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consideration. These proposals will constitute the report of the 

 meeting. Other conference documents may be appended for in- 

 formations as annexes to the report with the consent of all delega- 

 tions present. The proposals would not become measures under Ar- 

 ticle IX of the Antarctic Treaty but any Consultative Parties may 

 submit any matter arising from this meeting to a subsequent Con- 

 sultative Meeting. 

 8. Information should be exchanged through diplomatic channels on 

 the following aspect of telecommunications procedures at least one 

 month prior to the opening of the Meeting : 



(i) existing networks, traffic loads and channel capacity on each 



route; 

 ( i i ) shortcomings in existing networks and channels ; 

 (iii) present traffic carried on each route 



a) Administrative and operational traffic 



b) ]Meteorological traffic 



c) Other scientific traffic; 



(iv) existing time schedules for meteorological traTisinission 



a) Broadcast 



b) Point to point traffic 



0. The fields of discussion at the meeting sliould include, inter alia : 



(i) New telecommunications traffic requirements submitted by 

 Consultative Parties, WMO, IOC and SCAR, the capacity of 

 the existing facilities and the eil'ect of these new requirements 

 on the existing facilities, taking into account the report of the 

 Antarctic Treaty Meeting on Telecommunications held in 

 Washington in 1963 and present prevailing conditions ; 



(ii) Estimates or requirements for the near future and further 

 projections if possible; 



(iii) Procedure for amending telecommunications arrangements 

 from time to time to meet changing conditions; 



( i\') New telecommunications techniques which might be introduced 

 into the Antarctic to meet future requirements; 



(v) Preparation of a standard format for the exchange of infor- 

 mation on telecommunications facilities under Article VII of 

 the Antarctic Treaty. 



Eecommendation V-3 



SOUTHERN OCEAN 



The Representatives, 



Considering that the Southern Ocean is an integral part of the 

 Antarctic environment and that the Consultative Governments have 



