parameters of the. cables are decreased when they have been torn and repaired.
The results are: wrong dialing, noisy or double connections (so called
listening in on conversations) etc. Cable damaging is not a rare phenomenon.
Only in Sofia, for example, last year during different periods, underground
cable and connecting pairs with capacity for over 10,000 subscribers have been
put out of operation.

The busy signal when dialing in Sofia is now, according to the Ministry of
Communicaitons, a rarer phenomenon but it is very difficult to get a free
line in long distance dialing. The reason is found in the insufficient
number of telephone connections particularly during the peakhours of the day.
The capacity of the existing exchanges cannot keep up with the growing needs.

The Ministry of Communication has its own program and implements its own
undertakings for developing better telephone communicatins. Currently it

is engaged in completing the equipment and expanding of the Sofia deal
exchange and connecting cable networks which will increase their transmission
capability. Additional equipment is installed to the direct dial long
distance exchanges. At the Sofia ATTs [dial telephone exchange] Levski the
installation is going on of a more modern automatic dial exchange. The
automatic equipment for testing the technical capability of the installations
has been successfully completed, Such new telephone installations will be
adopted in all Sofia exchanges within the following 2 years.

Besides the technical undertakings, the Minsitry together with the Trade Unions
does considerable work in training the personnel and specialists, adapting

the subjective factor with the new and higher requirements of the July Plenum
of the Central Committee of the BCP and the National Party Conference.

The letter of. the Ministry reports the specific measures concerning each
complaints of the readers as well as the punishment imposed to any guilty
person.

It is stated at the end of the letter that the leadership of the Ministry
of Communications does not leave unchecked a single complaint and does the
utmost to improve the telephone service.

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BRIEFS

RADIO SERVICES’ INTERIM CONTROL--The administrator general of South-West
Africa, Mr Justice Steyn, has announced that an interim radio board will
assume control of radio services in the territory this week. He said in
a television interview that the board, consisting of prominent South-West
Africans. not politically active, would decide on the contents of the radio
services. One of the functions of the services would be to counteract the
vicious and sometimes extremely dangerous enemy propaganda beamed at the
territory by shortwave stations from places such as Lusaka and Luanda.
' [Text] [Johannesburg International Service in English 0300 GMT 21 Aug 78 LD]

SA-DESIGNED COMPUTER--A $280,000 office complex at which a South African-
designed computer system will be manufactured is to be built in Pretoria.
The complex will be built in Blueview, overlooking the Swartkops golf
course. . Work is expected to start within two months. Mr Mel Cunninghan,
managing director of the company involved, said it was hoped that about
three of the SYFA (systems from Africa) computers would be built every
month. The computer. was designed by seven South Africans who spent two
years working in a rented house in Johannesburg. They were unable to
get local backing for their system--so, in Mr Cunningham's words~-they
took off for the computer mecca of the world--the United States. There
the system was sold to a company that set up a worldwide distribution
network. Last year SYFA systems ‘worth about R17m were sold. Although
the system was only launched this week, business worth more than Rlm has
already been done. - [Text] [Johannesburg THE STAR in English 24 Aug 78
p: 24)

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Colonel Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, deputy prime minister and minister of
communications, inaugurates the international communications switchboard

system (Photo Bakhtar).

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JAPAN

ADOPTION OF SOUND MULTIPLEX BROADCASTING SYSTEM CONSIDERED
Tokyo KYODO in English 0012 GMT 30 Aug 78 OW
{Original paragraphing not followed]

[Text] Tokyo, Aug 30 (KYODO)--TV viewers may be able to enjoy foreign
movies shown on television in their original language and not in dubbed-in
Japanese as the Radio Regulatory Council has recommended to the Posts and
Telecommunications Ministry that use of sound multiplex broadcasting system
be allowed by broadcasting companies. Ministry officials said Tuesday that
use of such a system may be allowed from October at the earliest. Japan
will become the first country in the world to adopt such a system.

According to the recommendation made to Posts and Tele-communications
Minister Yasushi Hattori, the multiplex broadcasting system will be author-

‘ized for use for stereo programs and foreign TV movies. Authorization will
be given to only existing television broadcasting companies.

In order to utilize the system, a user must install an adapter containing a
speaker and tuner into his set. The adapter costs between yen 30,000 and
yen 40,000. Users of stereo sets also must install a tuner costing around
yen 10,000. :

Twenty-four commercial TV broadcasting firms in the country, including five
in Tokyo, have applied for adoption of the sound multiplex broadcasting
system.

An application also is expected to be filed shortly by the Japan Broadcast-
ing Corporation (NHK). NHK is planning to use the sound multiplex system
for part of its news programs and also for the Columbo, a popular American
TV series.

Nippon Television Network (NIV) also is planning to stereorize music pro-

grams and professional basefall games telecast by it. They plan to adopt
the system for practical use from October.

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Suarez also described other projects completed by the Ministry of Communica-
tions workers, including an automatic telephone central with: 240 lines and
12 telephone circuits. It will go into operation on 24 July in the munici-
pality of Melena del.Sur, thereby improving long-distance service substan-
tially. .

On 25 July, five new automatic telephone centrals will be completed, two with
80 lines each, located in Las Martinas and Isabel Rubio in Pinar del Rio
Province. The. three remaining centrals will operate in La Sierpe in Sancti
Spiritus Province, Ranchuelo in Villa Clara Province and Guatemala in Hol-
guin Province. They will have a capacity of 160, 400 and 320 lines respec-
tively.

The radiobroadcasting and television branch is another area in which substan-
tial development has taken place with the use of modern technological equip-
ment.

In Las Tunas Province, the services of the provincial chain in the. southern
zone will be expanded with the installation of a new 1-kilowatt transmitter
in Amancio Rodriguez. Work is being done on the installation of a high-

quality connection in order to bring the signal from Tunas to the transmitter. ~

At the same time, the service in Holguin and Ciego de Avila provinces is
being expanded and improved.and the plan to install transmitter antennas
continues. . :

Orlando Suarez stated that these and many other achievements of the communi-

cations workers had the cooperation of the party and the people's governments
in the different provinces.

