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                           Before the
               FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20554

In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED,      )
          Complainant,                  )
                                   )
     v.                            )    File No. E-96-33
                                   )
COMSAT CORPORATION,                )    
          Defendant.                    )  

                            ORDER  

     Adopted:  September 15, 1997       : Released:  September 16, 1997

     By the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common
Carrier Bureau:  

     Upon the joint application of the parties, it is hereby

     ORDERED that this proceeding be DISMISSED without prejudice.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                         Kurt A. Schroeder
                         Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch
                         Enforcement Division
                         Common Carrier Bureau