WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

CUBA-SPAIN ESTABLISH DIRECT TELEPHONE LINK

FI301919Y Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 1833 GMT 30 May 78 FL

[Excerpts] ‘Two telephone circuits between Cuba and Madrid were officially inaugur -
ated today as a result of the convention set up between Intercuba enterprise of the
Communications Ministry and the Spanish national telephone company. The inauguration
was held at Cuba-USSR protocol hall in the Communications Ministry where a telephone
conversation was held between Intercuba Director Felix Santiago and (Vicente San Miguel)
of the international relations department of the Spanish national telephone company.

Communication between Cuba and Spain up to now have been via shortwave and manually
operated circuits. With the inauguration today of two telephone circuits, there
are now 18 direct communication lines, 6 of them with members of the socialist camp.
The two direct circuits between Cuba and Spain are via satellite through the Inter-
sputnik system to Poland, then continuing via landline to Madrid. They are the
first two international semiautomatic telephone circuts operating in our country.

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BOLIVIA

BRIEFS

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM--An antenna and ground station which will
serve a satellite communications system are expected to be ready by December.
Some 80 percent of the equipment has already arrived from Japan. The design
was made with the advice of experts from the International Telecommunications
Union and the Spanish Telephone Company. The installation contract totals
$5,349,000 and includes training Bolivians to handle the system. [La Paz
Radio Panamericana in Spanish 1130 GMT 12 Jun 78 PY]

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THE TECHNICAL POSSIBILITIES FOR USING DIRECT SATELLITE TELEVISION ALREADY EXIST; ONLY

THE HIGH COSTS ARE HAMPERING THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THIS FORM OF TRANSMISSION.

THE UN EXPERTS EXPECT THAT DIRECT SATELLITE TELEVISION WILL BECOME UNIVERSAL AFTER 1985.
Three fixed satellites located at an angular distance of 120 degrees are able to beam

the same program to the area from geographic latitude 70 north to 70 south, or practically
to the entire globe. However, it is to be emphasized that SINCE THERE IS NO NEED FOR
FIXED LAND-LOCATED RETRANSMITTERS, STATES HAVE LOST THE CAPABILITY TO CONTROL PROGRAMS
VISIBLE ON THEIR TERRITORIES.

This fact induced some states to place draft regulations for the use of satellites for
direct satellite transmission in the UN forum. BECAUSE FEARS HAVE ARISEN THAT THIS
TECHNIQUE CAN ALSO BE USED IN A WAY WHICH IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF PEACEFUL
COEXISTENCE--FOR EXAMPLE, TO INTERFERE IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF OTHER STATES, There is
an almost universal belief that the binding rules of international law, including the law
on outer space, are insufficient to prevent such a possibility. The best evidence of such
a belief can be seen in the voting on RESOLUTION 2916 AT THE 28TH UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY SESSION, WHICH INDICATED THE NEED TO WORK OUT A SPECIAL AGREEMENT TO REGULATE
DIRECT SATELLITE TELEVISION SHOWS ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE, Tue resolution was adopted
by a vote of 102 T0 1, WITH 7 ABSTENTIONS. ‘The United States was the only one to vote
against the resolution. Such a result was unprecedented in UN history.

The USSR was the first to present a draft international agreement. Canada, Sweden and
other countries followed. The General Assembly entrusted the committee for the peaceful
use of outer space and its legal subcommittee with drafting the text of the international

agreement. For 20 years this committee has been discussing all problems
involving law on outer space. It is also drafting treaties regulating the
use of space.

THE NEARLY 8 YEARS OF TALKS HAVE RESULTED IN STIPULATING 12 LEGAL RULES REGULATING THE
APPLICATION OF SATELLITES FOR THE DIRECT TRANSMISSION OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS ON AN
INTERNATIONAL SCALE, ACCORDING TO THESE RUIES, PROGRAMS SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED FOR THE
BENEFIT AND IN THE INTEREST OF ALL COUNTRIES CONCERNED, IN BROAD INTERNATIONAL COOPERA~
TION AND WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL SECRETARY
IS TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE ACTIVITY CONDUCTED IN THIS FIELD, HOWEVER, NO AGREEMENT
HAS BEEN REACHED WITH REGARD TO SEVERAL ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF OBTAINING
IN ADVANCE THE CONSENT OF THE STATE FOR WHICH DIRECT SATELLITE TELEVISION SHOWS ARE
INTENDED,

The socialist states, developing countries and most capitalist states represent the view,
recognized under international law, that EVERY SOVEREIGN STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE
ABOUT ANY ACTIVITY CONDUCTED IN ITS TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
BY MEANS OF SATELLITE TELEVISION, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE UNITED STATES, PLAYING UPON
THE SLOGAN OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, RESISTS ANY RESTRICTIONS, This is typical for

the United States, which has repeatedly resisted the definition of rules for activity

in outer space.

Another essential problem lies in defining programs whose dissemination would be
commendable--programs serving the idea of peace, rapprochement among peoples and exten~
sive cultural exchanges--and programs which for their contents should be recognized

as incompatible with the law, Such a definition constitutes a very controversial issue.

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GUYANA.

NEW SATELLITE EARTH STATION DUE AT END OF YEAR

Georgetown GUYANA CHRONICLE in English 9 Jul 78 p 19

[Article by Courtney Gibson]

[Text]

By the end of this year,
a modern Satellite Earth
Station should be in
yoperation in Guyana as
‘one aspect of the on-
going expansion and
development
programme being
-undertaken by the
Guyana Telecom-
munication Corporation.

The Earth Station is under
, construction on a plot of land
adjacent to the Tropospheric
Scatter Station of the Guyana
‘International Telecom-
munication Corporation
‘(GUYINTEL) on Carifesta

Avenue. And, according to

corporation officials, work on
jthe $6.7 Million project is
(progressing on schedule.

© An Earth Station is a special
‘type of radio station used to
establish direct -com-
munication with similar
stations around the world
through the use of satellite’
“technology. It is a modern
system of international
‘telecommunication.

. NETWORK aes

‘The station being built for
ine 'G.T.C.. will be linked ‘to

the network of the Inter-
national Telecommunication
Satellite Organisation
(INTELSAT) which has
satellites’ in orbit over the
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
oceans.
\’ ‘This new system will greatly
“boost Guyana’s com-
; munication links with several
: members of the international
community making the
process speedier, more
reliable. and enhancing the
security of messages both
entering and leaving Guyana
In addition, the new system
will provide an alternative to
the current arrangements
\ whereby telephone messages
from Guyana have to pass
through intermediate
stations in various countries. ;
According to the present;
arrangement, in order that a:
telephone call be made. to.
say, London, it requires a!
nal passed:to Trinidad andi
(Tobago. in the first’
iinstance,. then. to:
Barbados; Antigua and other:
ibbean ‘points then finall}
to nif the submarine
rab is-used. ved

SER EN

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EXPERIENCE i

Experience has shown that
traffic between these various
points is often congestedand.
:is sometimes affected by
adverse weather conditions.
With the introduction of the-
new » system, however, it
would. be possible to route a
call direct to London via
satellite irrespective of
weathericonditions.

The new system will also be
able to’ facilitate the traris-
wmission. of _ television -
Programmes should
television broadcasting be
introduced. in Guyana and
these ‘ programmes be
required for use in Guyana or
should overseas countries
require T.V. programmes
from Guyana.

In addition, the new system
will provide additional inter-
continental telex and
telegraph facilities and an
alternative. link to the

traditional tropospheric

scatter system that traverses
the Caribbean.



WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

ZAMYATIN ADDRESSES UNESCO SESSION ON MASS INFORMATION
LD141204Y Moscow TASS in English 1140 GMT 14 Jul 78 LD

[Text] Paris, July 14, TAss--A regular session of the International Commission, set up
on the initiative of UNESCO, was devoted to the role and tasks of the mass media in the
world of today and to the prospects of developing cooperation in the field of communica-
tions. Attending the session, held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, were prominent
public figures, senior newspapers, radio and television officials, and prominent jour-
nalists from sixteen countries,

The chairman of the commission, holder of the Lenin International Peace Prize and Nobel
Prize Sean McBride (Ireland), stressed that vapid scientific-technical progress in re-
cent decades has still further raised the importance of communications in society!s
social and spiritual life and set new serious tasks to news agencies, the press, radio
and television of all countries.

Tunisia's State Secretary for Information Mustapha Msmoudi criticizes the preservation
of survivals of colonialism in the information policy of Western powers. He was supported
by representatives of Nigeria, India, Indonesia and other participants in the session.

Leonid Zamyatin, member of the Foreign Affairs “Commission of the Soviet of Nationalities
of the USSR Supreme Soviet, stressed the justness of the demands for the decolonization
of information. He urged greater cooperation between the young developing countries

and socialist states in the field of mass information and said that information should
serve the lofty aims of detente and development of international understanding.

The commission discussed in detail the theses of the report that will be submitted to

UNESCO member-countries and then to the 20th session of the general conference of this
international organization,

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. JORDAN

INFORMATION MINISTER RETURNS FROM MOSCOW, MAKES STATEMENT
JNO62058Y Amman Domestic Service in Arabic 2000 GMT 6 Jun 78 JN

[Text] Information Minister 'Adnan Abu 'Awdah returned to Amman from Moscow today

at the conclusion of a brief official visit to the Soviet Union. The minister held talks
with Mr Lapin, member of the Central Committee and chairman of the State Committee

for Television and Radio Broadcasting, to promote cooperation between the two countries
in the field of information within the framework of the information program resulting
from the cultural agreement signed between the two countries,

In a statement to a JNA correspondent, Abu 'Awdah said that he met with leading media
representatives and journalists in Moscow, including the directors of TASS and the
NOVOSTI news agency, the editor in chief of the newspaper PRAVDA, the chairman of the
Soviet Journalists Union and a number of senior editors.

The minister said that he exchanged viewpoints with the Soviet officials on various
information issues and on the role of the Jordanian information media on both national
and pan-Arab levels. He said that he met with Kornienko, first deputy minister of foreign
affairs and acting minister of foreign affairs. [name and title as received] They
discussed aspects of the Middle East issue and its dimensions.

The minister said that he found great appreciation and understanding for Jordan's
political stands and for the positive role of His Majesty King Husayn in directing
this poliey. He found real satisfaction among the Soviet officials with the relations
of friendship between the two countries. The officials look forward to developing
these relations. The minister said that he extended invitations to a number of
officials in the Soviet information departments to visit Jordan, The invitations were
accepted and the dates of the visits will be fixed later.

