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TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION. DECEMBER 9, 1932. 2441 ANNEX Annex. (See article 1, I S) Ante, p. 2395. DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THE INTERNATIONAL Definitions. TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION Telecommunication: Any telegraph or telephone communication of signs, signals, writings, images, and sounds of any nature, by wire, radio, or other systems or processes of electric or visual (semaphore) signaling. Radio communication: Any telecommunication by means of Hert- zian waves. Radiotelegram: Telegram originating in or intended for a mobile station, transmitted on all or part of its route over the radio-com- munication channels of the mobile service. Government telegrams and radiotelegrams: Those emanating from: (a) the head of a government; (b) a minister, member of a government; (c) the head of a colony, protectorate, overseas territory, or territory under sovereignty, authority, or mandate of the contracting governments; (d) commanders in chief of land, naval, or air military forces; (e) diplomatic or consular officers of the contracting govern- ments; (j) the secretary general of the League of Nations, as well as the replies to such messages. Service telegrams and radiotelegrams: Those emanating from the telecommunication administrations of the contracting governments, or from any private operating agency recognized by one of these governments, and which refer to international telecommunications, or to matters of public interest determined by agreement among the said administrations. Private telegrams and radiotelegrams: Those other than a service or government telegram and radiotelegram. Public correspondence: Any telecommunication which the offices and stations, by reason of their being at the disposal of the public, must accept for transmission. Private operating agency: Any individual, company, or corporation, other than a governmental institution or agency, which is recognized by the government concerned and operates telecommunication instal- lations for the purpose of exchanging public correspondence.