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 63 STAT.] MULTILATERALTELECOIIMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 148.5 Broadcasting Service: A radiocommunication service of transmis- sions to be received directly by the general public.') Telecommunication: Any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic systems. Telegraphy: A system of telecommunication for the transmission of written matter by the use of a signal code. Telephony: A system of telecommunication set up for the transmis- sion of speech or, in some cases, other sounds. Telegram: Written matter intended to be transmitted by tele- graphy; this term also includes radiotelegram unless otherwise speci- fied. Government Telegrams and Government Telephone Calls: These are telegrams or telephone calls originating with any of the authorities specified below: a) the Head of a State; b) the Head of a Government and members of a Government; c) the Head of a colony, protectorate, overseas territory or territory under suzerainty, authority, trusteeship or mandate of a Mem- ber or Associate Member or of the United Nations; d) Commanders-in-Chief of military forces, land, sea or air; e) diplomatic or consular agents; f) the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Heads of the subsidiary organs of the United Nations; g) the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Replies to Government telegrams as defined herein shall also be regarded as Government telegrams. Service Telegrams: Those originating with telecommunication ad- ministrations of Members and Associate Members, with recognized private operating agencies or with the Secretary General of the Union and relating to international telecommunication or to objects of public interest mutually agreed upon by the administrations and private operating agencies concerned. Private Telegrams: Telegrams other than service or Government telegrams. Radiocommunication: Any telecommunication by means of Hert- zian waves. Hertzian Waves: Electromagnetic waves of frequencies between 10 kc/s and 3,000,000 Mc/s. Radio: A general term applied to the use of Hertzian waves. ') This service may Include transmissions of sounds or transmissions by tele- vision, facsimile or other means.

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