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USSR

BRIEFS

AZERBAYDZHAN VILLAGES, COLOR TRANSMISSIONS--From TRUD-TASS roundup: "Only
Facts"--Dzhebrail (Azerbaydzhan SSR)--Inhabitants of the remotest villages
in the mountains of the lesser Caucasus yesterday watched the first color
television broadcasts. A radio relay line more than 300 km long has been
puilt here-from Shusha. [Text] [Moscow TRUD in Russian 11 Aug 78 p 4 LD]

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CONTENTS (Continued)
THAILAND
Briefs
New Radio Station
VIETNAM
Briefs
Radio-IV Groups! Asia Tour
EASTERN EUROPE
BULGARIA

Ministry Admits Weaknesses in Telephone Communications
(OTECHESTVEN FRONT, 16 Aug 78) ......s00-

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Briefs
Transmitter Again in Operation

HUNGARY

Briefs
International Telecommunication Congress

LATIN AMERICA

CUBA
Communications Goals Fulfilled To Mark 26 July Holiday
(Jesus Mena; GRANMA, 22 Jul 78) ..ccccccscccscccccccce
URUGUAY

Pressurization Equipment Protects Telephone Cables From
Humidity Damage
(EL PAIS, 29 Jul 78) cecccccccccccccccccces

ANTEL Lists Major Achievements on Fourth Anniversary
(LA MANANA, 26 Jul 78) ...csscccecscccee

Briefs
Transformer Purchase
Dialing System

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accelerating technological revolution in the field of communications, which
is being monopolized by imperialist states who dominate all the sources of
international news agencies in addition to their domination of the distribu-
tion and production markets of television movies. This requires a review
of the current system, and replacing it with a new international information
system congruent with a new international economic order based upon just and
equitable cooperation.

The Opposition and Infiltration

The center submitted to the Havana conference a study in which it indicated
the need for cooperation and coordination among the non-alined nations to
create a national culture to confront opposing and infiltrating cultures.
Nothing else threatens just cultural creativity and excellence more than
the influence of opposing and infiltrating cultures that continue to
emphasize, through films and Western series, individual. selfishness and the
termination of spiritual relations, which oppose organized creative thought
and which spread anarchical thought. The studies that fill communications
libraries inform us in most cases of statistical data pertaining to the
percentage of males or females who read newspapers or who listen to radio or
watch television programs, while a very small percentage of the studies
touched upon what these individuals read or watch.

If we are to take one sample of enemy information, we will find that the
American Information Service, for example, has studied the following items:
an analysis of the basic trends and incentives with regard to the people it
is addressing, and an analysis of the concerns of these people; identifying
the leadership. [elite] groups within these societies; identifying the most
effective means to be followed in addressing these people; measuring the
impact and effectiveness of the service's programs; examining and analyzing
reports of the Central Intelligence Agency; and finally analyzing, examining
and summarizing the studies conducted by the various universities of the
non-alined nations. This matter concerns our peoples. , Are we not the most
deserving to conduct the necessary studies in order to confront hostile
information and to create a successful national information program?

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

TRANSMITTER AGAIN IN OPERATION--After being out’of commission for 4 weeks,
the medium-wave radio transmitter at Dobrochov in the Prostejov area was
put back into operation on Saturday [5 Aug] morning. . The transmitter broad-
casts programs of the Radio Prague National Network on the, 314.7 meter wave-
length. The main mast body has been repaired and the isolators of the
anchoring cables exchanged 10 days before the set deadline. [Text] [Prague
RUDE -PRAVO in Czech 7 Aug-78 p 2 AU]

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URUGUAY

ANTEL LISTS MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS ON FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
Montevideo LA MANANA in Spanish 26 Jul 78 p 6

[Text] Celebrating yesterday the fourth anniversary of ANTEL,

its officials released a summary report on the work completed by
the agency during this fourth year of operation. Worth noting are the
installation of new automatic service centers in the interior, that is,
in Melo, La Paz and Fray Bentos, as well as expansion of other centers such
as Maldonado, increased by 1300 numbers to a total of 4,000, an addition
of 1,000. at Paso, bringing its total capacity to 16,000, andaddition of
2,000 at Union, bringing. its capacity to 2 x 16,000 numbers. Malvin was
enlarged by 1,000 to a total of 8,000, and in Colonia last June 400 new
numbers were installed, bringing the center's capacity to 1,300 numbers.
At manual centers important expansions were made at San Carlos, Panda,
Young and Nueva Palmira.

Protection of Trunk Cables

Installation of pressurizing equipment continued, and now almost all. trunk
cables linking centers in the Montevideo area are protected in this fashion,
as are those in La Paz and Las Piedras. Also work was done according to
terms of a contract for renewing lines of subscribers or equipment in poor
condition, New construction or expansion took place on networks in Melo,
Paysandu, Salto, La Paz, Fray Bentos, Maldonado, Peninsula, La Barra de
Maldonado and Young; work began on networks. for Parque del Plata, Salinas,
Durazno and Cebollati.

IDB Contract

Regarding work included in the contract with the Inter-American Development
Bank, important milestones were reached, including: signing of a contract
with the consulting firm CONSUTEL, charged with studying bids and supervis-
ing execution of the projects; bidding, evaluation and making of awards for
the new microwave systems which will link all the capitals and principal
cities of Uruguay.

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i CUBA

COMMUNICATIONS GOALS FULFILLED TO MARK 26 JULY HOLIDAY

Havana GRANMA in Spanish 22 Jul 78 p 1

[Article by Jesus Mena]

[Text] Praiseworthy work has been done by communications workers throughout
the country in order to meet the schedule set up for tasks included in the
plan to expand ‘and improve the Ministry of Communications in salute to the
25th anniversary: of the attack on the Moncada Barracks and the celebration
of the far-reaching youth event.

These tasks. include the completion of the automatic telephone system from
the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo to Ciudad de La Habana, wit!
Minister Pedro Guelmes pronouncing its official opening yesterday. The! tasks
also involve the construction of a 20-meter-high self-supported tower in
Puerto Boniato, where the parabolic antennas for microwave equipment will

be installed making it possible to connect Santiago with Bayamo and, through
the 07, with Ciudad de La Habana.

Another ‘75-metér tower was built for television antennas, in addition to
10 structures over 90 meters high to guarantee radiobroadcasting transmis-
sions. These construction projects marked the fulfillment of the tower
construction program drawn. up.

A new telephone central will go into operation today in Guanajay with a |

capacity of 500 automatic lines. At the same time, the automatic dialing

service connected with the country's capital will begin to function, along
with direct. reception of calls from Havana through the 051 number.

