Abstract:
BTS 102/2/7/3(3) 1 folder, 88 pages. Contains duplicates. Some pages are out of order. Some typed passages are hard to read. Undated documents entitled “Meeting of the Antarctic Treaty Powers in Canberra, 1961”; “Tentative agenda for the Canberra meeting of Antarctic Treaty Powers likely to be held in February, 1961”; “Draft working paper: Item 15 of provisional agenda of Canberra Meeting”. Correspondence in English and Afrikaans between the Ambassador and Secretary for External Affairs and Secretary for Transport regarding, January 1961. Letter from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to the Secreatry for External Affairs, 13.1.61, entitled “Relationship of the S.C.A.R. to Antarctic Treaty Powers and the role which it can play in implementing Article III on the Antarctic Treaty”. Letter from the Atomic Energy Board to the Secretary for External Affairs, 12.1.61, entitled “Kwytraak van radioaktiewe afvalmateriaal in Antarktika”. Letter from the Minister to the Secretary for External Affairs, 14.1.61, entitled “Nuclear Energy and Antarctica”. Letter from S.A. Embassy to Secretary for External Affairs, 18.1.61, entitled “Antarctica” re the question of issuing amateur licences to two members of the S.A. Antarctic Expedition. Letter from the Secretary for External Affairs to the Ambassador, 24.1.61, entitled “Draft rules of procedure: Canberra meeting of the Antarctic Treaty Powers”. Document from Argentine Embassy, 31.1.61, stating that they maintain and reaffirm their sovereign rights of its Antarctic Territory. Letter to the Secretary for External Affairs from the Ambassador, 31.1.61, entitled “Antarctica: Matters Arising from Meeting of the Interim Group”. Letters from the Secretary for External Affairs to the Ambassador entitled “Antarctica – Exchange of Documents”, 2.2.61; “Antarctica – Jurisdiction”, 9.2.61. Summary of the 26th Meeting of the Antarctic Interim Group, 22.10.59 and correspondence regarding. Summary of the 27th Meeting of the Antarctic Interim Group, 31.1.61 and correspondence regarding. Various correspondence regarding the 28th and 29th Meetings of the Antarctic Interim Group held on 14.3.61. Newspaper clipping from the Sun Herald, 12.3.61, entitled “International Conference on Antarctica: Canberra 1961”. Document entitled “Background Notes on the International Antarctic Analysis Centre. Melbourne, Australia”.
