TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION WITHIN THE SOVIET BLOC IN FIELD OF TELEPHONE ACOUSTICS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2010
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• Publication Date: January 12, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
IS. U.S.O. Secs. 793 and 79%, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorised person In prohibited by law.
SUBJECT Technical-Scientific Cooperation
within the Soviet Bloc in Field
of Telephone Acoustics
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and means of communication. (11adiotec'uni.1. and Nachrichtenraitted).
subdivided into sections. Section 9 is the section for radio technology
Institute for Post and Telecommunication Affairs in t e p an.
3. The operative tasks regarding official journeys within the framework of
the TWZ plan, e.g. preparation of journeys, documentation, information
and evaluation, are carried out by the Department for Technical Propa-
ganda and Information. This department also handles the correspondence
with the Ministry for Post and Telecommunications in these matters.
The foundation of the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (CEMA) provided a
basis for the work of TWZ. CEMA has various committees, e.g. the per-
manent committee for cooperation in the machine-building sector, and is
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2. The TWZ planning department is responsible for drawing up the working
plan of TWZ, taking care that the deadlines are met';, reporting to the 7.
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications`.and"- including the wishes of tha.v
dealings. The application had to be formulated accordingly.
contacts with each other, since government agencies controlled the
plants. In the early stage of cooperation, the partners had no direct
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agency receiving individual C,pplications_from development . or,manuZ turing
TWZ (agency for technical-scientific cooperation) was an
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member states of the OSS do not coincide with those of section 9 of TWZ.
After the foundation of OSS in Moscow, which, so to say, was a union of
postal administrations, a second meeting was held in Prague in July 1958.
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of a control institute. 7'
Sixteen subjects are probably concerned, three of which are controlled by
the Institute for Post and Telecommunication Affairs. In most of the
other subjects the Institute is probably cooperating.
Note. Technische Wissenschnftliche Zusaimenarbe it ( TWZ).
4. The OSS (Organization for the Cooperation of Socialist Countries in the
field of Electrical and Postal Communication) also backs TWZ. The
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5. Su'; sects
No F: Research work concerning the theory of telecommunication media.
No ?: Organizational and operational requirements of the telegraph service.
No ?: Development of power supply installations
No 3: Research work in the field of radio interference suppression.
No 11: Development of procedures and instruments for checking the condition
of telecommunication cables and for detection of defective points.
No 12: Development work for the protection of telecommunication installations
against interference by high-voltage lines, electric railways and
lightning as well as for the protection of the cables
against corrosion.
No Research work in the field of telephone acoustics.
No 16: Development of new measuring procedures and special measuring devices
for long-distance wire communications.
No ?: Radio long-distance traffic.
No ?: Protection of wooden masts against rotting.
No ?z Non-wooden masts.
No ?: Measuring procedures for long-distance traffic.
6. There is little information available on the work done in 1959. The alleged
success obtained in cooperation during 1958 is presumably due to bi-lateral
agreements concluded or being concluded between various institutes. Such
mutual agreement was reached between the Institute for Post and Telecommunica-
tion.:Affairs and the VUS Institute in Prague. Nearly all of its points have
allegedly been covered.;. In 1959, the execution of subject No 15 was trans-
ferred to another usii.dentified.-ageriay.:Sijnce. they sui3jett 'wds? riot. corita&rie&,
.'in the plan df -the..second agency, it was not pursued.
7. A new agreement with VUS is under way. Also, an agreement with an institute
in Budapest is allegedly to be reached. Recently a Hungarian-delegation
visited the Central Laboratory for Telecommunication Affairs and, probably,
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