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                          International Fax No. + 41 22 733 72 56
                                                Place des Nations
                                     1211 Geneva 20 - Switzerland


TELEFAX
International Telecommunication Union

Office of the Secretary General
Please reply to direct Fax No. + 41 22 730 51 37

                                      ITU Contact: Tony Rutkowski
                           ITU Direct Phone No.: + 41 22 730 5207


To Fax No:	+ 1 303 4407526

Addressee:	Carl Malamud
		3230 Folsom Avenue
		Boulder, Colorado  80304
		USA



Dear Mr. Malamud:

	I am sorry for the late reply to your letter of 20 February,
but I do believe that you have been in fairly constant contact
with Tony Rutkowski concerning this matter, and extensive
internal coordination has been necessary.

	The ITU very much appreciates your proposal to undertake for
free a very substantial conversion process and instituting the
system software necessary to conduct an experiment in making CCI
Recommendations available via the Internet and all its open
gateways, including X.400 services.  We already have seen your
earlier work in compiling scores of electronic messages
indicating a professional grass roots concern regarding effective
availability of these standards.  Certainly your experiment seems
like the next logical step to see how that need can be met
through Internet-like standards dissemination tools.

	We would be pleased to cooperate in this experiment by
having our Publications Division make available to you copies of
CCI Recommendations in their native file formats on magnetic
media, and any presently available conversion software.  In
return, it is our understanding that you will undertake to
convert and experiment with these files in various formats,
making them available from anonymous user hosts on the Internet,
study usage patterns and needs, encourage additional
experimentation in knowledge system applications, and furnish the
ITU with a report on the experiment, including access to any
converted files or software - all without cost or liability to
the ITU or charge to anyone accessing the files, and
relinquishing any intellectual property rights in the converted
Recommendations.  We appreciate your concern in referencing users
to the ITU for checking on current versions of the standards.

	We look forward to working with you in what is clearly a
generous experimental offer by you in assisting in the more
widespread dissemination and use of these standards.

                                                 Yours sincerely,

                                                         [signed]
                                                   PEKKA TARJANNE
                                                Secretary-General

UIT Telefax
18 Juin 1991
No. 13323