FRENCH VIDEO-TELEPHONE SCHEME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801120112-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: March 21, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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PP RUEHC RUFHFR RUFHNA RUEHBS
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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 8276
INFO RUFHNA/USMISSION USNATO 2434
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 9361
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UNCLAS STATE 081644
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: FR, ECON
SUBJECT: FRENCH VIDEO-TELEPHONE SCHEME
1. OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF HAS DRAWN ATTENTION
TO REPORT BY DAVID MARSH FROM PARIS IN MARCH 7 ISSUE OF
FINANCIAL TIMES, REGARDING FABIUS PROPOSAL, ALREADY
APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE IN BRUSSELS, TO LINK GOVERNMENT
OFFICES IN TEN EC CAPITALS AND STRASBOURG WITH A VIDEO-
TELEPHONE NETWORK. TWENTY VIDEO-PHONES AND THREE VIDEO-
CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION FACILITIES
ARE TO BE INSTALLED IN EACH CAPITAL AT A COST OF 1.5
MILLION DOLLARS OVER NEXT TWO YEARS. ARTICLE COMMENTS
THAT THIS SCHEME SYMBOLIZES INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION MEASURES
ADVANCED DURING FRENCH EC PRESIDENCY, AND WILL PROVIDE
ORDERS FOR FIRMS IN FOUR COUNTRIES.
2. WOLF STAFF ASKS WHETHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE IN PARIS FROM EITHER MEDIA OR GOVERNMENT SOURCES
REGARDING THIS SCHEME, AND WHETHER FRENCH HAVE CONSIDERED
ITS ADAPTATION FOR USE NATO-WIDE. SHULTZ
UNCLASSIFIED
OLL/LD
INCOMING
STAT
STAT
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