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE ENDS; RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
JNO51500Y Manama GULF NEWS AGENCY in Arabic 1435 GMT 5 Jun 78 IN

[Text] Abu Dhabi, 5 June--The telecommunications conference, which concluded its
experts meetings here today, has decided to unify the technical systems of the gulf
states communication network. It has also decided to hold a meeting of the main
committee for underground cable projects--the cables which link the UAE, Qatar and Saudi
Arabia--in the near future in order to adopt the necessary steps for the implementation
of these projects.

Conference recommendations included the convocation of an expanded meeting of Middle
East states in Geneva next September, to be held under the supervision of the Inter-

national Telecommunication Union, to approve the final plan for linking the states of
the Middle East with underground networks.

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COMPUTER SCIENCES 'LIFI-OFF' REPORTED

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES in English 23 Jul 78 p3

[Eeticle by Koenderman in the "Business Times" section/

flext]

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5500

ANGLO American
Corporation’s comput-
er subsidiary, Com-
puter Sciences, having
made the break-
through to viability in
the last two years,
now aims to. set the
pace in the industry,
says new deputy man-
aging director, Andre
Botha.

Mr Botha, who has gone
to Computer Sciences from
the Number Two spot at
IBM South Africa, is posi-
tioned to take over as man-
aging director when Bill
Stroman leaves at the end
of August. .

“My objective is to grow
at least as fast as the rest
of the market, and prefer-
ably faster,” he says. “That
means something like 30
per cent a year.

“Where we stand right
now is| where a lot of com-
panies stand after a few
years of shaking down. We
‘have a fairly good range of
| products, but they are not
;Mecessarily complementary
jor all-encompassing.

“The priority is to ration-
alise the product range. My
ambition is to build Com-
puter Sciences to a position
where we can offer as com-
plete a range of products
and services as possible —
only excluding large
mainframes.

“We are looking at all
possibilities — growth of
the existing base, new busi-
ness, acquisitions, local
manufacture — and one has
to be willin to compete
very aggressively, but we
don’t intend to tackle the
big mainframe suppliers
head-on.”

That approach will be an
interesting switch for Mr
Botha, who was head of the
data processing division of
IBM, which is concerned
with sales of large systems.

An important mini-com-
puter ‘specialist company,
computer Sciencés::also.
runs a larze bureau _oper-
ation which contributes
about 60 per cent of its R14-
million annual revenue.

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SOUTH AFRICA



USSR

UNESCO PARIS MEETING DISCUSSES MASS MEDIA USES
LD081556Y. Moscow TASS in English 1345 emt 8 Jun 78 ID

[Text] Paris, June 8, TASS--(TASS correspondent) One of the main items of the agenda
of the session of the Executive Board of UNESCO, under way here, is the question of
drawing up a draft declaration on the basic principles of using the mass media for con-
solidating peace, international mtual understanding and the struggle against propaganda
of war, against racism and apartheid.

The drawing up and adoption of this document is very topical in view of the fact that
imperialist circles use widely the mass media in an effort to justify gross interference
in internal affairs of other countries, for infringing on national dignity of peoples,
sowing discord among states,

Prominent Irish public figure Sean MacBridge, the chairman of the international commission
for the policy in the sphere of the mass media, noted that for several months now pro-
paganda has been conducted in the West that is aimed at bringing back the times of the
cold war, that seeks to speed up the arms race,

Attempts of Western countries, led by the United States, to arrest the process of drawing
up the draft declaration became obvious during the discussion, Representatives of the West
sought, specifically, to prove that the draft declaration cannot be prepared earlier than
the 21st session of the general conference that will be held in 1980,

Such a tactic of delays was seriously criticized during the session of the executive
board, Representative of the USSR Leonid K Takov [as received] exposed the attempts of
multinational monopolies and the ruling circles connected with them to control the mass
media, to falsify reports about international life, He stressed that the purpose of the
mass media is to serve the cause of peace, detente and cooperation among nations, to
oppose actively the ideas of militarism and racism,

Delegates of developing countries also insisted on working out the declaration without
delay to cut short imperialist policy in the sphere of the mass media.

The executive board instructed its working group toprepare the draft declaration to submit
it for consideration of the member-countries so as to put it to the vote at the 20th
session of the general conference of UNESCO,

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PARAGUAY

BRIEFS

NEW TELEVISION STATION--Miguel Fustagno, representative of the Brazilian
"Globo Network," has arrived here to present a plan to President Stroessner
for installing a new television station in Paraguay, with Brazilian capital
and technology. The "Globo Network" is the largest communications industry
in Brazil and the ninth largest in the world. {Asuncion ULTIMA HORA

in Spanish 5 Jul 78 p 7 PY]

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

LAOS-VIETNAM COMMUNICATIONS PACT SIGNED

BK300604Y Vientiane Domestic Service in Lao 0000 GMT 30 May 78 BK

[Text] After successfully concluding its friendly 2-week official visit to the LPDR,
on the evening of 29 May the SRV information and cultural delegation led by Comrade
Tran Lam, alternate member of the Vietnam Communist Party Central Committee and chairman
of Vietnam radio and television, left Vientiane for home,

Seeing the delegation off at Wattai Airport were Comrade Sisana Sisan, alternate member
of the LPRP Central Committee, member of the Propaganda and Training Committee of the
party Central Committee, and minister of propaganda, information, culture and tourism;
directors and deputy directors of various departments and cadres in the Ministry of
Propaganda, Information, Culture and Tourism; and Comrade Nguyen Si Hoat, SRV charge
dtaffaires ad interim to Laos,

During its friendly 2-week official visit to the LPDR, the delegation visited a number
of economic construction establishments in Champassak and Savannakhet provinces and some
ruins and historical places in Vientiane capital, In addition, the delegation also held
talks and exchanged views with the Lao delegation on several issues in the information,
propaganda and cultural fields and dealing with the strengthening of cooperation in the
cultural and ideological work, The exchanges of views were conducted in an atmosphere of
sincerity and goodwill and in the spirit of the special relationship between Laos and
Vietnam.

During the visit, the two delegations signed documents on the agreement on the mutual
assistance and cooperation between Laos and Vietnam in press, information, radio, culture
and the arts, Acting on behalf of the Lao side in signing the documents was Comrade
Sisana Sisan, alternate memver of the LPRP Central Committee, member of the Propaganda
and Training Committee of the party Central Committee, and minister of propaganda, in-
formation, culture and tourism; and acting on behalf of the Vietnamese side was Comrade
Tran Lam, alternate member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and chair~
man of Vietnamese radio and television, To step up mutual assistance and cooperation
between the two sides in information and cultural work, the Vietnamese side presented one
50-kilowatt and two 15-kilowatt radio transmitters as gifts to the Lao side. In addition,
the Vietnamese side also agreed to give information, photo and other machines [khuang
chak kiao kap khao san houp ngao le dan un un] to the Lao side,

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BRAZIL

COBRA TO MARKET G-11 MINICOMPUTER IN 1979
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 5 Jul 78 p 23

[fext7 Brazilian Computers (COBRA) is going to put its first completely
nationally developed product on the domestic market in the second quarter of
1979. It is the G-11 minicomputer the hardware system of which was initially
developed in the University of Sao Paulo and the software in the Pontifical
Catholic University (PUC) of Rio. This project is being refined by COBRA in
order to receive commercial certification,

That information was provided yesterday by the technical director of the
company, Diocleciano Figueiredo Pegado, who added that the minicomputer will
begin to be produced with approximately 84 percent national components and
that that level should increase to 88 percent by 1981.

Some accessory equipment is being developed by COBRA and will also have a
high level of national components. The combination of interfaces will be 98
percent nationally produced. The configuration of the G-ll is made up of
disk with a variable capacity of 20 to 80 bytes (a term that defines the
capacity of stored information), The tape units will be of 1,600 BPI (the
amount of information contained on an inch of tape) at a speed of 45 inches
per second.

Although Figueiredo Pegado did not indicate what the production costs were --
he said that it was still too early to make a prediction with a reasonable
margin of accuracy -- he gave assurance that the product will be competitively
priced for the Brazilian market.

COBRA is investing in the area of development with a view to achieveing a
national component level for its products in excess of 90 percent by the
beginning of the next decade. Among the accessories with the highest levels
of national components are the terminals (96 percent in 1981) and interface
systems (97 percent by the same year). :

In order to achieve these levels, the company is investing on a priority basis
in the area of development (research), which accounts for about 40 percent of
the payroll. The company will serve as the lead for the national companies
recently selected to produce minicomputers.

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CONTENTS (Continued)

‘WAFA, 'ADN' Cooperation Agreement
Soviet-Finnish Broadcasting Protocol
DPRK-Bulgaria Radio Cooperation

Japanese Loan to Paraguay for Communications
‘NCNA'-Iranian News Agency Agreement
"PAP'-INA' Agreement.

Angolan-Cuban Radio-TV Accord

ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

Laos-Vietnam Communications Pact Signed
(Vientiane Domestic Service, 30 May 78)......eeeeeeeeee

Vietnamese Telecommunications Links Via Peking Deteriorate
(Jean Thoraval; AFP, 29 Jun 78)... ....vecceccccccccececs

ROC-Philippines Sign Pact on Laying Undersea Cable
(CNA, 13 Jul 78)......eeeeeee eee errr er eres eee ee eee ers

Briefs
ROK Undersea Cable to Japan

AUSTRALIA

Parliament Debates U.S. Communications Base
(Melbourne Overseas Service, 31 May 78)...---.eeeeeeeee

INDIA
Briefs
Indian Satellite Communications
INDONESIA
Briefs
Microwave Network
LAOS.
Briefs

Radio Delegation Returns

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

TV, RADIO TRANSMITTERS EXPORT--The Tesla enterprise of Prague-Hloubetin will
export to the USSR this year 29 Zona-2 television transmitters, 17 medium-
wave, 2 doubled [zdvojene] medium-wave and 2 long-wave radio transmitters.
Tesla will export 34 medium-wave 1 kilowatt transmitters to the GDR and

2 television and 8 radio transmitters to Romania, one of which will have a
200 kilowatt capacity. [Prague VECERNI PRAHA in Czech 23 Jun 78 p 2 AU]

PRAGUE RADIO INSTALLING NEW TRANSMITTER--The radio communication board in

Prague has drawn the attention of listeners to the fact that during June

and July there will occur extraordinary intervals in the operation of cer-
tain transmitters. These will be the transmitters operating on long waves
of 272 kilohertz. The reason is the preparation of a new transmitter. We
ask our listeners to tune during these intervals to medium and short waves.
[Text] [Prague Domestic Service in Czech and Slovak 2200 GMT 9 Jun 78 LD]

