LAW OF THE SEA


359. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea to the Department of State

Source: Department State, Central Files, 399.731/4–958. Confidential. Repeated to Ottawa and Reykjavik.


360. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea to the Department of State

Source: Department State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1358. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution.


361. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1358. Confidential; Niact. Drafted and approved by Raymond who signed for Dulles and cleared in draft with Ward, Looney, and Pender.


362. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea to the Department of State

Source: Department State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1458. Confidential; Priority.


363. Letter From Senator Warren G. Magnuson and Senator Henry M. Jackson to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1558. Senator Magnuson was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.


364. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to All American Diplomatic Posts

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1558. Confidential. Drafted by Looney and Pender; cleared with Raymond, Bacon, ARA, EUR, IO, L, NEA, and the Navy; approved by Pender who signed for Dulles. Also sent for information only to Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw, Belgrade, Mexico City, Cairo, Jidda, Tripoli, Rabat, Tunis, Beirut, Baghdad, Reykjavik, Geneva, Djakarta, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, and San Salvador.


365. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1658. Confidential. Received at 6:35 a.m.


366. Letter From the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1658. Confidential.


367. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Legal Adviser (Becker) in Geneva and the Deputy Legal Adviser (Raymond) in Washington, April 16, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1658. Drafted by Raymond.


368. Telegram From the Embassy in Iceland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1758. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Geneva for Dean.


369. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–2158. Confidential; Niact. A retyped copy of this telegram was transmitted to President Eisenhower by Dulles on April 24. (Ibid., 399.731/4–2458)


370. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Conference of the Law of the Sea

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–2158. Confidential; Priority. Drafted and approved by Raymond who signed for Herter and cleared in substance with Herter, Bacon, Hawley, Looney, Luboeansky, Admiral Ward, EUR, and NEA.


371. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–2658. Confidential; Priority.


373. Memorandum From the Special Assistant for Law of the Sea Matters (Richards) to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/9–2258. Confidential. Attached to a memorandum for the record, dated September 22, which stated that at a meeting with Herter that day he had suggested surveying other countries regarding the date for the second Law of the Sea conference. The United States should, however, use August 1959 as the tentative date in its preparations for the conference.


374. Memorandum for the Files

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/11–2158. Confidential. Drafted by Wright on November 24 and copies sent to Becker, Yingling, Herrington, Admiral Ward, Nunley, and Terry.


375. Background Memorandum on the Law of the Sea

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/1–2959. Drafted by Richards. Attached to a letter from Richards to J. Harold Shulaw, First Secretary at the Embassy in London, which stated that it had been prepared to assist in briefing U.S. Ambassadors and other officials interested in Law of the Sea. Copies of the memorandum were sent to 20 Latin American posts on January 30 as an enclosure to circular airgram 6460. (Ibid., 399.731/1–3059) A copy of a revised memorandum, April 3, which includes more detail on some of the subparagraphs, is ibid., 399.731/4–859, attached to a memorandum dated April 8. It was transmitted to 63 posts worldwide as an enclosure to circular airgram 9156, April 22. (Ibid., 399.731/4–2259)


376. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, March 16, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/3–1659. Confidential. Drafted by Wright and Richards on March 23.


377. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 10, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/7–1059. Secret. Drafted by Wright on July 13. A similar memorandum of this conversation drafted by Yingling is ibid.


378. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 25, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/9–2559. Official Use Only. Drafted by Blow, approved by Brewster on September 2, and cleared by Richards and Yingling.


379. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 26, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/8–2659. Confidential. Drafted by Wright on August 28 and approved by Dillon on September 2.


381. Letter From the Acting Secretary of Defense (Gates) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/10–1959. Confidential.


382. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to Certain European Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/10–2959. Confidential. Drafted by Richards; cleared with Taylor, Nunley, Yingling, and NEA; sent to Ankara, Athens, Bonn, Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Rome, and The Hague; and repeated to London, Ottawa, New York, Copenhagen, Dublin, Oslo, and Reykjavik.


383. Message From Secretary of State Herter to Foreign Secretary Lloyd

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/11–1159. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Richards on November 9; cleared by Taylor, Nunley, Hager, and Pender; and initialed by Herter. Transmitted in telegram 3816 to London, which is the source text, for delivery. Telegram 3816 was repeated by pouch to Ottawa and to USUN for Dean.


384. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/11–1759. Confidential. Repeated to Ottawa.


385. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/11–2059. Confidential. Repeated to Ottawa.


386. Telegram From the Embassy in Canada to the Department of State

Source: Department State, Central Files, 399.731/11–2759. Confidential. Received November 28, 3:06 a.m.


387. Memorandum by the Special Assistant for Law of the Sea Matters (Richards)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/12–1159. Confidential. The source text is a memorandum of a telephone conversation, December 11, which has Dean, Hager, and Richards as participants.


388. Circular Instruction From the Department of State to All Diplomatic Posts

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/12–3159. Confidential. Drafted by Richards and Arneson; cleared in draft with Herrington, Pender, Terry, Hager, Dreier, AF, EUR, FE, NEA, and Defense. Sent also to Florence and Nice, but not to Addis Ababa, Amman, Beirut, Colombo, Conakry, Djakarta, Kabul, Katmandu, Khartoum, Phnom Penh, Rabat, or Tunis. Repeated to Hong King, Singapore, Baghdad, CINCNELM, CINCPAC, USRO, and USUN.