United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - Mixed Armistice Commission (MAC) records

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S-0163

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1948 - 1967 (Creation)

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No. of Boxes: 20

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UN. Office for Special Political Affairs

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Series created and maintained until 1961 by Andrew Cordier, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General, and subsequently by Ralph Bunche, the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs who also served as Acting Mediator for Palestine. Records include correspondence, statistics, photographs, incoming and outgoing clear cables, and reports relating to the activities of the Mixed Armistice Commissions (MAC's): Israel-Syria MAC (ISMAC), Israel-Lebanon MAC (ILMAC), Egypt-Israel MAC (EIMAC), and Hashemite Jordan Kingdom-Israel MAC (HJK-I-MAC). Correspondents include Secretaries-General Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, and U Thant, as well as Israeli ambassador Abba Eban, UNTSO Chiefs-of-Staff William Riley, Vagn Bennike, E.L.M. Burns, Carl C. von Horn, and Odd Bull. Arranged by commission, and therein by subject.

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united-nations-office-for-special-political-affairs-1955-1991.pdf

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Related to: 1965/0179: Working Files of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General

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DAG-1/2.1.4 (b.45-67), A/637/418/85/559/588 65/179

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Series United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - Mixed Armistice Commission (MAC) records - S-0163