This information was released by Orlando Suarez, director of the Ministry
_of Communications Construction and Assembly Enterprise, who added that in
the telephone branch, work was completed ahead of schedule on such projects
as the installation of a new 2,000-line telephone central, model ATZ-65,
in Bayamo, and 320 new telephone circuits in the eastern provinces, making
better long-distance service possible.

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AFGHANISTAN

INTERNATIONAL PHONE SERVICE EXPANDS
Kabul ANIS in Dari 8 Jul 78 p 1

[Text] A five-unit international communications switchboard system recently
installed at the Automatic Exchange was inaugurated and put into operation
on 6 July 1978 by Colonel Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, deputy prime minister

and minister of communications.

In the course of inauguration of these switchboard units, the minister of
communications, after stressing the need for and importance of facilitating
international communications, said that the Government of the People's

. Democratic’ Republic of Afghanistan, in accordance with its progressive aims
and the wise directives of Nur Mohammad Taraki, great leader of the People's
Democratic Party of Afghanistan, always desires and endeavors to take active
and firm measures to serve its fellow citizens and ensure their peace, and
the installation of these switchboards is a small example of such endeavors.

The minister of communications has expressed appreciation for the diligence
of sincere and patriotic young Afghans, especially that of engineers and
excellent workers of the Ministry of Communications, in correct performance
of their duties, and wished them success in their ever-increasing coopera-
tion in the realization of the sacred aims of the revolution.

At the inauguration ceremony of the international communications switchboard
system the following were present: Engineer Zarif, the deputy minister,
department heads and some officials and workers of the Ministry of Communi-
cations.

A spokesman of the Ministry of Communications said that the above-mentioned
international communications switchboard system, installed for the purpose
of communication between Kabul and London, Delhi, Moscow, Teheran, Paris,
Peshawar and Quetta, will considerably facilitate international communica-
tions for users.

The installation and initiation of operation of these switchboards were
carried out by Afghan engineers and workers.

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VIETNAM

BRIEFS

RADIO-TV GROUPS' ASIA TOUR--Hanoi, Aug 23--A delegation of the Vietnam
Radio and. Television Commission led by its chairman Tran Lam, left here
today for New Delhi, beginning its friendly tour of India, the Philippines,
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The delegation's visit is being made at
the invitation of the Asia~Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
of UNESCO and the broadcasting and television organizations of the above-
mentioned countries. It was seen off at the airport by the representative
of the Indian Embassy in Vietnam. [Hanoi VNA in English 1602 GMT 23 Aug
78 OW]

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The agreement also provides for mutually arranged visits of-staff members
for the preparation of programs and training facilities for the radio and
TV personnel in both the countries.

Earlier in the evening the delegation called on Advani and met senior
officials of the ministry, All India Radio and Doordarshan [television].

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(Shram), on the other hand, focuses on the understanding of the transmitter
and the receiver of the message itself, and he has asserted the necessity of
both parties having similar experiences, while Lazar Sefield regards com-
munication as having two stages: during the first, the receiver is not
directly influenced by the message, but is more influenced by opinion leaders,
and during the second, the receiver, having been influenced by the opinion
medium, in turn influences others, and vice versa.

In addition to these, the Canadian researcher MacLuni gives primary importance
to the electronic communication media, ignoring both the content and the re-
ceiver, assuming that electronic means of communication are capable of having
an impact by virtue of the picture and sound that affect the senses, especially
the eye and the ear, in addition to the nervous system, which affects the
individual and determines his behavior and movements in any place and at

any time. Although this last theory has been favored in the U.S., it has

not, however, been accepted in developing nations, which continue to place
primary emphasis on controlled contents.

Towards Unity

On the basis of all these considerations, the Arab States' Broadcast Federa~
tion realized the need to establish an Arab center for listeners and viewers
research to undertake the task of studying the problems and difficulties
facing the development of Arab broadcast services and Arab cooperation in
order to direct it towards meeting popular educational, cultural and social
needs, and move towards the establishment of a joint Arab communication
strategy capable of assessing the information crisis and the Arab..informa—
tion role; which should be commensurate with the scope of the enemy's infor-
mation challenge. .

Now, a year.after the establishment of the center, it is possible to specify
the difficulties that’ must be overcome as follows: the absence of accurate
statistics of the Arab broadcast arid: television stations in the administra
tive, technical personnel and production. areas; the absence of a unified
Arab program for research to be relied upon on conducting studies; the lack
of research units in’ most Arab broadcast and television organizations; lack
of specialized cadres in researching communication means; the absence of
joint Arab planning and coordination; the inability of Arab broadcast and
television organizations to channel words, deeds and work in a planned ‘and
programmed manner; and finally the difficulty of joint Arab programs and
production exchanges.

In an attempt to answer the question, where do we bein, the center, in co-
operation with the General Secretariat of the Arab States' Broadcast Federa-
tion and UNESCO, and with the assistance of some Arab and foreign communica-
tions experts, planned the following:

At the national level the center organized a training session in October 1977
in the area of listeners and viewers research in which a number of Arab states

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URUGUAY

BRIEFS

. TRANSFORMER PURCHASE--This afternoon a new contract between UTE [General
Administration of State Electric Power and Telephones] and two Uruguayan
firms was signed for manufacture and delivery of transformers during the
next 5 years, in an operation which is notable not only for its cost,

42 million pesos, but also for its impact on the development of employment
opportunities in Uruguay. The contract was signed by representatives of

the firms of Crul and Mak; acting for UTE were its president, Gen Antonio
Cirilo and general manager engineer Horacio Mendez. The operation constitutes
also a boost for Uruguay& industry, because the new contract goes beyond the
first one, which was for the manufacture of small transformers, and includes
the largestones used by UTE in its networks. The first contract of this
type lasted 4 years and has just expired. It called for these firms to make
transformers of up to 200 kilowatts capacity. The excellent results obtained
made it possible for the contract being signed this afternoon to include the
delivery of transformers to distribute power up to 500 kilowatts,. the largest
which are used on UTE networks. The contract being signed this afternoon
will last for 5 years; based on present prices, the firms are to deliver
transformers during the first year with a value of 10 million pesos. During
each of the following years transformers are to be delivered with a value

of 8 million pesos. This is an important investment in Uruguay on account
of the amount of labor required to make the transformers. It is estimated
that labor comprises 50 percent of the value of the transformers. Therefore

‘UTE is making a significant contribution to the labor force and it can be
Seen that the Uruguayan transformer industry has a good reputation. (Text ]

