There is one more side to the matter. They--overseas--like to pose as
champions of a "free exchange of information and ideas." At the same time,
they take a decision admittedly designed to prevent such exchanges.

It is not fortuitous that one of the leaders of the American administra-

tion stated that this measure, which is directed against TASS and hence against
the newspapers using TASS news service, is designed to render more difficult
to the handling of the flow of news released by the Soviet news agency to

the press.

By the way, TASS has agreements with many foreign news agencies, including
American ones, and considers exchange of news with them a natural process,
without which there can be no understanding of the policy pursued by dif-
ferent states.

The question arises: What do the present leaders of the USA want to promote
by taking new discriminatory measures in trade? In any case, not detente or
mutual understanding between the peoples.

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YUGOSLAVIA

BRIEFS

NEW RELAY STATION--Sarajevo-~-A new relay station, which will be officially
commissioned on Trovrh on Friday 28 July, will completely solve the problem
of radio and television reception in the municipalities of Gorazde, Rogatica,
Foca, Visegrad, Rudo, Cajnice.and Sokolac and other municipalities in eastern
Bosnia and the upper Drina Region. The new relay station, the seventh of
its kind in Bosnia Hercegovina, cost 44.1 million dinars to ‘build and is
equipped with powerful transmitters designed to relay two radio and two
television programs. Beginning tomorrow, when it will start work on an ex-
perimental basis, the station will relay the first television program on
Channel 9 and the second on Channel 2 and the first VHF radio program on
90.3 mHz and the second on 99.5 mHz. The quality of the television picture
and the audibility of radio programs have until now been very poor in eastern
Bosnia. This is illustrated by the fact that there are only 15,000 televi-
sion sets. With the completion of the relay station on Trovrh and the com-
pletion of the station on Mt Majevica in October this year television and
radio programs will be available over 90 percent of the territory of Bosnia-
Hercegovina. [Belgrade TANJUG Domestic Service in Serbo-Croatian 1446 GMT

25 Jul 78: LD]

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BULGARIA

COOPERATION BETWEEN COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE, PLANT URGED
Sofia VECHERNI NOVINI in Bulgarian 10 Jul 78 p 2
[Article by Mariya Budinova: "An Integrated Counterplan"]

[Text] It was here that, for the first time, following the example of the
Soviet workers, the idea of joint work between the Plant for Telephone and
Telegraph Equipment, and the Institute for the Communications Industry was
materialized within an integrated counterplan. This was demanded by the
Production process which faced the accelerated mastering of the production
of licensed goods. That is how a temporary collective consisting of
piant and institute specialists was set up in 1974-1975. Engineers went
to the shops and, together with the workers, created the test series,
jointly "giving life" to the new items.

Based on long experience, this year the two collectives drafted a coordina-
tion program for comprehensive scientific services to production. The
modification of the "plant-institute" initiative pursues the same objective:
coordination of basic tasks for the accelerated installation of new direct
dialing telephone exchanges based on the "crosspoint" license, for export
to the USSR, cooperation with the GDR, and successful implementation of the
general plan for the automation of telephone communications in our country
and of bilateral contracts signed with a number of countries. In accordance
with the general plan for the use of electronics in communications equip-
ment, the production of direct dialing telephone exchanges with micro-
Processor control is planned. This will contribute to the saving of raw
and other materials. The coordination program also includes the task of
replacing imported with Bulgarian elements.

The development of the new goods can not be effective without experienced
and knowledgeable workers, technologists, and designers. Both collectives
are interested in such people. The coordination program pays serious atten-
tion to the subject of "technical policy." Well trained and informed insti-
tute specialists will act as lecturers, heading. special courses for upgrad~
ing skills and interpret to the workers the nature of the new equipment.

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new equipment both for the conventional telephone exchanges and for the
coming CPA /stored program directed/ telephone exchanges.

The Brazilian telephone model-78 design already anticipated the immediate

use of recalling or redialing. Thus, when the telephone dialed is busy, it
is sufficient to put the receiver back on the hook. Minutes later, pick up
the receiver and press down the lower right telephone key (similar to a
square grid or the sign indicating a sharp note in music). The telephone
number of the last person dialed will always be automatically recalled. To
call it again (redial) it is sufficient to press down this key: the telephone
will give off the electronic sounds corresponding to the desired number.

As a rule, in operation in Brazil today are electro-mechanical telephone
exchanges which receive two kinds of dial signals: the decimal and the
multifrequence. In the first, each time the dial is pressed down there is

a corresponding continuous-current interruption which sets the telephone
exchange mechanism in motion in search of a circuit which is routed to the
telephone dialed. In the multifrequence type, the telephone exchange receives
the different signal frequencies and upon the completion of the dialing,
immediately routes the dialed surge of current through the correct line.

The new telephone has two kinds of keyboards at its disposal, one for each
type of dialing signal or telephone exchange. Thus, all the existing tele-
phone exchanges today will be able to receive new keyboard-equipped tele-
phones when the standardized telephones are installed.

This keyboard will also make possible the connection of a minicalculator
using the telephone system's electric energy, by means of visor and micro-
processor which will be installed in the space already provided for in the
new model. Another possibility will be including the electronic memory in
the shortened keyboard. In this way, the numbers most used by subscribers
can be reduced to only two_numbers. Even in the case of direct international
calls or by national DDD /Direct Distance Dialing/, up to 14 numbers (and in
the future, up to 21) can be memorized and cut down to only two digits.

According to Nelson Bates, director of IGB-Control, the development of the
new telephone will make the Brazilian microcomponent-parts market viable,
offer an advanced technological option and even have the advantage of saving
on foreign exchange and royalties. Bastos highlights four characteristics
of the Gradient telephone: 1) mechanical and electronic concept which makes
possible future evolution and modernization because it was planned at the
very time of universal change in design and technology; 2) it gives the
telephone the greatest possible nationalization rating during an early
stage; 3) it is a very modern looking telephone but not exaggeratedly so,
recognizable, and easily fits in with any setting; 4) it allows for the
adjustment to different musical tones (electronic bells) which make it easy
to recognize the calls of different telephones, such as those used on an
executive's desk.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

TURKISH-BULGARIAN COMMUNICATIONS TALKS HELD
Talks Begin in Ankara
Ankara Domestic Service in Turkish 1600 GMT 7 Aug 78 TA

[Text] Turkish-Bulgarian talks on post and telecommunications have started
in Ankara, The Turkish delegation at the talks is being headed by Transpor-
tation Minister Gunes Ongut and the Bulgariandelegation by Communications
Minister Pando Vanchev who arrived in Ankara this morning.

In a statement before the meeting, Ongut said that the development of the
telecommunication possibilities between the two countries and the importance
that should be attached to communications relations between neighboring
countries would be discussed at the meeting. He said that they would also
review the developments that had taken place in connection with a Turkish-
Bulgarian agreement signed on this matter. Ongut pointed out that communica-
tions was one of the most important elements bringing nations closer together.
He added that the friendship among neighboring countries became stronger
through communications.

In his speech, Bulgarian Communications Minister Pando Vanchev maintained
that a communications system could not devleop within the boundaries of a
country and that it had to go beyond the borders of a country to develop.
He stated that Bulgaria wanted to establish a joint communications system
with Turkey and insure communications with Europe and the Middle East and
the African countries. He added that Bulgaria was ready to make all the
necessary efforts to develop the communications systems between the two
countries. He said that the principles of the joint work to be conducted
would be established at the meetings.

Protocol Signed
Ankara Domestic Service in Turkish 1600 GMT 11 Aug 78 TA

[Text] The protocol prepared after the official talks in Ankara between
Transportation Minister Gunes Ongut and Bulgarian Communications Minister


INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BBC RECEPTION IN EAST, CENTRAL AFRICA TO BE IMPROVED
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 8 Aug 78 p2
[Article by Arnold Raphael]

[Text] London, Mon--BBC reception in East and Central Africa will be dra-
matically improved within the next two or three years.

The go-ahead has been given for streamlining the transmitter to serve the
region. The question is whether it should be sited in Botswana, Lesotho
or the Seychelles.

BBC survey team has just returned from these countries. Botswana is the more
likely choice assuming of course that the Seretse Khama government approves.
The money for the transmitter will come from the K20 million the British
government has just allocated for the improvement of the BBC's external ser-
vices reception. Nowhere does it need greater improvement than in East
Africa. The snap-crackle-pop of the BBC world and African services has lost
countless listeners to the German, American, Russian and other international
networks broadcasting in English.

The BBC reception is so poor that apart from the news and current affairs
programmes such as Focus on Africa, local audiences have little option but to
tune into local and other external services for their entertainment.

For years the BBC has badgered Whitehall for a transmitter to replace the

one in Somalia which Britain was forced to give up after independence. The
answer was always that there was no money available. But after much politick-
ing between Whitehall and Broadcasting House, the government has given way and
funds for improved reception were indicated in the recent white paper on
British representation overseas.

It is understood that negotiations for a new transmitter for east and Central
Africa have gone much further than the white paper would lead one to believe.
But transmitters take time to construct and it will take up to three years
before there is any real improvement in the BBC signal in the region.