NEW PHONE EXCHANGE--A new automated telephone exchange of the second genera-
tion with 16,000 subscriber lines was inaugurated in Prague-Holesovice a
few days ago. After the exchanges in Kobylisy and Sterboholy, this is the
third one of its kind. [Prague VECERNI PRAHA in Czech 12 Jun 78 p 2 AU]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

CSSR, SYRIAN BROADCASTING PROTOCOL--Prague, 19 Jul CETEKA--A protocol pro-
viding for wider cooperation in all spheres of broadcasting between
Czechoslovak Radio and the Syrian Radio-Television was signed today. The
protocol concretizes the 1978-1980 agreement on cooperation between the two
corporations. [Text] [Prague CTK in English 1130 GMT 19 Jul 78 LD]

HUNGARY-SYRIA RADIO COOPERATION--An 18-point Hungarian-Syrian radio coopera-
tion agreement was signed this afternoon. The agreement about the exchange
of political and entertainment programs was initialed by Dr Kalman Kiss,
vice president of Hungarian Radio and (Muhammad Khayr al-Wadi), program
director of Syrian Radio and Television. [Text] [Budapest Domestic Service
in Hungarian 1730 GMT 12 Jul 78 LD]

BULGARIAN-DPRK RADIO COOPERATION--Sofia, 12 Jul (BTA)--A working cooperation
protocol between the Bulgarian Radio and the Central Radio Committee of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea was signed here today. The national
days of the two countries are planned to be marked with special radio
programmes, Recording and written material on the successes in socio-
political, economic and cultural life in Bulgaria and the DPRK will be
historical subjects, recording of songs, dancing and folk music and radio-
plays, [Text] [Sofia BTA in English 1435 GMT 12 Jul 78 AU]

BELGIUM TO FINANCE ZAIRE PROJECTS--Kinshasa, AZAP--The meeting of the Belgium-
Zaire technical commission recently held in Kinshasa has decided that Belgium
will help finance a large number of transport and communications projects.

The National Transport Office and the Zairian Railroad Company will get

200 million Belgian francs to buy spare parts. Belgium will finance the con-
struction of coastal radio communications station at Banana estimated to cost
60 million Belgian francs for the Maritime Transport Board, and will pay for
4 million francs worth of material ordered by the board. Belgium will also
pay part of the cost of building the urban railroad. line between Ndjili and
Kintambo. [Kinshasa AZAP in French 0937 GMT 12 Jul 78 LD/EA]

12



INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

ROK UNDERSEA CABLE TO JAPAN-~Seoul, 16 Jun--South Korea and Japan will install
an undersea telecommunications cable linking the two countries under a
$35-million joint project, the Ministry of Communications announced here
today. For the project an agreement will be signed in Seoul next Monday
between the ministry and the Kokusai Denshin Denwa (KDD) of Japan. The
2,700-circuit cable, when installed by 1980, is expected to markedly

improve the telecommunications linkup between Seoul and Tokyo, which presently
depends only on the scatter system with a 380-circuit capacity. The ministry
said installation work will be commenced in December at Pusan and Hamada,
both ends of the projected cable. [Text] [Seoul HAPTONG in English 0828 GMT
16 Jun 78 SK]

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"NCNA'-IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY AGREEMENT-- Peking, 14 Jun (HSINHUA)-- Youri
N. Laouiri, deputy director of the PARS NEWS AGENCY of Iran, wound up his
visit to China and left here by air this morning. He was seen off at the
airport by Li Pu, deputy director of the HSINHUA NEWS AGENCY, and Javad
Omidvari, first secretary of the Iranian Embassy in Peking. Yesterday
afternoon, Li Pu and Laouiri signed an agreement on the cooperation of
information between the HSINHUA NEWS AGENCY and the PARS NEWS AGENCY of
Iran. Attending the ceremony was Mahmood Taghavy, charge d'affaires

ad interim of the Iranian Embassy here. While in Peking, the Iranian
guest visited a rural people's commune, factories, the Great Wall, a
Ming tomb and other scenic spots and places of historic interest.

[Text] [Peking NCNA in English 1255 GMT 14 Jun 78 OW]

‘pAP'-'INA AGREEMENT-- Baghdad, 27 May-- Januz Rozkowski, editor in chief
of the Polish news agency [PAP], left Baghdad this morning at the end

of a 4-day visit to Iraq. Rozkowski signed an agreement last Thursday
with INA Director General Muhammad Manaf Yasin covering bilateral coopera-
tion between INA and PAP. The agreement provides for expanding the ex-
change of news and press inquiries transmitted by the two agencies as
well as supporting the permanent and free-lance correspondents of the

two agencies.[Text] [Baghdad INA in Arabic 1030 GMT 27 May 78 IN)

cerca rosy AecoRD Cuba and Angola have signed a cooperation
e of radio and television. The agreement includ

training of Angolan technicians in different specialties and exchange of
weer ences Our country will provide technical assistance to raise the
quality of radio and television programs of the Angolan People's Republic

Text i i i
ns ] [Havana Domestic Television Service in Spanish 1700 GMT 27 May 78
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POLAND

REPERCUSSIONS OF SATELLITE TELEVISION DISCUSSED
AUL31514Y Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in Polish 9 Jun 78 p 7 AU
[Krystyna Wiewiorowska article: "Satellite Television"]

[Text] THE EXPLORATION OF OUTER SPACE, INITIALLY REGARDED AS A GREAT SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, AT A RATHER EARLY STAGE HAS BEGUN TO PRODUCE PRACTICAL BENEFITS
IN ‘MANY FIELDS, SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION NOW SEEMS TO PLAY THE MOST IMPORTANT

ROLE AMONG THE MANY AND CONSTANTLY INCREASING PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF OUTER SPACE
TECHNIQUES. SATELLITE TELEPHONE, RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
EUROPE AND NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA HAS ALREADY EXISTED FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN
YEARS.

Dynamic development is characteristic of satellite telecommunication. The useful life
of the first telecommunication satellite, the Early Bird, orbited in 1965, was 18 months,
while that of the Intelsat Iv A, launched in 1975, was 3 years. The capacity of
satellites is increasing, too. The Intelsat II, launched in 1967, was able to simul-
taneously transmit 240 telephone conversations or one television program, and the
Intelsat Iv--9,000 telephone conversations. THE NUMBER OF WAYS SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICA-
TION CAN BE USED IS INCREASING IN STEP WITH THE GROWING SATELLITE CAPACITY. IN ADDITION
TO CONVERSATIONS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS, IT HAS ENCOMPASSED SEA AND AIR NAVIGATION AND
THE TRANSMISSION OF COMPUTER DATA.

THE DIRECT TRANSMISSION OF PROGRAMS FROM THE SATELLITE TO INDIVIDUAL RECEIVERS, HOWEVER,
SEEMS TO HAVE THE MOST PROMISING FUTURE AMONG NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS OF SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION.

Satellite television programs have been transmitted from the mid-60's from land-located
transmitters to the satellite, and then via land-located receiving stations to individual
receivers. THE NEXT STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT WAS MARKED BY SEMIDIRECT TELEVISION TRANS-
MISSION BY MEANS OF SATELLITE FROM A LAND-LOCATED TRANSMITTER TO LOCAL STATIONS WHERE
THE PROGRAMS MAY BE VIEWED.

This form of transmission was first applied in 1976 in India within the framework of an
experiment carried out by the Indian Government in cooperation with the United States
and various UN organizations and agencies. ‘The experiment proved the great usefulness
of satellite television for educational purposes in developing countries. By means of
competently prepared programs seen in 400 villages located far from urban centers, India
taught reading and writing and disseminated information on modern farming practices and
the struggle against plant pests, as well as on birth control. Many Latin American and
Arab countries are preparing for similar experiments.

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SOVIETS COOPERATE WITH INDIA ON SATELLITE LAUNCHING
LD131544Y Moscow TASS in English 1410 GMT 13 Jun 78 LD

[Text] Moscow, June 13, TASS--the Soviet side has fully fulfilled its obligations to
the Indian colleagues and is ready to launch the second Indian satellite, as soon as
its flight model is ready, a TASS correspondent has been told by Deputy Chairman of
the Intercosmos Council Nikolay Novikov, who led the USSR's delegation to a meeting
of Soviet and Indian specialists in Bangalore, India.

The meeting made it possible to specify a number of matters connected with launching the
second Indian satellite by a Soviet rocket carrier. Autonomous and complex trials of

the satellite were carried out, and all technical and engineering matters have been deter-
mined, Nikolay Novikov emphasized that the businesslike and friendly meeting between
specialists of the two countries was held in an atmosphere of full mutual understanding.

Cooperation between scientists is under way in accordance with the agreement between the
Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Indian Organisation for Space Exploration, signed
in Moscow in April 1975. India's second satellite, just like the first one, will be
launched from the territory of the Soviet Union. Its weight will be 420 kg.

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USSR

‘ACUTE DEBATE! AT UNESCO MEETING ON MASS MEDIA'S ROLE

LD121026Y Moscow TASS in English 0859 GMT 12 Jun 78 LD

[Text] Moscow, June 12, TASS--TASS political commentator Anatoliy Krasikov writes: A
regular session of the UNESCO Executive Council that ended in Paris several days ago
adopted a resolution on working out a draft declaration on the basic principles of using
the mass media for consolidation of peace and international mutual understanding and for

combatting war propaganda, racism and apartheid.

The Executive Council instructed the director-general to continue the effort to work out
the final draft declaration and to refer it to UNESCO member-countries before the 20th
session of the general conference of UNESCO appointed for October of the current year.
If this is not achieved, the director-general will have to submit a full report on this

matter,

An acute debate preceded the adoption of the resolution. During this debate, repre-
sentatives of Western powers, above all the United States, claimed that it is difficult
to adopt such a document and pressed for delaying its adoption for at least two years.
The Soviet delegation, representatives of other socialist countries, as well as of many
developing states emphasised the need of the speediest conclusion of the work to draft
the project which could be met with the widest possible support of the world commmity.

The importance of working out such a project is becoming ever more obvious. This document
of international law would place serious obstacles to spreading lies and misinformation
that poison relations among states and attempt to justify the arms race and the heighten-
ing of war psychosis.

Perhaps misinformation never reached so huge a scale over many years and was never fraught
with so dangerous consequences. Massive slander of the Soviet Union and, specifically,

of its foreign policy now surpassed this grimmest records of the past. ‘The U.S., British,
French and Chinese press, as if directed by a conductor's button, [as recieved] presents
the USSR as a potential aggressor that is ready to send its division in differnt directions.