[ Montevideo LA MANANA in Spanish 27 Jul 78 p 5] 11989

system and the obsolete network of bare wire with a modern automatic service
center and a network of new underground cables. Also, on the same day the
automatic centers of Mercedes and Fray Bentos will be connected via direct
dialing. In keeping with ‘the system of gradual improvement of telephone
service and also the éfforts to make serviee automatic in all

department capitals, ANTEL will inaugurate on 12 July the automatic
center at Fray Bentos, and this will leave only the city of Durazno to be
made automatic; this will be done before the end of the year. Besides this

Soriano, which will allow phone users of both cities to make direct connec-
tions, without having to work through the long distance operator. [Text]
[Montevideo LA MANANA in Spanish 6 Jul 78 p 6] 11989

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

i
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian 1835 GMT 28 Aug 78 OW

MPR, USSR ORGANIZATIONS SIGN AGREEMENT ON RADIO RELAY LINE

~ [Text] Ulaanbaatar, 28 August (MONTSAME)--A general agreement on the con-
struction of a radio relay line between Dashinchilen and Erdenet (central
Mongolia) was signed here today by the [Soviet] "Prommasheksport" All-Union
Export and Import Association and the Mongolian "Kompleksimport" Associa-
tion,

The new line, which will be built jointly by Mongolian and Soviet construc-
tion workers, will soon link the mining city with the republic's capital.
As. a result, Erdenet residents will be able to receive central radio broad-
casting and television programs and view programs carried over the “orbita"
system.

The agreement was signed for the Mongolian side by D..Dorjpalam, chairman
of the Mongolian "Kompleksimport" Association, and for the Soviet side by.
V. A. Sidelnikov, acting economic counselor at the USSR Embassy in the MPR.

The signing of the document was attended by D. Saldan, chairman of the MPR
State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations and minister of the MPR;

D. Gotob, MPR minister of communications; S. Purebjab, chairman. of the
State Information, Radio, and Television Committee of the MPR Council of
Ministers; and other officials. ‘

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CONTENTS (Continued)
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Trends, Developments in Arab Information Media Discussed
(AL-DUSTUR, 19-25 Jun 78) ccccecccccccccccccccccccsce

AFGHANISTAN

International Phone Service Expands
(ANIS, 8 Jul 78) cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccecs

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
MOZAMBIQUE
Telephone, Telex, Telegraph Communication Between Maputo

and Beira
(NOTICIAS, 18 Jul 78) ...

SOUTH AFRICA

Sperry Univac Market Drive Reported
(Tony Koenderman; SUNDAY TIMES, 20 Aug 78) .ssccccece

Briefs
Radio Services! Interim Control
SA-Designed Computer
USSR

Briefs
Azerbaydzhan Villages, Color Transmissions

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BULGARIA

MINISTRY ADMITS WEAKNESSES IN TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
Sofia OTECHESTVEN FRONT in Bulgarian 16 Aug..78 p 2
[Telephone Communications]

[Text] In its issue #10337 this newspaper published critical material by
Ekaterina Dimitrova, entitled "Cracks in the Communication System" which
revealed a number of shortcomings in various units of the communications
department mentioned by our readers and commented upon by the author.

We received written answer by St. Stanoev, secretary general of the Ministry.
Accepting the criticism the answer offers extensive explantions for the con-
ditions of the telephone system in the country and in Sofia in particular.
We are quoting those parts of the Ministry's answer which are of interest

to a wider circle of readers.

It is stressed that the Ministry of Communications takes into consideration
the public opinion concerning the condition of the telephone service and

for each specific case it takes the necessary measures. The Ministry is also
quite concerned about the quality of the telephone connections, Complex
measures are being taken to resolve these problems.

What causes, for example, scrambling and disconnecting of the telephone calls
as well as some other shortcomings mentioned by our readers? Not everybody
knows that the national trunk line network consists of old telphone exhanges.

Improvements have been made, of course, which, however, cannot change essentially

the technical and operational condition of the exchanges. Furthermore, the
Ministry is forced to return and discard a great nember of the communication
products turned out. by the Resprom plants.

In order to innovate and expand the telephone network particularly in Sofia,
one needs considerable capital investments, time for industry to adopt the

necessary long-distance technology and for constructing production-technical
centers. Time is also necessary for importing of equipment, installing, etc.

One also points out that the underground cables are often damaged by the
digging and installing work of the construction organizations. The technical

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

INDIA-SRV SIGN AGREEMENT ON RADIO, TV COOPERATION

iF
Delhi ISI in English 1433 GMT 29 Aug 78 BK

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[Text] India and the Socialist. Republic of Vietnam signed a protocol on
August 28 on cooperation in the field of radio and television between the
two governments. L. K. Advani, minister of information and broadcasting,
signed on behalf of the Government of India and His Excellency Tran Lam,
chairman, the State Committee for Radio and Television, the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, on behalf of his government.

\
Sigting the agreement, Advani. said that it. was one more milestone in
strengthening the relations between two countries. Describing the agree-
ment as an important stép in promoting better understanding, he expressed
the hope that. the peoples of the two countries would appreciate the cul-
tural achievements of each other.

|
Speaking on behalf of his government, Tran Lam described the protocol as
a significant document. He was confident that this would create favorable
conditions to bring the peoples of the two countries closer and appreciate
each other's problems.

The agreement. provides for regular exchange of radio programs, highlighting
development in the social, economic, scientific and cultural fields in the
two icountries.

The programs will be exchanged in the form of tapes, scripts, etc and will
comprise of music programs, radio plays, etc.

The lagreement also provides for. the exchange of television documentaries,
newsreels and programs on social, economic, cultural, arts and sports
matters and educational programs for children, youth and adults.

Both the countries will exchange full texts and scenaries of plays written
for television.. There will be an exchange.of technical, scientific and
technical papers related to radio and television.



URUGUAY

PRESSURIZATION. EQUIPMENT PROTECTS TELEPHONE CABLES FROM HUMIDITY DAMAGE
Montevideo EL PAIS in Spanish 29 Jul 78 p 7

[Text] Almost all telephone cables in trunk lines linking service centers
of Montevideo as well as La Paz and Las Piedras are now protected against
humidity by pressurization equipment, according to an ANTEL [National
Telecommunications Administration] report to EL PAIS. :

This project is part of the work plan developed by ANTEL during its fourth
year of existence, a plan which includes also partial expansion in Montevideo,
especially in Pocitos, Paso del Molino and Aguada, and provision of new
service in housing complexes such as Parque Posadas, Carbe Aguada and Zapican.

