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of the other Colonies, except in the case

of the

Bolamas where the Telummusicaators Act

194) comes both the Telephone & the Telegraph

systems. In this also the power of central is

in general terms & to be used only

In the U.K. H. P.M.G.

may,

in emer

emergency.

when in his

opinion

any

national or local contingency renders

expedient for the public unices,

such a corum

the telephone may

give notice that English only way he and when speaking

out off any conrisation in which this limitation is infringed. Similar legeslation is in force in some of the Colonies but this in itself does not provide any authonly for the monitoring of conversations although the une of English is precantly to enable a click the lept a conversations.

Webster who was P.. G in Palestine and is

now the representative of the Colonies on the Commmunalte Communications Corencal

says

fat it

not unusual

for telephone conversations in Palestine to be interested

I recorded & He C.I.D. and special apparatus for

*

this purpose which washed ubations to he made from

a number of lines

·

which was

housed in the C.I.D.

office itself. The "power" & do this was see 49 of

He Palestine Post Ordinance 1430 & this again

similar to see 4 of the Hong Kong Telecommunication Ordinance 1984.

- the definitia of "telegraph" conning "telephonic communication".