Encircling socialist countries with a network of NATO military bases, increasing with every
year unprecedented spending on preparation for war, insisting on creation of new, ever more
horrible mass destruction weapons, NATO masterminds--and in their wake, the press--actually
deny to the Soviet Union a legitimate right of self-defence. At the same time they reject
constructive proposals of countries of the socialist community aimed at lowering the level
of military confrontation, at limitation of armaments and, in the long run, at general
disarmament.

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UNESCO MEDIA CONFERENCE HITS 'INFORMATION IMPERIALISM'
1D201251Y Moscow ZA RUBEZHOM in Russian No 25 Signed to Press 15 Jun 78 p 17 LD

[Unattributed report: "Instrument of Mutual Understanding or Peddler of Propaganda
Poison?"]

[Text] Stockholm-Moscow--As L,I, Brezhnev stressed, the mass information media "can serve
the aims of peace and trust or spread the poison of discord between countries and peoples
throughout the world." Cooperation between states in culture, information and other
fields should be implemented, while fully observing the principles of sovereign equality,
noninterference in other countries! affairs, equal rights and respect for each others

social systems and orders.

The problem of the "information explosion" is attracting increasingly close attention.
The scales of scientific and technical progress in this field cannot fail to grip the
imagination: There are presently almost 400 million television sets,25,000 radio stations
and 1 billion radio receivers, over 100 news agencies are in operation, and tens of
thousands of newspapers and journals are published worldwide.

The receipt of information on a regular, daily basis has become an organic human require-
ment. Each family in the Soviet Union subscribes to an average of four periodicals, It
has been calculated that the "average" Englishman spends 10 years of his life in front
of the television. In Japan, television is viewed regularly by over 90 percent of the
adult population, Naturally, the situation is different in the developing countries,
which have inherited extremely poor information systems from colonialism. But even there
radio braodeasting and nascent television are beginning to play an increasingly important
role.

The rapid development of mass information and propaganda media as a whole has become one
of the most characteristic features of the 20th century. Their significance in inter-
national communication is growing. Many states have created special foreign policy
propaganda services and conduct radio broadcasting to foreign countries. In light of

the ideological struggle between socialism and capitalism and the emergence of dozens

of young developing states the content of the information disseminated assumes increasing
significance, as do the aims which it serves--the cause of peace, mutual understanding,
social progress and the people's national liberation; or increasing tension, the arms race
and the spiritual enslavement of millions of people.



SINGAPORE

BRIEFS

MORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE--The Telecommunications Authority of Singapore
introduced two more services today, a telegram service between Singapore and
Kampuchea and a number-to-number telephone service to the United Arab
Emirates. Telecom also announced that from today its rates for multiplex
telex services are reduced to $67.50 [Singapore] from $84 for the first

3 minutes and $22.50 for each additional minute or part thereof. [Text]
[Singapore Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT 1 Jul 78 BK]

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INDONESIA

BRIEFS
MICROWAVE NETWORK--President Suharto this morning held a telephone conversa-
tion with Bali Governor Sukarmen, marking the opening of a microwave network

for the southern part of East Indonesia. The call was between Ujungpandang
and Bali. [Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 0700 GMT 16 Jun 78 BK]

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CONTENTS (Continued)

BRAZIL

COBRA To Market G-11 Minicomputer in 1979
(O GLOBO, 5 Jul 78)....c cece ccc ccc e sec e cer ceeecceeees

All Color TV Tubes To Be Nationally Manufactured by
1980
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 14 Jul 78).......ccecececcccceeeees

Briefs
Ericsson Gets Telephone Contract

GUYANA

New Satellite Earth Station Due at End of Year
(Courtney Gibson; GUYANA CHRONICLE, 9 Jul 78).........

Radar Equipment Maintenance Contract Under Scrutiny
(GUYANA CHRONICLE, 7 Jul 78).........-66- sete eee eens

Pollution Damages GTC Underground Line Plant Network
(Courtney Gibson; GUYANA CHRONICLE, 6 Jul 78).........

PARAGUAY

Briefs
New Television Station

PERU

Briefs
Earth Satellite Stations

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Telecommunications Conference Ends; Recommendations Made
(GULF NEWS AGENCY, 5 Jun 78)....sccececcceccccccsceees

TRAN

New Transmitter, Radio Azarabadegan, Inaugurated
(Teheran Domestic Service, 10 Jun 78)........

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

~ Briefs
Shantung Post, Telecommunications

SINGAPORE

Briefs
More Telecommunications Service

EASTERN EUROPE
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Briefs
Bulgarian-USSR Communications Agreement

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Briefs
TV, Radio Transmitters Export
Prague Radio Installing New Transmitter
New Phone Exchange

POLAND

Repercussions of Satellite Television Discussed
(TRYBUNA LUDU, 9 Jun 78)...... eee cece e eee e nee e cece ener

Briefs
New TV Relay Station
Vice Minister of Communications
LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
Briefs

New Commercial Radio Link
Microwave Link Dedicated

BOLIVIA

Briefs
Satellite Communications System

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT SIGNED BY ROMANIA, MONGOLIA

AUO71238Y Bucharest SCINTEIA in Romanian 6 Jun 78 p5 AU

(Text] An agreement was signed in Bucharest on Monday between the Government of the
Socialist Republic of Romania and the Government of the Mongolian People's Republic [MPR]
in the area of post and telecommunications. The documents envisages provisions on develop-
ing bilateral cooperation and collaboration, and exchanging data on topics of common

interest.

The document was signed for Romania by Traian Dudas, minister of transportation and tele-
communications, and for Mongolia by Dahyn Gotob, minister of tommunications.

The signing was also attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Constantin Oancea, Deputy
Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Gheorghe Airinei, and MPR ambassador

to Bucharest Bamdariyn Dugersuren.

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CONTENTS (Continued)

DENAMRK

Sogaard Seeks Financing for New Communications System
(BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 27 May 78)...-ceccecccccecececees

GREECE

Expansion of Telecommunications System Reported
(Athens Domestic Service, 9 Jun 78).

NORWAY

Phone Network in North Suffers Breakdowns
(AFTENPOSTEN, 18 Jul 78).......seececcccccccccccceeeee

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

VIETNAMESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINKS VIA PEKING DETERIORATE
Paris AFP in English 1047 GMT 29 Jun 78 OW

[Article by Jean Thoraval]

[Text] Hanoi, 29 Jun (AFP)--Whether as a result of Sino-Vietnamese tension or because
telecommunication links with Moscow are too unsophisticated, it is now more difficult in
Hanoi to make an international telephone call than it was even at the height of the Ameri-
can bombing. And Telex links which took news from Vietnam to Paris in an hour now some-
times take three days.

In the past when telecommunication links between Hanoi and Moscow closed down at 10 pm
it was possible to speak to the capitals of Western Europe via Peking. Recently this
has proved an impossible and frustrating exercise. After trying for eight hours with-
out success to get through to Western Europe, this correspodent decided to telephone
colleagues in Peking. The line was good, but the call was passed from one wrong Peking
number to another, something that had not happened before in five years, Perhaps the
Vietnamese operator wanted to show that cooperation between Vietnam and China was a dead
letter, perhaps the switchboards were falling apart through old age.

One thing seems clear; As the media and diplomatic war rages, a little battle is taking
place on the telecommunications front with the result that Hanoi can be cut off for hours
on end from the outside world,

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JPRS 71696

16 August 1978

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
No, 50

Reproduced From
Best Available Copy

20000331 121

U. S. JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A
Approved for Public Release
oomdiiSitibwtionbinlimited



Hundreds of enterprises and institutes of various economic sectors use
electronic computers made by the Kiev plant for computing and control machines--
the main enterprise of the "Elektronmash" industrial combine. Computers made
at the Kiev plant are also exported to Bulgaria, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

A consignment of the large M-4030 computers will be sent to the fraternal
countries this year. The photograph shows one of the plant's shops.



The essence of the policy, different in principle, which is implemented by imperialist
states with their "monopolies of the word," was expressed laconically and clearly by
Finnish President Urho Kekkonen in the phrase “informational iaperialism." This refers
to the fact that these states, taking advantage of the fact that 30 of the developing
countries do not have their own news agencies, are carrying out wide ideological ex-
pansion in Asia, Africa and Latin America, imposing on the informatiom media, as a rule,
a distorted picture of international life. In Latin America, 70 percent of reports
published in newspapers come from two American agencies--UPI and AP. The PAKISTAN TIMES,
which is close to government circles, recently wrote that the BBC "always tries to
paint events taking place in developing countries in dark colors." The newspaper criti-
eized the "impartial" and "independent" BBC for presenting distorted "news" on the
Palestinian question, events in the Horn of Africa, and so forth.

Opposition to the Ideological Expansion of Imperialism

According-to the calculations of experts, the flow of wire service reports from capital-
ist to developing countries is 100 times greater than in the opposite direction. Given
these conditions, many countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America naturally express
the need to end the dominance of bourgeois press agencies, radio and television companies
in their spiritual life and the need for assistance in creating their own information
services and training Journalists. In 1976, with this goal in mind, the nonalined
countries created an information agency pool. Its activity has experienced considerable
difficulties--both technical and political, but is expanding, nonetheless. Vietnam,
Cuba and several other states play an active part in the pool. The press, radio and
television of the Soviet Union and other countries of socialism support the pool's
anti-imperialist orientation. It is quite obvious that it is only in alliance with
world socialism that the developing countries can put an end to the diktat of the
"monopolies of the word," and acquire their own voice, so to speak, in this important
area of international life.

This is also understood in the West. Hence, imperialist circles' negative reaction to
the developing countries! efforts for the "decolonization" of information. Thus, the
creation of a pool of news agencies within the framework of the nonalined movement was
received in the West with open hostility. However, having failed,.to smother it at
birth, the Western "monopolies of the word" have switched to another tactic: They are
now trying, with all their strength, to penetrate the emerging news agencies of the
developing countries in order to erode their anticolonial platform with promises of

generous technical and financial aid and to prevent their cooperation with socialist
states.

The so-called "Committee for the Freedom of the World Press" was created in the United
States in 1976. What are the aims of the committee that is made up of such giants of
the American information industry as H. Schlosser and L, Goldenson, presidents of the
NBC and ABC television companies; P, Miller and Lee Hills, chairmen of the board of
directors of the Gannett and Knight-Ridder newspaper trusts; L. Marks, former director of
the U.S, Information Agency; the not unknown W. Hearst, junior, and so forth? It was not
difficult to divine them after listening to the speech by (Dzh, Bibi), the committee's

representative at the conference in Stockholm, He promised to give "any kind of assistance

to any developing country" which supports the Western concept of "free press," will not
subordinate the news organs to the government and supports the West's opposition to the
elaboration in UNESCO or any other international organization of principles and norms
able to restrict the activity of Western news agencies.



