the independence and equality of the developing
countries in international relations as for the needs within the circle of
the nonalined countries, since it is precisely radio and television that
could play a great role in their mutual cooperation and linkage.

Struggle for an Equitable Participation in the Division of Radio Frequencies

Cooperation in the field of developing radio broadcasting technology is of
special importance within the circle of the nonalined countries. In many
cases the low level of development causes great concern, while the influence
of the big Western producers of equipment reaches the proportion of a mono-
poly. With joint action the nonalined countries could more successfully
resist such aspirations. In some fields the nonalined countries are capable
of developing their own production of equipment (for instance, transmitters
and communications). However, the basic task for all radio broadcasting
organizations of the nonalined countries is to gain an equal status within
the framework of distribution of frequencies.

‘typically, most nonalined countries have been included in the distribution
of air space when the developed world had already occupied the most favorable
frequencies and when powerful transmitters cover the nonalined countries with
their radlo broadcasting signals better than the latter's own national
transmitters. The central national mediumwave transmitters in numerous
nonalined countries are equal in terms of power to peripherical local



PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

LIAONING BROADCAST NETWORK--(Hsinchengtzu) District of Shenyang Municipality,
Liaoning Province, has set up an automatic, remote-control broadcast net-
work throughout the district. All broadcast centers in the district's

15 communes and state farms and 197 production brigades have been incorporated
in this broadcast system. [Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service in Mandarin
1100 GMT 11 Aug 77 OW]

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ANGOLA

EPTEL GENERAL DIRECTOR CLAIMS GOALS ACHIEVED
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 16 Aug 77 pp 1, 6

[Text] We were told by comrade Jose Leitao, the director general of the Pub-
lic Telecommunications Enterprise [EPTEL], during an interview held at that
work center: "Telecommunications in the People's Republic of Angola occupy
a leading position within the context of Africa because, with the creation
of EPTEL, we have opportunities to eliminate any kind of dependence on for-
eign countries in this area."

The creation of this entity in January of 1977 was a major step in the di-
rection of our independence and obviously occurred as a result of the cur-
rent revolutionary process.

As we know, this enterprise replaced the former Portuguese company, Radio
Marconi, which was a telecommunications concessionaire operating with short-
wave (radio) systems, underwater cable and satellites.

It came into existence in view of the significance of telecommunications to
any independent nation, and was part of the policy that our government has
established and pursued in this area as a means of simultaneously catering
to the national interests, economic and social relations with all countries
and likewise serving the needs of defense and the consolidation of our sov-
ereignty and independence, and eliminating all situations involving depen-
dence that could yet arise.

Hence, it is EPTEL's main task to maintain and establish communications,
either through radio or underwater cable, or via satellite.

This entity, which has about 112 workers, performs its activity in various
sectors: Operating as central services are the administrative sectors, the
management, the telegraph exchange, the ITMS [International Telecommunica-
tions Monitoring System] and the mechanical equipment offices. There is

a short-wave receiving and broadcasting station located near Moagem de Ki-
colo, and another station situated in the Cacuaco area used to establish
communications via satellite with other countries.

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This station has equipment for receiving televised images from abroad. How-
ever, the transmission of those images by the TPA [Angolan Posts and Tele-
communications ?] entails the purchase of transmitting equipment, a situa-
tion which will not be resolved until an agreement has been concluded between
the INTLFA [Angolan National Institute of Telecommunications ?] and the en-
terprises supplying programs.

An Enterprise With Jurisdiction Over the Entire National Territory

According to comrade Jose Leitao, EPTEL is an enterprise with jurisdiction
over the entire national territory; however, its mission at present involves
only communications with other countries.

This situation is due to the fact that we do not as yet have a domestic sa-
tellite and underwater cable system established in the country. In view of
this situation, EPTEL's activity at present is confined to satellite tele-
communications with other countries and radio-electrical connections. The
entity also has the task of exploring all forms of telegraphy, telephone
systems, telex, phototelegraphy and television.

In order to perform this work, EPTEL has support from the CTT [Posts, Tele-
graph and Telephone], an agency responsible for establishing communications
with the public.

The head of EPTEL remarked: "In the realm of telecommunications with other
countries via short-wave, this year, circuits were established with the De-
mocratic Republic of Sao Tome and with the Republic of Cuba. Very soon, we
shall be establishing circuits with the People's Republic of the Congo.
Through the satellite circuit, we have also established contacts with the
People's Republic of Mozambique as well."