IDB Contract

One of the milestones reached in the framework of the contract signed with
the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) were the signing of a contract
with the CONSUTEL consulting firm, charged with studying the bids ‘and super-
vising the execution of the new microwave systems which will link.all the
capitals and. principal cities of the nation, the call for bids for instal-
ling a modern new coastal system and lastly the acquisition of cable in the
amount of almost 4 million dollars. This cable is plastic and will replace

the type made of lead and dry paper. Some plastic cable has already been
laid. . :

Enlarging Trunk Lines

Separately from the contract mentioned, other supply contracts were signed
with two important firms, one for trunk ‘cables for linking service. centers
along with their own pressurization equipment and the other for multiple
electronic equipment to allow for enlarging the capacity of trunk lines
between centers without laying new cable.

It is hoped that this equipment will improve. communication between Paso
Molino and Santiago Vazquiez, Aguada and Manga, Aguada and Carrasco
as well as Aguada and San Jose de Carrasco.

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14 September 1978

WORLD
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WIDE
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JAPAN

SRRC RECOMMENDS SOUND MULTIPLEX BROADCASTING SYSTEM

Tokyo. KYODO in English 0012.GMT 30 Aug 78 OW

[Text] Tokyo, 30 Aug (KYODO)--TV viewers may be able to enjoy foreign movies
shown on television in their original language and not in dubbed-in Japanese
as the Radio Regulatory Council has recommended to the Posts and Telecommuni-
cations Ministry that use of sound multiplex broadcasting system be allowed
by broadcasting companies.

Ministry officials said Tuesday that use of such a system may be allowed
from October at the earliest.

Japan will become the first country in the world to adopt ‘such a ‘system.
According to the recommendation made to Posts and Telecommunications Minister
Yasushi Hattori, the multiplex broadcasting system will be authorized for

use for stereo programs and foreign TV movies.

Authorization will be given to only existing television broadcasting com-
panies.

In order to utilize the system, a user must install an adapter containing
a speak and tuner into his set.

The adapter costs between Yen 30,000 and Yen 40,000.

Users of stereo sets also must install a tuner costing around Yen 10,000.

_ Twenty-four commercial TV broadcasting firms in the country, including five

in Tokyo, have applied for adoption of the sound multiplex broadcasting
system.

An application also is expected to be filed shortly by the Japan Broadcasting
Corporation [NHK].

NHK is planning to use the sound multiplex system for part of its news pro-
grams and also for the Columbo, a popular American TV series.


INDIA

BRIEFS

‘SATELLITES IN BROADCASTING' MEETING--A group of experts on "satellites

in broadcasting" from six. nonaligned countries which met in New Delhi

from August 5. to 7 has come to the conclusion that direct sound broadcasting
in the one GHZ band via satellite is technically feasible, reports PTI.
Releasing the conclusions of the meeting, chairman. of the group S..N. Mitra,
chief engineer, All-India Radio, said this mode of ‘transmission from the
satellite would permit reception by relatively inexpensive and mobile
receivers. ‘The group also recommended that a suitable frequency allocation
should be sought for direct sound broadcasting at the 1979 World Administra-
tive Radio Conference to be held in Geneva under the auspices of the Inter-
national Telecommunication Union. Besides India, which is the chairman of
the group, other countries represented at the meeting were Algeria, Guyana,
Kenya, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Nigeria and Yugoslavia.
[Text] ‘ [Delhi ISI in English 1450 GMT 8 Aug 78 BK]

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world by relying on the cooperation of similar international institutions
and centers, and the coordination among Arab centers to prepare joint pro-
jects in the areas of radio and television and to educate and prepare the
Arab youth scientifically and purposefully.

The primary areas on which the center focuses its activities are: discovering
Arab cultural and artistic talents; developing scripts and adopting a new
directed style in scenario writing; knowing and presenting the new communica~
tion methods and discovering clear methods of training to generate an audio~
visual art which has become an internationally acknowledged and specialized
art; unifying and broadcasting communication and research terminologies; and
finally evaluating the means of mass communication.

A Linkage Crisis

On the other hand, the center, in cooperation with specialized international
and Arab research centers, conducts theoretical and field experiments, and
joint national and regional research which is useful in determining an inter-
related policy in the realm of mass communication and in the directing and
planning of radio and television programs and children's programs. As for
the areas in which the center applies its studies and research, they are
many, and the most important are: analyzing the manner by which to benefit
from means of communication in education, teaching and social development ;
studying how time is spent and its relationship to listening to the radio

and viewing television; studying the impact of radio and television on the
masses; creating and performing talents; using modern mobile equipment (video)
in educating the sectors not reached by television; analyzing the contents
of.enemy audio-visual programs and documentaries and devising opposing plans;
and studying and analyzing enemy information samples and preventing the spread
of their contents that threaten the Arab and Third World cultures.

According to Dr Nawwaf 'Adwan, "the system of broadcasting of most Arab tele-
vision stations is experiencing a crisis in transmission and reception due to
the lack of contact which is supposed to link them. | The system is also facing
the crisis of substance and form and the crisis of programming and timing,

in that it does not take into consideration the concerns and ambitions of
listeners and viewers on the one hand, and their leisure time on the other
hand. Prior advertisement, at least a week ahead of time, of a series or
educational program will facilitate the process of contact, and will assist
the listener or viewer to organize his time in order not to miss that program
which might be the most. needed incentive for creativity and excellence to
develop."

However, theories concerning communication models are many and varied. There
is, for example, the theory of the American sociologist Laswell, who con-
centrates on the substance alone and disregards people's reactions, while
Stevenson, another American scientist, does not believe in analyzing the
content, but focuses on the need to present educational programs within the
framework of entertainment, and calls for developing the public taste. In
the meantime, the researcher Shanon demonstrated that the message might be-
come distorted prior to reaching its target, and its meaning then lost.

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

TRENDS, DEVELOPMENTS IN ARAB INFORMATION MEDIA DISCUSSED
London AL~DUSTUR in Arabic 19-25 Jun pp 36-37

[Article: "Arab Television Facés Two Crises: General Program Development
Sought for the Arab Small Screen, and Baghdad Seeks a Unified Information
System to -Face the Enemy"]

[Text] During the past few weeks, a succession of communications meetings,
conferences and panels at the Arab and international levels were held,
including a meeting in Havana, Cuba at the end of last April of the Inter-
national Council for Information Coordination of the non-alined nations.
The Iraqi delegation to this meeting was headed by Mr Sa'd Qasim Hamudi,
minister of information. .