In Accordance With the Final Act

This issue was the subject of discussion at the international conference on problems of the
dissemination of information, organized in Stockholm by UNESCO with the participation of
representatives of 43 countries.

The conference showed convincingly that two main lines are developing and coming into
conflict in this area, The first, pursued by the socialist countries and supported by
many developing countries, is aimed at insuring that the increased technical potential is
used by countries for the objective and benevolent supply of information to their peoples
on life abroad and for the improvement of the worldwide moral-political climate in a
spirit of detente and mutual understanding.

This way of posing the question implies the end of the practice of ideological subversion
and psychological warfare and the renunciation of interference in other countries! affairs.
This does not mean, of course, any sort of "repeal" of the ideological struggle. The
antagonism between world outlooks and the competition between ideas will contimue--that is
an objective process. But it should not become psychological warfare or rivalry aimed

at seeing who can depict whom in the blackest terms.

The Soviet Union and the other socialist countries are seeking the elaboration and
adoption on a world wide scale of norms and principles governing information activity,
to serve neighborly relations among peoples. For several years now the Soviet draft
convention on the principles of the states! use of artificial earth satellites for direct
television broadcasting has been under examination at the United Nations. The purpose
of raising this issue was to insure that the new space technology is used from the very
first for the noble aims of peace and friendship among all peoples. The socialist
countries have submitted to UNESCO a draft declaration on the basic principles of the
use of the mass information media to strengthen peace and international mutual under-
standing and to struggle against war propaganda and against racism and apartheid. The
document's title speaks for itself.

The Soviet Union attaches important significance to those portions of the final act of
the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe that touch on questions of inform
ation. Let us recall that it was precisely at the initiative of the socialist countries
that the document included the proposition that cooperation between states in the
cultural, information and other areas should "promote the consolidation of peace and
mutual understanding among peoples and the spiritual enrichment of the human personality."

At the Belgrade meeting of representatives of the 35 countries that took part in the
all-European conference, the delegations of socialist countries, acting in the spirit
of Helsinki, put forward proposals on banning war propaganda, extending cooperation
between news agencies, and increasing journalists! vesponsibility for the information
disseminated. Unfortunately these proposals received a hostile reception from Western
countries.

In their practical activity, Soviet mass information organs adhere steadfastly to the
principles and norms advocated by our country in the international arena. Attempts to
interfere in other states! internal affairs are alien to them. It is relevant that, in
the Soviet Union, propaganda concerning war or racial or national hatred is banned by
law.



USSR

'TASS': RADUGA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LAUNCHED

LD191540Y Moscow TASS International Service in Russian 1515 GMI 19 Jul 78 LD

[Text] Moscow--In accordance with the program for the further development of communica-
tions and television broadcasting systems using artificial earth satellites, another
Raduga ‘comminications satellite was launched in the Soviet Union today, It contains

on board relay apparatus designed to insure in the centimetre waveband uninterrupted
round-the-clock telephone and telegraph radio communications and simultaneous transmission
of color and black-and-white central television programs to the Orbita station network,

The Raduga satellite has been put into a circular orbit that is nearly stationary with the
following initial parameters: distance from the earth!s surface--36,590 km; period of
rotation around the earth--24 hours 38 minutes; inclination of orbit 5 degrees.

Apart from improved multibarrelled communications and television relay apparatus, the
satellite has a triaxial system of accurate orientation to the earth, an energy supply
system with solar batteries that independently aim at and follow the sun, a system for
correction in orbit, a thermoregulation system, a radiotelemetric system for transmitting
data on the work of the onboard systems to earth, and a radio system for accurately
measuring the parameters of the orbit and control of the satellite.

The apparatus installed on the Raduga satellite is working normally, The command and
measuring complex is implementing control of the satellite. Use of the communications
and television apparatus of the satellite will be carried out in accordance with the
program that has been mapped out.

The Raduga satellite has the ternational registration code "Statsionar-2."

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BRAZIL

ALL COLOR TV TUBES TO BE NATIONALLY MANUFACTURED BY 1980
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 14 Jul 78 p 19

Ffext/ Brasilia -- According to a Ministry of Communications requirement
imposed on the Philips, RCA, Sharp and CTE-Sylvania companies, all color
television tubes must be manufactured in Brazil by 1980. The ministry has
the power to veto imports of those components because it is consulted by the
Bank of Brazil's Foreign Trade Department (CACEX) prior to release of an
import license.

Investments for the installation of each factory in the country are estimated
at 500 million cruzeiros, Only Phillips has had its tube manufacture project
approved by the Industrial Development Council (CDI) of the Ministry of Industry
and Commerce. Within the next few weeks, the Ministry of Communications will
formalize requirements for the levels of nationally produced electronic
components and semiconductors.

The secretary general of the Ministry of Communications, Romulo Furtado,
revealed yesterday that the Components and Materials Executive Group (GEICOM)
attached to the ministry is currently developing 24 programs aimed at
accelerating the utilization of national products and substitution of imported
equipment.

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

SHANTUNG POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS--The Shantung Provincial Post and Tele-
communications Bureau recently held the third learn-from-Taching conference
of post and telecommunications departments calling for efforts to strive for
the modernization of post and telecommunications work. Secretary of the
Shantung Provincial CCP Committee and Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary
Committee Li Jih-nai, and Vice Chairman of the Shantung Provincial Revolu-
tionary Committee Liu Peng attended and addressed the conference. To date,
14 cities at or above county level throughout the province have transformed
telephone networks to automatic operation, 70 counties use motorcycles for
rural mail delivery, 83 counties have fitted their telephone lines link
communes with wave carriers, and over 63 percent of the brigades have
installed telephone lines. The conference called for efforts to achieve,
by 1980, automatic operation of telephone networks in areas at or above
county level, fit telephone lines linking counties with communes with wave
carriers, and replace keyboard telegraphs with telephoto transmitters in
areas at or above county level. [Tsinan Shantung Provincial Service in
Mandarin 1130 GMT 5 Jul 78 SK]

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RADAR EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT UNDER SCRUTINY

Georgetown GUYANA CHRONICLE in English 7 Jul 78 p 3

[Text]

THE Merriman Commission
of Inquiry has undertaken to
examine more closely the
contractual arrangements
between the Guyana
Telecommunication Cor-
poration and the
Meteorological services of
the Ministry of Works and
Transport for the servicing
‘and maintenance of Radar
equipment at Timebri.

This undertaking was given
yesterday when members of.
the. commission continued

None of the management
Personnel present was in a
Position to say whether the
‘contract was advantageous to
he corporation. They

~ agreed, however, that it was
a matter which needed to be
dooked into.

At this stage the com-
missioners promised to
examine the matter in
“greater detail and requested
that they be provided the
\mecessary annual data

showing whether since 1971

their probe into the the contract had been ad-
operations, structure, and’ vantageous to the cor-
functioning of the GTC. Poration. .

The engineer in charge of
ithe Radar. Department told
the commission that ac-
cording to the terms of the
contract, the GTC. merely
Provides the technical ex-|
Pertise for the maintenance
and servicing of the ex.
pensive radar equipment. At
Present, himself and two
other. Persons were
responsible for these
technical operations and the
is paid by the Govern-
“ment Ministry for the
provision of the service.

He said he did not know the
‘details related to budgetary
control which would
determine whether, after,

: The engineer-in-charge
contended that because of
the high competence of his
team, the radar equipment at
Timehri' was the best in
operation in the Caribbean.
He contended further that
this advantage held by
{Guyana was due to the fact
that unlike the case in other
jCaribbean countries, when
the radar equipment was
introduced, the Guyana
Government sent persons

ho. “had already been
technically. qualified td be
trained to service and
maintain the new equipment.

The Guyana Government,
he skid, started out on the

detailed costing, the cor-
Poration makes a surplus or. |
shows a deficit on the con- .
tract.

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“right ig and made the
correct decision when it
decided toaward the contract
to a specialised agency —
something which he said was

L

not done in the other _
Caribbean countries.

And, referring to problems
affecting his department, he
told the commission that
because of the department’s

GUYANA

and, taking his.
qualifications, his experience

‘and other factors into con-

sideration, when compared
with the salary scales at some
other corporations, he was

smallness and the fact that it - ‘being underpaid, he said.

was based out-oftown, it was

‘more or less ‘‘on a limb’’.

There was, however, a great
.deal of autonomy with very
little supervision from the
‘Operations Division of the
GTC. This was a good
arrangement since members ©
of the radar department were
removed from the internal
politics of the corporation, he
said.

Both himself and a non-
supervisory worker of the
department said there was
‘need for better com-
munication between Head
Office _ and the Radar
‘Department so that ‘em-
ployees at Timehri could be
kept informed about
developments — sports or
otherwise — taking place
withih the corporation and be
made to feel that they were
an integral part of the:
organisation..

* The salary structure was
reasonable but because _of
the high technical comi-
petence of the two junior
‘members of staff, they
should be promoted ard their,
salaries upgraded, the
engineer said. He himself
‘reached the maximum of his
Salary scale two years ago

39

Shortly before the ad-
journment was taken until
next Wednesday, the
commissioners started
probing deeper. into the
functioning of the GTC Radio
Department. Their probe of
this department will be
continued on Wednesday.



LAOS

BRIEFS

RADIO DELEGATION RETURNS--Vientiane, 28 Jun (KPL)--A delegation of the Lao
national radio led by Chaleun Vongsam-ang, its director, returned to Vientiane
on 25 June after visiting Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Vietnam.

The delegation had had talks with the radio services in the host countries
which expressed readiness to help the Lao national radio. [Vientiane KPL

in English 1121 GMT 28 Jun 78 BK]

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NORWAY

PHONE NETWORK’ IN NORTH SUFFERS BREAKDOWNS
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 18 Jul 78 (Evening Ed) p 1, 10

[Text] There have been several breaks in telephone communications between
northern Norway and the rest of the country recently, The Telecommunica-
tions Administration informs AFTENPOSTEN that the reasons for the breaks
vary. In especially warm periods the signals can become so weak that the
connection becomes poor, It is not impossible that it was the warm weather
in northern Norway which may have been a contributing cause for some of
the faults.