He recalled the significance of the work done in the area of communications
during the 6 months since the enterprise was created.

In this connection, he said that, prior to the creation of the entity, there
was only one line to carry our communications, namely Marconi Lisbon. He
added that, since EPTEL was formed, we have another line (the Italian) as
an option for carrying on our communications.

Policy on Training Cadres

EPTEL, like many other entities in the country, inherited a structure which
was in no way geared to the new political situation. So, in accordance with
the plans for its organizational chart and with its working capacity, it was
decided to take on over 30 workers. When new collaborators are admitted,
they are subjected to a political test in order to raise their consciousness
and to create within the group a self-discipline and organization created
by the workers themselves. Through the implementation of new work methods

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ARGENTINA

MARINE RADIOTELEPHONK FREQUENCIES ANNOUNCED

Buenos Aires TRLAM in Spanish 1617 GMT 2h Aug 77 PY

[Excerpts] Buenos Aires, 2h Aug--The Communications Secretariat has reported
the new frequencies for two stations of the Mobile Maritime Radiotelephone
Service, the general Pacheco and Bahia Blanca coastal stations, which will be-
come effective on 1 September.

General Pacheco

Channel Transmission Reception
(carrier frequency) (carrier frequency)

G41388 4394 KHz 4100.2 KHz

G 03 6412.6 6206 .2

81h 8759.2 8235.3

G1220 13159.7 12388.9

1601 17232.9 16460

2204 22605.3 22009.3

Bahia Blanca

Channel. Transmission Reception
(carrier frequency) (carrier frequency)

Glo 4372.9 KHz 4078.5 KHz

601 6506.4 6200

818 8771.6 8247.7

For additional information contact the National Communications Board, Communi-
cations Secretariat, 172 Corrientes Ave, 2d Floor, Monday through Friday, from
1300 to 1600.

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JPRS 69744
7 September 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 12
ConTENTS Pace
INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
Nonalined Countries Want Better Distribution of Radio
Frequencies
(Tone Krasovec; DELO, 6 Aug 77) sccecececccsccccccccccee 1
Briefe
French, Yugoslav, Malaysian Envoys 3
Somali, FRG Information Cooperation 3
ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS
Briefs
Broadcast Frequency Meeting 4
AUSTRALIA
Briefs
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 5
BANGLADESH
Briefe
Radio Broadcast Extension Plan 6
Telecommunications Link 6
INDIA
Briefs

Mussoorie TV Station

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GREECE

BRIEFS

PIRATE RADIO STATIONS--Persons operating "pirate" (unauthorized) radio sta-
tions will be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine ranging from
20,000 Drs to 500,000 Drs, on the basis of a law which was published in the
government GAZETTE and came into force as of 1 August 1977, it was reported
yesterday. The same sanctions also apply to those who advertise "pirate"
radio stations. The imprisonment term may reach up to 2 years for’ the same
offense in case it is committed during a state of siege, mobilization or
war. According to the provisions of the same law, licenses for the opera-
tion of private radio stations are issued only to Greek nationals in the
possession of an amateur diploma. [Text] [Athens ATHENS NEWS in English

6 Aug 77 p 4 AT]

ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE CABLE--The Greek Telecommunications Organization (OTE)
has also decided to call for international tenders for the installation
of an electronic exchange cable for handling 3,000 trunkline calls to for-
eign countries. The project is to cost about $500 million. The specifi-
cations are being prepared and will be published later this month.. [Text]
{Athens HELLENEWS-EXPRESS in English 4 Aug 77 pp 8-9]

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USSR

BRIEFS
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS STATION--In Armenia, on the site of the Orbita Space
Communications Station, adjustments prior to the start-up have begun.
Soon Yerevan and the towns and villages of the Ararat Valley will be able
to receive central television's second program. Via the station Yerevan
will receive the central newspapers. The station will be put into opera-
tion by the October Jubilee. [Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1300 GMT
20 Oct 77 LD] .

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INDONESIA

BRIEFS

TELEVISION NETWORK EXPANSION--Information Minister Mashuri said on 24 August
that East Timor will be covered by the Indonesian Television Network soon.