The basic feature of these intense activities is the introduction in the
Arab information program of scientific planning and long-range programming
with clearly defined goals. The best example of this is the "Arab. Listeners
and Viewers Research Center" located in Baghdad and headed, since the be-
ginning of this year, by Dr Nawwaf 'Adwan, who studied movie production and
journalism in France (1968-1971), and who earned a doctorate degree in
communications. (1976) prior to working in Paris during 1976-1977 as a
correspondent for the Iraqi: Radio and Television.

‘
The Arab Center for Listeners and Viewers Research was established on the
basis of a decision by the General Secretariat of the Arab States' Broadcast
Federation, to be attached to the federation, to be autonomous and to be
permanently headquartered in Baghdad; it will be financed by the Public
Organization for Radio and Television for’a.period of 2 years, and this
organization with the general secretariat, jointly supervises it beginning
14 March 1977.

The basic mission of the center is to cooperate with Arab broadcast organi-
zations in creating related policies of listeners and viewers research for
the purpose of generating a unified Arab policy of mass audio and visual
means of communicating as a service to the Arab information program and to
meet their demands for research which no one Arab country.can conduct on its
own~-all this in order to develop cultural and educational work in the Arab

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

GDR-MADAGASCAR AGREEMENT--Rudolf Schulze and Rakotovac Andriantiana,
ministers of posts and telecommunications of the GDR and the Democratic
Republic of Madagascar, respectively, on 30 August in Berlin signed a
government agreement on postal and telecommunications cooperation. It
contains provisions to expand relations in the communications field and

to deepén scientific-technical cooperation. During his visit the minister
briefed himself on the state of development in various sectors of the GDR
postal and telecommunications system. [Text] [East Berlin ADN 1826 GMT
30 Aug 78. LD)”

‘INA'-'TAP' COOPERATION AGREEMENT--Tunis, 15 August--The Iraqi News Agency
[INA] and the Tunis Afrique Press [TAP] today signed a cooperation agree-
ment. The contract was signed by INA Director General Muhammad Manaf al-
Yasin and TAP Director General Mahmud al-Turayki. The agreement provides
for the exchange of news and press photos, rendering facilities to the
correspondents of the two agencies in both countries, and training reporters
and technicians. It will be recalled that Mr al-Yasin has been visiting
Tunisia for a few days at Mr al-Turayki's official invitation. [Text]
[Baghdad INA in Arabic 1600 GMT 15 Aug 78 JN]

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HUNGARY

BRIEFS

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONGRESS--Budapest, August 29 (MTI)--A four-
day International Telecommunication Conference began Tuesday morning at the
Telecommunication Research Institute of Budapest. Jointly organized by the
International Union of Radio Science [IURS] and the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, the session is: being attended by some 350 experts from England,

. Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the United States, Egypt,’
Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, India, Ireland, Iraq, Iran,
Israel, Japan, Yugoslavia, Canada, Cuba, Poland, Libya, the German Demo-
cratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Norway, Italy, Romania,
Switzerland, Sweden, the Soviet Union and Turkey. These include Professor
Stumpers, who is represented IURS [as received] and Soviet Academician
V. ¥. Siforov. Some 230 lectures--including 50 by Hungarian researchers--
are to be delivered at the meeting. These will range from theoretical and
practical planning of telecommunication to radio systems. Papers will be
read also on the application of computers for planning circuits, production
and micro-wave components and circuits and telecommunication measurement
technics. [Text] [Budapest MTI in English 1025 GMT 29 Aug 78 LD]

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centers like Beira, Tete, Songo, Quelimane and Namputa by means of high-capacity
connections using tropospheric dispersion propagation.

This system was introduced in Mozambique in 1963 by means of the Maputo-
Monte Ponduine-Chicualacuala-Monte Xiluvo-Beira connection. In a second
phase, it was expanded by means of the Monte Xiluvo-Monte Caroeira-Tete-Songo
connection, in 1972. :

In that same year, the system was expanded again by means of the Monte Xiluvo-
Queilmane-Nampula connection, which became the primary radiocommunication net-
work, after its completion, capable of connecting the cities of Maputo, Beira,
Tete, Songo, Quelimane and Nampula.

Nevertheless, after Mozambique became independent, work had to be interrupted
with the departure of almost all the technicians in the CTT specialty from
the country and for other reasons of a technical nature.

At the end of 1977, a thorough study was made of the old contract. Completion
of the work to be performed at the various stations, in order to make connec~
tion possible between Maputo and the provincial capitals, was renegotiated
with the company awarded the contract. All this work is being performed since
March of this year by CTT technical teams and by the contracting company.

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SPERRY UNIVAC MARKET DRIVE REPORTED

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES in English 20 Aug 78 p 4

SOUTH AFRICA

{Article by Tony Koenderman in the "Business Times" section]
i

[Text]

SPERRY Univac is planning an all-out bid for

an estimated R60-million worth of unexploited
computer business in the manufacturing field.

Spearhead of its cam-
paign is its Univac Industri-
al System, UNIS, ecently
launched here, which is a
sophisticated method: ef in-
ventory and production
management.

“The total base of com

puters installed in manufac-

turing companies in this
country is only about R90-
million,” says Sperry Uni-
yae’s manufacturing consul-
tant, Isaac Zimper.

“We believe the base

should be at least as big
proportionately as the com-
puter industry’s share of
gross domestic product,
which is. 2 per cent. This
means there is at least an-
other R60-million in busi-
ness waiting to be picked
up.”
The potential savings pos-
tulated by Mr Zimner for a
manufacturing company
which computerises its ma-
terials and production man-
agement are dramatic.

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““The' normal statistic

method of inventory control ~

doesn’t work in manufactur-
ing,” he said.

“If, for example, you aim
for 95 per cent availability
of parts, and there are 10
components required for a
particular assembly; you
only get 60 per cent avail-

. ability of the whole pack-

age.

“Tf there are 25 parts, the
availability falls to 26 per
cent. Most people compen-
sate by over-stocking Fut
UNIS keeps -stock levels
down by recommending or-
ders at the right time and in
the most economic quanti-
ty.”

An increase in stockturn
from four to five times a
year — which means a 20
per cent saving in inventory
— is “easily achievable”
with the system, Mr Zimner

says .
hus, if by doing this the
inventory investment - level

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was reduced from R1-mil-
lion to R800 000, a sum of

R200 000 would be released
to capital. At an “interest
rate of 20 per cent,’ this
would earn R40 000 a year.