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BRAZ1L

CAME SUPPOTS ESTABLISHMENT UF COMPUTER PLANT IN MINAS
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 2 Aug 78 p 19

[Text] Belo Horizonte--CAPRE [Commission for the Coordination of Electronic
Data-Processing Activities | has now decided to support the establishment of
a factory for the manufacture of medium-scale computers in Minas Gerais,
according to a report submitted by its president, Elcio Costa Couto, to the
Minas Gerais state government. Plans call for the undertaking to be carried
out as a "joint venture” with the participation of Honeywell Bull,
BRASILINVEST [expansion unknown ] and a Brazilian partner--possibly the
Central Brazil Telephone Company.

1f participation by the Central Brazil Telephone Company is consummated, the
computer factory would be built in Uberaba with an initial investment of
approximately $50 million, although the line of computers to be manufactured
has not yet been decided upon. This information was disclosed by Secretary
of Industry and Commerce Marcio Garcia Vilela, who has been in contact with
the president of CAPRE, Elcio Costa Couto. Ever since CAPRE initiated the
process of selecting the firms who would manufacture minicomputers in Brazil,
the Honeywell Bull group--backed by French and U.S. capital--has been trying
to obtain support for the establishment of a medium-scale-computer industry
by seeking a Brazilian partner or partners who would hold a controlling
interest in the enterprise.

The Central Brazil Telephone Company enjoys a favored position, inasmuch as
under the current federal policy for the telecommunications sector it is
unable to expand its operations and is therefore accumulating funds that
will be available for other types of investment.

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MAURITANIA

CABINET DECIDES TO SET UP BROADCASTING, NEWS AGENCY
Nouakchott Domestic Service in Arabic 2030 GMT 21 Aug 78 LD

[Excerpts] Mohamed Yehdi Ould Breidelleil, official government spokesman
and minister of culture and information, briefed newsmen a short while ago
about the results of the recent cabinet meeting.

The government has approved a statement presented by the minister of culture
and information regarding the reorganization of the information sector.
Consequently, the cabinet has ratified the following decisions: A decision
stipulating the setting-up of a general establishment which shall be called
the Mauritanian Broadcasting [as heard]; also a decision stipulating the
setting-up of a general establishment which shall be called the Mauritanian
News Agency.

Finally, the cabinet approved the following appointments: (?Mohamed Lamin
Quld Moulay Zein) as assistant governor of the Nouakchott region for admin-
istrative affairs; (?Sidi Ould Ahmed Dey) as assistant governor of the
Nouakchott region for economic affairs; Sidi Ould Cheick as director of the
Mauritanian News Agency; and (?Abdoulla Ould Da'a) as head of the National
Establishment for Cinema.

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Danish Attempts

In Odenwald near Darmstadt the European Space Administration (ESA) has a
ground station which maintains contact with Geos 2 24 hours a day.

The satellite can transmit data every second corresponding to 10 tightly
printed A4 sheets.

The electronics center has built part of the satellite's power supply, while
the Space Research Institute participates in two scientific experiments with
instruments they have built themselves.

"In cooperation with our Swedish colleagues in Kiruna we want to record the
so-called curved path of the northern light particles from the sun to earth,"
Dr Axel Bahnsen tells BERLINGSKE. "It is a big complex of problems. We know
that the magnetosphere has an enormous tail extended in the direction away
from the sun. Speaking in pictures, it is blown away by the current of
particles which is referred to as the solar wind. Some place or another in
this manner we must assume that the atomic northern light particles penetrate
the system and follow magnetic lines of force to the earth's poles. In the
second experiment, which is being carried out in cooperation with the Dutch,
English, and French, we will measure the radio noise, a broad spectrum of
electric and magnetic disturbances or eddies in the earth's immediate vicinity.
And it is acceptable to use the word vicinity in this connection. A few
thousand kilometers is nothing on.a cosmic scale.

More Campaigns

"We cannot say right away whether the results from this basic research will

be useful. But we have to map our world and its surroundings," says Dr Bahnsen.
"And Geos 2 is, as far as I know, the only satellite in that orbit dedicated

to pure research. All the others are commercial satellites, which carry TV
transmissions, telephone conversations, and information for the service of
navigation and weather services."

The Space Research Laboratory is also carrying out less lofty campaigns. A
few days ago engineers I. B. Iversen, M. Mohl Madsen, and Alfred Hein went to
Svalbard, also called Spitzbergen, where they will launch three gigantic bal-
loons into the stratosphere. One thousand cubic meters of hydrogen lift 8-10
kg of instruments to a height of 35 km. And it is hoped that Geos 2 has star-
ted to send data down when the last balloon is going up. It should also be
mentioned that the institute has instruments in a couple of Swedish rockets,
which will be launched from the base in Kiruna.

The Northern Cap
Denmark and Canada will in the fall start to receive data on Greenland and

the rest of the Northern Cap from a recently launched American satellite,
Seasat-A.

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Despite the fact that IBM has in its employ a number of people who have left
important positions in the U.S. Government, and that the U.S. Government
employs former members of the IBM board of directors such as Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance himself, this period was characterized by a measure of
resistance to external pressures. brazil had broken its military agreement
with the United States and reaffirmed its objective of carrying out its own
atomic program.

Realizing that it would not be able to impose its will solely by means of
its strength in the market, the IBM tried to establish its "Minicomputer/32"
system in competition with 15 other manufacturers. The formation of joint
ventures (partnerships) between Brazilian companies and companies of other
nationalities (one French, one Japanese and one German company, respectively
LOGABAX [expansion unknown], Fujitsu and Nixdorf) prevailed, however. 1BM
lost because it refused to meet one of the principal criteria for selection,
namely the formation of a partnership in association with Brazilian capital:
something that IBM has never done in any of the 126 countries in which it
operates. Once again a U.S. company had failed to understand that captive
markets are not necessarily eternal.

One year later the executive secretary of CAPRE declared: "We passed
through the stage of indifference, and have just now emerged from the stage
of controversy and entered the stage of dialog." This representative of the
governmental entity that operates in the computer sector had just left a
2-hour meeting with the management of IBM's Brazilian branch office.

Moreover, IBM itself had already taken the initiative and invited Brazilian
authorities to visit its installations in the United States--an invitation
which was accepted by CAPRE's president Elcio Costa Couto and its executive
secretary Ricardo Saur.

The visit was not consummated in an atmosphere of complete fraternization,
however, inasmuch as IBM had been attempting~-until recently--to sell a
total of more than 300 minicomputers in Brazil. The company argued that
the orders had been recorded before CAPRE selected the three new occupants
of the market reserve.

in the view of some members of the CAPKE organization, however, to approve
this new IBM demand would have the effect of impeding implementation of the
plans that the government had just established for the miricomputer market:
plans which were regarded as essential to the development of a Brazilian
computer industry. Moreover, the orders placed for the importation of IBM
parts and components took up almost two-thirds of the annual quota set by
the CDE [Economic Development Council ] for the electronics field.

Agreement by IBM to engage in dialog did not prevent a new controversy from
arising, however. This multinational company took the occasion to put
forward a proposal to which CAPRE's prohibitions did not readily apply: it
wanted to manufacture, in Brazil, a computer which according to Wando Borges,

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--The Burmese delegation headed by Managing Director
of the Communications Corporation U Khin Maung Tun returned to Rangoon on

30 July after attending the seminar on international satellite communications
held in Washington recently, The delegation also visited Britain, Japan,
India, Hong Kong and Singapore to study and discuss satellite communications,
which Burma is expected to establish by February 1979 upon completion of the
Intelsat project. The Intelsat project, carried out under the communica-
tions development program, will enable Burma to have a worldwide communica-
tions link the year around. [Rangoon Domestic Service in Burmese 1330 GMT
30 Jul 78 BK]

JAPAN-GDR TV-RADIO PACT--Tokyo, 13 Jul--The Japan Broadcasting Corporation
(NHK) announced Thursday it has concluded an agreement with the German
Democratic Republic State Broadcasting Committee in Berlin for jointly pro-
ducing television films and exchanging broadcasting programs. The agreement
with the East German broadcasting committee is the 19th between NHK and
foreign television broadcasting bodies. [Text] [Tokyo KYODO in English
1220 GMT 13 Jul 78 OW]

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CONTENTS (Continued)
U.S. Ban on Computer Sales Designed To Prevent Information
Exchange
(TASS, 25 Jul 78) ..cseccceccccecccceccetcencscceeee

Afghan Radio, Television Delegation Returns From USSR
(Kabul Domestic Service, 17 Jul 78) ........ wee ewes

Moroccan,. Iraqi News Agencies Sign Cooperation Accord
(LE MATIN, 13 Aug 78) .......... cence cence ee ee eens

Saudi-ROC Transportation, Communications Links Strengthened
(ONA, 25 Aug 78) .ecesecscccccccccecceteee seen ee eeeee

Briefs
Satellite Communications
Japan-GDR TV-Radio Pact
ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS
ASEAN Telecommunications Meeting
BURMA
Satellite Telecommunication System To Be Completed Next
Year (Editorial; THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 4 Aug 78)....
MONGOLIA

Briefs
Radio Station, Relay Line

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
A MFI-PT Type Composite Multi-Channel Telemetry System

(Fan Hsi-lin, et al.; TI-CHIU WU-LI HSUEH-PAO,
No 3, 1978) .. sees

Briefs
Shantung-Hopeh Microwave
Fu-shan Automatic Telephone Service

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

HUNGARY SIGNS CONTRACT ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPLIES WITH USSR
Budapest MTI in English 1743 GMT 10 Aug 78 LD

