U.S. Proposes EightNation Administration Of Antarctica
(10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Diplomatic circles in Buenos Aires reported yesterday that the United States has proposed a eight-nation trusteeship for the Antarctic to settle the conflicting claims on South Polar territory, says the United Press correspondent in Buenos Aires. The proposal calls for joint administration of the region by United States, Britain, Argentina, Chile, Norway, Finland. New Zealand and Australia. Each nation claims a sector of the Antarctic and several sectors overlap. Argentina and Chile are reported to have rejected the idea.
Chilean officials are said to have taken the stand that Chile would reassert her claims ns soon as the international situation was stabilised. Argentina continued to call for an international conference on the issue.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22707, 4 August 1948, Page 7
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