Nanking, June 25.
An agreement of importance to international radio-telegraphic and, radio-telephonic communication has} been signed between the Ministry Communications of the National Government and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Ca., Ltd, of London, snder_which the Marconi Company in to supply the Ministry with extensive and. highly specialised Beam Radio Station equipment for the of efficient handling of short-wave radiotelegraphic traffic. and also for short-wave radio-telephony service.
The equipment includes two Marconi Beam transmitting and receiving stations which will be Jdiceeted Westward toward Great America respectively. Apparatus will also be incorporated permi the transmission and reception o radio-telegraph and radio-telephone messages between China and 8 other countries.
This equipment is calculated to bring the radio-telegraphic tation facilities of the Mis te high. star yarable "with ing principal countries of the world.
The stations are to be erected ad~ Jacont to Shanghai and are to be [connected with the Central Office of the Chinese Government Radio Administration at Sassoon House. The erection of the stations will Jcarried out under the supervision of Mr. % W, Chang, Chief Engineer of the Chinese Government Radio Administration, in ce-operation with Marconi expert, and. arrangements have also been made for a number lof Chinese radio engineers to proceed to. the Chelmsford Factory of the familarising themselves with the for the pur
operation and maintenance of the An Important feature of the enter-rise isthe simultaneous conclusion an' agreement the Ministry of Communications and the Imperial and International Corhmunications Ca., of England, for the establishment and operation of automatic duplex communication beand Great Britain. Radio station facilities are to be opened in England for the reciprocal ting of trafic with China.
Since the signing of the agree ments, congratulatory telegrams:
been exchanged between the
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