FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES SURVEY.

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Propoo d Corrr.unic . +ion to l!.

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1 ^Shipsof tho Falklcnd I lo~ds ~opcr.donci s

• ... 1 B ·+ish ntarctic territory

surv y roc~ntly visi ng ri ~ 20 do ro ⁶ wost and botw ... on tho rnoridi .... ns of

~o~g~~~octod t~o

hut onts nt 80 doe;rcos \lest o"' Gr on ¹¹⁰ 'uni tcd states oxpcdi tion t!arp;uo1•i t .. Ec.y occupi~~ ~Y t~; in ₁941 nd fotmd tho ... t nt;n·ct icn \Jhich ic .... ~ ⁰ • ^$)$ tho

united

stutoa site in consider :tlu di.,o:t: dor~ ..in Argentina n val Govorn ont m'ly . lroad.Y b~ ⁰~?. ~~llod nt rn:irgucritc Boy vessel, the irpr·1mo~o de ... oyh licit inotructions loft

in 1943· :n ccora.onc.. i i t . c~p the Fr.lh.lt-.nd Isl(.nda

by

the United GtC.tOG oxpodit~o,

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tho C:ilV •BO blo 0quip- Dcpcndvnci •s ~urvcy r~:o~~~oth~ parson 1 effocto of the mont of v1luc; nd t u ~ tcd nnu prepared for return

c,.pc i +ion oro no , being -hsorfiri<-t opp rt unity in tho

U "tcdStitc::;c.t ^~ ⁰ ^... ⁱⁿ

to t . r:... . ^•l ^{• ...}i"'h personnel ro no\/

noxt .nt rct ic au ~ .O~· ..:irl" '"' •

occup +ion of thio 01tc.

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^~c ^'olklc.^j ^Isl^~asDopcndcnciu16 Sl~rlvon~d·

• .. ~ G""ddcG L ur o li .... '

hus oct 'blishcd

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^son~t ^CP~or~ Lc..ckro--: :rnfl .. ::m. Fjord.

liopo B::iy, Docept....on 1~ ... r.di :icrl ir.for111~tj.on collGctod Tho sc1c1tific nd mo coro.:ashorop ot: tior:s of tho survoy

Y crnonncl of t a chips • :111 i: c published.

ronineuJ.a eouth"ards to CE•Pe Longing.

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1945

relief parties w~re s~nt out, unaer the command oJ.' Surg.Crd. E.W. Bingham, R.N. , to meintain the policy of continuous occupation. The orgon1:::at1on was noH t~rmed the Falklend lelenae Depenaencies Survey. Fitzro~ and William Scoresby were employed, end o new ship, Trepnssey, buiJ.t in NJwtounalend especielly J.'or ice work, mad.e poss1ole o moro ext .. naee1. programme.

Eight men Wdre left at Hope Bay, and .• :our eoch at Ddc~ption Island ana Port Lockroy. Ne~ oasJs w~re estc~lishcd at Cepe G~uuos Ql'l

Lourie Island in tn~ South Orkneys (Beso c,

4

men), and ~t N~ny

FJord in eouth-w9st Grcho.m Land (Besc E, 10 men). TnJ British hut on Laurie Islana in thv South Orkneys ia jO miles east of the Argentine meteorological ststion, which nao bu~n 1ua1nt!Ht1ed. - despite repeated protests from His LloJeety's Gov.rfu1~nt - tor some forty years. The British hut in Ncny PJord l.13 situc.La. on

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In Ducember 19~5 relier parties wuro s~nt out, unaer the command

or

^surg.^cra. ^E.W. ^Bingham, ^R.N. ^{, to}^maintain^the^pol^icy

of continuous occupation. Th .. orgonieation was noH t~rmed the Folklend Islands Depena.encies Survey. Fitzrof and William Scoresby were employed, and o new ship, Tre-eosney, bui..1.t in N..::wt'ouna.umd especieliy ror ice work, meae pose101o o more extwna.ed. progrornme.

