PLANNED EXPANSION OF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE KAZAK AND BASHKIR SR'S IN

Created: 9/1/1954

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Planned Expansion of Cocnunications Facilities ia the SAcak and Bashkir SB's in Connection with the Development Grain Parsing in

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Comunlcationa has reported on plans for tho expansion of

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icle tnereeed form of new coraaunlcationso0 to of wireline (ofo will bond to Installutoaatie telephone stations aadwitchboardsotal installed capacity ofumbers. Work is to begin no later than tba third quartsr of tha currant year. It was stated to bo more expedient aadto oreanlze the new telephone systems so that direct communications, exist between the farms and tho Machine Tractor Stations, with the latter eon-ntctsd to the regional centers, rather than tho previous method of coernialea-tiona between thf farms and Machine Tractor Stations only through tho regional contsr. Particular attention la being paid to tho establishment of radio-ith outlying farms and MTS1 situated in'the newly exploited virgin lar.di wiere there is insufficient development in wireline communications.

CCfMSHTSi Tho contents of this article partially iadicato the extent ofoutlays which will be neeesfiry to incorporate the newly established grain fams and KTS into tho communications system of tbe USSR. Tho report roveels Soviet intentions to organize wireline construction, and utilise radio communications between farms, KTS1 and regional cantors eo as to minimise demands on deficient materials ouch as wire. The stated needs are consonant with toe plans for expansion of farming into virgin soil areas, and are in accord with previously reported Kremlin plans to rectify the imbalance in tho economy between industry and agriculture.

PB1Sprevious item reportedno to extend*basic toloccm-

Hcmacoverage into the rural areas. This program, if

3 carried out, will increase state authority and control over p.. agriculture, and at ths same time can yield some consumer satisfaction in lino with the "now economic course."

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