[Text] Budapest, 10 Aug (MTI)--Representatives of the Hungarian Budavox
telecommunication company and of the Soviet Foreign Trade Union Maspriborintorg
signed an important contract on Thursday in Moscow. It provides for the Hun-
garian delivery of complex technologic telecommunication system for Soviet
oil pipelines worth 11 million rubles. Budavox starts the supply this year.
It provides in 1978 complex telecommunications systems for a 900 km long

oil transmission line. The contract constitutes a part of the long-range
Hungarian-Soviet oil industrial cooperation. The Hungarian equipment will
be laid on 1,000 km long sections in 1979 and 1980. Under the agreement con-
cluded between the two countriés the Soviet side is to supply crude oil in
return for the Budavox's equipment. On the Hungarian part the contract was
signed by Jozsef Benko, deputy general manager of Budavox, and on the Soviet
part by Mihail Jefremov, the vice-president of Maspriborintorg. Present

at the event of signing was also V. Sokolov, the Soviet Union's deputy min-
ister for oil industry.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

AFGHAN RADIO, TELEVISION DELEGATION RETURNS FROM USSR
Kabul Domestic Service in Dari 1600 GMT 17 Jul 78 LD

[Text] (?Khial) Mohammad (?Tajawezi), deputy minister of radio and tele-
vision, who had travelled to the USSR at the invitation of the USSR State
Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting, this afternoon returned to
the homeland. On his return to Kabul International Airport, he gave an in-
terview to the correspondent of the BAKHTAR NEWS AGENCY. He said: The
delegation from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan [DRA], during its
stay in the USSR, conducted talks pertaining to expanding cooperation be~
tween the two countries in the field of radio and television. The results
of these talks were positive and fruitful. In the USSR, the Afghan delega-
tion concluded agreements connected with the expansion of bilateral coopera-
tion in the field of radio and television and also technical cooperation with
the relevant authorities in the State Committee for Television and Radio
Broadcasting and with the Soviet NOVOSTI NEWS AGENCY.

The deputy minister of radio and television expressed thanks for the hospital-
ity and warm reception accorded to the highest delegation in the USSR.

The delegation from the DRA visited radio and television projects and instal-
lations in Moscow, Tashkent and Leningrad. 'Ibdolkhaliq (?Ta'min), head of
Afghan film, and Mohammad Yusuf (?Daru), technical head of radio and tele-
vision, who were members of the delegation, also returned to Kabul.

At Kabul International Airport high-ranking officials from the Ministry of
Radio and Television and certain members of the Soviet Embassy in Kabul were
present in order to welcome the delegation.

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BURMA

SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR
Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 4 Aug 78 p 2
[Editorial]

[text] Burma will be switching over to a satellite telecommunications
system in 1979 when the Burma Communications Development Project is com-
pleted sometime in February.

Improving telecommunication service is vital for such services play a very
important role today whether they be on a national, regional or interna-
tional level.

The Burma Communications Development Project for introducing communications
by satellite will come as a boon for it will enable Burma to communicate by
telephone, telegraph and telex with any country or any place at any time

of the day. It will contribute much to improve the telecommunications sys-
tems which serve as a facility for interaction and are essential to a nation
striving to raise the living standard of her people and develop her economy
to bring about a better quality of life.

Communications via satellite would mean that by only picking up the tele-
phone a call can be made to any country. It would mean that we can be in
touch with any of our missions abroad without much difficulty, This is

true not only in the case of the telephone but also telex and telegraph
services. While our telex service now goes through a third country, it will
be greatly facilitated via the satellite in the near future.

While the Posts and Telecommunications Corporation is taking steps to im-
prove and update the telecommunications system with other countries via
satellite, it is paying no less attention to improving the internal tele-
communication services, This is being done by extending the telephone
system in Rangoon, installing automatic exchange equipment in Akyab,
Bassein, Lashio, Mandalay, Maymyo, Meiktila, Myitkyina, Magwe, Moulmein,
Prome, Pegu and Toungoo, and installing microwave systems interconnecting
major centres among others.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

SAUDI-ROC TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS LINKS STRENGTHENED
Taipei CNA in English 0231 GMT 25 Aug 78 OW

[Text] Taipei, 25 Aug (CNA)--Communications Minister Lin Chin-sheng said
Thursday that the Republic of China will strengthen cooperation in the field
of transportation with Saudi Arabia. In line with this policy, a seminar
on digital communications systems was held here last week, Lin said.

In a separate statement, a top official of the Communications Ministry ex-
plained that cooperation in the field of transportation between the two
countries covers telecommunications, highway engineering, railways, navi-
gation and air transportation.

The official mentioned the following projects:
~--In the field of telecommunications, in addition to sponsoring a seminar
on digital communications system and technology, the two countries will

undertake a satellite telecommunication cooperation project and exchange
visits of telecommunications technicians between the two countries.

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After 30 years of war and after a short period of peaceful construction, Viet-
nam has been forced again to conduct a complicated and fierce new struggle.
The Chinese leaders have encouraged the Pol Pot-Ieng Sary clique to launch
armed aggression against Vietnam's border areas with the purpose of causing
difficulties for Vietnam, undermining socialist construction in Vietnam and
impairing Vietnam's international prestige. Moreover, with the same purpose
in mind, they have concocted stories of ostracism, persecution and expulsion
of Chinese residents in Vietnam. Under such a difficult circumstance, we
highly appreciate the assistance given on the propaganda front by the Soviet
Union, the fraternal socialist countries and the world's progressive press
by exposing the truth and supporting Vietnam's just stand.

In my opinion, conditions are favorable now to further strengthen and de-
velop the cooperative relations between the radio and television commissions
of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.

At present, Vietnam, the Soviet Union and the progressive forces in the world
must cooperate closely in opposing the dark designs of the imperialists,
racists and reactionaries in the world as well as China's big-nation
chauvinism. These forces are now impeding and undermining the socialist
construction and national liberation movement in many countries.

Although our delegation's stopover in the Soviet Union is very short, we
are very glad to observe that, throughout contacts with the comrade leaders
in the Soviet Television and Radio Commission, Soviet support to Vietnam
appears to be very sincere and enthusiastic and Soviet assistance to Vietnam
in general and to the Vietnamese Radio and Television Commission in parti-~
cular is very substantial.

We will endeavor to further strengthen our cooperation with our Soviet com-
rades through the exchange of special documents. We hope that the Soviet
Union will send us documents on CEMA for study and help the Vietnamese peo-
ple to more clearly understand the CEMA member countries’ relations based
on equality, voluntariness and mutual benefits as well as the community's
strength and the economic mutual assistance among socialist countries. This
will help Vietnam to develop vigorously and rapidly and to make more contri-
butions to strengthening the socialist forces in the world.

I thank Moscow radio for giving me this opportunity today, to speak to its
listeners. .

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USSR

BRIEFS

MAGADAN TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS--A 4,000-number automatic telephone exchange
has been put into operation in Magadan. There are currently 17 telephones
for every 100 residents in the oblast capital, or just slightly less than in
Moscow. The oblast is devoting much attention to developing telephone com-
munications in the rural areas. Recently an automatic telephone exchange
was put into operation in Markovo Village in Chukotka. Work is currently
underway to expand 50-number automatic telephone exchanges in 20 villages in
Kolyma and Chukotka. Automatic telephone exchanges have already been ex-
panded on the Ayon Island and in Sireniki, Yanrakynnot and some other vil-
lages. Another 437 channels of rayonwide communications service have been
made available to automatic telephone exchanges in the rural areas since the
beginning of the 10th Five-Year Plan period. Residents of remote villagesin
Kolyma and Chukotka can now dial to Moscow, Vladivostok, Leningrad and
Yakutiya. [Magadan Domestic Service in Russian 0745 GMT 2 Aug 78 OW]

KAZAKH TV TOWER CONSTRUCTION--One of the highest television towers in the
country is being built on the southwest slopes of the Koktyube mountains in
Kazakhstan. It is 360 meters high, and is to be completed in 1980. The
construction design of the column is unique in the Soviet Union. The relay
station will carry five color television programs. [Moscow Domestic Service
in Russian 0001 GMT 15 Aug 78 LD]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

CALL ISSUED FOR WIDER NONALINED USE OF SATELLITE BROADCASTING
Conference Opens in Delhi
Delhi General Overseas Service in English 1000 GMT 5 Aug 78 BK

[Text] India has called for collective efforts on the part of the nonalined
countries to break the monoply enjoyed by the richer nations in the use of
communications satellites.

Inaugurating the first meeting of the group of nonalined countries on satel-
lites and broadcasting in New Delhi today, the information and broadcasting
minister, Mr L. K, Advani, said that the high cost and the need for high-
level expertise should not deter the nonalined nations from making a begin-
ning in this direction. He pointed out that India was the first country in
the nonalined world to experiment with satellite broadcasting, and its re-
sults were highly encouraging.

He said India has decided to launch its own satellite system in 1980. This
will facilitate broadcasting of radio and television programs in an extensive
area. Also, it will help television programs in an extensive area. Also,

it will help the nonalined countries to network their programs for exchange
with each other. The minister assured that India will continue to take
special interest in disseminating information through the mass media organi-
zations to other member countries.

Besides India, the countries taking part in the 3-day meeting are Algeria,
Cuba, South Korea [as heard], Guyana, Nigeria and Yugoslavia. It aims at
promoting mutual program exchange between each other's broadcasting organi-
zations and exploring the possibility of direct communication through satel-
lites.