Eight men were lert ot Hope Bay, and rour each at Dec~ptlon Island

o.nd Port Lockroy. Nt)W oas·.;s w~rc estcbHshed at Cepe GJO.uos Qtl

Lourie Island in tn•..; South Orkneys (Base c, 4 men), and s.t N~ny

FJord in south-west Graham Lsnd (Beso E, 10 men). ThJ British hut on Laurie Ialena. in the South Orkneys is $J miles east or the Argentine meteorological stetion, '7hich hao Deen wa1ntc111ed. - dcepito repeated protests from His l.iuJcety' a GovvrOul'::nt - .ror eomo forty years. The British hut in Nen:r PJorC1 ia s1tur.t."'a on

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;i.RGENTINE SOV~RRIGUTY Ir

'rH~ AJrl'ARCTIG

l.!crnbe1•e 01· the co• a"li t tee will no dvubt h ve t ~.Ken note of' a report. f'ro n thc"'ri 1es11ccrrospon1ent in Pucnoe 11.ir·ee,

ated tho 10th Gctober in thich Lt 1. st tcd L~~t the

~· .. ntine Govc.rru .1..nt h..id issu3d a decree aipnod by

Pruoi ent Peron f'J.nd ::ill tho .~inistcrs d.,cl .. • lr . l\r ,cmtino

SUVtJI' .i nt,y GVGI' the Ant u• tic SU m rin,,. l t Cl' l ln the

t ·r cov .. ri n it. '!.'hc d er e i wo.tcd s > .. ·t:C" ~ "' lto the vcl r· tio. s 0f Uni t1..d St ... tes nd c. ic n Gov rnni ... nt ....

r1..l ltin,.. to tl.c s ... 'l Sur vUil.A.in A. 1.,,I'l.C •Il contint;nt.

His ~, ju sty ¹ u;,ou.~o .d r to th1.. \.r ntint.. h!ls sinct.:

rcpur·ti.,,d thJ.t ·hilot thv O.Lfici 1 tuxt 01' thu J cr1..c i . not

~ ^{... t} tV~il.blo, ^{i t}^{i ..} und~, ^tut;dth t i t 11.,. o.n th1t ti"'"'

ri nt of tr ^{1 ..} n vi .tio1 1 not. •::. ctu .... nc.. t tht.: ""l ...

ti l c re::1"ully .volu -i vin d t .. i l!:.: c.. th .. nr~ ^cl^{i ....}~.

i 1 p h. ho "'v"'r ~ ~1..a-^.. ⁱⁿ^thu ^{r until} rc~o ^1..~r cin~

~n ~r thi~h ~xt~nQ~ t' the 800-1,0~0 lthG. line:.. Tri~

cc,v t'O t u l!''ll:o;.l,,..n..1 I~l ^:"ldu1 .'.;outh GCOl' i ¹ thG South .... n .ich Icl . :ids, the:. South u1·.-1..,yc, nr h-un L nd [.Jld tho untir ... ..nt. ... rctic 6 :t-board.

(Signed) Joh..l'l 0h Hir;k

li ... crut 1r;ir

Polr...r oc l ttcu

Doi io.o L1~irv.

2' th Cctoo ... r, 19i6.

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~ho lonp,stcnding Ar~entinu cl~im to tho

Fu:k:

nl lsl1nda.

(L) ^.H!' cmtino una. Chilean clo.im, to th1;.; British •• nt:u·ctic

tcr1•i tvrics .imown us t.he Fri.lkland I ... u.nJ ::Jcpondencico

(inwhlch thc:J.s ... mo~ olso chori~n cl imo to torritor·.v). 2. ... · ro rds (1), ulemunts in tho rocontly oloctod .arf:\ontine

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v. bevn prcssint" th.u r.re, ntinc io•:..,rnnent to

l'v 10 or cl ims to tho F .. lk.- mi I .. li:.nds.

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t,ho orininn of our Eml" issy, th ... ,.r ·en tine authori tios aru nC1t likoly t t'C anxicus

~ m l . . . n iosuo of tnis. but tho:: rn y intcn1 t pelt on record

\Jith ...

r .o.

"orri .. l rc::;orvnti n of "'huir ri,.r.hts, ucr &s they huvo m .• d.o f'1· 1.. tir-:c to time in c-cr.mrunic t i n" .. 1 rosscd to .I.L. ovcr.nmunt over n .. ny ycrrs. Indccj. he liku1ihocd of'

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~ir r ining thi quosti n n~y bo incrc ~uu b t c fact th~t

the.. .. r on tine l ini try c.f Fcrci ~n hff il' will sh r·tly ruc\;ivc,

p•ob~ l. hil ... ⁴hu :.sscmbly is sitting₁ our r1.; ly +o the l tc .t .1-.r c.;n+ino ro rv·"ti n of ri ~nts in rc; poet of t'h~ P['lk .. rw.