But in addition, there
would be. considerable sav
ings in inventory carry!
costs, which work out at
around 24 per cent.

In the example ‘cited, in-
ventory costs would be re-
duced from R240 000 a year
to R192 000,"a. saving of
R48 000 annually.

The -total saving would
then be R98000 a year —
considerably more than the
cost of the installation.

In fact, the aim with the
UNIS system is to turn
stock six or seven times a
year. -

On the production man-
agement side the item
schedules work according to
priorities in order to keep a
workshop or factory: floor
fully operational.



Also a call went out for bids for installation of a modern coastal service. °
Lastly cable was bought for almost 4 million dollars. It is of the plastic
type which will replace the kind made of lead and dry paper; some plastic
cable is already in use. ‘ :

Separately from the contract mentioned, other supply contracts were signed
with two important firms, one for trunk cables for linking service centers,
along with their own pressurization equipment, and the other for multiple
electronic equipment to allow for enlarging the capacity of trunk lines
between centers without laying new cable in Paso, Santiago Vazquez, Aguada-
Manga, Aguada~Carrasco and Aguada-San Jose de Carrasco.

Microwave Radio Connections ‘

Early in the year long distance service by the new system of microwave

radio connections began between Montevideo and Maldonado, including

Atlantida and. Cerro San Antonio (Piriapolis); also the existing system

was enlarged between Montevideo and Buenos Aires with an extension to Florida.
The new radio connections are composed of 2 radio channels with 960 telephone
channels of capacity, one for service and the other a reserve. The latter
channel can be used for occasional broadcasts of television programs with
sound. Completion of these projects required construction of buildings as
well as three reinforced concrete towers of over 80 and 30 meters in height
respectively in Atlantida, Cerro San Antonio and Maldonado and a free-standing
steel tower of 120 meters in Florida.

Buenos Aires Service in Montevideo

Multiplex telephone equipment is planned with initial additions of new chan-
nels in the following numbers of connections with Montevideo: Maldonado 288,
Atlantida 60, Florida 108, San Jose 84, Buenos Aires 120. Through this pro-
ject, the number of telephone channels based on microwave connections went
from 312 to over 1,000. This important increase in the number of channels
with Buenos Aires will allow soon for beginning international phone service
between Montevideo and Buenos Aires and improving dialing service with the
help of operators, in the first phase, between Montevideo and Buenos Aires,
as well as connections to Argentina from other telephone centers of Uruguay,
especially Maldonado and Atlantida.

The approximate outlay for these radio wave projects comes to more than
4 million dollars. :

As of the end of the third year of ANTEL's existence, that is, last year,
there were phone connections between subscribers of Salto and Paysandu and
between Montevideo and subscribers in Maldonado, Punta del Este, Barra de
Maldonado, Las Peidras, San Jose and Colonia. The present situation can

be summed up in this manner: there are connections among Montevideo
(about 60 percent of subscribers), Maldonado, Punta del Este, Peninsula de
Punta del Este, Barra de Maldonado, Las Piedras, La Paz, Canelones, San Jose,

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JPRS 71865

14 September 1978

TRANSLATIONS ON. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
No. 53
ConTENTS PAGE
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

MPR, USSR Organizations Sign Agreement on Radio Relay Line

(MONTSAME, 28 Aug 78) ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccce 1
Briefs ;
GDR-Madagascar Agreement 2
‘INA'-'TAP! Cooperation Agreement 2
ASIA

INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

India-SRV Sign Agreement on Radio, TV Cooperation
CIST, 29 Aug 78) sccccccccccccccccccccccnccccccccscccecs 3

INDIA

Briefs
‘Satellites in Broadcasting! Meeting 5

JAPAN

JRRC Recommends Sound Multiplex Broadcasting System
(KYODO, 30 Aug 78) coccsaccccccscccccccasccccccnnnccecce 6

Adoption of Sound Multiplex Broadcasting System Considered
(KYODO, 30 Aug 78) wcccccccecccccccccccccacccccccscccces 8

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Briefs
Heilungkiang Television Station
Shanghai TV, Defense Engineers
Shanghai Communications System
Shantung-Hopeh Microwave 1

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

HEILUNGKIANG TELEVISION STATION--Approved by the Heilungkiang Provincial
Party Committee, the Harbin Television Station will be renamed the Heilung-
kiang Television Station effective 1 August. The station will telecast its
own programs on a trial basis every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and will
relay color programs from the No 1 program of the Central Television Station
every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. [Harbin Heilungkiang Provin-
cial Service in Mandarin 1100 GMT 28 Jul 78 OW]

|
SHANGHAI TV, DEFENSE ENGINEERS--Shanghai, 2 Aug--Chou Liang-i, 34, and Yeh
Yueh-hsing, 37, who joined the Shanghai People's Chemical Plant in 1968 and
1970 respectively after graduating from college, have each been promoted to
the rank of engineer for contributions to China's television and national
defense industries. Working with workers and other technicians, Chou and
Yeh have produced experimentally more than 10 kinds: of fluorescent power.
About one third of these products, including colored fluorescent power and
ultra-short remnant-rays fluorescent power, have not previously been produced
in China, All these products are important, materials in the television and
defense industries. [Peking NCNA Domestic. Service in Chinese 0208 GMT
3 Aug 78 OW]

SHANGHAI COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM--The photoconductor [optical] fiber communica-
tions system being developed in Shanghai is making good progress. This new
technology employs quartz or:glass fiber as conductors for message trans-
missions through optical waves. It has a capacity of millions of telephone
channels and over 1 million telegraph channels, is highly resistant to inter-
ference, reliable, inexpensive and easy to operate. The raw materials it
requires are also abundantly available locally. To modernize China's com-
munications as soon as possible, the Shanghai Municipal Science and Tech-
nology Commission and the departments concerned established a leading group
and office for the research and manufacture of this new communications sys-
tem early this year. The main equipment is being manufactured by the

No 519 factory, which expects to complete the task before the next National
Day. The Chingpu glass factory is producing the photoconductor fiber with
technology and equipment turned over to it by the Silicate Research Insti-
tute after the latter completed its research by the end of March. All other
research, production and user units are working with the system in the co-
operative spirit of fighting a joint battle. [Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin 1300 GMT 2 Aug 78 OW]



THAILAND

BRIEFS

NEW RADIO STATION--A new radio station of the Public Relations Department
with a 10-kilowatt AM transmitter will’be set on a 33-rai area in Takua Pa
District. of Phang-Nga Province, the operation of the station will help
provide broadcasting service to the audience in the district and those in
nearby areas-where at present. the national broadcasting station service

cannot be received. [Text]... [Bangkok Domestic Service in English 0000 GMT
22 Aug 78 BK]

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MOZAMBIQUE

TELEPHONE, TELEX, TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MAPUTO AND BEIRA
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 18 Jul 78 p 1

[Text] .Maputo, 27 (AIM)-~According to what an official of the Mozambique Postal
and Telecommunications Service revealed to AIM [Mozambique Information Agency],
the restoration of telephone, telegraph and télex connections between the cities
of Maputo and Beira is scheduled for early next year.

