CHINA AND NORTH KOREA SIGN TELEGRAPH CONVENTION

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6
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April 21, 1950
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 COUNTRY SUBJECT HOW PUBLISHED WHERE PUBLISHED DATE PUBLISHED LANGUAGE INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORII CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL " r ~C'rr I ...JLul I `IL~II dai~ Economic - Communications, telegraph Daily newspaper Hong Kong 29 Jan 1950 INFORMATION 1950 DATE DIST. X1 Apr 1950 NO. OF PAGES 4 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 1La OOCUx MT CoxrAlxa IxIxxYAnox Alracllxx rxa 1An01LL G[raxax OF rill uxlrax .Lnlt r.rxu Pig ....... xr .11,0x... OCT ax ^ or . a. C.. at Ax0 ii.Ar A...... ITt I-INSHISSIOX 0000T005II Ox INK x[r6ATl0x IS coxnxn Ix Anr ..xxu TO A. ux.urxouxan raxaGx IS rxo? xlrnxx xr LAW. xarxOxucrlex Or r... rx ax Ia M....I tx. CHINA AND NORT_E KOREA SIGN TELEGRAPH CONVENTION Pei-p'ing, 27 January (Hsin-hua) -- China and Korea have ratified a Tele- graph Convention which was signed by their representatives in Pei-ping, 25 December 1949, and which wJ. .-_1 go into effect 1 February 1950. The Ministry of Posts and Telegraph has published the complete text of the document, which is as follows: The Ministry of Posts and Telegraph of the People's Government of the Re- public of China, he_einafte: referred to as China, and the Ministry of Com- munications of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, hereinafter referred to as Korea, in order to open the way Fnr the exchange of telegraph communica- tions between their two countries, have mutually agreed upon the following arti- cles. Article 1. Both parties agree to establish and maintain the necessary instal- lations and wire conductors for telegraphic connection between the two countries, viz., telegraph wire connections and instruments, and wireless telegraph (radio) equipment for the direct reciprocal transmission of telegraphic messages. Article 2. China and Korea may also transmit over their facilities tele- grams dispatched from or destined for places outside their own countries upon which they have mutually agreed. Article 3. China and Korea shall provide service for the transmission of nine kinds of messages, as follows: .1. nfficial telegrams (S) /ode designstions given in Roman letters in original 2. Urgent :A=Iva telegrams (Urgent Press) 3. Ordinary news telegrams (Press) 4. Urgent private telegrams (D) 5. Ordinary private telegrams (P) 6. Urgent public business telegrams (AD) 7. Ordinary public business telegrams (A) 8. Paid public telegrams (ST) 9. Paid reply public telegrams (RST) - 1 - STATE I ARMY CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL ~ NAVY NSRB I DISTRIBUTION /VAIR I )(J FBI Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 CONFIDENTIAL 50X1-HUM In the beginning, repeat messages (TC) for special service telegrams relating to telegraph operations will be hiuidied; later on after mutual agree- ment, epeat messages for] special service telegrams relating to other kinds of operations may be handled. Article 4. Languages to be used in telegrams are limited to Chinese, Kore- an, and such Latin-letter languages as have been mutually agreed upon. A list of the places 5elegraph offices in each of the two countries where any of the above-mentioned languages are handled shall be prepared at once and sent to the other party. Article 5. Secret codes (SCDE) may be used in official telegrams and such messages shall not be subject to investigation. Representative agencies, groups, or delegates, appointed by either the Chinese or Korean governments, provided they have been formally registered in the country other than their own, shall be entitled to use secret codes and their messages shall not be subject to in- vestigation. Other private telegrams may employ codes in common international use provided the codes have been approved by both parties to this convention. Article 6. The assigned priority of telegrams sent between China and Korea is as follows: 1. Official telegrams 2. Urgent public-business telegrams, paid public telegrams, and paid- reply public telegrams. 3. Urgent news telegrams 4. Urgent private telegrams 5. Ordinary public telegrams 6. Ordinary news telegrams 7. Ordinary private telegrams Article 7. The agreed upon routes and mode of transmission for direct tele- graphic communication between China and Korea are as follows: 1. Pei-p'ing (PK, -- Pyongyang (PH) by radio 2. Shen-yang (SY) -- Pyongyang (PH) by telegraph wires 3. An-tung (AT) -- Sinuiju (SH) by telegraph wires 4. Yen-chi(YK) -- Ch'ongjin (CH) by telegraph wires Article 8. Mutual operational connection is permitted between all telegraph offices within the territories of China and Korea. Both parties shall supply each other with the names of all the telegraph offices in their respective countries. Article 9. With referen:e to the direct exchange of telegraph