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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.

Series documents budgetary questions, annual budget estimates, staff appointments, travel standards, financial crisis and need for budgetary restraint, public contributions, and Article 19 - including Working Group of 21. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, clear cables, statistical and narrative annual and budget reports, meetings minutes, newspaper clippings, and United Nations official documents relating to financial services. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Controller Bruce Turner, Assistant Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani, and Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management H.K. Matthews. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series documents activities of the Human Rights Division, particularly with respect to apartheid, appeals for clemency, American Indians, work of the Committee of Three, status of women, and Jewish citizenship. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, clear and code cables - numbered, press releases, and meeting notes. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Directors of Human Rights Division Marc Schreiber and J. P. Humphrey, Under-Secretary and Legal Counsel C. A. Stavropoulos, and representatives of human rights organizations. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, committee reports and proposals, newspaper clippings, and United Nations documents relating to the organizational matters of the Secretariat. Subjects relate to the review of the activities and organization of the Secretariat and reports from committees, such as, the Committee of Experts and Committee of Seven, proposing Secretariat reorganization strategies. Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant, Assistant-Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani, Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes, Legal Counsel C.A. Stavropoulos, and Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management H. Keith Matthews.

Accession numbers: 67/184, 74/74.

See also records series # S-0176.

Series documents matters of international criminal law and jurisdiction, privileges, immunities and legal status involving host country relations, incidents regarding governments, personnel, copyright protection, and taxation. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, United Nations official documents, and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include Secretaries-General Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant, Director of United Nations Office in Geneva P. P. Spinelli, Legal Counsel C. A. Stavropoulous, and Assistant Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani, . Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series documents the activities of the Division of Narcotics which was transferred to the European Office in 1965. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, clear and code cables (numng to the Division of Narcotics . Subjects pertain to the United Nations fund for drug abuse control, the Thailand project, and administrative matters. Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant, Deputy Chef de Cabinet Jose Rolz-Bennett, Director-General of the European office P. P. Spinelli, Director of Narcotic Drugs D. A. Chapman, President of the Permanent Central Opium Board Sir Harry Greenfield, and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control W. A Schurmann. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

UN. Chef de Cabinet (1961-1973: Narasimhan)
Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs (1962-1967: Narasimhan)

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, clear and code cables (numbered and unnumbered), itineraries, journals, brochures, invitations, letters of thanks, newspaper clippings, press releases and United Nations documents relating to the personal files of the Chef de Cabinet. Subjects include trips; speeches; boards, committees and foundations; organizations; and the United Nations International School (UNIS). Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant, and mostly communications between the Chef de Cabinet C.V. Narasimhan and the heads and representatives of organizations, boards, foundations, colleges and universities, diplomats and countries' top officials.

Accession numbers: 66/203, 67/184, 73/176, 74/19, 74/74, 74/105, 77/4.

Series documents appointments to the Office of Public Information, United Nations Information Centres, employee transfers and the World Fair of 1964. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, code cables - numbered and unnumbered, political reports from information centres, newpaper clippings, brochures and United Nations official documents. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Under-Secretary for Public Information H. Tavares de Sa, Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information Agha Abdul Hamid, Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management H. Keith Matthews, Assistant-Secretary-General for Public Information G. Alatani, and Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs in charge of Public Information Joze Rolz-Bennett. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series documents a variety of personnel matters such as recruitment, staffing, appointments, promotion, standards of conduct; acceptance of honours, decorations, favours and gifts, staff welfare and benefits, education benefits - United Nations International School, UNIS, staff relations, and appeals. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, United Nations official documents, commercial publications, newspaper clippings, and press releases. Correspondents include Secretaries-U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary-for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, Assistant Secretary-and Director of Services D. B. Vaughan, and Under-Secretary-for Department of Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes. Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series documents staff appointments and assignments, staff transfers and promotions, advisory boards, personnel policy and procedures, recruitment, salaries, staff services, housing, and health and recreation. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, code cables - numbered and numbered, monthly and advisory board reports, resumes of applicants, and United Nations official documents. Correspondents include Secretary- General U Thant, Under-Secretary and Director of Personnel Sir Alexander MacFarquhar, Assistant -Secretary-General M. H. Gherab, and Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs Phillipe de Seynes. Arranged alphabetically by subject.