The current network can reach an estimated 78 million people in the country.
The minister noted the important role played by the Palapa Domestic Satellite
Communications System in the expansion of the Indonesian Television Network.
There are now six television broadcast stations, one each in Jakarta, Medan,
Yogyakarta, Ujungpandang, Palembang and Balikpapan. The construction of those
in Surabaya, Manado and Denpasar will be completed in 1977. [Jakarta Domestic
Service in Indonesian 2300 GMT 2h Aug 77 BK]

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PAKISTAN

BRIEFS

RADIO, TELEVISION INDEPENDENT--The government has directed Radio Pakistan
and Pakistan Television to exercise complete freedom of expression and act
as an independent media of public information and entertainment. Both
organizations have been asked to reestablish their neutrality and credi-
bility, which had eroded in recent years due to the government's inter-
ference and control. In line with this policy, Radio Pakistan and Pakistan
Television will now be reporting and presenting programs on matters of
public interest within the framework of the Islamic ideology, national
integrity and the cultural values of Pakistan. The two corporations will
take an independent: view of problems facing the country and present public
difficulties and complaints through their programs. The general programs
of the two corporations will be reshaped to suit requirements of inde-
pendent and sovereign organizations. [Text] [Karachi Domestic Service in
Urdu 1600 GMT 19 Aug 77 BK]

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HUNGARY

BRIEFS

SPACE TELECOMMUNICATION STATION--The construction of a territorial station
for space telecommunication is nearing completion at West Hungarian Talian-
Dorogd. The establishment is to begin functioning at the end of the current
year. It may be recalled that the CEMA countries founded an international
space telecommunications system and organization called Intersputnik 6
years ago. The government resolved on the construction of the Hungarian
Base Station in 1973. The building began in April 1975 on the basis of
Soviet blueprint. The station is situated in a closed basin of the Bakony
Hills along Lake Balaton. The main buildings have already been constructed
and equipped, including the installation of a parabola antenna. Currently
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has been supplied by the Soviet Union and the installation is being super-
vised by Soviet experts. The base microwave link and the telecontrol
equipment has been made in Hungary. With the help of telecommunication
satellites, the Talian-Dorogd Station can simultaneously forward a tele-
vision, two radio programmes and 100 telephone connections. The 1980
Olympic Games will be telecast from Moscow by Hungarian Television with

the help of this station. [Text] [Budapest MTI in English 0613 GMT

11 Aug 77 LD]

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Al-Hamar asserted that the establishment of the GULF NEWS AGENCY is an embodi-
ment of the fraternal ties and complete understanding among the participant
states. The agency is the first news medium to unify these fraternal states,
he said.

Al-Hamar said: The establishment of the GULF NEWS AGENCY aims at giving the
facts about the cultural progress in the Gulf states to the world public
through a strong, modern news agency. There have been attempts by certain
foreign news agencies to present a distorted picture of the Arab Gulf

before the world public. It is the duty of the GULF NEWS AGENCY to fight
these attempts--which are aimed at presenting the Gulf Arabs before the
world public as backward people--by disseminating factual reports and
reliable information and press analyses about the development and reconstruc-
tion taking place in the Gulf in a manner which is far from being chaotic.

Al-Hamar expressed the hope that the experiment of establishing a unified
news agency for the Gulf states would be the precursor for the establishment
of a unified news agency for all the Arab countries which would rival other
world news agencies and serve the Arab nation through truthful enlightened
words,

Al-Hamar had arrived in Jordan on 20 August for a 2-day visit.

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ANGOLA

BRIEFS

DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH CONGO--Yesterday, comrade Agostinho Neto, presi-
dent of the MPLA [Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola] and of the
People's Republic of Angola, held a telephone conversation with the chairman
of the Military Committee of the Congolese Labor Party [PCT], Col Joachim
Yhombi Opango. This contact represented the opening of the direct telephone
connections between Luanda and Brazzaville, by means of a short-wave system.
During the talk between the two heads of state there was, once again, a re-
affirmation of the militant solidarity that unites our revolutionary peoples,
parties and governments in the common struggle against neocolonialism, rac~
ism and imperialism. At the beginning of the conversation, Col Joachim Opan-
go expressed appreciation for the message sent by comrade President Agostin-—
ho Neto and the MPLA's Central Committee, respectively, to the Congolese head
of state and the PCT's Military Committee, commemorating the 14th anniversary
of the "Glorious Days." In conclusion, comrade President Agostinho Neto once
again congratulated the Congolese people and the PCT's Military Committee on
the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the Congolese revolution. [Text]
[Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 16 Aug 77 p 1] 2909

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ECUADOR

AIR COMMITTEE CRITICIZES UNESCO COMMUNICATIONS POLICY
Paris AFP in Spanish 0202 GMI 25 Aug 77 PA

[Text] Quito, 24 Aug--The Freedom of Information Committee of the Inter-American
Radio and Television Association {AIR] has said in its report that the work of
UNESCO on communications policy in Latin America is "a real threat to freedom of
expression and private radio broadcasting." In its report, which was submitted
to the 13th AIR Assembly now underway in Quito, it says that the AIR and the
Inter-American Press Association have managed to neutralize UNESCO's recommenda-
tions of establishing government control.

