Antarctic research and expeditions vol. 11

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BTS 102/2(11) 1 folder, 151 pages. Manuscript notes. Pages are out of order. Contains duplicates. Some documents are hard to read. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1954. Agenda for the meeting of the Polar Committee on 13 May, 1954. Copy of the Statutes of the newly formed Danish Antarctic Institute. Document prepared by the Australian Government regarding the 1954 Australian Antarctic Expedition. Enclosure to Savingram dated 29 June, 1954, regarding Argentine and Chilean trespass and other infractions of British sovereignty in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Copy of Press Statements released by Mr. R.G. Casey, the Australian Minister for External Affairs over the period 29 March to 22 May, 1954, regarding the Australian Expedition to the Antarctic. Article from “The Johannesburg Star”, 27 July, 1954, ‘Bird plans Antarctic expedition’. Letter to the Secretary for Mines by R.H. Coaton, Secretary for External Affairs, regarding an extract from a Despatch of the 16 July, 1954, about the reasons for Australia’s interest in the Antarctic. Copy of a Press Statement released by the Australian Minister for External Affairs on the 6th August, 1954, announcing plans for an expansion of Australia’s Research Station at Mawson in the Antarctic. Article from the “Pretoria News”, 13 August 1954, ‘Early Relief for Marion Island’. Copy of a Bill (S. 3381) in the Senate of the United States, 29 April, 1954, authorising the President to provide assistance to an expedition to the Antarctic in furtherance of the interests of the United States. A note by Mr. Fischer on a talk which he has had with the State Department on American interest in the Antarctic. Statement by Mr.R.G. Casey, issued by the Australian Department of External Affairs on the Australian Antarctic Expedition regarding the appointment of Mr. John Maystone Bechervaise as the new officer in charge of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition base at Mawson on the Antarctic Mainland and on the expansion of Mawson Station. Transcript of the President’s (Eisenhower) News Conference on Domestic and International Affairs. Summary of the Results of the South Georgia Survey, 1953/54, by Duncan Carse, 27 August 1954. Documents regarding American Interest in the Antarctic, including: a copy of a statement to be released by the White House on 1 October, 1954; An Article from “The Times”, 4 October 1954, ‘U.S. Antarctic Expedition – Major Research Effort’; Article from “The Times”, 3 October 1954, ‘U.S. to Send Party to the Antarctic’. The Annual Report of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1953, from the Governor of the Falkland Islands. Copy of Article from “The New York Times”, 3 October, 1954, ‘U.S. to Send Party to the Antarctic’ – Researchers to see if Polar Thaw Threatens World’s Low Coastal Areas. Memorandum to Mr. Forsyth (Department of External Affairs) from A.W. Snelling (Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom) stating the U.K.’s decision not to inform Chile and Argentina of their desire to apply to the International Court of Justice after the discussion of the Cyprus item. A copy of the proposed note to be sent is also attached. Copy of a Bill introduced in the Australian Parliament on 16 September 1954 for an Act to provide for the Government of the Australian Antarctic Territory and a copy of the Second Reading Speech of the Australian Minister for External Affairs in support of the Bill and in which Mr. Casey explained the object of the Bill (which is to provide for an adequate and effective system of law in the Australian Antarctic Territory). The Bill received the full support of the Labour Opposition and was passed by both Houses, without any amendment to become Act No. 42 of 1954. Memorandum on Argentine encroachment in the Antarctic titled ‘ Argentine Violation of united Kingdom Sovereignty in Antarctica. Article from the Johannesburg “The Star”, 19 November 1954, ‘Argentine air and sea force sails for Antarctic’. Memorandum from A.M. Hamilton, Counsellor of the Embassy, stating that at a reception, a senior official of the State Department let slip that there had been an important change in the American attitude towards the Antarctic. Article by Walter Sullivan (Newspaper and Date Unknown) titled ’36 Countries Agree to Shore in Planning Geophysical Year’.