ANTARCTICA


264. Memorandum of Discussion at a Department of State-Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Washington, January 10, 1958, 11:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, State-JCS Meeting: Lot 61 D 417. Top Secret.


265. Memorandum From the Special Adviser on Antarctica (Daniels) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/1–1458. Secret. Drafted by Daniels and sent through S/S and Murphy, who initialed it.


266. Memorandum of Discussion at the Department of State-Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Washington, January 24, 1958, 11:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, State-JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417. Top Secret.


267. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/2–1558. Secret. Drafted by Daniels on February 14; cleared by Murphy, ARA, and EUR; and approved and signed by Herter. Sent to Buenos Aires, Santiago, Paris, Oslo, Brussels, Moscow, Ottawa, Tokyo, New Delhi, Pretoria, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro, and repeated to Canberra, London, and Wellington.


268. Memorandum of Discussion at the 357th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, March 6, 1958

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Gleason on March 7.


269. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Antarctica Subject File. Secret. NSC 5804/1 consisted of a cover page; memorandum of transmittal dated March 8, which stated that it had been approved by the President on that day; Table of Contents; Statement of Policy; Financial Appendix; and Annexes A–F. Only the Statement of Policy, Financial Appendix, and Annexes A, C, and E are printed here.


270. Memorandum of a Conversation, Embassy of New Zealand, Washington, March 10, 1958, 11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/3–1058. Secret. Drafted by Luboeansky.


271. Aide-Mémoire From the Department of State to Certain Embassies

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/3–2458. Secret. Drafted by Daniels on March 21; cleared by ARA, EUR, FE, AF, IO, and L; and handed to representatives from the Embassies of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.


272. Preliminary Notes on the Operations Coordinating Board Meeting, Washington, April 9, 1958

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.


273. Preliminary Notes on the Operations Coordinating Board Meeting, Washington, April 23, 1958

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.


275. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to All Diplomatic Posts

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.829/6–2058. Official Use Only. Drafted by Daniels on June 13 and cleared with ARA, EUR, FE, IO, L, and NEA.


276. Status Report on Antarctica

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/8–2458. Confidential. Addressed to the Department of State Duty Officer. The source text is initialed by Murphy and bears the notation “Sec saw.”


277. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 13, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/10–1358. Confidential. Drafted and initialed by Owen.


278. Memorandum From the Special Adviser on Antarctica (Daniels) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/12–658. Confidential. Drafted by Luboeansky.


279. Preliminary Notes on the Operations Coordinating Board Meeting, Washington, December 10, 1958

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.


280. Preliminary Notes on the Operations Coordinating Board Meeting, Washington, January 14, 1959

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.


281. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.829/1–2059. Confidential. Drafted by Owen; cleared with ARA; sent through S/S; and initialed by Daniels, Herter, and Murphy. The source text bears the notation “Sec saw.”


282. Report by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Antarctica Subject File. Secret. The report consisted of a cover sheet; memorandum of transmittal, which noted that it had been concurred in by the OCB on January 21; the report; a Financial Annex; and Annexes A–D. Only the report, which covered the period June 26, 1958–January 21, 1959, and Annexes A and C are printed here.


283. Memorandum of Discussion at the 397th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, February 26, 1959

Source: Eisenhower library, Whitman File. Top Secret, Eyes Only. Prepared by Gleason on February 26.


284. Memorandum From the Director of the Antarctica Staff (Owen) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Walmsley)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/3–1359. Secret. Copies were also sent to AF, ARA, EUR, FE, G, H, INR, L, S/AE, S/P, and S/S A.


285. Memorandum of Discussion at the 401st Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, April 2, 1959

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Gleason on April 2.


286. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Antarctica Subject Files. Secret. NSC 5905/1 consisted of a cover sheet; memorandum of transmittal; the statement of policy; financial appendix; and two annexes: A, giving the text of the invitation to the conference, and B, the Soviet note of June 10, 1950. Only the statement of policy is printed here. The few differences between NSC 5905 and 5905/1 are indicated in subsequent footnotes.


287. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.829/4–2259. Secret. Drafted by Bacon on April 22 and initialed by Robertson. Copies were sent to Daniels, S/AE, EUR, IO, NEA, ARA, and SPA.


288. Memorandum of a Conversation, Soviet Embassy, Washington, May 11, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.829/5–1159. Confidential. Drafted and initialed by Daniels.


290. Memorandum of Discussion at the 48th Meeting of the Informal Working Group on Antarctica, Department of State, Washington, July 23, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 702.022/7–2359. Confidential. Drafted by Fisher.


291. Position Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.829/10–1659. Confidential. This position paper is one of 15 attached to the instructions for the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Antarctica.


292. Preliminary Notes on the Operations Coordinating Board Meeting, Washington, October 7, 1959

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430. Confidential. No drafting information appears on the source text.