ANTARCTIC CLAIMS
Denial By Argentina LONDON, July 28. The Argentine Embassy denied that Argentina is claiming Antarctic areas an'd stated that it has merely established a committee to study Antarctic problems, which will co-operate with any nations that are interested. A recent, report from New York stated : “The Buenos Aires correspondent of the •New York Tunes' says Argentina will make a strong bid for ownership of approximately a seventh of (he Antarctic region at the international conference of Arctic explorers in Bergen, Norway, in 1940. She is preparing vigorously to oppose any attempt by the United Slates to extend the Monroe Doctrine into the Antarctic regions as a result of the new Byrd expedition. At the same time. Argentina will dispute Britisli claims to the South Orkney Islands. South Georgia. South Shetland Islands, Graham la nd, and all other islands in the vicinity of the Weddell Sea.”
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 259, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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147ANTARCTIC CLAIMS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 259, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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