I l nl , ·r ic ·.::: tsionc ^{N,l(.) M} n ho by now i1:;sue f' F l l.r. I.,1 n s l."'Ost~t;c. st i:np.s. 0'.ll' ru ly. ·1}.i~h 1ill r u 1 tu r .... tu JUI' t' o int f vi c; ; .n:'I. ropu 11. ^tu^J.r· on tlno i·csorvo ti on c..f' ri

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nl ... t tcr.ionts 01' "'l tims, nnot be r ... ~l'de'i o mox·~

tn'ln n inturirr. me sLtrc, since i t till net u u tho :Lrp;ontinua

~o .l n •u l ·ir point '>f vio· .•

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n 'our ~xc ~1~ncy¹ • .ct oft. 2 r ^J nuary, l'.J4 , uu ri.;: ... cr1· d to t.1 cl 1 ¹of Ch1l to th aovcrei nt;y

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^th~^t portion o;' t.w Ant retie l nds wtich compri o,) rt o:. th ritich P~litlonei. I l·nds

~~P 11 .. ncl1.;s!' .11d in your .~ot~ o · 'ild .July 1946 (no.1:'61/

54) you n +; r f'urth<::r r s0rv t i on of yom· country ¹s rip-hto i.n rccp1;;ct

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• ' an unp01r-phrased version of a Secret cypher messaie and unless it

!s mar.c~ O.T.P. (Oni: Tim~ Pad) the t~xt must first be paraphrased if it is essential to co~muntc•te 1t to persons ouuide Brithh and United States Government Services.)

OUTWARD TELEGRAM

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9 re ort.e question in

just bear~

Gcri.bly of U

o te r thut ;,r t to'ble with

u.

F lkland I lw '1 und. ossibly al

I lends Dep ndenc1eo. ^{I t}they d • it •il

n

~eeea

for us to

tak icmed1ate

action to JJV-\ke o

po 1t1on ~leor and 1n ttuit ~vent

w

•hall iseue announce tent to press

ot

-=2.1ch te.Jt't 1e contained in

my

1Jirned1ately

tollooing ^~elegrmn.

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.. mr;,u./ xncee pBl'1;1 B e.ctlzlg

onoeliill'-~-of~t-h_e_Go .... iV_e_r_n-~o""r'

of

thr

Falkland I lendO, a1no set up Post Office

and

W11'eleee Telegraph

Qr~ic s t tho 1e b s s Wld :tro.nlt(.."<\ letters

thet

e with over .. print ed Falkland Ial uda ctsmp:.lo An

attempt

tc eetabl ish

a

tll.iri

base

at

Hope Btly 1n Trinity P n1n.eul&F was truatrat d by advervo ice

condit nae

'l.'Vi'O

ehi

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ere

^emplayedi

H.M.13. WILLIAM SCORESBY and

FITZR<Y.lo

4. In D c er 1945 reli t parties ro nt out,

und

r the eomnand

of Slwg. Odro E. .. Dinehrnl1~ R.N. • to int 1n tho 'be.sea. 'l'he

organie ti.on s ncr.:r termed the Fa.ll:lC?d Iela;.'lda Dependenc.1.ca

surveyo

FITZRO and Y. ILLY.Ji SOOBESBY were employedt and a nolf Bhip-

TREPA .. 3DY

0

bu1,.t

1n m7taundland end etrengthened

tor

ice work, m!lde

poosible a more ext nded prog:ramne. Eight men ere left at Hope Bay ¹ o.nd

four each at Daccp 1on

Ieland mid

Port

LOckroYe

New baDeo were e:stabl.lahed ut capo Ged.dea on Laurie !eland

!in

the

south

OrkneYs

(Base 0;, 11- mon)~ ^{and et}^NeeyFjord in eouth-wEiet Grnho:n Land

(Base E 10 11!"1.lJ. The British hut in He~ P3ord 1e situated on the ieland hich Tllil.a ocQUl>ied by the Un1tCd states Antarctic Se1"V1ce

~edition in 1939-410 J~tional Poet Of icos tlnd Wireless Telegt1a.Ph Of'fiea have

been eattlbliehed at

the

ne\'! l:a.aoe,, and

letters

are now

beine posted Qt all ti,e baGea w1th a new et ot spoc1al Falkland Iale.nf.ia D(lpendeneieo st~e, ieeued on the let Pebl"UEU'Y, 19460 _5o I

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OUTWARD TELEGRAM

.~'lfl~; (AnJ

telogx>aph.1c retranmn1aaio of this

se~ret c~pher

t

legram mi1.a.., be prl;i)pared in

v

one-tim eyctem.}

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C H f PUBLE:it) o.D.

PROM: n.o.

CANADA

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAf.iD

SOU'l'B APRIOA

(GOVT.,)

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(Sent

^2o00

p.m. lb.th Dec.,,l946.)

