INTERNATIONAL   EARTH   ROTATION   SERVICE   (IERS) 
                     SERVICE INTERNATIONAL LA ROTATION  TERRESTRE




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OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS                                   
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Internet: iers@obspm.fr                                 Paris, 24 October 1997


                                                        Bulletin D 72










                               ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUT1




         From the


                               18 December 1997, 0h UTC


until further notice, the value of DUT1 to be disseminated with the time signals
will be




                                  DUT1 = + 0.2 s
                                  



         Bulletin D 73 should be issued in December 1997.