LAND IN ANTARCTIC
AMERICAN CLAIMS UNLIKELY. ADMIRAL BYRD’S VIEWS. (By Telegraph—PreM Association.) DUNEDIN, March 1. In the course of a conversation, entirely unofficial, which took place between the Governor-General and RearAdmiral E. Byrd, prior to His Excellency’s departure from Dunedin, the question of territorial rights in the Antarctic was mentioned and the Governor-General was assured by Admiral Byrd that the United States, so far as his influence went, would make no claims respecting territory arising out of his expedition’s activities. Admiral Byrd said that the United States had no ambitions regarding the land which had been discovered by the expedition. So far as he could speak as a representative of his country, no claims would be made. The expedition had been of a purely scientific character and territorial acquisitions had not been considered nor was the subject ever likely to ibe the cause of controversy.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 2 March 1935, Page 5
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145LAND IN ANTARCTIC Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 2 March 1935, Page 5
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