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UN. Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General - 1946-1961: Cordier

Series consists of minutes of meetings, membership lists, resolutions and reports of the General Assembly relating to the United Nations Committee on United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration - UNRRA, memoranda, letters and cablegrams on contributions to UNRRA and UN-UNRRA relations. The Committee was created in spring of 1946, to facilitate the final stages of UNRRA work and the generation of additional contributions. Also included are Nos. 52 and 58 of The Journal of The United Nations. Correspondents include Chairman of the Committee Sol Bloom, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary-General on Economic Affairs A. E. Ritchie, diplomatic officials of the contributing countries.

Series consists of correspondence and memoranda, incoming and outgoing clear cables and telegrams, press releases, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, such as, programmes and brochures, and speeches and photographs relating to the planning and coordination of United Nations events. Events recorded include Staff Day for 1955 and 1956; and the second, fifth, sixth and tenth anniversaries of the United Nations. The bulk of the material relates to the Tenth Anniversary of the Signing of the United Nations Charter held in San Francisco in 1955 including the activities planned in celebration of the day, such as, art exhibitions and banquets. Other subjects areas cover itineraries, protocol, programme committee plans, and congratulatory messages from governments and the public. Correspondents include Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold; D.B. Vaughan, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of General Services; R. Chestnutt, R. Gros, H. Freeman, E. van Kleffens and top echelon officials and diplomats from governments and missions offering congratulatory messages.

Accession numbers: A/399, 63/431, A/384, 62/1104, A/392, 62/1123, A/85, A/286, 63/133, A/211, 62/1107

United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to South Vietnam - administrative files

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, draft reports, lists, minutes of meetings, agendas, rules of procedure, cables, press statements, press releases, press clippings, handwritten notes, petitions, verbatim records of plenary meetings, interviews, communiques, bulletins, photographs, graphic photographs, cloth banner, books, periodicals, and pamphlets. Subjects include but are not limited to the followng: creation of mission; human rights violations; allegations against Buddhists; Buddhist letters of protest; Vietnam - administrative filesese laws and regulations collected by the Secretary-General at Headquarters; visits to youth camps, prisons and hospitals; appeal for freedom of religion in Vietnam - administrative files; highland refugees; Communist subversive warfare in South Vietnam - administrative files; history of Buddhism in Vietnam - administrative files; and Communism in South Vietnam - administrative files. Correspondents include: Alain M. Dangeard, Administrative and Finance Officer, Mission to Vietnam - administrative files; George Lansky, Acting Chief, Field Operating Services; Abdul Rahan Pazhwak, Ambassador; Sergio Correa Da Costa, Ambassador; Sir Senerat Gunewardene, Ambassador; General Doung Van Minh; General Tran Van Don; and General Le Van Kim.

UN. Chef de Cabinet - 1961-1973: Narasimhan
Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - 1962-1967: Narasimhan

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, clear cables, committee meeting minutes and United Nations documents relating to the United Nations International Cooperation Year committee of the General Assembly. Subjects relate to various plans and proposals in commemoration of United Nations International Cooperation Year- UNICY including the issuance of special stamps, a lecture series and a proposal for the establishment of a permanent UNICY office. Correspondents include Secretary- General U Thant, Deputy Secretary for the UNICY Committee Yasushi Akashi, and Officer of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General and Secretary of the UNICY Committee J.F. Engers.

Accession numbers: A/538, 67/184.

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, incoming and outgoing cables, telegrams, aides-memoires, translations, notes, meeting reports, annual reports, final reports, reports, appendices, annexes, petitions, summary records of meetings, summary records of hearings, statements, speeches, talks, interviews, announcements, resolutions, draft outlines, drafts of final reports, communications, press releases, press conference statements, weekly news summaries, reprints of news articles, periodicals, booklets, programs, lists, logs, itineraries, tables, bibliographies, election regulations, election manifests, local authority ordinances, instructions, oaths of office, forms, indemnities, resumes, biographical notes, charts, photograph albums, maps, posters, invitations, and routing slips.

Subjects include but are not limited to the following: administration; personnel; border incidents; hearings; Cobbold Report; summit meetings; Committee of Twenty-four on Colonialism; Council Negri; political party conferences; North Borneo and Sarawak elections; and local governments.

Correspondents include U Thant, UN Secretary-General; Laurence Michelmore, Representative of the UN Secretary-General, UNMAM; George J. Janecek, Deputy Representative of the UN Secretary-General, UNMAM; and J. Rolz-Bennett, British Malaysian Commission.

UN. Deputy Chef de Cabinet - 1962-1964 : Rolz-Bennett
Series consists of clear cables, numbered code cables, letters, memoranda, notes, and various reports relating to UNFICYP and CYPRUS. UNFICYP subject files - numbered, relates to the organization, personnel, and finances of UNFICYP, as well as appeals for assistance by the Secretary-General to the Cyprus government and updates on the military situation in Cyprus. Included are photographs - various black and white photoprints taken in Cyprus, photographers unknown. Unnumbered subject files relate to operational matters such as UNFICYP Civilian Police activities, reports of alleged military incidents and political updates involving Cyprus and Turkey Correspondents include Under-Secretaries-General Ralph Bunche, Roberto Guyer, and Jose Rolz-Bennett, Secretary-General U Thant, UNFICYP top echelon such as F. Bibiano Osorio-Tafall - the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Eria Ward - Res. Rep. of the Technical Assistance Board and Director of the Special Fund Programmes in Turkey, UNFICYP's Commander General K.S. Thimaya, representatives of Britain, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and military contingents.
Restrictions on Access: Numbered code cables are classified. Contains strictly confidential correspondence. Some personal information - staff evaluations.
Processing Status: Archival processing complete
Former Series/Location number: DAG-1/2.4.1, boxes 38 - last 4 files, 39-49, 51 - last 2 files, 52-54.

Series consists of clear cables, numbered code cables, letters, memoranda, UNTEA administrative reports, reports of the Administrator, and peace agreements between Indonesia and the Netherlands - copies, relating to the legal, military, personnel, organizational, policy matters, and progress updates associated with UNTEA. Arranged alphabetically by subject.