ACROSS RUSSIA
NEW TELEPHONE WIRE LONGEST IN THE WORLD (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, August 1. A British firm lias just shipped to Russia the last consignment of equipment for the world’s longest carrier telephone system of nearly 6,000 miles, crossing Siberia and covering practically the entire breadth of Russia. It gives direct communication between Moscow and) Khabaraovsk by an open wire line. Specially-designed transmission apparatus will make it possible to operate several telephone circuits simultaneously, and in addition a channel for the broadcasting of picture transmission.
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Evening Star, Issue 23335, 3 August 1939, Page 11
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89ACROSS RUSSIA Evening Star, Issue 23335, 3 August 1939, Page 11
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