TASS' Reports on Conference
Moscow TASS in English 1245 GMT 6 Aug 78 LD

[Text] Delhi, 6 Aug, TASS--A three-day conference to discuss the role of
communication satellites in developing television and broadcasting has


PHILIPPINES

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Kuala Lumpur BUSINESS TIMES in English 6 Jun 78 p 11
{Article by Colin Bickler in Manila]

[Text]

THE 38) rowing archipe-
Jago of the Phil ippines is
facing a crisis in its in-
ternal communications
systems amid a growing
public outcry. °

The postal and tele:
graph service and the
telephone system are not
keeping pace with the
country’s expanding
economy.

The result, is serious
bottlenecks and frustra-
tion on the part of the
users of these services. |

It has reached the sta-

e where it is often faster
0 make an overseas tel-
ephone. call or send a

foreign cable than itisto |

do these things domesti-

cally.
‘he communications
crisis is producing spin-
off industries such as pri-
vate couriers who deli-
ver letters personally,
though not always more
efficiently that the regu-
Jar postal service. -

Several telegraphic
companies operating in
the Philippines seem to
defy the adage that com-
petition serves the cus-
tomer best.

Recently the father of
@ locally-based journal-
ist turned up to wish his
daughter-in-law a happy
birthday three. days
ahead of his greetings
telegram.

A Press telegram des-
patched from Zamboan-
fe city, 525 miles (640
ms) from Manila, can
take up to 48 hours to be
delivered in the capital.

Telephoning from
there to Manila is like a
lottery. Sometimes you
get through immediately
and at other times you
can wait all day without

Mr Antonio Z. de Guz-
man, president of the

“Young Postal Workers,

rticularly sensitive
Bobat the accusations of
pad postal delivery. He

being connected. blames it partly on low
Sending a letter can pay — apparently on the
be a hit or miss ‘affair. Rreory relativity be-
The other day a letter to tween. the speed. of deli-
the editor of a Manila very and the amount a
newspaper,—- it did not postal worker
aoa || The postal rvice
say how it was delivered — Sita >
— described the personal -{ has heen bitterly tritict-:
experience of a man who ;\ged for inefficiency, de-

sent two letters and a -
telegram from his pro- ‘
vincial home to his rela-
tives in’ Manila to tell
them of his coming visit.
One letter went ordi-
nary mail and the other

express. He arrived _be-
fore all three. The
express letter ‘came af-
ter the ordinary mail, he
wrote.

An airmailed package
ot budget papers posted
from Honj cong for a
Manila office arrived
long after the budget had
been worked out and cou-
riered back by private
means.’

The airmailed April 21
edition | of a magazine

ed in Hong Kong ar-
Fived here two weeks af-
ter the May 12 edition.

Some mail never arri- |
ves at all.

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- the public,

lay in the delivery of
mail matters and mail
piltera es,"" he wrote to
e Daily Express news-
Paper this month.
“While some of these
accusations may be true,
however,

may be informed that
one of the contributory
factors to this is caused
by the unrealistic salary
scale of postal employ-
ees," he added.
He claims about 70
per cent of postal work-
fet around 500 pesos
(US$68.50) a month. This
is a little less than the
average daily paid work-
er — who can make more
than US$70 if he works 80
days in a month — but
about double the official
legal minimum for daily
workers.



"It can offer a tremendous amount of information directly from the computer
according to the user's choice. Telset is comparable to an encyclopedia
containing versatile classified information; in fact, it is an electronic
handbook whose contents develop from day to day and moment to moment."

To the newspapers Telset means an experiment in an electronic distribution
system; to the telephone company it means an additional use of the tele-
Phone network that was costly to build and to the electronics industry, it
means a new achievement.

“Legally there is nothing to prevent the adoption of the new information
system," says Jaakko Hannuksela. "The question is about an electronic
version of a newspaper, a medium that can be connected to the telephone
network."

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CONTENTS (Continued)

CAPRE Official Discloses Pressures From Multinationals
(O GLOBO, 7 Aug 78) 2... sce e cece c cece eee ceeeeeecceee

CAPRE Supports Establishment of Computer Plant in Minas
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 2 Aug 78) denen eet ence ener eneeone

PERU

Briefs
Communications System Enlarged

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BBC Reception in East, Central Africa To Be Improved
(Arnold Raphael; TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 8 Aug 78) .......+.

GHANA

Briefs
Satellite Communications Contract

KENYA

Briefs
Kenya Satellite Station

MAURITANIA

Cabinet Decides To Set Up Broadcasting, News Agency
(Nouakchott Domestic Service, 21 Aug 78) ..

USSR
USSR

USSR Develops Fourth Generation Communications Computer
(TASS International Service, 21 Jul 78) ......... sees

Briefs
Magadan Telephone Communications
Kazakh TV Tower Construction

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CONTENTS (Continued)
PHILIPPINES

Communications System in Critical Condition
(Colin Bickler; BUSINESS TIMES, 6 Jun 78) .......

EASTERN EUROPE
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Hungary Signs Contract on Telecommunications Supplies With

USSR
(MEI, 10 Aug 78) ...eceeeeeeeeeeeee sence eaeeeeneenees
BULGARIA
Cooperation Between Communications Institute, Plant Urged
(Mariya Budinova; VECHERNI NOVINI, 10 Jul 78) .......
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Briefs

International Phone Connections
YUGOSLAVIA

Briefs
New Relay Station

LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA

Briefs
Agreement for Microwave System

BRAZIL
New Telephone Model To Accelerate Domestic Manufacture,
New Technologies

(Ethevaldo Siqueira; 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 23 Jul 78).

Lack of Data Delays CAPRE Decision on IBM Project
(O GLOBO, 27 Jul 78) ..eceeceeeeceeeee vee eeeeeeeeeeeees

EMBRATEL Inaugurates Direct Dialing Service to Argentina
(O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 30 Jul 78) .....-.ceeeeeeeeeees

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U.S. BAN ON COMPUTER SALE’ DESIGNED TO PREVENT. INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Moscow TASS in English 1743 GMT 25 Jul 78 LD

[Text] Moscow, 25 Jul, TASS--TASS political commentator Anatoliy Krasikov
writes: President Carter has taken a decision directed against Soviet mass
information media. That is the only way to qualify his ban on the sale of
a Univac computer to TASS by Sperry Rand.

The President's decision fully agrees with the known moods of his certain
advisers who do not conceal their dislike of the Soviet press and who would
like very much to do harm to it by slowing down the handling of news at
TASS. We can say frankly to these gentlemen: With or without a computer
the Soviet press will continue to rebuff quickly and to the point all your
attacks, all your efforts to distort Soviet policy and to drive a wedge in
relations of friendship and cooperation between the peoples.

The United States calls itself a country of free enterprise. But where is
this free enterprise, where is the freedom of trade? Aprestigious firm
(Sperry Rand) signs a contract for supplying the Soviet Union with civilian
equipment, which is not a strategic commodity and which is not included in
the list of goods banned for export from the USA. The firm sends a letter
of acknowledgement to TASS confirming its intention to sell the computer,
enlists the cooperation of several other suppliers, including those from
third countries (Racel Milgo, T-Bar, etc.), and costly work is started.

Then the White House intervenes and the deal is cancelled.

Of course, somebody will have to compensate for the damage caused by the
refusal to carry out a trade contract. But this is not the only thing that
matters.

What really matters is the way each side approaches the commitments under-
taken by mutual agreement within the framework of commercial relations. There
is a law: Once you have signed an agreement, you must carry it out, “pacta
sunt servandum." This has been the basic principle of international relations,
in general, and of international economic relations, in particular. Those

who violate this principle risk to lose forever the reputation of a trust-
worthy partner.

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PRC, FRG TECHNICIANS MEET VIA SATELLITE TV HOOKUP
Peking NCNA in English 1618 GMT 5 Aug 78 OW

[Text] Nanking, 5 Aug (HSINHUA)--On the afternoon of August 3, Chinese tech-
nicians in Nanking and their counterparts in Munich had a successful "meet-
ing" by means of the German-French Sympohnie satellite. This was the first
time that China had conducted.a satellite television meeting with a foreign
country.

In pursuance of an agreement signed last April between the Electronic Society
of China and a delegation from the Ministry of Research and Technology of the
Federal Republic of Germany, the two parties evaluated the experiments in
satellite communications and data transmission. The participants who con-
ducted their discussion in English appeared on the television screens at
4:00 pm Peking time. The reception was clear and the colours were bright
and sharp, presenting a well defined image. The sound achieved a high level
of fidelity.

The ground station at Nanking, which was designed and manufactured in China,
was the first Chinese station to join in the programme. When the delegation
of the FRG Ministry of Research and Technology was in China last Paril, this
ground station demonstrated its television and telephone capabilities by
linking up with a fellow station at Rasting near Munich, The Nanking station
performed well during this earlier demonstration.

At the August 3 "meeting," the Chinese personnel evaluated the experience
conducted since early April as satisfactory and thanked the other side for
their active support and cooperation in the experiments. The two sides ex-
changed ideas concerning satellite telecommunications technology and had
friendly consulations relating to further cooperation between them.

