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From: GUMBY@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU (David Vinayak Wallace)
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Subject: IDDD to Overseas Directory Assistance
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 03:38:23 EST
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    Date: Wed, 5 Mar 86 19:34:34 cst
    From: huynh at puff.wisc.edu (adventurer extraordinaire)

    Is there anyway to access directory assistance overseas ?  Someone has
    told me that the local telephone network is an ESS no.5 (whatever it
    means). If it is possible without going through the operator ....

    I would like to get directory assistance in both France and Australia.

Your best bet is via the operator.  French directory assistance is
almost impossible to get even within France!  (They start out with a
recording telling you to look it up in the book!)