as the basis for discussion, even though not exactly what we might
want.5

  The Chilean redraft of the proposed Antarctic modus vivendi under discus-
sion in this memorandum of conversation is attached (in Spanish and English
translation) to the source text. The American draft of the proposed modu8
vivendi to which it responded is printed ante, p. 905. In mid-October 1950
officers
of the Department of State had prepared a new draft of the mnodus vivencti
responding to the Chilean redraft discussed here. The new American draft
was
submitted to the British Embassy on October 26, and in mid-November and early
December the British Embassy transmitted to the Department of State a series
of suggestions and comments on the draft from the Foreign Office.


                           Editorial Note

  On November 20, 1950, following discussions in London between
the Argentine and Chilean Embassies and the British Foreign Office
of which the Department of State was kept informed, there was an-
nounced an extension of the Tripartite (United Kingdom-Argentina-
Chile) Declarations of January 18 and November 18, 1949, restricting
naval activities south of latitude 600, to cover the 1950-1951 Antarctic
season. In a statement issued to the press on November 22 (Depart-
ment of State Bulletin, December 4, 1950, page 911) the Department of
State expressed pleasure at learning of the renewed tripartite under-
standing and announced that the United States Government did not
contemplate sending any vessels to the Antarctic during the 1950-1951
Antarctic season. For materials on the tripartite understandings of
January 18 and November 18, 1949, and the United States response
thereto, see Foreign Relations, 1949, volume I, pages 793 ft.


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