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BRIEFS

ASEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MEETING--A meeting of senior ASEAN officials on tele-
communications was opened in Jakarta.on 24 July. The meeting, which will
last until 26 July and attended by 14 senior officials from the five ASEAN
member countries, will discuss the use of the Indonesian “Palapa" satellite
by other ASEAN countries. The meeting is a followup of the second ASEAN
meeting on post and telecommunications held in Kuala Lumpur on 30 January
1978, [Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 1200 GMT 24 Jul 78 BK]

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JPRS 71831

7 September 1978

WORLD
TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WIDE
No, 52

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BRAZIL

LACK OF DATA DELAYS CAPRE DECISION ON IBM PROJECT
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 27 Jul 78 p 24

{Text/  Brasilia--The Coordinating Committee for Electronic Processing
Activities (Capre) meets today in Rio to make an intensive study of a
collection of IBM, Burroughs and Honeywell Bull projects, but will not yet
vote on the proposal to manufacture a new "small" IBM computer, because

the company has not yet submitted the data required by Capre for its precise
description.

This will, however, be the second time that all the committee members will
have occasion to discuss the IBM proposal without their technical group's
having succeeded in getting all the details together for a well-substan-
tiated decision on the small-business computer project.

For this reason, the main topic concerning IBM interests which Capre is to
discuss today does not touch on its new project, but on an old requirement
the committee had made of them: the submission of a “commitment date" for
the manufacture of computer 148.

Capre's meeting today will be final for the decision on the Honeywell Bull
proposal for the manufacture of a minisystem model which although it should
be of great importance to the Brazilian market--particularly useful in
promoting bank services--will compete with domestic minicomputers.

For the approval of the Honeywell project, the company will undoubtedly have

to agree to restrict its model's performance to a limited range of config-
urations. Otherwise Capre cannot consider granting priority to the project.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

INTERSPUTNIK MEETING OPENS IN ULAANBATAAR
Session Opens
Moscow TASS in English 0812 GMT 11 Aug 78 LD

[Text] Ulaanbataar, 11 Aug, TASS--The seventh session of Intersputnik,
international space communications organization, opened here today. Taking
part in the session are the delegations of Bulgaria, Hungary, the German
Democratic Republic, Cuba, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union,

the Czechoslovak Soviet [as received] Socialist Republic as well as the
International Radio and Television Organization (OIRT).

The session is to discuss problems pertaining to the news coverage of the
1980 Olympic games in Moscow, exchange of political information and other
problems.

Meeting Accomplishments
Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1330 GMT 16 Aug 78 LD

[Text] A session of Intersputnik, the international space communications
organizations, has ended its work in Ulaanbataar. Correspondent Sergey Prav—
din reports from the Mongolian capital:

Taking part in the session's work were Mongolia, the USSR, Bulgaria, Cuba,
and other socialist states, as well as observes from Algeria, Iraq and the
Interational Radio and Television Organization. At the conclusion of the
session the participants signed a joint communique. Gram-Ochir, first de-
puty of communications of the Mongolian People's Republic, and (?vice)
chairman at the session, commented:

[Garam-Ochir recorded in Mongolian fading into Russian translation] First
of all I would like to stress that the session's work passed in an atmosphere
of friendship and businesslike cooperation and full mutual understanding.
Apart from the question of television and radio relays for the Moscow
Olympics, the session participants (?discussed) a plan for television


opened here attended by experts of India, Algeria, Guyana, Cuba, the Korean
Democratic People's Republic and Yugoslavia.

Speaking at its opening Indian Minister of Information and Broadcasting

L. K. Advani stated that the developing countries must achieve self-subsis-
tance in the field of telecommunications via satellites. He said India decided
to put its first communications satellite in terrestrial orbit in 1983 so

that, through the network of ground radio and TV relay stations, direct

radio and TV broadcasting could be carried out to remote rural areas.

Participants in the meeting will discuss concrete questions of cooperation
in this sphere, including the matter of exchanging TV programs via satel-
lites.

Conference Ends
Moscow TASS in English 1355 GMT 10 Aug 78 LD

[Text] Delhi, 10 Aug, TASS--A three-day conference has ended here of a group
of experts on the question of establishing radio and television communication
between nonalined countries through satellites, It was attended by experts
of India, Yugoslavia, the DPRK, Algeria, Nigeria, Kenya and Guyana. It was
decided to prepare by common efforts concrete plans for the use of the
existing communication satellites for the exchange of radio and television
programs. The plan is to be tabled at the committee for telecommunications
of nonalined countries, whose session is scheduled to be held in October this
year in Tanzania.

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USSR

USSR DEVELOPS FOURTH GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER
Moscow TASS International Service in Russian 1433 GMT 21 Jul 78 LD
["Successes of Soviet Electronics"--TASS headline]

[Text] Moscow--The Soviet Union has mastered the production of Elbrus-2
universal multiprocessor fourth generation computers, which have an overall
productivity of over 100 million operations a second and substantially sur-
pass the most modern high productivity universal machines of foreign firms,
such as the (?B-7700/4), the Cyber-176 (Control Data), the Univac-1100
family, the IBM 370/195 and even the Grey-1 model with a productivity of

50 million operations a second.

The Elbrus-2 is made on the basis of large, highly integrated circuits. The
problems of creating a superfast operating element base, precision multi-
layer high-frequency plates, group junction formations and original cooling
systems have been successfully solved. New types of a fast-acting external
memory of great capacity with direct access have been created. New struc-
tural solutions have permitted the effective realization of high-level
languages, the organization of work in various modes, including those in the
modes of real time and the division of time, and have also provided an oppor-
tunity for organizing data banks for collective use at the level of an opera-
tion system.

In developing the complex the latest automated planning system fitted with
a special program provision of several million commands in volume was used.
The systemic mathematical provision of the Elbrus-2 complex is fully com-
patible with the previously announced 10-processor system of the Elbrus-1
that has a productivity for each processor of over 1 million operations a
system. The Elbrus-2 computer complexes will be most effectively used in
large-scale computing centers, in collective use networks and particularly
in large systems for the computation and processing of communications with
a ramified network of terminals and communication lines.

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

SHANTUNG-HOPEH MICROWAVE--The project of building a 960-channel microwave
system between Tsinan in Shantung Province and Shihchiachuang in Hopeh
Province was successfully completed, and the network was put into operation
on 23 July. It has begun to relay the television programming of the Peking
station and others. The project extends 315 kilometers. There are eight
relay stations in the network. Construction of the project began in
October 1977, and on 26 December the circuit was opened on a trial basis.
After repeated trials and readjustments over 6 months, the project has been
fully put into operation, thus enabling Shantung Province to reach a new
level in relaying television, telephone, telegraph and facsimile trans-
missions. At the meeting to celebrate the formal opening of the 960-channel
microwave network between Tsinan in Shantung Province and Shihchiachuang

in Hopeh Province, Vice Chairman of the Shantung Provincial Revolutionary
Committee Chu Pen-cheng delivered a contragulatory speech. [Tsinan Shantung
Provincial Service in Mandarin 1130 GMT 28 Jul 78 SK]

FU-SHAN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SERVICE--In mid-May this year, Kwangtung's
Fu-shan Municipality began automatic telephone services in urban areas and
all suburban rural people's communes, production brigades and production
teams. Up to then, Fu-shan Municipality had carried out the “four modern-
izations" of the postal and telecommunication services: the automation of
telephones, the use of the long-distance telephone system, the use of
telephotography and the motorized delivery of telegrams. Recently, Fu-shan
Municipality has installed and used an automatic telephone system made in
China, with 2,000 two-way switching lines, Since February this year, with
the assistance of the installation team from the provincial postal and
telecommunications office, the workers of the Fu-shan Municipal Postal and
Telecommunications Office have readjusted, repaired and installed circuit
lines, scientifically compiled telephone numbers and trained operators and
maintenance personnel to use the new equipment. In mid-May, the new equip-
ment was completely installed and put into operation. [Text] [Hong Kong
CHUNG-KUO HSIN-WEN in Chinese 4 Jul 78 p 7] 9039

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BRAZIL

EMBRATEL INAUGURATES DIRECT DIALING SERVICE TU ARGENTINA
Sao Paulo G ESTADO DE SAC PAULC in Portuguese 30 Jul 78 p 33

[Text] _At 1500 hours next. Tuesday EMBRATEL [Brazilian Telecommunications
Company ] will inaugurate international direct dialing [DDI] to Argentina,
the country with which Brazil has the fourth largest volume of bilateral
traffic (an annual total of 450,000 telephone calls). The inaugural
ceremonies will be held in the office of Haroldo Correa de Mattos, president
of EMBRATEL, and will be attended by Argentine Ambassador Oscar Hector
Camillion, who will place a call to Buenos Aires.

This will be the first time for DDI operations to be effected by landline,
via a trunk comprising 1,800 circuits that was inaugurated last June at
Foz do Iguacu.

According to Correa de Mattos, activation of the DDI service to Argentina
is part of a long-standing EMBRATEL project for interconnecting Brazil with
neighboring countries, and inauguration of the interconnection with Paraguay
is scheduled for Uctober. The EMBRATEL president also stated that a read-
justment of the rates for telephone calls to Argentina will be announced
within the next few days.

To place a call to Argentina, users in the 283 Brazilian cities that offer
the DDI service must dial the area code 0054 followed by the city code
(Buenos Aires has the number 1, Mar del Plata 23, Rosario 41, Cordoba 51
and Mendoza 61), after which they will dial the number of the telephone
they are calling. Calls for Argentina--which during Copa [meaning unknown]
took approximately 3 hours--will go through in 20 seconds.

