the system. To the question about the rental of telephones, he said that a study was in progress and preliminary indications were that the purchase of equipment would begin to be phased in. The Organization should move cautiously, however: it was not yet clear how the break up of the AT and T system and the entry into operation of separate regional companies on l January 1984 would affect telephone services and costs. To the comment that the study should perhaps have been started earlier, he said that when, some years previously, the Organization had been faced with a substantial increase in telephone costs in New York, it had been told that if it committed itself to three more years of New York Telephone Company service, substantial savings could be made. Since it had been clear at the time that the Organization could not re-equip itself within that period, the most advantageous course had been to enter into that agreement with the Company. ; ... A/C.5/38/SR.32 English Page 8 (Mr. Timbrell) 35. In response to the questions about the pouch, he said that the Administrative Management Service had undertaken a study, but its results had been inconclusive. A more extensive study was currently under way and was expected to be completed by the end of 1983. He emphasized that 80 per cent of the content of the diplomatic pouch was documentation rather than mail. The number, as well as the volume and weight, of documents was constantly increasing, largely because of the needs of the information centres and the demands of decentralization. The bulk of the cost thus came from sending documents overseas. Efforts had been made to introduce economies wherever possible: for example, there was a weekly consolidated shipment of documents to Geneva by air freight. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the administrative and logistical aspects of an organization, specifically the use of telephones and diplomatic pouches. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a bureaucratic or institutional context. The topics of cost savings, equipment purchases, and document shipment suggest a focus on operational efficiency and management.

**Category**
Transport and communication, Industry