Antarctica


451. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Chronology, January–March 1963. Official Use Only. Drafted by Fisher.


452. Draft Guidance Paper Prepared by the Antarctica Staff of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, 1961–1962, U.S. Policy Matters, Department of State, January–July 1961. Secret. A covering reference slip dated February 20 indicates that the paper was transmitted to Alexander Akalovsky, Officer in Charge of General Disarmament Negotiations, U.S. Disarmament Administration. The draft printed here bears several handwritten revisions, but there is no indication who made them or when they were made. See footnotes 25 and 8 below.


453. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to the Under Secretary of State (Bowles)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 702.022/4–1261. Confidential. An April 22 covering memorandum by Samuel W. Lewis indicates that the memorandum was forwarded to Deputy Under Secretary U. Alexis Johnson.


454. Memorandum From Wayne H. Fisher of the Office of the Special Assistant for Antarctic Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, to the Assistant Secretary of State (Cleveland) and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Gardner)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, 1961–1962, Administrative Within USG, 1961. No classification marking.


455. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Battle) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, 1961–1962, Administrative, Within USG, 1961. Official Use Only. Drafted by Fisher on July 27 and cleared by Wilson (IO).


456. Memorandum From the Special Assistant for Antarctica Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen) to the Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1962–63. Confidential. Copies were sent to Cleveland, Wallner, the Science Adviser, the Special Assistant for Atomic Energy and Outer Space, and the Office of Soviet Union Affairs.


457. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher) to the Special Assistant for Antarctica, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctic Files, 1961–62, U.S. Policy Matters 1961, Department of State, August–December. Confidential. Drafted by James E. Goodby.


458. Memorandum From the Special Assistant for Antarctica, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen) to the Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctic Files, 1961–62, U.S. Policy Matters 1961, Department of State, August–December. Secret. Drafted by Owen.


459. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher) to the Special Assistant for Antarctica, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1962–63. Confidential. Drafted by Goodby.


460. Memorandum From the Assistant Director for International Relations, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Beam) to the Special Assistant for Antarctica, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1962–63. Confidential.


461. Memorandum From the Special Assistant for Antarctica, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen) to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 702.022/6–1362. Confidential. Drafted by Owen. A copy was sent to Wallner.


462. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 702.022/4–262. Confidential. Attached to an August 22 letter from Special Assistant George H. Owen to Leonard H. Dykes of the CIA, requesting CIA’s concurrence. An earlier version of this paper, dated February 14, was sent on March 2 by Assistant Secretary Cleveland to Under Secretary McGhee for transmittal to the Defense Department, the National Science Foundation, the CIA, the Commerce Department, and the Bureau of the Budget. (Ibid., 702.022/3–262) This version was approved by the CIA on April 2 and by the Defense Department on April 13. The revised statement of policy was approved by all interested agencies at the beginning of March 1963.


463. Memorandum From the Special Assistant for Antarctica, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Owen) to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Multilateral, General, 1962. Confidential.


464. Report on the Second Consultative Meeting Under the Antarctic Treaty

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 67 D 378, Antarctica. Confidential. Attached is a September 6 memorandum by Owen transmitting the report to Assistant Secretary Cleveland. It contained a handwritten note reading, “Also attached is a copy of the Final Report containing the recommendations adopted.” The Final Report is not printed. The Recommendations of the Second Consultative Meeting are printed in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1962, pp 534–537.


465. Letter From the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Foster) to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1962–63. Confidential.


466. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (McKitterick) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Gardner)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 67 D 378, Antarctica. Confidential. Drafted by James Simsarian.


468. Draft Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, SCI 11–1 ANT. Confidential. According to covering memoranda from Secretary Rusk and Executive Secretary Brubeck, the memorandum was sent to Secretary of Defense McNamara on March 29 and to McGeorge Bundy on April 5.


470. Memorandum From William H. Mills of the Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, to George M. Fennemore of That Office

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1963. Confidential.


471. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 191, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1963. Confidential. Drafted by Mills.


472. Summary Record of Meeting

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1963. Confidential. Drafted on May 10 by Richard B. Freund (ACDA/IR).


474. Memorandum From Richard Bilder of the Office of the Legal Adviser to the Officer in Charge of International Scientific Organizations, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Simsarian)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, SCI 11–1 ANT. Limited Official Use.


476. Memorandum From Richard Bilder of the Office of the Legal Adviser to the Officer in Charge of International Scientific Organizations, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Simsarian)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, U.S. Activities, Legal, 1963. Secret.


477. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Inspection 1963. Confidential. Drafted by James Simsarian and concurred in by Greenfield (P).


478. Memorandum From the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica (Reedy) to the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Antarctica

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, IO Files: Lot 69 D 169, Antarctica Files, Policy 1963. Official Use Only.