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immediately preceding telegram. Fnlklan4 Islands

Dependflncieso

i'oll0\1111 te text ot proposed announcement. Begina.

l It uos ot:t'ic1allY" announced 1n the Preos on the

24th

April,

1944,

that

arrangements

had

been

ma4e

to resume ec1ent11:1o and survey

wo.k in the Dependencies, and that f'ull.y equipped bases ha4 been

eat bl1eh

⁰d.

2o

^In

ebrual'Y, 1944, parties led b7 Lt. Cdr. J.w.s.llarr R.li.V.R.

re e tabl5.oh d at Poi~ Locla'ey 1n the Palmer Aroh1p&lago (Base ./\, 10 r: l) e.nd

at

Deception Ie1and 1n the South Shetlands (Base B, ·

4 men)o Theae parties act1ng on bebalt of the Governor of tho

Falkland I lando, al110 aet up Post Oftice and Wirelese Telegraph

Olf1c s at tho e

b~ee and tl'allkod

letters

the~e

with over-printed Valklarul Iolauda atempoo

An

attempt to eat bl1eh a th1zod base at Rope

Bay

1n Trinity PeninSUl.aI' was trustrat d by adverse ioe

conditions

t'J:\70

enips ere emplayedt H.J

.~.

WILLIAM SOORESBY and FITZR<n.

4.

In

Dec er 194.5 I'CUef parties

w

re s

t

out,

und

r the comnend

of thU'g. Odro E.W. BJ.rl8llnm~ R.N.,

to maint

1n

the 'bneea. The

organio t1on

w

s now termed the Falklen! Iolanda Dependent\ioa BurTe7o

FITZROY and

v.

^II.LIAM OIU..1i'BY vare employed» and a new Bhip,

TREPAS3EY₁₁bti1'.t in ewtoundlc.nd and strengthened

tor

ice wol'k11 made

poos1ble a

m~re

extended programne. E1S'ht men were

le~

at Hope Bay, a.nd four each at Deception Island

^and

Port LocltroY• New baeea weI'e

t>t5tablished at Ca.po GeMes on La.~ie Islandi.tin the south Orlme)'S.

(Base

a,

Ii men) and

at

~ Pjord 1n south-west o~ Land

(Baeo

E~

10 en,. The British hut

1n

Nell;Y P3ord is situated on the 1eland \Thioh was occupied

by

the Unit d states Antarctic service

E:pedition in 1939-41.

~4dit1onal

Poat Of iooe and Wireless Telegraph

Offices have been established at the

nMI

baaeu 0 and letter& are

now

being posted at all tive bcaes with a new eat ot apoc1a1

~and

Island!$ Dfnlendene1ee

st~s,

1eeaed on the l.st February,

1.:::.-tuo

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PRESS CUTTING.

ANTARCTIC SURVEY

\VORK IN THE FALKLAND ISLAND

DEPENDENCiES

PRACTICAL OBJECTS OF EXPLORATION

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Sir,

Bri ti

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""nb ... ay, Bu r.oo Ai rec. 1rth ecemcer, 1~46.

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rv

tel(. ·r· 01' 10th December

b ut t~c cntine uxp uit1on t thu Ant1rctic₁ I have

... c

re. ort

r.

.t.

tr

iG ;u,.. jt.C' ~ i.J n , t .... ing vont1l•1tuC1 1L'Ilo:t daily

in 11 oocti n. cl' .. he: n tio1 1 HJ no Jn .per h n in f .c.: t l'OnC; s fnr .. ; t a r.cril- thi 'lP.1 tc. tlon o ne\7 upi'lt1Mic: 11

An t 11·c tici ti ·11• ' e <'

1m:r

1 n iJ ~il·uctc.cl almost c..ntirc..ly t, ... <U.">port1np; u•gt:n⁴1n1... pre:!ton i n in Ant.-...rctica and in C'On , .... qu ... nco thur .... is a temror""ry lull in Ll1c .pate !' historical L.rti ·lc;o tin tho Falkland Islunds.

