Sec.  213.4   Definitions.

   As used herein:

   (a) Public correspondence services means those services offered to the
   general public for communications between all points served by a carrier or
   by interconnected carriers on a nonexclusive message by message or call by
   call basis, as differentiated from leased private line services.

   (b) The term precedence means the order in which messages and calls are
   processed. Transmission of information and call completion is therefore to
   be accomplished in the order required by the precedence designator. Any such
   properly categorized communications precede noncategorized communications.

   (c) The term Government where used alone means Federal, foreign, State,
   county, or municipal government agencies. Specific reference will be made
   whenever  it  is intended to apply to less than the whole, e.g., State
   Government, Federal Government, etc.

   (d)  The term Foreign Government includes those foreign diplomatic and
   consular establishments and those coalitions or associations of governments
   such  as  NATO,  SEATO,  OAS,  UN,  and associations of governments or
   governmental agencies such as Pan American Union, International Postal
   Union, International Monetary Fund, and similar organizations.

   (e) The term message means a written or other form of record communication
   prepared for transmission and delivery at the destination.

   (f) The term call means a request from a user for a connection to another
   station whether for telephone or record communication.