Exhibit 7.1

                          Exhibit 7.1

                     Joint Filing Agreement

    
     The undersigned hereby agree that the Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D to
which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit 7.1, is filed on
behalf of each of us. 


Date: March 24, 1999

                                   Gold & Xxxxx Transfer, S.A.,
                                   a British Virgin Islands corporation


                                   By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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                                        Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Attorney-in-Fact for
                                        Gold & Xxxxx Transfer, S.A.
                                                            
                                                               /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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                                        Xxxx Xxxxxxxx