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Show CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR NEW TELEPHONE CABLE SYSTEM TO EUROPE The American Telephone and Telegraph Co. launched a new enterprise Oct. 1 with the signing sign-ing of contracts with German and French agencies for con-struction con-struction of an undersea telephone tele-phone cable system between this continent and Europe. The spectacular success of the first transatlantic telephone cable system, opened for service in 1956, prompted the move, according accord-ing to Frederick R. Kappel, president pre-sident of AT&T. He said construction construc-tion of the new system would be completed in 1959. Parties to the contract include the French Ministry of Posts, Telegraph and Telephones, the German Federal Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications, Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Co. and AT&T. |