Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 60 Part 2.djvu/554

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1643' 60 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-DEC. 4, 1945 Signed W RAYMOND BIRCHALL. RODNEY A. GALLOP. R. J. P. HARVEY (on behalf of the Delegation of the United Kingdom) Signed F. H SOWARD WALTER A RUSH (on behalf of the Delegation of Canada) Signed S. H. WITT (on behalf of the Delegation of Australia) Signed P. N. CRYER (on behalf of the-Delegation of New Zealand) Signed E. C. SMITH (on behalf of the Delegation of the Union of South Africa) Signed G V BEWOOR. (on behalf of the Delegation of India) Signed W RAYMOND BIRCHALL. (on behalf of the Delegation of Southern Rhodesia) (Signed) W. W . SHAW-ZAMBRA Secretary of the Conference. Belmont Manor Hotel, Bermuda. 4th December, 1945. ANNEX A General Conditions Governing the Establishmentof Direct Radioteegraph Circuits (i) The desirability of establishing any direct radio circuit between two countries is a matter involving a judgment on its merits by the Governments of both the countries concerned. It is essential that conditions, particularly economic conditions, and the require- ments of the users, at both ends of a proposed circuit should be fully considered in each case. (ii) The governing conditions for the establishment of direct radio circuits are those of traffic and service, with the expeditious dis- posal of traffic as the main objective. (iii) The existence of both radio and cables is essential in the general interest of world telecommunications as a whole. Provision of direct radio circuits should therefore have regard to existing channels of communication. (iv) It is recognised that in certain cases a circuit might be deemed necessary for political reasons.