service be- tween China and Korea, the basic rates, method of apportioning the fees, account- ing methods of both parties, exchange of bills of account, and method of clear- ing accounts, shall be mutually decided in accordance with established interna- tional telegraph practices. Article 10. The responsibility for .ietermining the charges for telegrams be- tween Korea and other countries, relayed via China, rests with China. The responsi- bility for determining the charges for telegrams between China and other coun- tries relayed via Korea rests with Korea. Article 11. The rate oi' charges for official telegrams (S) shall be one half the rate for ordinary private telegrams (P), but this applies only to of- ficial telegrams sent by the governments of China and Korea or their official representatives. Official telegrams sent by the government representatives of other countries, between China and Korea, shall be charged the full rates. The CONF'ICENT'r 4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 private telegrams (D) shall be double that for ordinary private telegrams (P). Article 13. Both pdrties are expected to maintain ample technical facili- ties for expeditiously melting the traffic needs of the two countries. If, in Article 15. Continuous service 24 hours a day shall be maintained on the wire telegraph lines between China and Korea. Article 17. If a telegraph office of either country, due to domestic trouble in connection with its telegraphs or to any other peculiar conditions, finds it impossible to deliver to the addressee within 5 hours of the time of receipt any telegram dispatched by an office in the other country, it shall immediately notify the sending office by a service telegram to that effect. countries shall be responsible for erecting and maintaining their respective wires up to those points. Technical matters pertaining to the connection of Article 19. In the management and operation of telegraphic service be- tween China and Korea, both countries, besides complying with the provisions of this convention, shall observe the applicable portions of such interna- tional telegraphic agreements as the International Telegraph Regulations, the International Radio Regulations. and the International Radio Supplementar, Regulations, providing that they are not in conflict with this convention. Article 20. Written communications between the two countries relative to operational matters should, as far as possible, consist of bcth a Chinese ver- Article 21. Should the provisions of this convention prove to be lack- ing or unsuitable in any respect, the convention may be amended by mutual agreement. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6 Article 22. This convention, after approval by the governments of both countries and reciprocal notification of such approval, shall go into effect on 1 February 1950, and remain in effect for 3 years from that date. At any time up to 6 months before the expiration of the term of this convention, ei- ther party may notify the other party of its intention to terminate the con- vention; and in that event, zha convention shall be terminated on the date of expiration. If, at that time, neither party has signified its intention to terminate the convention, it shall continue in force beyond the date of ex- piration. Thereafter, either party may at any time give the other party writ- ten notification of its intention to terminate the convention, whereupon it shall be terminated 6 months from the date of the notification. This convention shall be prepared in duplicate in the Chinese and Korean languages, and China and Korea shall each retain one copy. The Chinese version and the Korean version shall be of equal effect. Should there be any difference of opinion as to the meaning of any part of the convention, the mat- ter shall be settled by mutual consultation. At the same time that this convention shall go into effect, the North- east Liberated Area of the Republic of China-North Korea Provisional Postal and Telegraph Convention, and the detailed regulations for its implementation, which were signed 18 December 1947 between the Bureau of Communications of the North Korea People's Committee and the Postal and Telegraph Administration of the Northeast Executive Committee of the Republic of China shall become null and void. This convention was executed 25 December 1949, at Pei-ping, the capital of the People's Republic of China, in witness whereof the signatures of the representatives of both parties are hereunto- subscribed: Signed: Wang Tzu-kang (Ueda: 7262, 2262, 8884) Huang Ju-tau (14693, 2031, 8117) Sun Ch'uan-hsien (2282, 468, 11397) Representing the Ministry of Posts and Telegraph of the People's Republic of China. Signed: Ch'e Ping-t'ing (11740, 8185, 160) Sung Li-hsien (2312, 8165, 11397) Representing the Ministry of Communications of the Democratic i.ople's Republic of Korea 4- CONFIDENTIAL Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300263-6