The radiocommunication system with Beira by means of the tropospheric system
was interrupted in December 1976, when racist forces from Southern Rhodesia
destroyed the Chicualacuala tropospheric station, located in Gaza Province near
the border with that British colony.

A project is in its completion phase, at present, for establishing communica-
tions. It consists basically of the construction and installation of a new
tropospheric station at Massinga, in Inhambane Province, that will make con-
nection possible between the Maputo station and the Monte Xiluvo station, in
Sofala Province.

At the same time, a tropospheric station will be installed in the country's
capital. Two more antennas are also being installed at.the Monte Xiluvo tro-
pospheric station aimed at Massinga. The axis of the system will become
Maputo-Massinga-Monte Xiluvo-Beira, with a capacity of 120 telephone channels.

The new relay station located in the Massinga area is'’being built at a site
194 meters high. The technical equipment consists basically of four 10-
kilowatt transmitters, eight receivers, four 5-watt exciters, three 250-
kilovolt-ampere power sets and four antennas, two aimed at Maputo and two
aimed at Monte Xiluvo, each antenna 18 meters in diameter.

The total cost of the project, being executed by CTT [Postal and Telecommuni-
_ cations Service], assisted by cooperative service technicians, is estimated
at close to $2.8 million (close to 92,100 contos).of which 2.3 million are
financed by means of a loan granted by the African Development Bank.

The primary radiocommunication network of the People's Republic of Mozambique
connects the country's capital with certain provincial capitals and population

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4 Million Dollars U.S. for Microwave Links

The total outlay for installation of microwaves during the fourth year of
ANTEL's activity was estimated at about 4 million U.S. dollars.

These projects include provision of new long distance service via microwave
radio links between Montevideoand Maldonado including Atlantida and Cerro

de San Antonio, in Piriapolis, addition of 24 channels between Montevideo
and Rosario and 12 between Montevideo and Colonia, increasing the number

of telephone channels based on microwave connections from 312 to over 1,000,
which will allow for introduction of the international communications system
of Buenos Aires into Montevideo and, during the first phase, dialing

from Montevideo to Buenos Aires through an operator, as well as connections
with Argentina from other telephonic centers of Uruguay, especially Maldonado
and Atlantica.

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and Iraqi researchers participated. The states that nominated trainees were
Egypt, Libya, Democratic Yemen, Kuwait, Tunisia, Jordan, and Iraq. The
purpose of this first session was to train Arab specialists to conduct
communications research, especially in all theoretical and practical aspects
of listeners and viewers research. The center also focused on analyzing and
evaluating the contents of Arab children's programs. However, the Arab states
that provided reports in this respect were few. Full reports were submitted
only by Baghdad and Qatar, which gave the center. the opportunity to study
and analyze the contents of a sample of children's programs presented by
Traqi and Qatari television. This research will be followed by more com-
prehensive and broad research to be completed this month.

As for the state level, the Arab Center for Listeners and Viewers Research
was able, in cooperation with the communication research unit of the Public
Organization for Radio and Television to complete the following four studies:
the first concerns the relationship of television to children, its impact

on children younger than 6 years old, and the opinions of parents concerning
the reaction of their children to television Programs. The second study
contained direct interviews with children between the ages of 6 and 14 years
to determine their preference and the extent of their acceptance or rejection
of television programs generally and children's programs specifically. The
third study analyzed a text sample of radio plays, while the fourth study
focused on viewers’ opinions regarding the broadcast period which.Baghdad
television instituted on Fridays from 2 pm until 4 pm, which in the past was
an intermission period.

An Arab Tour

This month the center's director will tour the Arab states of Tunisia,
Morocco, Sudan, Algeria and Libya for the purpose of conducting two studies:
one is a fact-finding study of Arab radio and television in the areas of
Programming, personnel, training and research; the second is a study to
analyze the contents of a sample of children's television programs. The
center also intends to analyze the contents of hostile radio and television
Programs, especially the Zionist radio and television.

The center submitted a working paper to the General Secretariat of the Arab
States' Broadcast Federation concerning the design of a plan for a joint
Arab strategy along the following lines: the necessity of creating a
unified information system; the necessity of total cooperation and coordina-
tion in Arab radio and television; the necessity of creating a higher Arab
information authority charged with specifiying the modes of communications
cooperation and coordination; and finally the facilitating of the mission
of Arab researchers interested in long-term research in order to benefit
from their results and to incorporate them into the comprehensive national
development plan.

The Arab center does not limit its interests to the Arab scene alone, but
attempts to extend bridges to the non-alined nations. This was encouraged
during the last meeting of the International Council for Information Co-
ordination that was held in the Cuban capital. At that meeting discussions
were held concerning the creation among the non-alined nations of a joint
information strategy in the realm of radio and television in light of the

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Colonia, Atlantida and Florida. Also there is dialing sérvice between
Paysandu and Salto and between Mercedes and Fray .Bentos; subscribers in
Minas can connect with Montevideo.

Lastly it will be noted that on 1 June 1978, because of a contract signed
with private television firms of Montevideo, a station receiving television
via satellite began operations, and soon specifications will be issued

for the call for bids for supplying additional equipment which will make it
usable for telephone, telex and international telegraph operations.

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Nippon Television Network [NIV] also is planning to stereorize music programs
and professional baseball games telecast by it.

They plan to adopt the system for practical use from October.

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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 program 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 transmis-
sions. 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 Com-
mittee Chu Pen-cheng delivered’ a congratulatory speech. [Tsinan Shantung
Provincial Service in Mandarin 1130 GMT 28 Jul 78 SK]

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