Antarctic research and expeditions vol. 20

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BTS 102/2(20) 1 folder, 196 pages. Pages are out of order. Manuscript notes and documents. Some documents are hard to read. Letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 1963, re. the Exchange of Observers to Accompany Expeditions. Letters to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 3-8 Aug. 1963, re. the Establishment of Long Range Air to Ground Communications Link Between South Africa and U.S. Antarctic Base at McMurdo. Letter from the Department of Transport to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 1963, informing him that they will be unable to send an observer on the U.S. Expedition to Antarctica but that a U.S. observer is welcome to join the South African expedition. Letter from the Ambassador in Brussels (in Afrikaans), 20 Aug. 1963, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs re. the ‘Belgies-Nederlands Suidpool Ekspedisie’. Letters to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs re. Dr. Naudé’s proposed visit to Antarctica. Letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in London, 11 Sep. and 18 Nov. 1963, ‘Exchange of Lists of Refuge Huts in Antarctica’. Letters to the Secretary for Transport and the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs re. the Flight of U.S. Aircraft from Cape Town to McMurdo and an invitation (which was declined) for a South African to accompany this flight. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in London, 23 Sep. 1963, ‘Soviet Activities in Antarctica’. Article from “Digest”, Vol. 20, ‘U.S.-S.A. Co-Operation in Antarctic Venture’. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in Berne, 21 Oct., 5 Nov. and 11 Dec. 1963, re the Swiss Antarctic Expedition. Statement by the French Foreign Ministry, 29 Oct. 1963, containing details (in French) of the French Antarctic Expedition for 1963/64. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in Washington D.C., 1 Nov. 1963, informing him that Mr. David Perkins has been chosen as the American observer to accompany the South African Antarctic Expedition. Letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (in Dutch) from the Embassy at The Hague, 1 Nov. 1963, re. the Russian Antarctic Expedition. Press Cutting from “Neue Zurcher Zeitung”, 2 Nov. 1963, ‘Der Bundesrat zur “Antarktis-Expedition”’. Copy of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 1962, containing Antarctic Place Names and their longitude and latitude. Copy of information on the 8th Russian Antarctic Expedition (in both Russian and French). Copy of the particulars for the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition for 1963/64, issued Nov. 1963. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in London, 2 Dec. 1963, re. Activities of the Ninth Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Article, source unknown, 27 Oct. 1963, ‘Switzerland’s First Antarctic Group Leave This Week’. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Embassy in Brussels, 12 Dec. 1963, re. the Belgo-Dutch Antarctic Expedition. Letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 1963, re. the Exchange of Observers to Accompany Expeditions. Letters to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 3-8 Aug. 1963, re. the Establishment of Long Range Air to Ground Communications Link Between South Africa and U.S. Antarctic Base at McMurdo. Letter from the Department of Transport to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 1963, informing him that they will be unable to send an observer on the U.S. Expedition to Antarctica but that a U.S. observer is welcome to join the South African expedition. Letter from the Ambassador in Brussels (in Afrikaans), 20 Aug. 1963, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs re. the ‘Belgies-Nederlands Suidpool Ekspedisie’. Letters to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs re. Dr. Naudé’s proposed visit to Antarctica. Letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in London, 11 Sep. and 18 Nov. 1963, ‘Exchange of Lists of Refuge Huts in Antarctica’. Letters to the Secretary for Transport and the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs re. the Flight of U.S. Aircraft from Cape Town to McMurdo and an invitation (which was declined) for a South African to accompany this flight. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in London, 23 Sep. 1963, ‘Soviet Activities in Antarctica’. Article from “Digest”, Vol. 20, ‘U.S.-S.A. Co-Operation in Antarctic Venture’. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in Berne, 21 Oct., 5 Nov. and 11 Dec. 1963, re the Swiss Antarctic Expedition. Statement by the French Foreign Ministry, 29 Oct. 1963, containing details (in French) of the French Antarctic Expedition for 1963/64. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in Washington D.C., 1 Nov. 1963, informing him that Mr. David Perkins has been chosen as the American observer to accompany the South African Antarctic Expedition. Letter to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (in Dutch) from the Embassy at The Hague, 1 Nov. 1963, re. the Russian Antarctic Expedition. Press Cutting from “Neue Zurcher Zeitung”, 2 Nov. 1963, ‘Der Bundesrat zur “Antarktis-Expedition”’. Copy of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 1962, containing Antarctic Place Names and their longitude and latitude. Copy of information on the 8th Russian Antarctic Expedition (in both Russian and French). Copy of the particulars for the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition for 1963/64, issued Nov. 1963. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in London, 2 Dec. 1963, re. Activities of the Ninth Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Article, source unknown, 27 Oct. 1963, ‘Switzerland’s First Antarctic Group Leave This Week’. Letter to the Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs from the Embassy in Brussels, 12 Dec. 1963, re. the Belgo-Dutch Antarctic Expedition.