Office of the Historian

United States policy regarding the law of the sea1

1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. i, pp. 1685 ff.

[269] The Secretary of State to the Attorney General (McGrath)

Washington, February 12, 1952.

711.022/1–2252

[273] The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Franks)

Washington, [May 16, 1952.]

320.22/4–2952

[276] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington, October 10, 1952.

641.576/9–1552

[279] The Deputy Legal Adviser (Tate) to T. Orchard Lisle

Washington, March 18, 1953.

700.022/3–453

[280] Memorandum by the Legal Adviser (Phleger)

[Washington,] March 19, 1953.

700.022/3–1953

[281] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Legal Adviser (Tate)

[Washington,] June 11, 1953.

711.022/6–1153

[282] Record of Anglo-American Discussions on Territorial Waters and Related Problems

[London,] August, 1953.

L/SPF files, lot 68 D 47, “Talks in London (1953)—Territorial Waters”

[283] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Smith) to the President

Washington, October 29, 1953.

711.022/10–2953

[285] The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Offices

Washington, June 25, 1954.

320.22/6–2554: Circular airgram

[286] The Secretary of State to the Legation in Iceland

Washington, June 25, 1954.

320.22/6–2554: Circular airgram

[287] The Chargé in Iceland (Dillon) to the Department of State

Reykjavik, July 7, 1954—6 p.m.

320.22/7–754: Telegram

[289] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, July 22, 1954—7:47 p.m.

320.22/7–2254: Telegram

[290] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Greece

Washington, August 2, 1954—4:52 p.m.

320.22/8–254: Telegram

[291] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, August 18, 1954—7:17 p.m.

320.22/8–1854: Telegram

[293] Memorandum by the Legal Adviser (Phleger) to the Secretary of State

Washington, November 26, 1954.1

L/SPF files, lot 68 D 47, “Memoranda and Articles—Territorial Waters”

[296] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, December 30, 1954.

320.22/12–3054: Airgram

  1. The editors are of the opinion that this document may not be correctly dated on the carbon copy used as the source text. This opinion is based on paragraph 9 in the attachment, which discusses the international technical conference to be convened at Rome “as a result of the action taken at the last General Assembly of the United Nations”. This action was taken by the Assembly on Dec. 14, 1954, more than 2 weeks after the date on Phleger’s memorandum.↩