2. AJ rt fr·om r1Jportinr; the rlan .... ci' the. c.x:r"'ditirms knmm to be CJt.t.tinr ut l'rom othur ·ountrLn, tho rr..;3s ha:i r;iven wi1e rul'li<'i ty t t!.c. v .ri u.; P:rounds n uhi..:h h.r cntino bEAsus her ,..1 i:n1 in ¹hi rPi n. Alth ugh no limit hao yot 'cee;n set to th • .) cl im· the. n re ru ..,;moible ^'I') p .. 1•s t'.llk 01· the ''A1·gentinc

J.~t~r" 1lch th~· d ·~ribo ~c 4 naturul extension or PJtugonla

An~ t~o ~n~1...~n ~h.in ..ni ~h~r~foro cographicolly p rt n£ the l-1.r untin1..., c-1.iM \hich is sail "; bo rcinf~rccd by forty years

n1ntGrr rr· vU. ccun ... ti<'n by ... r..,."'n inu sci nti • s. It is bcin, blun+-1;• ... •u 1 ... h..1.t NC'rthc.rn Hc:nisph ... rc.; po ·ars h1vc.. no ri h t .... til' ... Lrritory in thl; An";arctic r<.: i1ns \l.ich should bu r~sLr~~i f r n ... i·h ~urin.g n~ti~ns. ..rgontinc-Chilcan unity

"' urT osL in thi comm~ ion is buine stru ... d by rt..rorts of the in•1J 1 n ! J,.r on·in ~"'ficcr in the Chile,, n expedition und vice

VvrJ~. ~omL I p~rJ C~n~iilUO t P~int t~ thu d.ngors ~f th~

c tin l n P thl blu lv'" in .. rguntinv w ... tor ... \ hich is ... xpc.c• i t.., b thu ~ ... ult f truJ inc..L:.crimin t ... r.lc.ughtor C\f

nir.- 1.. n'l rl ... on ..:n .. th~ G'J\i.; ~nn:.mt t tc... •• o 1.Lrgunt stops to pruvunt no C'l.in r 1:'. ·hl:r pc- Jr".

3. It is ~i~nif'k mt t..'1 "" n mJntion h , bvcm ^maao o!' the oxlotonco 0f th~ v~ious Briti.h porti~s a~cupying sitou in this rof'."ion ma i t ;ni,:i;h t 't'.'u ir t:t t thu pr ... rs ^1. a ¹holv, ma. even the C..XJ)OI'tc uncoru1ect..:o. li th ovvrnm .. nt "ir"'lcs1 ⁱ^· un w i·e Ji' thooc

1<'ti vi tioa. I t is Roner lly s umc.. l tn~ ,..r• un tin :l h s by fur tho

c

st .::l 1:.- ::'rom uvJry ro1nt f vic.:w \/i,ilc:. t ~ t f Chilo merit ncm .. r- nui::i.1,;r ti0n. \ hcru th ... :3ri ti. l. ·1 im is

discu"' .. 11 l it io ;:r..,n ... r .lly diamlnoud ,11th tho· I'Cm 1rk tho t·

'· unil tor l nn unc1..m~nt is in uf'ficient to ust olish

OVllI'l' l ll t ,

4. On th in tC'ni.., ' f r

,....u

^.ir¹

th t ~ u1'li · Jovvrn:. ... nt i i nL iu l cxtr.., 1

~t huve c1...cn moaerote urvod princ11nlly uv .. r, i t is clc.r i t i~ bVivUJ th.t the

iti n r ~ .hich o n..:cv s · .r uld nrove

I rr. oUllli4' ~riv f •ri du

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Th• Rt.. c n. ,

Ern~ t B- in, '.I . ,

0 t ... ' (;I .... , (., t.-.. , Pc r 1 n 0 flee,

L nl-:>n.

b~. ith thu ti ^~t rw •puct,

·air,

t oboa.ion ... , hur t1l .orv'lnt,

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t~rrito1•i 1 p"!ti·:L.011·', by cnkrin<• thL n<.;cc.sc ry r serves. And it is i.1 tli~sc conditions and for this purpooc t,1ut. this Govc .. •.1 .11•, r pc. ts it nm; to Your -::xcullcncy in re "Et1·d to the isG1.l.C 01 th~ post· c cto.mos ruf\:r1•ed. to bovo.

I h· vc ut tho s·~mc tine to i .forz: Your Excellency th t the Ar~cntin ... GovL:rru'lcnt hi...; c usc-d tho :Jnivcr ll Pootal Union to be i.11'or lCJ., t& i t tlid in 1943 on the occaoi or1 of the; 1 sm1 of Bri ti n st'lrrip.J co " ~.noratiJ1 the cc.1ten£.iry of tho occupv.tio1.1.

of the; I ... l .., .. c.l vL1_0 (Fall~lanJ. I clandc) thu t corPcs!lond nee rr.nchin lw Re: ublic ::mJ bt::F~rin ^{th ...} ^r i ^l ~t ps will bt- rem1rd J. ... s un<-" .1 ~ed uid sub:oct to thu I rupriute ponal ti<. rs.

I ccordin ,1.,- r ... nc..w to Your Exe l:!.enc.,r thEJ accur&..1cc of ry .oct dis t i . ..,.,.U.shc;d co.~o c.r .tiorl.