Manager Sigbjorn Hopland in the O-center in the Telecommunications Adminis-
tration, which warns the local stations around the country about faults in
the nationwide network of lines, tells AFTENPOSTEN that the breaks arise
either in the large cables or in the radiocommunication,

"The problem is that we do not have the capacity to switch all the traffic
over to the reserve lines when such breaks occur," says Hopland, "The
capacity of the network to accept traffic is therefore reduced,”

This applies especially in northern Norway, where the alternative connec-
tion lines which can be used when a break occurs on a line are not as
numerous as in southern Norway, The breaks are therefore noticed espe-
cially well in northern Norway.

"We have found several times that the connection has been broken for a
short period, and that the fault apparently has disappeared without repair,
It is difficult to say what this may be caused by, but we are speculating
that the especially warm weather in northern Norway recently may have played
a role."

"How long does it take before this type of fault is corrected?"

"It varies a great deal, If the fault is localized to a remote mountain
top, it may take some time, We are working to improve our capacity to
switch the telephone traffic to reserve lines when faults occur in the
line network, But we have a long way to go before a line failure can be
neutralized in this way," maintains Hopland,

END

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CONTENTS (Continued)

JORDAN

Information Minister Returns From Moscow, Makes Statement
(Amman Domestic Service, 6 Jun 78)....cccecececccecece

Husayn Presides Over Meeting on Microwave Project
(Amman Domestic Service, 4 Jun 78)....ccccceccececcecs

SYRIA

Radio Transmitter 'Voice of the People’ Inaugurated
(Damascus Domestic Service, 1 Jun 78).....ccccecceeces

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NIGERIA

Radio Broadcasting System Renamed, Restructured
(AFP, L Jun 78)....c cece cece ec cncccccescccceccvcceceee

SOUTH AFRICA

Computer Sciences 'Lift-Off' Reported
(Koenderman; SUNDAY TIMES, 23 Jul 78).......eeeeeeeeee

USSR

"TASS': Raduga Telecommunications Satellite Launched
(TASS International Service, 19 Jul 78)...

"Acute Debate' at UNESCO Meeting on Mass Media's Role
(TASS, 12 Jun 78)... ccecccccceceeccecceccecesceccseee

UNESCO Paris Meeting Discusses Mass Media Uses
(TASS, 8 Jun 78).... cece eee cece ec ceceecees

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BULGARIA-FRG TELEPHONE LINKS--Burgas, 6 Jul (BTA)--The new direct automatic
telephone line between the Slunchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) resort and the
Federal Republic of Germany was put into operation today. It will be in
operation daily between 1800 and 2400 hours local time. In fulfillment

of the programme for updating phone communications, automatic telephone
links have already been established between Burgas and Moscow, Berlin,
Warsaw and Prague. It is planned to establish such communications in the
coming years also with the capitals and other big towns of the socialist
countries and with other states. [Text] [Sofia BTA in English 1838 GMT

6 Jul 78 AU]

GDR-JAPAN TV COOPERATION--Berlin--The GDR State Committee for Television and
the Japanese National Radio and Television Association on 6 July signed an
agreement for the first time on cooperation in the television field, which
will be concentrated on increasing the exchange of program and reports.
[Text] [East Berlin ADN International Service in German 1820 GMT 6 Jul:78 LD]

'WAFA} 'ADN' COOPERATION AGREEMENT--An agreement of cooperation was signed today
between the Palestinian news agency WAFA and the GDR news agency ADN. The
agreement calls for an exchange of technical knowhow, visits, training of
cadres and the dissemination of WAFA news bulletins throughout the world

via ADN. [Text] [Voice of Palestine [Clandestine] in Arabic to Arab World
1600 GMT 5 Jul 78 JIN]

SOVIET-FINNISH BROADCASTING PROTOCOL--Helsinki--A working protocol has been
signed here on exchanges in the field of television and radio broadcasting
for 1978-1979 between the USSR Council of Ministers State Committee for
Television and Radio Broadcasting and Finnish radio and television. The
protocol calls for the exchange of television newsreels and films, tele-
vision and radio programs, extensive television programs devoted to the
national holidays of the Soviet Union and Finland, materials on the Soviet-
Finnish friendship month, and so on. Particular attention has been paid to
cooperation in devising programs devoted to the 30th anniversary of the
Soviet-Finnish Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance,
and to the many-sided relations of the two countries in various spheres of
the economy, culture and sports. [Text] [Moscow TASS International Service
in Russian 0957 GMT 28 Jun 78 LD]

DPRK-BULGARIA RADIO COOPERATION-~Pyongyang, 16 Jul (KCNA)--A 1978-1980 pro-
tocol on cooperation in radio broadcasting between the Korean Central Broad-
casting Committee and the General Bureau of Radio Broadcasting of Bulgaria
[GBRBB] was signed on 12 July in Sofia, according to a report. The protocol
was signed on our side by the DPRK ambassador to Bulgaria and on the
Bulgarian side by the director of the GBRBB. [Text] [Pyongyang KCNA
in English 1006 GMT 16 Jul 78 OW]

JAPANESE LOAN TO PARAGUAY FOR COMMUNICATIONS--The Central Bank will provide
the National Telecommunications Administration with 3.9 billion yen under a
contract signed with the Japanese overseas fund. The loan will be used for
the installation of satellite communications. [Asuncion Radio Paraguay in
Spanish 1100 GMT 13 Jul 78 PY]

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NIGERIA

RADIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM RENAMED, RESTRUCTURED

PAOLI642Y Paris AFP in English 1530 GMT 1 Jun 78 PA

[Text] Lagos, June 1 (AFP)--Nigeria's radio broadcasting system has been restructured
under a new name--the Federal Radio Corporation (FRC)--with more emphasis now being
placed on the development of home-made programmes.

Under the new arrangement, which came into force today, the FRC will be solely responsible
for broadcasting to all parts of Nigeria from its main base here and through its lingu-
istic zonal stations in Enugu (east), Ibadan (west) and Kaduna (north).

State radio stations will not be allowed to install transmitters bigger than ten kilowatts
and will broadcast only in their own areas.

Significant aspects of the new operation are that all programmes from the FRC will be in
English, while more radio time will be allocated to purely Nigerian domestic news.

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DENMARK

SOGAARD SEEKS FINANCING FOR NEW COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
LD021317Y Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 27 May 78 part 1 p 5 LD
["Uni'" report: "Forces Apply for an Enormous Sum for New Communication Equipment"]

[Text] Defense Minister Poul Sogaard has applied to the Folketing Finance Committee for
permission to use 67.5 million Danish Kroner of defense allocations to purchase a modern
communications system within the next 4 years.

It consists of a computer-controlled signals transmission system which has been developed
by the firm of Chr. Rovsing. The system will serve all branches of the armed forces and
when it is made operational will signify a substantially more rapid communication of
nationwide signals traffic, The system will also mean substantial personnel savings
compared to the armed forces! present teleprinter network leased from the Postal and Tele-
graph Service.

The Rovsing system will consist of eight computer-controlled centers distributed around
the country. Two of them will function as control centers; one being directly linked to
the NATO communications system. This is the armed forces! only new project this fiscal
year. If approved, it is expected that the system could be sold to other NATO countries.
Only Dkr 14 million of the Dkr 67.5 million will go abroad. ‘This is to purchase cipher
equipment to be delivered by a British firm.

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POLAND

BRIEFS

NEW TV RELAY STATION--A TV program II relay station was put into operation

in Kolobrzeg on 8 July. The new installation will insure very good reception
of TV program II in Kolobrzeg and its environs. The commissioning ceremony
was attended by Central Committee Secretary Ryszard Frelek; Wladyslaw Kozdra,
first secretary of the PZPR Voivodship Committee in Koszalin; and by the local
authorities. Ryszard Frelek also met with the scouts from Koszalin vacation-
ing at the Drezno rest camp in Koszalin Voivodship. [Text] [Warsaw TRYBUNA
LUDU in Polish 10 Jul 78 p 4 AU]

VICE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS--PAP--On the motion of the minister of
communications, the chairman of the Council of Ministers has appointed
Wieslaw Adamski undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Communications,
recalling him from the post of undersecretary of state of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. [Text] [Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in Polish 22 Jun 78 p 4 Au]

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ARGENTINA

BRIEFS

NEW COMMERCIAL RADIO LINK--The National Telecommunications Company announced
today that the Adrogue-Tandil-Azull Mar del Plata radio link will soon be
available to the public. It has 1,800 channels, allowing national phone
calls, radio and television programs and telex service plus a microwave link
between the earth station and Buenos Aires for international transmissions.
[Buenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 2300 GMT 13 Jul 78 PY]

MICROWAVE LINK DEDICATED--Santa Rosa, 31 May--The TV microwave link between
Santa Rosa and Bahia Blanca was dedicated today by the governor of La Pampa
Province. [Buenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 1558 GMT 31 May 78 PY]

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TRAN

NEW TRANSMITTER, RADIO AZARABADEGAN, INAUGURATED
1D121018Y Teheran Domestic Service in Persian 0900 GMT 10 Jun 78 LD

[Excerpt] our colleague, Vahdati, reports from the center of Azerbaijan on the commence-
ment of operation of the powerful 800 kilowatt transmitter of Radio Azarabadegan. [pegin
recording]

At O45 today [2345 GMT 9 June] Radio Azarabadegan began transmitting, The radio's programs
were inaugurated with the ery "Allah Akbar" [God is greatest], a recitation from the Koran i
in the illustrious name of the shahanshah aryamehr and with a message from the governor gen-'
eral of eastern Azerbaijan,

The powerful 800-kilowatt transmitter in Bonab, 130 kilometers from Tabriz, will carry

the voice of Radio Azarabadegan to a vast region in the western parts of our country and the
surrounding area with a population of over 50 million people. This transmitter, which is
one of the most reputable ones in this part of the world, will carry programs lasting

20 hours a day in Persian, Azari, northern Kurdish, Armenian and Istanbul Turkish, over

60 percent of which will be locally produced and will reflect a miscellany of Iran's
thoughts and rich culture, local traditions and customs, educational and entertaining pro-
grams. Social issues, commentaries and reviews of world events, interviews and talks will
constitute another part of the contents of this radio, Azerbaijants thinkers and research-
ers will participate in producing the programs of Radio Azarabadegan, and extensive efforts
already have been made to collect local and folk music of the region. [end recording]

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AUSTRALIA

PARLLAMENT DEBATES U.S, COMMUNICATIONS BASE
0W312105Y Melbourne Overseas Service in English 1230 GMT 31 May 78 ow

[Text] The opposition in Federal Parliament continued its attack today on the defense
minister, Mr. Killen, on the handling of American plans to upgrade the communications base
at Northwest Cape on Australia's west coast. The debate brought the disclosure that the
opposition leader, Mr. Hayden, had written to the government expressing concern that the
United States might be breaching the agreement under which the base operates. This emerged
after the Labor spokesman on defense, Mr. Scholes, moved a motion of no confidence in Mr.
Killen saying the Defense Department's failure to inform the minister of negotiations on
upgrading the base was inexcusable.

