– 158 – (6.1 – ITU Membership) 6 until Germany becomes a Member once again, the Secretary-General is authorized to correspond with the Allied Control Commission in Germany; he shall, as a practical measure, be provisionally authorized to correspond with the occupation zones of Germany, bearing in mind the practice at present in force. Ref.: Documents 265/CA3 (1948), 549/CA4 (1949), 803/CA5 (1950), 1606/CA9 (1954), 4965/CA31 (1976). R 177 (C-1950) Circular telegrams to administrations The Council, considering that the practice of circulating by telegram to all administrations communications emanating from an administration throws heavy burden on all administrations and private operating agencies, which is justified only in cases of urgent necessity for the services of the Union, recommends 1 the administrations of the Union to refrain, insofar as possible, from requesting that their communications to the Union should be forwarded by circular telegram, restricting such requests to strictly indispensable cases; 2 that the Secretary-General, when he receives a communication from a Member of the Union with the request that he should forward it to all the other Members, by circular telegram, should comply only if he judges that the matter is urgent and of fundamental importance to the services of the Union, which might be prejudiced if telegraph is not used; 3 that in all other cases, he shall use the post, informing the administrations in question accordingly and referring to the present Resolution. If the administrations should insist on a circular telegram, the Secretary-General shall comply with the request. Ref.: Document 806/CA5 (1950). R 216 (C-1951, last amended C-1984)1 Applications for Membership of the Union The Council, in view of the provisions of Nos. 2 to 6 of the Nairobi Convention, 1982, regarding applications for Membership of the Union, considering a) that there is no provision in the Convention limiting the number of applications for admission which may be made by any one country; ____________________ 1 See also Decision 185.