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pub .. ic'ltion . y Uc; Co ~ onweal th of Aus tr tli of n • p of the Ant retie; th\; reserves c..1.tu1·cl p1.,;r on' llY in

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Then tr. For .. 1rn ~ii.i ti:.r rofcr.t•cd to the ^~hilcan Govu..nl. 11t¹s future rolicy. It fir t ^{l'l( ...}:urc. ·, . the officic.:l cxpCJoi .. ion which within 11 fc.\ d ... ys \IO .Ld rl:ach tht.: Chi lc.qn pol .... r l'v ion. ^r1¹hi 3 C.X -..ii ti on C.'" 1 scientific pur:pOSt.:ll3 and Was alGo ~c.nt to confirm th~ nation~l ~oninion. Th fri~ato

11I1ui'l.UC¹¹ left IuntE Arc:nas ':>n the.. night of Jr.nu· ry 15th bound for tho oouth Shetle.nds whore sl.c would \Tait for the troopship

11Angar10n ¹¹, wh'i.ch v1ould leave Valpb.rc.ioo by the: enu. of Janua1•y carrying on [)0 l'l c onr:ilc t.t • .3cicntif1c, nrvol W1d mili tm·y micaion. '!'hcsu c.ttablish pcrn.~nL•nt rr.ct .... oroloe;iccl nnd. magnetic b .. sce. ¹¹Aa n ^g1~ephicrecord of om, :lominion, the cxpcdi ti on

will l ... :...vc., landmurlrn 1n the tc.eri tory whicll will proclaim the rightc which Ch'i.L.i hue over it". The; <..xpudi tion would be supolicd \ i. th th1•c.c t.ircrc. f t to explore the zone ~s far inland as clim' tic con i.i tions · llo'.7. He ... h<-n spoke of th uxpedi tions to the ,.ntarctic continent m:dt. by Sl vcn other count1·los.

Continuing, he said th~t the Government had taken the follo\':inri- stepc : f'irctl;r, th. i.ncorrori:i ti on or ChL.c n

Ant retie Tcrrltory in th. ~oL"tico-udmini trativc divis:on of the i:<cpu lie, by mca.ns 01' 1 • 1 ... 1 ,,hich \l!lS bcini:; consid⁰rcd o.t present t:,y the Ministry of the Interior; E"ccondly, the

rovioion of ,co~r phy &nd history school tJxtcooks; and tlirdlv, the ieouc or stumpn ref'errinK to the Cliilc'"lll Antarctic, \rl ich h"'d alroudy been uthorisct'l. by thl.! Ministry.

"Ao f.' i· ro intcrnE::tion'.11 policy i ccncc.:rnod, we are

t1•yin~ to come to ;n 1grcc en t with Art::cn tin , and to tili s ~

technical con~ult tions~ interrupted i~

1941 ,

will be rcsu.~ .•

Un1.oubt dly¹¹ - he r:ddc;d - "11 atrictly A.r.c1'ic~n doctrine bocoru. .. s c.:xtrorrcly import:...nt in rc .... pcc t of thu Antarctic

r-cgions which liCJ close to our Ccr1 ·~ine.>nt. I morin the Monroe doctl'inc. r~he. application or the Mom·oc :Joctl'inc to those regions is o n•1turc.l sequcmcc of the gcobrr.!)h1c:il background and, i.f it is ucccpt ... d, it will cxc!udc. 11 cluims to

saver •ignty fror'l non-/u1erican nations. Tr.c Chilean Crovu1·nm.::nt will not r,• t nor c ... u in their effortc \.U'ltil Chile's dominion ic fully rccogni ~ari. in tcrnr.tionolly¹¹•

1 \ t the conclusion of 1 i st t nc..nt, tho Foreign

Hinistcr r fc..rr-.J. to th .... str'lt~gic rma c0 ~Ol'.ac valu ... of tho .Antarctic, and loo to futuru tr..n~nc: r ir lin~s.

Finally, h~ confirm

n

Chll ¹s int ntion to keep and a.cf1.:nCl this turritory irr ... p .. c1..iv ... of its ; Uh md po .... sibilitics l.ucEu~c. she.: S'"id, i t con"'titut d t .. o so·1t-,hcrn limit of Chile rnd was ^l po.rt of' hc.r t rri tor".