Defending himself, Mr. Killen said that if he believed he had been grieviously in error
on any issue he would offer to resign. But he stood by his statements he had made in
the past in support of his department that the Americans had made no proposals to the
Australian government about the Northwest Cape.

The defense minister went on to say that a letter marked secret which he had received
from Mr. Hayden indicated the Labor Party's ignorance of what went on at Northwest Cape.
Mr. Hayden responded by putting the letter on record in Parliament.

The letter indicates that Mr. Hayden received a briefing from the Defense Department several
weeks ago on the various United States facilities in Australia, Mr, Hayden said there
appeared to be no overview of monitoring the United States communications traffic. That
situation appeared to be contrary to the general understanding of the agreement covering
Northwest Cape.

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SYRIA

RADIO TRANSMITTER 'VOICE OF THE PEOPLE’ INAUGURATED
JNO1O805Y Damascus Domestic Service in Arabic 0715 GMT 1 Jun 78 JN

[Text] Damascus--Information Minister Ahmad Iskandar Ahmad announced over the "Voice
of the People" radio this morning the commencement of operation by the new transmitter
as of today, 1 June 1978. In his announcement, the minister defined the objectives

of the new radio transmitter. He said that it has been installed at the instruction
of President Leader Hafiz al-Asad so that Damascus Radio would be commensurate with
the comprehensive development in Syria, would reflect its reality, meet its aspirations
and would contribute to implementing development plans.

The minister asserted that, based on this principle and in order to achieve these ob-
jectives, the new radio transmitter will render its services to its listeners, will
participate in the national anti-illiteracy campaign and will follow up the battles

of our citizens. The minister expressed hishope that the new radio transmitter would
participate in shouldering the responsibility of development in Syria in a manner that
would achieve an even-handed progress for our society and intensify our ability to
stand fast and achieve our nation's objective in building the one state for the one
Arab nation.

On behalf of the employees of the general program, Damascus Radio wishes the new
Voice of the People transmitter success in serving its listeners and achieving its

objectives so that it will proceed, along with Damascus Radio, in the service of
information and its national and pan-Arab objectives.

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GREECE

EXPANSION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM REPORTED
ATO91245Y Athens Domestic Service in Greek 1130 GMT 9 Jun 78 AT

[Text] In an effort to meet telecommunication requirements in the Khalkidhiki [penin-
sula] which are considerable, it was resolved to establish a wireless system with 300
circuits to replace the current system of 120 circuits.

This was amounced by Deputy Communications Minister Yeoryios Moutsios, who added that
efforts are béing made to have the new system installed as soon as possible in order to
meet requirements of interurban telephone needs during the current tourist period.

Moutsios added that the special telecommunications program to be established in the
Thraki area will take about a year and a half and provides for construction of basic
projects. The program had been estimated at 800 million drachma but it is now estimated
that the cost will be over 1 billion.

Moutstos will also visit East Macedonia in order to examine telecommunications issues
on the spot, possibly next week,

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TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
No. 50

ConTENTS

WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

UNESCO Media Conference Hits ‘Information Imperialism'
(ZA RUBEZHOM, No 25).......e000e

Zamyatin Addresses UNESCO Session on Mass Information
(TASS, 14 Jul 78)... cccceccccccccccccececccesereeeeceee

Iraq, Turkey Begin Talks on Transport, Telecommunications
CINA, 18 Jun 78)... cece cece cece cc cece cece cece ee sceeee

Iraqi Communications Delegation Leaves for Moscow Talks
CINA, 21 Jun 78)... . cece cece cece cece ccc cence ceeene

Soviet, Afghan Officials Sign Broadcasting Agreement
(Moscow Domestic Service, 10 Jul 78)....scccecceccevcee

Soviets Cooperate With India on Satellite Launching
(TASS, 13 Jun 78)...ccceccecccccescccecccccececsecccees

Post, Telecommunications Agreement Signed by Romania,
Mongolia
(SCINTEIA, 6 Jun 78).....cceeee cece ecececececcecccreees

Cuba-Spain Establish Direct Telephone Link
(Havana Domestic Service, 30 May 78)..........ceeeeeeee

Briefs
CSSR, Syrian Broadcasting Protocol
Hungary-Syria Radio Cooperation
Bulgarian-DPRK Radio Cooperation
Belgium To Finance Zaire Projects
Bulgaria-FRG Telephone Links
GDR-Japan TV Cooperation

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country’s international
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crease’ in telex services by.
mid next year. :

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BRAZIL

BRIEFS

ERICSSON GETS TELEPHONE CONTRACT--Stockholm, 2 Jun--According to Ericsson
Company sources, the Brazilian Telecommunications Corporation has selected
that company's telephone system to expand the Sao Paulo telephone network.
The contract, costing approximately $200 million, involves installation of
50,000 lines, with an option to later install another 180,000 lines.
[Paris AFP in Spanish 1147 GMT 2 Jun 78 PY]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

IRAQ, TURKEY BEGIN TALKS ON TRANSPORT, TELECOMMUNICATLONS
JN181620Y Baghdad INA in Arabic 1445 GMT 18 Jun 78 JN

[Text] Baghdad, 18 June--Official Iraqi-Turkish talks began here today on the possibility
of developing cooperation between the two countries in the field of transport and communica-
tions. The Iraqi side was headed by Transpoyt Minister Dr Mukarram Jamal 4t-Talabani and
the Turkish side by Transportation Minister Gunes Ongut.

At the outset of the talks, the Iraqi minister assured the Turkish guest of Iraqts desire
to expand the scope of cooperation and friendship with neighbor Turkey, For his part, the
Turkish transportation minister expressed his pleasure in visiting Iraq and meeting with
officials to discuss the development of friendly ties between the two neighbor countries.

After that, the two sides reviewed the items on the agenda, which included the prospects
of cooperation in the fields of rail, truck and sea transport, as well as telecommunications.

It was decided to form a specialized committee from members of both sides to examine the
items on the agenda and draft the recommendations for final approval.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi-Turkish subcommittee for railroad transport began its work today.

The two sides exchanged viewpoints on rail transport between the two countries and the
means to remove the obstacles preventing the expansion of activities in this field.

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JORDAN

HUSAYN PRESIDES OVER MEETING ON MICROWAVE PROJECT
JNO42Z025Y Amman Domestic Service in Arabic 1800 GMT 4 Jun 78 IN

[Text] This afternoon His Majesty King Husayn presided over a meeting of those in charge
of the joint expanded microwave project, the implementation of which is supervised by
the Special Telecommunications Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The meeting was
held at the armed forces general command headquarters.

His majesty was briefed on the microwave project by representatives of the various de-
partments and directorates concerned with the project. His majesty was also briefed
on what has been achieved so far, on the new requirements of every department and cor~-
poration and on the financial aspects of the project. The meeting was attended by
Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Mudar Badran; his excellency the chief of the
Royal Hashemite Court; his excellency the commander in chief of the Jordanian Armed
Forces; the minister of court; several ministers and civil and military officials.

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The latest example of gross misrepresentation of the Soviet Union's foreign policy by
Western and Chinese means of the mass media is a noisy propaganda campaign unleashed in
connection with the events in Zaire. Being unable to cite a single fact attesting to any
"involvement" of socialist countries in these events, assistant to the U.S. President
Zbigniew Brzezinski and President Carter himself and actually all major U.S, newspapers
simultaneously accused the Soviet Union and Cuba of supporting the Zaire rebels, These
unjustified accusations served as another pretext for intensifying attacks on the edifices
of detente that was created by collective efforts of leaders of many countries, including
previous presidents of the United States. True, it is asserted in the United States that
the present course is merely an episode connected with the wish to show the administration's
"toughness" and thus increasing its chances at the coming partial elections to the Congress.
It is unfortunate, however, that such "episodes" publicized by the mass media can affect
the destinies of entire mankind,

Other cases are also known when the press, radio and televsion are used for purposes that
have nothing in common with the effort to bring peoples closer and increase their co-
operation, Such cases were specifically mentioned at the Stockholm conference of heads of
the mass media that was held in April on UNESCO's initiative. Representatives of developing
countries cited at that conference numerous examples of how the "big press" of the West,
using as a cover the slogan of unlimited freedom, misrepresents the state of affairs in
former colonies, protects this policy of multinational corporations, publicises ideas of
racism, justifies outside interference in internal affairs of sovereign states.

All these facts confirm again the timeliness of raising the question about undelayed
adoption at a coming session of UNESCO general conference of the declaration on the basic

principles of using the mass media for consolidation of peace and international mutual
understanding and for combatting war propaganda, racism and apartheid,

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

SOVIET, AFGHAN OFFICIALS SIGN BROADCASTING AGREEMENT
1D102138Y Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1900 GMT 10 Jul 78 ID

[Text] A delegation of the Ministry of Radio and Television of the Democratic Republic
of Afghanistan headed by Katawazi, the first deputy minister, is in the Soviet Union.
The delegation has had meetings and talks with the leadership of the USSR State Committee
for Television and Radio Broadcasting, TASS, the USSR State Committee for Cinematography,
and NOVOSTI.

An agreement was signed today on cooperation in the field of television and radio
broadcast ing between the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting and
the Ministry of Radio and Television of Afghanistan. It provides for a broad exchange
of television and radio materials devoted to the lives of the Soviet and Afghan peoples.
The agreement was signed by Lapin, chairman of USSR State Committee for Television and
Radio Broadcasting, and Katawazi.

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The question arises here: IS IT SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THE RULE THAT STATES MUST GIVE
THEIR PRIOR CONSENT FOR EVERY TRANSMISSION INTENDED FOR THEIR TERRITORY? NO, IT IS

NOT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ADJUST PROGRAMS TO THE POLITICAL BORDERS OF STATES BECAUSE

OF THE TECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF DIRECT SATELLITE TEIEVISION, This leads to the phenomenon
of the so-called penetrating shows, which can be seen beyond the borders of the state
for which they are intended, These questions were partially settled by the International
Telecommmication Union at its Geneva conference last yaar, The conference defined
technical parameters for direct satellite television transmissions and rules for the use
of a fixed orbit for these purposes. However, there is still A NEED TO ADOPT THE LEGAL
PRINCIPIE THAT DIRECT SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMS CAN ONLY BE TRANSMITTED TO THE
TERRITORY OF OTHER STATES WITH THEIR CONSENT, EXCEPTING THE PHENOMENON OF PENETRATING
SHOWS WITHIN THE LIMITS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION IS
INEVITABLE,

IT IS STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO FORESEE THE DAY WHEN WORK ON IEGAL RULES FOR DIRECT SATELLITE
TELEVISION WILL BE COMPIETED, The outer space committee is the first to undertake the
difficult task of fixing rules for activity that will only be conducted in the future.

