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La planification, la mise en route et la supervision des services de<br />

transport, ainsi que l'entretien des véhicules, étaient placés sous la<br />

responsabilité de l'Administration des Transports, dépendant du Comité<br />

organisateur. Un système de communications par radio permettait de<br />

contrôler la circulation tandis que des horaires avaient été établis pour<br />

les services publics. Au cours du mois d'octobre, les personnes emplo-<br />

yées par cet organisme ont atteint un total maximum de deux mille<br />

quatre cent cinquante.<br />

Afin d'assurer un service postal approprié, quatre bureaux de poste<br />

provisoires et neuf cent cinquante boîtes aux lettres ont été installés<br />

dans tous les emplacements stratégiques de la capitale. Cette organisa-<br />

tion qui a fonctionné sans interruption du 1er septembre au 7 novembre<br />

a employé soixante-quatre personnes, manipulé neuf cent quarante mille<br />

pièces de courrier et vendu des timbres pour une valeur de 1 million<br />

huit cent mille pesos. D'autre part, des unités mobiles opérant sur tous<br />

les sites de compétition ont assuré le service postal et vendu huit<br />

cent cinquante mille pesos de timbres et planches commémoratives<br />

des Jeux de la XIX Olympiade.<br />

The organization, operation and control of transportation services and<br />

the maintenance of vehicles came under the jurisdiction of the Or-<br />

ganizing Committee's centralized Transportation Administration. A radio<br />

communications network was established to control the circulation of<br />

traffic, and schedules were arranged for public service. Participants at<br />

secondary sites such as Acapulco received similar service, as well as<br />

transportation to and from the host city to attend the opening and closing<br />

ceremonies. Personnel employed by the Transportation Administration<br />

reached a maximum of 2,450 during the month of October, 1968.<br />

To assure adequate postal service, four temporary post offices and 950<br />

mailboxes were installed in areas where participants and visitors were<br />

concentrated. The post-office service was offered from September 1<br />

until November 7 and employed sixty-four persons. During this period<br />

these offices handled 940,000 pieces of correspondence and sold 1.8<br />

million pesos' worth of stamps. In addition, special mobile postal units<br />

circulated at all the competition sites in order to expedite postal service.<br />

These units sold 850,000 pesos' worth of the stamps issued to com-<br />

memorate the <strong>Games</strong> of the XIX Olympiad.<br />

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