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5. The finally agreed agenda should be circulated by the host Govern- 

 ment through diplomatic channels six months prior to the opening 

 of the meeting. 



6. A summary of each paper to be discussed at the meeting should be 

 submitted to the host Government and to other Consultative Gov- 

 ernments through diplomatic channels at least three months prior 

 to the meeting. 



7. A report concerning the meeting will be prepared by the host Gov- 

 ernment and circulated to all the Contracting Parties for informa- 

 tion and any action which any Government may wish to take. 



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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 



Considering the need to keep up to date the traffic system of Antarctic 

 radio communications and to transmit observational data from the 

 Treaty Area to the world system for the collection and transmission 

 of meteorological information : 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that, before 

 the Consultative Meeting scheduled to take place in Paris in 1968, they 

 consider including in the Agenda an examination of the Recommenda- 

 tions made by the Washington Meeting on Telecommunications in 

 1963, in the light of conditions prevailing in 1968. 



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EFFECTS OF ANTARCTIC TOURISM 



Recognizing that the effects of tourist activities may prejudice the 

 conduct of scientific research, conservation of fauna and flora and the 

 operation of Antarctic stations, 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that: 



1. The Government of a country in which a tourist or other non- 

 scientific expedition is being organized furnish notice of the ex- 

 pedition as soon as possible through diplomatic channels to any 

 other Government whose station the expedition plans to visit; 



2. A Government provide on request information as promptly as 

 possible regarding the conditions upon which it would grant 

 permission for tourist groups to visit Antarctic stations which it 

 maintains; and 



3. Such permission be withheld unless reasonable assurances are given 

 of compliance with the provisions of the Treaty, the Recommenda- 

 tions then effective and the conditions applicable at stations to be 

 visited. 