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ct cf +he c l conl A1Yisory Ue .... ting of the Forci n Hini""tc.rs

of .till1 rican co•mtric. • h~ld in L .i bana, t \hi ch th() ChiL .. an

delc · tion expr s ly st tcd th~t th0y rc.o rv~ h ir rights ovc.:r the Ant retie iucstion, \rhich they IT'i ht brini:I up in the future.

v) Afu1dnistri;. •i ve Ba.clrnrounq. The Fo1·olgn Linistcr oummea. up the.. scv1..:r· 1 fishing ·rants made by the Ghiloun Government since 1902 (he G&id thut the 1902 grant vuo the first one made by any Gov~rnmcnt in the An tare tic). He maintninoa that "the Chile.an Government, on muli:.ing these gr·ants _, \:as fully m; re ol' its sovereignty ovc1• the polar

zone", thi:tt thic sovereignty was not "intc1•nationally object<.:d to'', and that "the acts of' occupation carried out by Chilean v1r.1ilcrs and f'ishcrmcn rcprcscn t u firm coneo11Jation of our Antarctic ri hte;" accord.inc: to the rules of inturnational la\/.

After this com_lcte expose of tho backgl'ound, the Foreign Uinintcr rent or. to &.nnlyse the internationql reaction

to the Ducroc. of Novemb .... r 6th, 1940, hich rras made lmo·m 3imultmcouGly in this co\llltry ~d to all foreign govcrnmcr.ts. Only four countries ro1"l'!lulat~d objections to this Chilean decree: Grc t .)ri tain, the united States. Jauan unl tho

Ai~~ntinc. - ·

Gru t Britcin basca her objection on thu nllcged f9.ct th t on p• rt of the Chi lc..nn Antiu·ctic ovcrl~rns the Eri tish pol i· , ector, which hrs been callt-J Falkland Islands Dcpcn knciu. . Thi c Br·i ti sh , cc or compr18 s , be si 'lus t;.raham Land, thl South Sl c..tln.nd IGlun .. s, South Georri" and the South Orknuys. "Ou1' cownry l.as mswcred the British

!love1'nmcnt th• ~ whu t h s hcc,n c lle,.l the F'.llklnnd I .lands Dependu 1cics vwrc i.;stal lishcn by letters p'ltcnt in 1908 and

19:7;

th t i s, six to fifteen year~ fter th~ Chilcbn

Government 1~uu confir .1~d its soverci ·mty over tho Antarctic by moons of' octc of £.c tu 1 occup'ltion. Thi · sovorcif'?ltY -

OS has alr~adJ OJCn said - has its origin in vhc Royal Decrees of the Spanish C1,o.m¹¹^•

',,he forei n Uinietcr r....!'orrcd thun to the objections r.iado oy th~ Unit ".i. st~tcs, to the.. effect th t th~y hnJ. never

acknowlcagcl th s0vcrcir-:nty of ~ny n_tion over •he South Pole, .n rcs~rv d the right to disa re~ on thi~ iosuo. Tho

Forci ;n ~1111 t r i'i the. t thic ct ti tulc. "ic not ln keeping with a pt:!r 'n nt line of the North American intern tion 1 policy". lso ~· c llc th'""t t ..._, Stntc D part!"l .. nt in

We.shin to ~ t r:1, holtlin >\ t-:Ci l Conf rcnc-. of Anerican countries .r Lich have int r st .. L1 tho Pol .

nftcr rc.j1.;cting J'lp m'c objection::; bee use he

con i le rod tho1 .r~ti ruly rrounu.lurs, he nG<lyo d thu tal ~ h()ld i.'.'1.t\101.n Chil JlJ. the Ar("cntin with o view to .... rrivin t n

joint solution, hopine; that ¹urthc.r 1ct1on woul le rosur.1ed in bucnoc Air s in th .... nc.ar futuro on the follow1.nt; point~:

First; 'th t hc.:i.·e .i..., a. Soutl Anoricun Ant retie"; Sccona., .. th t the only t\10 counh'ics which 11 Y oxcluuiv rie;hts over i t l'

ct ..

1 lc . nd Ar ( I ' tinn II.

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t h . · · ci. c·l.lod. t'li.c r cc for tl.u South Pole c nnot he:p

•iv lng ri .... c to rni3 riYin •s ¹¹• Ht: rc..c llc th t in 1?40 the Chill; n G'>vc.;1·r.rr.cn , r1.ftPr analysin tr ^t l' •lcv nt hi ·to1·1.cal,

"'Cof·r· pl ic ... , l, "1=1.l, rt ... plorr.&tic mcl 9.d.ministrativ .... b cl.g1·0W1d, aa :.l decree.: est ~l.:.shinEZ: the r.otml•1·.i. .. of Chil un

Al1 i: retie T·-rritory 01' the''Chill m Ant retie :¹ Th a.1::c1·oe .... :- ''Tl'c.: CLil · n Ant rc""ic comprioc.. r.11 the land,

j ... n ~. i ·l t • i~l-E;J , .Jacl-:.-.i.c{_, '1111 tnc.: r ot, 11· dy lmO\m or to ro l,

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,, i i i not of lol"".inion over the cc tor, nor w·.c i t m n• to". A, t t ... , 11

to fix thu bound ri ~ of t~rritory which

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to iecov ry of'

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Ll:o~~y FOR FORE1 'HT AFFJ..I:<S.