The president of the Freedom of Information Committee, Joaquin Mendoza, warned
in the report that the threat still exists because UNESCO is planning another
conference in Bogota next year to discuss “Cultural Policies in Latin America
and the Caribbean." Mendoza alerted all radio broadcasters to "the many strug-
gles" which lie ahead in the near future. He said that "It is sufficient to see
what is happening to the Bolivian press. The government has issued a decree
creating the national information system, which is a system to centralize and
broadcast the country's news, exactly what was recommended by UNESCO for Third
World countries."

The document does not analyze the situation of freedom of expression in the AIR
member countries but does include a few lines on Brazil, saying that the programs
of this country's radio and television stations are subject to prior censorship.
The AIR Assembly will issue a document called the Quito Declaration to give its
opinion on the freedom of expression in the member countries.

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BANGLADESH

BRIEFS

RADIO BROADCAST EXTENSION PLAN--The Presidential Adviser for Information and
Broadcasting Mr Akber Kabir has said Radio Bangladesh programs should re-
flect the needs, welfare and interest of the nation. He was speaking at
the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed studio of the trans-
cription service of Radio Bangladesh in Dacca today. The information
secretary, who also spoke on the occasion, said four FM transmitters have
been installed in Dacca, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna to improve the
standard of the transmission. To enlarge the listening range [words
indistinct] Rajshahi and Chittagong have been extended further. He said
work on the 20-kilowatt mediumwave transmitter in Sylhet is nearly complete,
while the construction of a broadcasting house in Khulna has been taken

in hand on a priority basis. The secretary said arrangements are also
being made to expediate the construction of the National Broadcasting House
in Dacca. Two shortwave transmitters of 250 kilowatts each are also being
installed in Kabirpur near Dacca. He said work will soon start on the
installation of two 100-kilowatt mediumwave transmitters in Khulna and
Chittagong to expand the listening range and facilitate the broadcast of
cyclone warnings. A similar transmitter will also be installed in Rajshahi.
[Excerpt] [Dacca Overseas Service in English 1230 GMT 9 Aug 77 BK]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINK~-The Dacca~Sylhet Microwave Telecommunications Link
has been formally commissioned by the Navy Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief
Martial Law Administrator, Rear Adm M. H. Khan, on 27 June. The commission-
ing of the microwave link will facilitate transmission of television pro-
grams to the district besides improving the telecommunications facilities.
The television program will begin from 29 June. [Dacca Domestic Service in
English 0145 GMT 28 Jun 77 BK]

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JAPAN

BRIEFS

UNDERSEA TELEPHONE CABLE--Tokyo, 26 Aug--A ceremony to mark the completion and
opening to service of the undersea cable connecting Okinawa, Luzon Island of
the Philippines and Hong Kong was held on 26 August simultaneously in Tokyo,
Manila and Hong Kong. An exchange of messages was held among Prime Minister
Takeo Fukuda, President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines and Governor
Sir Murry Maclehose of Hong Kong on the occasion. The 15-billion yen system,
whose construction began in September 1975, will greatly ease congestion in
telephone circuits between Japan and Southeast Asian countries. ‘The cable,
which connects Okinawa with Luzon Island via Hong Kong, is about 2,200 kilo-
meters long. It has 1,600 telephone circuits between Okinawa and Luzon and
1,880 between Luzon and Hong Kong. The undersea cable, the largest in the
Asia-Pacific region, was constructed by Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co (KDD) of
Japan, the Eastern Telecommunications Philippines, and the Cable and Wireless
of Britain. The new undersea cable will be linked in Okinawa to the second
trans-Pacific cable connecting Japan, the United States, Australia and Canada.
{Tokyo KYDDO in English 0350 GMT 26 Aug 77 OW]