The international direct-dialing service currently extends to a total of
30 countries on four continents (Africa has not yet been connected).

10992
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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

A MFT-PT TYPE COMPOSITE MULTI-CHANNEL TELEMETRY SYSTEM

Peking TI-CHIU WU-LI HSUEH-PAO [ACTA GEOPHYSICA SINICA] in English Vol 21,
No 3, 1978 p 247

[Article by Fan Hsi-lin [5400 1585 2651], Li Kuo-pin [2621 0948 2430],
Chia yu-chen [6328 3768 3791], Chou Ch'eng-ping [6650 2052 3521].].

[Text] The purpose of designing and experimenting an MFT-PT type composite
multi-channel telemetry system is to transmit and observe at the same

time short period and long period seismic signals and other geophysical
data for a comparatively large area (100-200 kms radius).

It is a combination of the pulse amplitude modulation and frequency modu-
lation types. The design of the system consists of some special features,
such as the "Waiting Type" multi-phase multivibrator, singletube monostable
circuit. When this system is used together with a computer and magnetic
tape recorder, it is possible to process seismic data very quickly.

If audio frequency is used, then by means of a telecommunication line,
seismic signals can be transmitted to thousands of kilometers away. When

radio frequency receivers and transmitters are used the system can be
turned to be a portable telemetered seismic network.

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CONTENTS (Continued)
WESTERN EUROPE
DENMARK

SEASAT-A To Aid in Shipping, Seabed Research
(BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 10 Jul 78) ......-.eeeeee

FINLAND

TV-Telephone Information System Passes Test
(HELSINGIN SANOMAT, 20 Jun 78) ....ceeeeveseeeeeeeees

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

MOROCCAN, IRAQI NEWS AGENCIES SIGN COOPERATION ACCORD
Casablanca LE MATIN in French 13 Aug 78 p 3 LD

[MAP report: "Cooperation Agreement Between the MAP Agency and the Iraqi
news agency]

[Text] Rabat, 12 Aug--MAP Director Abdeljalil Fenjiro and Iraqi news agency
director Mr (M'hammad Manai Yassine) signed a cooperation agreement between
the two agencies at the Information Ministry this morning.

The agreement was signed inthe presence of Information Minister Mohamed
Larbi Khattabi, Ministry Secretary General Mustapha Kasri and Agency Union
Secretary General Dr (Ferid Ayar).

The agreement will increase cooperation between the two agencies and will
enable the information carried by the two agencies to be distributed in
Morocco and Iraq.

Mr Larbi Khattabi made a speech in which he welcomed the agreement, which

opens up new possibilities in cooperation between the two agencies and will
foster understanding between the two peoples.

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BRIEFS

KENYA SATELLITE STATION--Power and Communications Minister Daniel Mutinda,
today launched a construction work of Kenya's second satellite earth station
next to the old one at Longonot in the Rift Valley. The construction of a
new satellite earth station has been necessary because the old one is nearly
completing its lifetime of 10 years. . The new station will take about 18
months to construct and will cost about 35 million shillings. It is being
built by an Italian company. [Nairobi Domestic Service in English 1600 GMT
26 Jul 78 LD]

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FINLAND

TV-TELEPHONE INFORMATION SYSTEM PASSES TEST
Helsinki HELSINGIN SANOMAT in Finnish 20 Jun 78 p 22

[text] An experiment in an information service to supplement newspapers
has been started in Helsinki.

The system is called Telset and it has been developed by the Helsinki
Telephone Company, Oy Nokia Ab Electronics and Sanoma Osakeyhtio. By
using the telephone network anyone can, with the help of the information
system, receive the latest information on, for example, news events and
the changing lists [sic].

Approximately 30 terminals, which are on the company premises and in the
homes of the system experts, participate in the experiment of the Telset
information system that started in Helsinki in June.

After the completion of the experiment next April, the plans on the future
of the new information system will be finalized. It will then be decided
whether Telset is here to stay.

Technically the system uses a small computer, the PDP 11/34 va- [sic]
assembled by Nokia.

The user requests information by telephone from the contents displayed on
his television screen by a remote control.

The objective of the Telset service is to create an information service
which is as economical as possible. When the system is completed, a pic-
ture tube magazine with 80,000 pages can be offered to the user.

At this time, the computer located on the premises of Sanoma Osakeyhtio
has only a few hundred pages stored in memory. Before the experiment is
completed, news information will be expanded to approximately 10,000 pages.
The capacity of the computer is 50,000 pages. These are divided into six
topics; e.g., home magazine, home information, enterprise Telset, Swedish
Telset and Telset guide.

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

INTERNATIONAL PHONE CONNECTIONS--Telephone subscribers in the northern
Bohemian town of Most can now directly dial Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Ireland, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Hungary, the GDR, the FRG, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Great Britain. [Prague RUDE
PRAVO in Czech 1 Aug 78 p 2 AU]

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BRIEFS

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ENLARGED--The National Teléecommunications Enterprise
of Peru, ENTELPERU, has signed an agreement with the Japanese enterprise,
MISUI corporation limited, Tokyo, for the establishment of a radio communi-
cations system from Iquitos, Sara, Pozo and Pulcalpa with Lima, and Cerro
Pasco with Puclapa. [Lima Domestic Service in Spanish 1200 GMTI-18 Aug 78 PY]

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There have no doubt been increases in the number of telephones but the
telephone service is not yet entirely satisfactory from the consumer's point
of view in that they are confronted with frequent frustrating inconveniences
presumably due to technical reasons.

The telephone is no longer regarded as a luxury but an essential item all
over the world, While introducing communications via satellite on the one
hand, we hope that the authorites will strive to further improve the inter-
nal communications services to better serve the public interest. We look
forward to the day when we will be in a position to establish a domestic
satellite system to further improve our telecommunications systems as is
being done in a number of countries.

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BRIEFS

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT--The Export Development Corporation of
Canada (EDC) has granted a $5.7m. (about ¢8m.) to the Posts and Telecommunica-
tions Corporation to support.a contract awarded to a Canadian firm to supply
and install an earth satellite telecommunications system in Ghana. Mr John
MacDonald, chairman of the EDC, said Spar Technology Ltd. of Montreal, a
division of Spar Aerospace Products of Toronto, will build a standard intelsat
earth satellite and an international switching centre in Accra. EDC is

a federally-owned commercial enterprise that provides loans to support ex-
ports sales, export credits and surety insurance, foreign investment guar~
antees and other financial facilities to Canadian exporters to enable them

to compete internationally. [Text] [London WEST AFRICA in English 21 Aug

78 p 1666]

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For example, both the text and graphic symbols of the following can be
shown on the television screen: the latest news, weather, sports results,
movies, radio and television programs, schedules, lotto, exchange rates,
statistics, indexes, prognoses and business news.

One or more television screen pictures are needed to cover one page of the
telset magazine. The television screen is divided into 24 lines with each
line having space for 40 characters. Seven colors are being used.

The numbered pages are selected according to the instructions shown on the
television screen, Using a command key, the pages can be glanced at in an
arbitrary order.

"The selection method is easy," claims project leader Pekka Jaakkola from
Sanoma Osakeyhtio, "Anyone who is able to use the telephone and television,
will also be able to use Telset."

Equipment Still Expensive

"The extra equipment needed for watching Telset is fairly expensive at the
present time, but as soon as it can be manufactured in larger quantities
the prices will decline," says Jaakko Hannuksela, the director of planning
from Sanoma Osakeyhtio.

"In the light of England's experience, it has been estimated that the extra
equipment needed in homes would perhaps cost approximately 500-1,000 marks."

The home terminal used in the experiment is a regular color television set
manufactured by Salora Oy and equipped with a Telset decoder and a modem.
The set is always controlled by a remote control. Experiments are being
made with a black and white terminal manufactured by Oy Nokia Ab Electronics
and adapated for Telset,

The main equipment is connected with modems to the telephone network of the
Helsinki Telephone Company.

The prototype of the system was already displayed in March last year and
the domestic adaptation has been under development for 2 or 3 years. A
picture information system like Telset is of British origin. The develop-
ment of the principle was already started there at the beginning of the
decade, At the beginning of June, an experiment with 1,500 users was
launched in that island country.

The British postal service intends to spend 100 million pounds over 8
years in testing the system in London, Birmingham and Norwich.

Counselor of Mining Martti Harva from the Helsinki Telephone Company finds
Telset to be justified, although there are already cable televisions, tele-
phone information systems and other such devices. In Harva's opinion,
telset satisfies needs other than they do.

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No one anticipates any possible negative reaction from multinationals, nor
even from those that now manufacture conventional models, on the adoption
by TELEBRAS of a totally Brazilian telephone model. The standardization of
telephones through the development of an advanced model has long been known
to be every sector's goal since the Ministry of Communication Regulation 312
in 1975.

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BRAZIL

NEW TELEPHONE MODEL TO ACCELERATE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE , NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 23 Jul 78 p 48

[Article by Ethevaldo Siqueira]

{Text/ With_the Brazilian telephone model produced by IGB-Control /Expan-
sion unknown/, a Gradient Group enterprise, the development of a domestic
telecommunications technology is entering a new stage. After 3 years of
studying, developing and perfecting what is universally most advanced in the
field of technology and design, Control has completed the production of a
telephone model which embodies the Prevailing telephone aspirations of the
past 80 years.

