63 STAT.] MULTILATERALTELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 1443 CHAPTER IV General Provisions Relating to Telecommunication Article £8 The right of the public to use the international telecommunication service Members and Associate Members recognize the right of the public to correspond by means of the international service of public corre- spondence. The service, the charges, and the safeguards shall be the ervice, charges, etc. same for all private users in each category of correspondence without any priority or preference. Article £9 Stoppage of Telecommunications 1. Members and Associate Members reserve the right to stop the transmission of any private telegram which may appear dangerous to the security of the state or contrary to their laws, to public order or to decency, provided that they immediately notify the office of origin of the stoppage of any such telegram or any part thereof, except when such notification may appear dangerous to the security of the state. 2. Members and Associate Members also reserve the right to cut off any private telephone or telegraph communication which may appear dangerous to the security of the state or contrary to their laws, to public order or to decency. Article 30 Suspension of Services Each Member or Associate Member reserves the right to suspend the international telecommunication service for an indefinite time, either generally or only for certain relations and/or for certain kinds of correspondence, outgoing, incoming or in transit, provided that it immediately notifies such action to each of the other Members and Associate Members through the medium of the General Secretariat. Article 31 Responsibility Members and Associate Members accept no responsibility towards users of the international telecommunication services, particularly as regards claims for damages. Article 3£ Secrecy of Telecommunication 1. Members and Associate Members agree to take all possible meas- ures, compatible with the system of telecommunication used, with a
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