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ITU WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE RADIO CONFERENCE: HONG KONG TELECON ASHTON/THOMPSON REFERS

1. THE CHINESE DELEGATION TO THIS CONFERENCE HAVE SENT THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO ITU'S SECRETARY-GENERAL (A COPY WAS GIVEN TO US IN CONFIDENCE BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AN AUSTRALIAN) :

THE CHINESE DELEGATION HAS NOTED THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BOUNDARY

LINE IN THE MAPS OF AERONAUTICAL AREAS ATTACHED TO THE DOCUMENTS

DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMFERENCE ARE NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE

BOUNDARY LINE OF OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO US. THE

CHINESE DELEGATIONS TO VARIOUS CONFERENCES HAVE TIME AND AGAIN MADE STATEMENTS TO THE SAME EFFECT. WE ARE SENDING YOU HEREWITH ONCE AGAIN A COPY OF THE ATLAS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (EDITION IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET). YOU ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOUNDARY LINE INDICATED IN THE ATLAS.

IT IS THE ESTABLISHED POLICY OF OUR COUNTRY TO INDICATE THE GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES OF CHINA IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES CONVENED IN ATHENS IN 1977. THEREFORE, THE PLACE-NAMES OF CHINA SHALL BE SPELT IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET. CONSIDERING THAT A PERIOD OF TIME IS NEEDED BY THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE PLACE-NAMES IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET BE FOLLOWED BY THE CORRESPONDING NAME IN ENGLISH BETWEEN BRACKETS SO AS TO FACILITATE THE USE OF TH E MAPS.

PLEASE FIND ATTACHED A LIST OF CHINESE PLACE-NAMES, SHICH ARE TO BE INDICATED IN THE RELEVANT MAPS. QUOTE MACAO UNQUOTE SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE DELETED FROM THESE MAPS.

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