Within the next few days, TELEBRAS /Brazilian Telecommunications Corporation/
will test the performance, as well as the workmanship, of the first 500 new
model telephones. Within 2 or 3 years, Brazil will install only this model,
which makes use of electronic memory and keyboard instead of the traditional
dial system.

The day before yesterday, Eugenio Staub, Gradient president, presented the
first new telephones to Minister Quandt de Oliveira and to the TELEBRAS
president, Alencastro e Silva. On this occasion, the entrepreneur was
informed that "IGB-Control will be the sole domestic industry responsible
for producing the new model." Actually, TELEBRAS, by virtue of its contract,
is the owner of the rights and "know-how" of the telephone produced by the
Gradient Group.

The Gradient telephone was designed with the main objective of giving the
country a truly electronic telephone rather than an electro-mechanical one,
thus opening up the market and making the electronic component-parts industry
practicable. This electronics project necessitates a world survey of trends
and standards, although Brazil is still going to continue for a few more
years to use some traditional component parts such as the transmitter and
receiver cartridges recently standardized by TELEBRAS.

The replacement of the dial by a keyboard is not merely a matter of sophis-
ticated design, but rather a necessity in view of the projected use of

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Pando Vanchev has been signed in Istanbul with a ceremony. The protocol
envisages the establishment of a technical working group connected with
telex, telecommunications, transit [tranzit] news services and other joint
projects.

In a speech at the ceremony, Ongut said that Turkey seeks to establish close
cooperation with neighboring countries in the communications field. Ongut
also said that joint efforts will be exerted to achieve speed and quality
concerning the matter.

In his speech, Vanchev said that establishment of close relations between
the two countriés will contribute to the mutual development of the countries’
economies. Vanchev added that Turkey and Bulgaria should develop their com-
munications services.

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Until then it will continue to be served by the BBC Assencion Islands trans-
mitter. It gives the BBC a clear lead over other foreign broadcasting sys-
tems in West Africa but has done little to improve reception in east and
Central Africa since it replaced the Cyprus booster station some months

ago.

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DENMARK

SEASAT-A TO AID IN SHIPPING, SEABED RESEARCH
Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 10 Jul 78 p 6

[Text] Northern lights and other celestial phenomena in the immediate vicinity
of the earth will be investigated more accurately with a new European satellite,
Geos 2, which is supposed to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on
Friday.

The idea of placing a satellite in the outer magnetosphere, 36,000 km from the
earth, received broad support in 1969 when Professor Bernhard Peters from the
Danish Space Research Institute had gathered colleagues from many countries
for a conference at Lyngby Hotel.

Geos 2 will apparently stand still at a point over the earth's equator, 35,900
km out in space. But every 24 hours the satellite will actually complete an
orbit 265,000 km long at a velocity of 11,060 km/h.

Stumbled in the Start

The first satellite in the series, Geos 1, was launched from the United States
on 20 April 1977, but stumbled in the launch. The second and the third stage
in the Delta carrier rocket did not separate as planned. The trip therefore
ended at a height of 12,000 km. It was completely impossible to reach the
target 36,000 km out. Many speculations followed, and as the best emergency
solution the people responsible chose to let Geos 1 slide into an elliptical
orbit whose lowest point is 2050 km and whose highest point is 38,318 km above
the earth. In this way the researchers have obtained some information. But
not what they had hoped for.

After the launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Friday, the European Space
Center in Darmstadt, West Germany, will take over the remote control of the
last, complicated maneuvers which will bring Geos 2 into the completely
correct orbit.

Space research is expensive. It requires big carrier rockets and many tons
of fuel to place a small useful load outside the earth.

At the instant of launching, Geos 2 itself weighs 537 kg, but when its own
little engine has burnt out, the weight will be down to 237 kg.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

SRV BROADCASTING OFFICIAL THANKS SOVIET RADIO FOR COOPERATION
Moscow Radio in Vietnamese to Vietnam 1300 GMT 24 Jul 78 OW

[Statement by Tran Lam, chairman of SRV Radio and Television Commission--
recorded; date not given]

[Text] Dear friends and comrades: In conjunction with the SRV Government
and party delegation's return from Iraq's national day celebrations and its
stopover in the Soviet Union, I had the pleasure of meeting the comrade lead-
ers of the Soviet Television and Radio Commission for an exchange of views on
achieving closer cooperation between the radio. and television services of the
two countries.

The cooperative ties between the radio and television services of the two
countries dates back to 1951 when Vietnam sent its specialists to help the
Soviet Radio service prepare radio programs in Vietnamese. Over the past
27 years, these ties have become closer and closer. °

We highly value Moscow Radio which, during the years of anti-French resist-
ance, enthusiastically encouraged and supported the Vietnamese people. During
the anti-U.S. resistance, the radio and television services of the two coun-
tries cooperated more closely and the Soviet Union assisted Vietnam in build-
ing the first material and technical bases for radio broadcasting. Since
then, Vietnam and the Soviet Union have stepped up the exchange of correspon~-
dents and specialists to conduct’ propaganda against imperialism and racial
discrimination, support the national liberation movement in various countries
and strengthen the solidarity and friendship among the world's peoples and
the socialist countries.

We highly value Soviet assistance to Vietnam's radio and television service
by supplying very valuable films and documents introducing: the achievements
of the Soviet Union and other fraternal socialist countries. The Vietnamese
people have heartily enjoyed and highly appreciated Soviet films on science,
technology, children, art, physical education, sports and so forth. The
documentaries on Vietnam sent by our radio and television commission to the
Soviet Union have greatly contributed to making the Soviet and world peo-
ples better understand the situation in Vietnam.



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7 September 1978

TRANSLATIONS ON. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
No. 52
CoNTENTS PAGE
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

PRC, FRG Technicians Meet Via Satellite TV Hookup
(NCNA, 5 Aug 78) ..ccccccccc cee cence ccccctceoeeee sees 1

Call Issued for Wider Nonalined Use of Satellite Broadcasting
(Various sources, various sources) ......eeeeeeeeeeeee 2

Conference Opens in Delhi
"TASS' Reports on Conference
Conference Ends

Intersputnik Meeting Opens in Ulaanbataar
(Various sources, various dateS) ..... cece eee e eee 4

Session Opens
Meeting Accomplishments

Turkish-Bulgarian Communications Talks Held
(Ankara Domestic Service, 7, 11 Aug 78) ......eeeeeeee 6

Talks Begin in Ankara
Protocol Signed

Soviet-Italian Broadcasting Cooperation Talks Held
(IZVESTIYA, 16 Jul 78) ...ceceeceecccecccceeeecenceees 8

SRV Broadcasting Official Thanks Soviet Radio for Cooperation
(Tran Lam; Moscow Radio, 24 Jul 78) ...... bree e ee enee 9

-a- [III - INT - 140]



The outlines of the program have been delineated. However, the program has
still not been signed by the two collectives. The set of problems lies in
the deadlines issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Electrical Engineer-
ing. They have not been synchronized in time. The result is that the pro-
duction of new commodities is scheduled to begin before completing the tech-
nical documentation. The contradiction was detected. The party managements
of the plant and the institute sought possibilities for its best possible
solution. A study will be made of the conditions which would result in re-
ducing deadlines while specialists will adopt a counterplan and deliver the
documents at least two months ahead of schedule.

Both the Resprom State Economic Trust and the Ministry of Electronics and
Electrical Engineering must make their contribution. The drafting of the
1979 coordination program must begin now. Representatives of the institute
and the plant must actively participate in the drafting of the institute's
plan as they have participated in the formulation of the engineering project,
for this plan is the basis of the program.

The question of providing scientific services in organizing the work of the
plant has not been resolved in the program. Yet, this year the collective
must raise the load of the basic equipment by 10 percent, reduce material
outlays by 5 percent, and increase labor productivity. The help of the
institute's specialists in the implementation of such tasks in the course
of drafting the project for improving the socialist organization of labor
at the plant has not been clarified. Yet, unity of action, combining the
activities of the institute with production problems alone could make effec-
tive the contribution of both collectives to the implementation of the
decisions of the National Party Conference.

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BRAZ Li

CAPRE CFFIC1AL DISCLOSES PRESSURES FROM MULTINATIONALS
Kio de Janeiro U GLB) in Portuguese 7 Aug 78 p 22

[text] Brasilia (U0 CLUB) )--"The relationship between the Brazilian economy
and the multinationals--primarily the American multinationals--has in recent
years passed through various stages that range from indifference to dialog."

This observation was made to 0 GiUBU by Ricardo Saur, executive secretary of
the Commission for the Coordination of Electronic Data~Processing Activities
(CAPHE), in an analysis of the position adopted by the government and the
Brazilian market in the area of data processing vis-a-vis foreign business
ventures in that area.

In the opinion of CAPRE's executive secretary, the stage of "indifference"
was characterized by the unrestricted take-over of the Brazilian computer
market in the absence of any criteria governing the development of this
situation.

When he was asked concerning the change that has taken place in the Brazilian
Government's policy of welcoming foreign capital into the data-processing
sector, Ricardo Saur said that foreign companies continue to be welcome but
with one difference: there are now well-defined rules to govern occupation
of the Brazilian market.

CAPRE's executive secretary disclosed that the first incident involving a
Brazilian company and a foreign firm in the computer field occurred several
years ago when COBRA (Brazilian Computers and Systems, Inc) attempted to
negotiate the transfer of technology from the second largest minicomputer
manufacturing company in the world, the American Data General corporation.

