UN. Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (1958-1972 : Bunche)
Series consists of letters, memoranda, code and clear cables, reports and selected UN documents relating to negotiations between the Secretary-General's representatives and representatives of Israel and Jordan, inspection of the Mount Scopus area, convoy problems, shooting incident in the Huleh area, investigation on the death of Lt. Col. George Alfred Flint, the Urrutia mission and the Spinelli/Rikye mission. Primary correspondents are Andrew Cordier, Dag Hammarskjold, Lt. Col. Byron Leary, Francisco Urrutia and Major General Carl von Horn.
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Series consists of letters, memoranda, clear and code cables, reports, minutes, name lists, notes, newspaper clippings, selected United Nations published documents and photographs of border posts and demilitarized zones (b & w, 220 3x5, 199 6x8, 9 8x12) relating to political, military and administrative matters, including ceasefire negotiations, breaches of ceasefire agreements, incidents at observation posts and demilitarized zones, meetings of various armistice commissions, the Suez Canal navigation, the demilitarization of Mount Scopus, the exchange of prisoners of war, the Secretary-General's statements and reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly, visits of Ralph Bunche to the Middle East, David Susskind's interviews with Abba Eban from 1967 to 1969, property claims, communications and transport, equipment and supplies, personnel and miscellaneous general services. Primary correspondents include Lieutenant-General Edson Burns, Ralph Bunche, Andrew Cordier, Dag Hammarskjold, Colonel Byron Leary, Lieutenant-General Odd Bull and Major-General Carl von Horn.
Existence and location of copies: The archives has a complete copy of the series in triplicate (PDF, TIFF, and GIF formats) on 35 CD-Rs, in box S-0312-0033.
Series consists of letters, memoranda, clear cables, numbered code cables, reports of the UNCI Principal Secretary, press releases, texts of the General Assembly President's speeches and broadcasts (copies), and United Nations documents relating to UNCI administration, as well as information on military developments and political negotiations with representatives of the Netherlands and Indonesia. The reports are addressed to the Principal Director of the Department of Security Council Affairs D. Protitch. Most of the letters are Andrew W. Cordier's copies of correspondence between the Principal Secretary J.A. Romanos and Protitch. Cordier's correspondence is primarily with Romanos. Arranged in broad subject categories.
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*S-0681 Subject files of the Good offices Committee and United Nations Commission for Indonesia
Series was created, in large part, by Andrew Cordier, who served as Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General 1946-1961. Subsequently a couple of files were added by Ralph Bunche in his capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (1958-1972). Records include correspondence, incoming and outgoing code cables, incoming and outgoing clear cables, administrative files, reports, photographs, and maps related to the activities of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in the Middle East. Documented are administrative matters, incidents, political matters, the status of UNTSO within the area, activities of the Mixed Armistice Commissions (MAC's), the establishment of Government House, truce negotiations, and regional conflicts in 1948, 1956, and 1967. Correspondents include Acting UN Mediator for Palestine Ralph J. Bunche, Assistant to the Executive Assistant Leo Malania, and UNTSO Chiefs of Staff William Riley, Vagn Bennike, E.L.M. Burns, and Carl C. von Horn. Arranged in approximate alphabetical sequence.
Series consists of correspondence, summaries of phone conversations, and incoming and outgoing clear cables, incoming and outgoing code cables. Subjects include armistice negotiations between Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan, cease-fire arrangements, and Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on the conflicts. Correspondents include Secretary-General Trygve Lie, Assistant to the Executive Assistant Leo Malania, Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban, UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, Acting UN Mediator Ralph Bunche. Arranged chronologically.
Series created and maintained until 1961 by Andrew Cordier, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General, and subsequently by C. V. Narasimhan, Chef de Cabinet. Records include correspondence, incoming and outgoing code cables, and incoming and outgoing clear cables (relating to the special commission created to resolve local disputes). Arranged by type of record.
Series created by various Under-Secretaries-Generals for Special Political Affairs, including at the end of the period, Under-Secretary-General Cordovez. Records include United Nations official documents, numbered code and clear cables (incoming and outgoing), press releases, daily press briefings, correspondence, memoranda, and press clippings regarding the Middle East, including Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and the Palestine LIberation Organization (PLO). Includes meeting summaries, briefing notes for the Secretary-General, agreements, and some maps. Bulk of materials date from 1967 to 1986; only two items date from 1948-1949. Subjects include the question of Palestine; the Arab-Israeli conflict; deportations from Israeli-occupied territories; assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon; and the construction of a Mediterranean-Dead Sea canal. Other subjects include incidents; meetings and conferences; prisoners of war; humanitarian assistance; terrorism; the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); and Palestinian University. Also includes the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF); United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL); and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). Correspondents include Chief Coordinator for U.N. Peace-keeping in the Middle East Lt. Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo and UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Emmanuel A. Erskine. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
UN. Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General (1946-1961 : Cordier)
Series consists of letters, memeranda and numbered code cables and reports relating to military and political matters, including proposals on implementing the Mount Scopus agreement, the Urrutia mission, Syrian complaints of Israeli infiltration, access to the British war cermetery, incidents, casualties and Colonel George Flint's visits to Mount Scopus. Primary correspondents are Ralph Bunche, Colonel Flint, Colonel Byron Leary, Constantin Stavropoulos, Henri Vigier, Major-General Carl von Horn and Francisco Urrutia
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Series created by Executive Assistant Andrew Cordier, and later by Ralph Bunche, Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs. Record types include letters, memoranda, clear cables, numbered code cables, an agreement (re National Medical Center), reports of the UN Commission on Korea (UNCOK), summary of a meeting of the UN Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK) representatives with the Acting Prime Minister of Korea, photostats of documents captured from the Korean People's Republic (1950), press releases, UN documents. Includes files relating to the UN Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK), UNCOK, UNCURK, and the UN Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA). Correspondents include C.V.Narasimhan, the Secretary-General Trygve Lie, the principal secretaries and other officials of the various Korean Special missions, Chou En Lai of the People's Republic of China, American officials addressing the Secretary-General, and friends and families of missing United Nations military personnel (1955). Arranged alphabetically by subject.