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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.

UN. Office for Special Political Affairs (1971-1974: Guyer)

Series consists of incoming and outgoing clear and code cables relating to the Indian subcontinent. Subjects include the military situation, armistices, relief efforts, and the UN East Pakistan Relief Operations (UNEPRO). Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Under-Secretaries-General Roberto Guyer and Brian Urquhart, UN relief officials Toni Hagen and Sir Robert Jackson, and High Commissioner for Refugees Ismat Kittani.

Accession numbers: A/754; 77/207

UN. Office for Special Political Affairs (1971-1974: Guyer)

Series consists of incoming and outgoing code and clear cables dealing with relief operations in Bangladesh under UN Relief Operations Bangladesh (UNROB), successor to UN Relief Operations - Dacca (UNROD). Subjects include shipping, financing, administration, and grain supplies. Correspondents include Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Under-Secretaries-General Roberto Guyer and Brian Urquhart, and UNROB Officials Sir Robert Jackson and Francis Lacoste.

Accession numbers: A/754; 77/207.

UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1958-1959: Trevelyn; 1958-1972: Bunche; 1959-1961: Narasimhan; 1962-1963: Loufti; 1963-1964: Protitch; 1965-1970: Rolz- Bennett; 1970-1978: Guyer)

Series consists of numbered and unnumbered code and clear cables documenting the progress of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). Cables include information on personnel (filling observer vacancies, repatriation, replacements, terminations), civilian-UN incidents and supplies. Subjects include Israeli and Syrian "side" inspections and findings; damage to installations along the Suez Canal and Security Council (SECCO) meetings. Correspondents include Senior Administrative Officer J. Schoellkop; UNTSO Chief of Staff O. Bull; and UNTSO Chief Administrator D. T. Holland.

Accession number: 86/215

Actual series size: 7 boxes

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UN. Office for Special Political Affairs (1971-1974: Guyer)

Series consists of incoming and outgoing code, clear, only, and unnumbered cables related to relief operations in Dacca. Subjects include shipping, financing, and grain supplies. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Under-Secretaries-General Roberto Guyer and Brian Urquhart, UNROD officials Victor Umbricht, Sir Robert Jackson, Francis Lacoste, and Toni Hagen.

Accession numbers: A/754; 77/207

Actual series size: 1.5 feet

UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1958-1972: Bunche; 1970-1978: Guyer)

Series consists of two volumes documenting the representation of China in the United Nations. Volumes include cables, memoranda, correspondence, UN documents and reports, including session reports of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN. Volume one is composed of general information / FAQs; volume two targets specific topics, such as the textile industry; the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); the International Labor Organization (ILO); the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative (IGMC); the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the International Communication Union (ICU); the Universal Postal Union (UPU); and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Accession number: 1985/079

Actual series size: 1 box

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Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (1958-1972: Bunche)

Series consists of letters, clear and code cables, maps of Rwanda-Burundi, photographs, newspaper clippings, memoranda, press releases and reports relating to UN missions and commissions in Africa. The bulk of records (1.5 linear feet) pertain to the UN trust territory of Rwanda-Burundi, and include background information, administrative issues, internal security and border problems. The rest of the documents relate to the assistance programs, border incidents and refugees in other areas of Africa, such as Cameroons, Togo, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mogadiscio, Libya, Angola, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Congo. Correspondents include Executive Assistant to SG Andrew Cordier, Under-Secretary-General in charge of Congo Godfrey Amachree, Under-Secretary-General for Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories Dragoslav Protitch and Secretary-General U Thant.

Accession numbers are 75/7 and 72/88

UN. Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General (1946-1961: Cordier) Office for Special Political Affairs (1958-1972: Bunche)

Series consists of reports, press releases, correspondence, agreements for financial assistance, and incoming and outgoing clear cables relating to aspects of ONUC's civilian operations. The files include information on airlifts, the Congo Fund, ONUC fulfilling public health needs, recruitment, and relief efforts of the International Red Cross. Files also contain documentation on specialized agencies dealing with various issues of relief and normalization. These agencies included the International Monetary Fund which focused on currency unification in the Congo; agencies supporting telecommunication improvement, the World Health Organization, and the Universal Postal Union. Correspondents include Ralph Bunche, Officer-in-Charge B. F. Osorio-Tafall and Officer-in-Charge Max H. Dorsinville.

Accession Number: 75/7

Series consists of letters, a few numbered code cables (incoming), interview transcripts, articles, news clippings, and pamphlets relating to general contacts on behalf of the Secretary-General, general contacts with Bunche's own network, and Bunche's press appearances. Transcripts are of Bunche's and others' interviews. Topics include: the role of the United Nations, United Nations Middle East peace negotiations, the UN Emergency Forces (UNEF) operation issues and the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee issues. Correspondents include: a few permanent mission representatives, Brian Urquhart in London, an UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) official, top echelon United States government officials, newspaper editors, and the general public.