Data General initially manifested great interest in this proposal but
stipulated a number of restrictions--during preparation of the contract--
with respect to the transfer of technology: restrictions which in the
opinion of the COBRA management would make it impossible to achieve the
principal objective of the Brazilian company, namely to produce a Brazilian
minicomputer under conditions allowing an increasing degree of nationaliza-
tion.

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Whatever the reason,
the government-guide
newspapers have also
been asking serious

juestions about the mail
delivery — a sure sign
that a lot of people are

getting fed up.

The Times journal ci-
ted a departmental study
showing two basic rea-
sons for. slow mail. One
was double-handling, in
which all ordinary and
air mail is sorted out by

hand and bundled and
jabelled for the different
destinations — which
may only be across town.

it each andling point
they are re-sorted and in
the central post office,
which handies up to two
million pieces a day,
there are not enough peo-

le, mechanical so:

levices or pigeon ‘holes
to sort the letters. But
the study also says one
automatic sorter is idle
half the time. '

Even if the letter or
package gets out of that
morass, the mail is
sometimes a victim of

rivate contractors or

hilippines Airlines,
whose schedules are er:
ratic.

The Post office is also
plagued by pilferage —a
profitable pastime with
More than a million Fill-
pinos overseas, Many
housands of them send
home pay cheques or do-
llar notes from the Unit-
ed States, Saudi Arabia,
Iran, Britain, Australia
and Canada. So do the
many hundreds of Filipt-
nos working on mer-
chant vessels. +

According to the same
Times journal study, the
post office claims ‘ ‘pilfe-
rage of the mails’ will
continue as long as the

mail is handled by -hu-
man hands.

jome pilferage may
occur while mail bags
are travelling on open
decks of the ferries that
connect the main body of
the country's 7,100 is-
lands, which could also
be a reason for the bad
condition of some mails
on delivery. .

ly to rely on
mail deliveries” than
some non-post office
workers. One method
used-by some of the more
than 100 postal workers
sacked for dishonesty in
the past two years was
for a postal worker to
paste his own gddress
over that of the original
addressee.

That way it may
delivered — eventual
= to the postal workers’
home. ~*~ .

Adding to the tempta-
tion are the touts who
hang around the main

ost oftice offering to |
big u's. dollars,

ie telephone service

— largely in the hands of
Briva e companies — has

ifferent problems. : It
just cannot keep 4p with |
demand for new ‘Ines.

Its servicing is partic-
ularly stretched in ‘bur-

soning, .below-sea-level

anila -to- maintain
them, especially auring
the typhoon and fi
seasons.

The fast-expanding
Philippines Long Distan-
ce Telephone Company,
the biggest of the opera-
tors, is buying new
equipment and streamli-

ing its servite but de-
mand outstrips supply.

Linesmesi have been
al _connec-
tions trom old subs-
eriber to connect a new
one fora fee. — Reuter,

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ARGENTINA

BRIEFS

AGREEMENT FOR MICROWAVE SYSTEM--The Mendoza government has signed an agree-
ment with the National Communications Secretariat and the National Telecom-
munications Company for the construction of a microwave trunk circuit with
960 channels and 3 beams-~for television, telephone and for reserve--all of
them bidirectional, between Mendoza and General Alvear. [Buenos Aires
Domestic Service in Spanish 1030 GMT 25 Jul 78 PY]

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MONGOLIA

BRIEFS

RADIO STATION, RELAY LINE--The building of a new radio station has been com-
pleted in Ulanbaatar. This is one of four radio stations being built in
Mongolia with the participation of the Soviet Union. At the same time, a
1,900 km long radio relay line is under construction. Its completion and
the commissioning of the new radio stations will help to bring radio to

the most remote parts of the country. [Excerpt] [Moscow in Serbo-Croatian
to Yugoslavia 1630 GMT 9 Aug 78 LD]

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channel distribution for 1979, taking into account Cuba's requirements for
the conference of nonalined countries to be held on the Isle of Liberty next
year. An accord was also reached on incorporating new earth television
stations in Bulgaria and Hungary, built over the past year, into the Inter-
sputnik system. The question of the further development of the Intersputnik
system for the period 1979-1980 was also considered. (?The presence) during
the session's work of observers from a number of countries, concluded Com-
rade Garam-Ochir, indicates the great interest in the activity of Inter-
sputnik, particularly regarding the developing countries. [end recording]

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The satellite, which was placed in orbit from the Vandenberg base, can be con-
sidered as a precursor of a future surveillance system for assisting shipping,
reconnaissance, and investigations, etc. As a special mission we can mention
environmental control and recording of the hunt for oil and gas by industry
out in the ocean, far from the coasts.

Scientists also say that there is one good thing which can now be said about
radioactive precipitation from nuclear tests by the big powers in the time
before an agreement was made to cease testing.

“with high sensitivity instruments we can trace the precipitation and use it
to map ocean currents, water changes, and pollution," says Dr H. Gote Ostlund,
researcher at the University of Miami.

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In the face of Data General's inflexibility, negotiations were broken off
and an effort was made to find a new partner for QUBRA. A smaller company--
SYCUR [expansion unknown]--was more flexible in respect to the clauses
covering the sale and transfer of technology, and the partnership was formed.

Data General's reaction was immediate: it made representations to the U.S.
State Department in an attempt to prevent SYCOR from openly transferring
minicomputer-manufacturing technology to a Brazilian company. Data General
further alleged that COBRA could in the future be transformed into a
competitor of the U.S. companies; that it set'an extremely bad example for
companies of other underdeveloped countries to follow; and that it was
illogical for a U.S. firm to operate in other markets outside the established
system for sales of the finished product in those areas.

In attempting to prevent CUBRA from acquiring minicomputer technology, Data
Genera]. would also be making it impossible for Brazil ever to enter the
computer manufacturing field, inasmuch as the other sectors (the manufacture
of medium~ and large-scale systems) of the data-processing industry were
already in the hands of foreign companies.

CCBRA's proposal, however, was "too good" for SYCUR to turn down, and Data
General itself would have accepted it if that company had been a little more
receptive to the idea of the inevitable awakening of interest in the computer
field on the part of countries--such as Brazil--that are currently in the
stage of industrial development.

Today it must be acknowledged that Data General's fears were not entirely
unfounded. COBRA now has almost the same number of employees as SYCOR:
approximately 750, of whom 500 are college-trained and 200 have done
eraduate work. COCBRA's plans call for total sales of $100 million annually--
almost equal to those of SYCUR.

The advent of a Brazilian computer firm ultimately brought about a confron-
tation with another large U.S. company: IBM, the world's largest manufac-~
turer of computers of all sizes.

Although the potential Brazilian market for minicomputers represented only
1 percent of IBM's world sales, it was a market that was growing at a 30
percent rate domestically and perhaps at an even higher rate internationally.

This confrontation between a powerful multinational corporation and a small
company one of whose shareholders was the staie evolved into a political
problem of larger scope. The matter produced noteworthy repercussions in
the United States, where the larger organs of economic journalism discussed
it to some extent.

in its issue of 19 February of this year the New York TIMES discussed the
subject at length in an article entitled, "Brazil Declares Its Independence
in the Computer Field." The article once again focused attention on the
problem, and in particular on the position of IBM.

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president of DIGIBRAS [expansion unknown ], "is 'mini' in its simpler
configurations but medium-scale in its more complex configurations."

The president of DIGIBRAS also denounced "this new attack by IBM against
the development of a Brazilian computer industry." CAPRE itself, through
its president Elcio Costa Couto, had already declared that the government
would not relinquish the market reserve created for the "minis" that had
already been selected for the domestic market.

At the present moment CAPRE and IBM are "engaging in dialog" with a view
to reaching an agreement. On the CAPRE side it is hoped that IBM will
reformulate its proposal in such a way that its computer will not take
business away from the Brazilian companies by virtue of the adaptation of
this new IBM product to enable it to perform tasks intended solely for
performance by the "medium-scale" systems. In response, the IBM has
already reaffirmed that its new computer is a "medium-scale" machine. The
conclusion of this current stage in computer affairs is scheduled for the
forthcoming meetings of CAPRE, at which time that institution's board of
directors, meeting in plenary session, will vote either for or against the
IBM proposal. In the event the multinational company satisfies CAPRE's
requirements, it will have initiated a new stage in the history of the
relationship between the Brazilian economy and the United States in the
computer field: the stage of "accommodation," as Ricardo Saur, executive
secretary of CAPRE, has called it.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

SOVIET~ITALIAN BROADCASTING COOPERATION TALKS HELD
Moscow IZVESTIYA in Russian 16 Jul 78 Morning Edition p 3 LD
«

[Text] A routine working meeting between the leaders of USSR and Italian
radio and television organizations took place in Moscow 11-14 July. Pro-
ceeding from the principles of expanding and deepening Soviet-Italian rela-
tions, the sides expressed themselves in favor of the further development
of ties between the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Braodcast+
ing and Italian television and radio.

Agreement was reached on exchanging television evenings and on producing a
joint seven-part color television film devoted to the great Italian composer
Giuseppe Verdi.

The Italian side displayed interest in participating in live relays on Soviet
opera and ballet productions.

The two delegations noted that the implementation of these projects would be

an important contribution to all-European cooperation and cultural exchange
in the spirit of the Helsinki act.

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