No.

00554 .

DIPL-OHATIC DEPAATMEN':'

A~1lERICA SECTION.

Sri.n t iugo, 14th Janua1·y,

1947 .

Sir: I h ve the .honour to £.ckno tl<;Cl ·c receipt of Your EXC.Jllency'e: Jotc No.135 cf' the ::14th Dcccrrbcr l .,t, informing r·e th t ^{H i t} r

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^qnGovwrnm nt, surveying parties of the so-c lled F l l n1 I~l .n~G ~epcndcnci s r~ t present

·+ ationed t t1.e i'ol lo";im; plf..c ... 5 in th Antarctic: Po1•t Lockroy, ';) c _ ti:m !Ll'Jld, Laurit.: Isl nd, Hope Bay md

U,..r,,.ueri t~ y. '{our- Exccl-c.ncy t tr e .., me time informs me, on in"'truct.;.onri 'rom your Government, th t tl C'Be pA.rtics r:ill . c f•Jlly r r to fraternize \li th

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•nd to f o,;.-- th 1 vc:.ry rocsiblc .., i t nee 'to the extent thflt cxistin~ rrr-'>urc s may allow.

In r ly, f iOUld infor~ Your Excullc.ncv thst ~~

'}ov rnroc nt h· vc .i:·c:cc.h'·cd grc.tcfull:r -.n in q • il'i t of full rcci!>rocitr thr J~ln offers of kSiuk.nce .;hich you h ''e been p;oo 1 enow l to c ny..,y to me. I f"houl l, at the s me time, point out to Yolr Excc!lency th t thu Chil .n OovurnMent view., with to:t ranc, the incurrions of the i..forc-mcntioncd

~riti~h .... urvl:ria..,. p rties in Por•t Lockro,> , Deception Lslund, f:opo P 'I n'.l ?:t r':licritc Bay, ln spite of the !'net thut these ... c s re ... it t" i in Chilc9.11 tcrri tory.

Hi xc 11 nc.

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l.;t J ~u ry, 1947.

No . 37 .

Sir,

I h ^;.Ve the honour to ('nclocc. in ori.r.rin 1 md free tr nc.i. tion, ~ Hotc from the ~in1 try ^1'01•

or 1 n A· ir3 which h s nou been r .... cc.i ved in reply to m;, Hot ?ro.135 of th<:: 4th ::>ecember, r ... g .re.Un•

tllc Cl.1 lc !n exncdi tion now or. i ":..:; \7 y to Antarctic t.e l'ri to ry.

c: • It will ·oe obsern~ i th< t tho ^{l l}st p£ rl:igraph of tho .1.~otc iu \Tri ttcn in U.'T!Liguous Spanish, but

vidcnt y 1 · intcnde l to convey the u& 1 frirn: tion of Cr 11 .... m overt:ignty.

j . • h11v1..: the honou!' to enquiro whethwr any rt.₁ly r.:nll no\'; be ma e to this .late.

The Ri 'ht onour blo Erne t T~vin, ?'.P.,

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Sir .ohn H. L ch ,

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(a) copies of ⁴ cii~p tch .1.'l'Om Jis HajcGty's runiat¹³1', snntiu.l·o, trWlsrr.itting Cl. ':'r1nslation of

a lcttnr, 1. tcd tho 14th C:anu' ry, 1947, from the Chilein t.iniotrv of t<'orciF;TI Aff irs on the oubject

of the Chilo r.n exuc.;clition to the Ante.retie.

January,

~47.

(o) a co oi: a prP.cio of ot-.tement on

- - - the Chi lu n Ant rc⁴ic ClJ";tira r .. de by the Chil •&n ning ini. t r ol' 1''o.t•ei ^·.iAf1'⁰.irs lefore the Chilcnn m Gent~ on the n2na Jnnu~rJ, 1947. the

( Sif:ned) JOHN CHAD\'IICK. Secrct·ry,

Poler Committee.

Dorr.inion.., Office, 24th l.ic;.rch, 1947.

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