SERVICES DIVISION EUROPEAN SATELLITE COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000200190014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 13, 1958
• Content Type: MIN

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Services Division 25X1 A9a
European Satellite Cothmittee
Meeting of 13 Augrust 1958 25X1A9a
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S/Cc ; _ S/CST; S/TF;
S/TR; _ AlE; - 11/F14; _ M/NF
Mr - 5/COTM2, discussed the project he has recently finished,
Economic Intelligence Survey of Post and Telecommunications in Poland, 1950-57.
He described that post and telecommunications services consist of in Poland,
the similarity to systems in this country, the present status of each system,
and finally the effect of Gomul.ka's policies on telecommunications.
Mr. pointed out that the variois-Wlecommunications systems
can be grouped into civil and functional systems. The civil systems are
all-pervasive and are under the control of the Ministry of Communications.
They could be used by.the Army if the need arose.
The postal system in Poland is similar to the system in this country.
It has grown with the population, and there has been a substantial groirth in
the number of letters- The service appears to be adequate at present.
The telephone system is similar to the one in this country also. However,
94 per cent of the telephone subscribers are in urban areas and only 6 per cent
in rural areas. About two-thirds of the telephones are for official use, and
one-third for private use; in rural areas most all telephones are for official
use. Around. two-thirds of the local telephone exchanges are automatic.
The telegraph system is similar to the one in this country. The number
of telegrams sent has not increased too much from 1950 to 1951, and there was
actually a decrease in the number sent from 1956 to 1957. However, the tele-
graph system is the most widely available system throughout the country. In
recent years a subscriber-telegraph or Telex system has been introduced which
is similar to our business teletype service and which has 350 to 400 subscribers.
The broadcast system consists of radiobroadcasting, wire-diffusion, and
television servicero The wire-diffusion service differs from radiobroadcasting
in that only a loudspeaker is installed in the home, and the subscriber has to
take whatever is piped in. The nuaber of radiobroadcast subscribers has grown
faster than the subscribers for wrire-diffusion, probably because higher incomes
in recent years enabled them to buy receivers. The principal. advantage of
wire-diffusion from the point of view of the government is that it does stop
the people from listening to radiobroadd is such as the Voice of America and
Radio Free Europe. Recent plans emphasize development of FM, which is similar
to wire-diffusion in that the audience is restricted primarily to domestic
programs - because of the limited range of FM broadcasts.
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The trireline network is the principal means of coverer. throughout
a olsaaad ? This network is composed of open wrixelines and nulticonductor
cables which have an averaip capacity of 52 channels. A high-capacity
co-axial cable is planned to East Berlin. In extensive microwave radio
relay net+rork is planned for transmission of messages and television programs
within Poland and throughout the Bloc by means of connections with micro,rave
networks of Czechoslovakia, East Gerrauayy, and the USSR.
25X1 A9a Mr. -concluded that the general effect of Gomulka'a regime has
been that jurmi_ tng has been stopped - which releases transmitters for
domestic use. Some international broadesting has been discontinued because
it is too expensive. Also, fees for services have been raised in an
attempt to cover costs.
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For the meeting next week, tentative arrangements are for Hr.
to speak to the Courittee on his research M. The
day and hour wy be changed from the usual meeting time in order to fit into
Mr - schedule- If Mr . is available, Co nittee members will be
notified by telephone and given the time and place of the meeting If you
receive no notification, there will, be no meeting on 20 ,ugust.
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ERRATA
A hasty cho with Mr on his remarks about agriculture
in the Satellites during t e scuss ono 6 August apparently was too hasty.
To the last sentence in paragraph 3 of page 1 (of the 6 ..iugiwt minutes)
concerning Hunjry's crop of bread grains should be added "and imports may
be necessary." In poxa,graph 3 of page 2, the final sentence should read
"East Germany and Czechoslovakia probably will be greater importers of
livestock products."
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