Exhibit 7.1

                          Exhibit 7.1

                     Joint Filing Agreement

     The undersigned hereby agree that the Statement on Schedule 13D to which
this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit 7.1 is filed on behalf of
each of us. 

Date: October 12, 1998

                                   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