The establishment of rules for direct satellite television and its practical application
is of great importance for the prevention of possible international conflicts.

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

ROC-PHILIPPINES SIGN PACT ON LAYING UNDERSEA CABLE

Taipei CNA in English 1419 GMT 13 Jul 78 OW

[Text] Taipei, 13 Jul (CNA)-~The Republic of China and the Philippines signed an agree-
ment Thursday in Taipei calling for joint laying of an undersea cable line between the
two countries.

The cable, 900 kilometers in length, will link northern Taiwan with Iuzon. Construction
is expected to be completed in 2 years. Carrying a price tag of 20 million U.S. dollars,
the cable will have a capacity of 480 telephone lines.

The Chinese Government Radio Administration and the Oriental Teleconmunication Co of the
Philippines will take charge of the operation and administration of the cable line upon
completion.

A spokesman for the directorate general of telecommunications said that in addition to
being used for telecommunications between Taiwan and the Philippines, the cable will be
extended to Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian regions,

Chiang Ting-chang, president of the International Telecommunication Development Co Ltd,
Mr J. Africa, representative of the Oriental Telecommunication Co of the Philippines,
and George Warwick, representative of Cable and Wireless of Britain, signed the agreement.

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GUYANA

POLLUTION DAMAGES GTC UNDERGROUND LINE PLANT NETWORK
Georgetown GUYANA CHRONICLE in English 6 Jul 78 pp 8, 9
[Article by Courtney Gibson]

[Text] The pollution of the environment by some city firms has been listed
as one of the problems affecting the state of the underground line plant
network of the Guyana Telecommunication Corporation in the city.

Damage to the underground network during construction work undertaken by
agencies other than the GIC, has also been blamed as a factor which con-
tributes to breakdowns in the system.

These two areas of concern were identified yesterday when Engineer—in-Charge
of the External Line Plant Maintenance Control Department and a senior
technician attached to that department, gave evidence before the Merriman
Commission of Inquiry,

According to the technician, certain acids used by some companies in the
city sometimes seep into the underground network and come into contact with
the metal sleeves of the joints which protect the underground cables. This
eventually results in damage to the cables and in breakdowns.

He did not name the firms. Neither did he name the areas where this problem
has been experienced. He pointed out,however, that coupled to this, was

the fact that the GTC had no preventative maintenance team which would make
periodic checks on the system in order to identify areas of weaknesses and
thereby prevent any major breakdowns.

The engineer-in-charge did not comment on the problem of pollution. On the
question of the absence of a programme of preventative maintenance, however,
he explained that while a preventative maintenance team was recently set up,
the programme has not yet been implemented because of a chronic shortage of
vehicles affecting his department. Most of the time, he explained, about
60 percent of the vehicles are off the roads.

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

BULGARIAN-USSR COMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT--Dimitur Zhulev, Bulgarian ambassador
to the USSR, has presented to the Soviet Government Bulgaria's ratification
instruments on the agreement on the competence, privileges and immunity of
Intersputnik space communications. The instruments were received on behalf
of the Soviet Government by Sergey Kuznetsov, deputy secretary general at

the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [Text] [Sofia Domestic Service in
Bulgarian 2030 GMT 14 Jun 78 AU]

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The electronic processing area in Brazil is characterized by the domination
of foreign-owned companies, which have been assembling computers here for many
years, The experiment that is being made in the minicomputer field is
completely revolutionary, Figueiredo Pegado acknowledged. In addition to
deciding to raise the levels of national components to the maximum, the
government has reserved this sector exclusively for national capital.

COBRA has been operating in the sector for some years but only in the last 2
years has it had concrete results at the commercial level. Company sales for
this fiscal year (March to March) totaled $726 million cruzeiros and are
expected to double next year. And as its directors make a point to recall,
the company has not yet acquired a sales systems comparable to those of the
big multinational companies.

Figueiredo Pegado believes that the decision of the Commission for Coordination
of Electronic Processing Activities (CAPRE), refusing IBM a license to import
303 minicomputer units, represented the affirmation of national capital in that
area. "Uthat import would have resulted in the loss of the market for 1 year
for two of the companies that are now entering that market."

The Programs

COBRA is investing so as to obtain high levels of nationalization of some
accessories and components in order to reach the maximum admissible limit
before the national companies (Edisa, Labo and SID) begin to produce this

year, At present, the level of national components in the terminals is 91
percent and in the interfaces, 69 percent. The company designed and developed
a remote terminal prototype in its laboratories with an initial nationalization
level of 86 percent, which is expected to reach 89 percent by 1981, A national
component level of 100 percent is difficult to reach because there is not
sufficient demand for many of the components to justify their production,

Another product developed entirely by COBRA is the data input terminal with

a nationalization level of around 77 percent, which will begin to be marketed
in October of this year,

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INDIA

BRIEFS

INDIAN SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Trial use of satellites for domestic
communications has begun. The telephone users of Ahmedabad and Ajmer are
now talking through a satellite for a few hours every day. The calls to
these places are routed through the Symphonie satellite as part of the
Satellite Telecommunications Experiment Project [STEP]. STEP, a joint
project of the Indian Space Research Organization and the Post and Tele-
graph Department, completes 1 year of operation today. The experiment
uses a Franco-German satellite Symphonie being made available to India
for 2 years. The satellite is at present located at 49 degrees over the
equator. [Text] [Delhi Domestic Service in English 1230 GMT 31 May 78
BK]

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The U.S. representative's speech was given a worthy rebuff by Mujbir, director general
of the Libyan news agency, who condemned the interference in the affairs of others and
the spread of misinformation carried out under cover of the "free press" slogan, Regard-
ing promises of technical aid, he said, Washington's generous offers are unable to dis-
tract the young independent states from the struggle for spiritual freedom, Mujbir's
speech was supported by many representatives of the developing countries.

As in any other area, the activity of states and their organs in the international dis-
semination of information cannot and must not be haphazard--in other words, it must be
subordinate to certain rules and norms. Life has already shown many times the bankruptcy
of the bourgeois slogan on the "free flow of information and ideas."

Just as political detente cannot develop indefinitely along side the arms race, mutual
understanding and trust among peoples, wherever they live--in Europe of America, in Asia
or Africa--cannot be strengthened by biased misinformation, propaganda sabotage and
ideological expansion. As was stressed at the conference in Stockholm, the task of
subordinating the international exchange of information to the aims of peace and mutual
understanding is the common aim of all mankind.

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BRIEFS

CYPRUS-TURKEY TELEPHONE LINKS--TURKISH CYPRIOT NEWS AGENCY reports that
automatic telephone lines have been established between Turkey and various
parts of the federated state. The country code of the federated states
is 95. The area codes for Lefkosa, Magosa and Girne [Kyrenia] are 720,
536 and 581, respectively. [Bayrak Radio [Clandestine] in Turkish

to Cyprus 1530 GMT 15 Jul 78 TA]

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The commissioners, however, said they could not accept the reason given for
the absence of a programme of preventative maintenance since, in their view,
in an establishment such as the GTC, preventative maintenance must be given
priority over corrective maintenance which seemed to be the corporation's
present policy.

Both the engineer and the senior technician contended that the corporation's
operations were being affected by damage to underground line plant by
agencies involved in construction work. According to the engineer, during
the last 5 months there were several breakdowns in the system which were due
to such damage.

And, unlike the case with damage to overhead cables, which would result in a
disruption of the service to only a few customers, any damage to an underground
cable was likely to result in the disruption of as many as 500 subscribers'
services, the engineer explained.

He contended, however, that despite these problems, the state of the under-
ground line plant network in the city though already 18 years old was
“reasonably good." It was in such a good state that its economic life could
be extended for an additional 20 years, he said.

He suggested to the commission that the overhead line plant along what used
to be the East Coast railway line should be scrapped and new lines be run
along a better route.

He said since the East Coast railway was scrapped it became very difficult to
service these lines, for what was done by train was now being done by foot
and ingress and egress to and from these lines, respectively, was becoming
increasingly difficult. This problem, he said, has already been drawn to
management's attention and should be under consideration.

At yesterday's sitting, commissioners also dealt with the state of the
telephone exchanges on the East Coast, Demerara, a series of complaints
which commissioners continue to receive about the services being offered
by the GTC, the standard of presentation and the non-presentation of data
requested by the commission and the attitude of witnesses who appear before
the commission,

Engineer in charge of the East Coast District told the commission that one
of the major problems affecting operations in that district was inadequate
technical staff to cope with the demands for the service. Giving an example
of the seriousness of the situation, he said there were five men working on
the external line plant, one was very skilled, one retired recently and of
the remaining three, two are nearing the age of retirement.

The commission will meet again today.

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PERU

BRIEFS

EARTH SATELLITE STATIONS--The Peruvian transportation and communications
minister stated here today that the Peruvian jungle will be connected to
the national telecommunications network. Elivio Vannini Chumpitazi stated
that to achieve this earth satellite stations will be installed this year
in the cities of Iquitos, (?Parapozo) and Pucalpa. These stations will be
financed through a $15-million loan provided by the Japanese Government.
[Text] [Lima Domestic Service in Spanish 0300 GMT 13 Jun 78 PY]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

IRAQI COMMUNICATIONS DELEGATION LEAVES FOR MOSCOW TALKS

JN210800¥ Baghdad INA in Arabic 0740 GMT 21 Jun 78 IN

(Text ] Baghdad, 21 June--An Iraqi delegation under Communications Ministry Under
Secretary Rashid Salih al-'Ali left Baghdad for Moscow this morning for a weeklong
visit to the Soviet Union,

In Moscow the delegation will discuss topics related to telephone and cable communica-
tions with the Soviet Union and the socialist countries via satellite. The talks will
also deal with two proposals for Iraqi participation in the intersputnik system of

Soviet satellites. This would involve the establishment of a ground station for this
system to receive and send telephone and cable dispatches and also radio and television
programs. The second pyoposal is related to commercial use of several channels via the
[word indistinct] satellite system from the Soviet Union to perform these services without
having to establish a ground station,

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