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NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE

WASHINGTON. D.C.

THE NRO STAFF September 25, 1970

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Briefing on UN Activities

Colonel Gerald M. Adams, JC esentative to the

United Nations, presented a shor A r efing on September 24,

1970, outlining activities planned to be taken up in the

United Nations sessions this fall. His briefing specifically

covered those activities of interest to the Air Force which

are listed in the attached printed agenda. Of special interest

to us are his comments on activities pertaining to outevipace•

Colonel Adams remarked that there were many significant actions

being discussed in this area but found almost no one in the

military who was interested or concerned or knowledgeable. I

explained that we were very concerned and asked him for a

private session following the general briefing.

Colonel Adams is cleared SI, TK. Thus we were able to

explain to him that we were very concerned and why we were

concerned with activities in space being discussed before

the United Nations. Lt Colonel Lawrence McCarthy, who

accompanied Colonel Adams to our offices explained that indeed

the NRO has had substantive comments in the past which were

reflected in documents to the United Nations.

Colonel Adams voiced his personal concern over some of

the events currently taking place with respect to space

technology. For example, he stated there is presently a

library at the United Nations filled with technical information on space which has been furnished by the United States.

He expressed concern also over current NASA and State

Department proposals for cooperation in space. He referred

to the speech by President Nixon before the General Assembly

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in 1969, and said that the State Department and NASA

have taken this as a charter to proceed at what he feels

is a much faster pace than had been indicated. There

is a Mr. Thatcher assigned to the US mission at the

United Nations, who is responsible for many of the United

States position papers on space matters. Mr. Thatcher

is, we understand, a former CIA employee now employed by

State Department and does understand the fact of satellite

reconnaissance. This does not, however, keep him from

proposing items for discussion which we feel are very

sensitive. Mr. Thatcher appears to work unilaterally and

resents questions from Colonel Adams, which he feels are

interferring with his work. Thus, Colonel Adams feels

constrained in working with Mr. Thatcher and making

suggestions to him.

We assured Colonel Adams of our continuing interest

in all matters pertaining to space which are discussed

by the United Nations. We solicited his assistance in

making sure that we are informed on important matters and

asked him to send us appropriate messages and documents so

that we might be informed, and so that we might make

appropriate inputs. He assured us that he would do this

to the extent of his ability.

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Twenty-fifth session

AGENDA OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Adopted by the General Assam at its 1843rd plenary meet_

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Opening of the session by the Chairman of the delegation

of Liberia.

Minute of silent prayer or meditation.

3. Credentials of representatives to the twenty-fifth session

at the General Assembly:

Appointment of the Credentials Committee;

Report of the Credentials Committee.

4. Election of the President.

Constitution of the Main Committees and election of

officers.

Election of Vice-Presidents.

Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12.

paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations.

Adoption of the agenda.

4019 General debate. 0: Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the

Organization.

11. Report of the Security Council.

Report of the Economic and Social Council.

Report of the Trusteeship Council.

Report of the International Court of Justice.

Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Election of five non-permanent members of the Security

Council.

Election of nine members of the Economic and Social

Council.

Election of fifteen members of the industrial Development

Board.

Election of fourteen members of the United Nations

Commission on International Trade Law.

Fourth International Conference on the Peaceful Uses

of Atomic Energy: report of the Secretary-General.

Celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United

Nations.

The situation in the Middle East.

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of

Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples: report

of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard

to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting

of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Special programme of activities in connexion with the

tenth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting

of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples:

report of the Special Committee on the Situation with

regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the

Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and

Peoples.

25. (a) Question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful

Purim= of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the

subsoil thereat, underlying the high seas beyond the

limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use

of their resources in the interests of mankind:

report of the Committee on the Peaceful lases

the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits

of National Jurisdiction:

Marine pollution and other hazardous and harmful

effects which might arise from the exploration and

exploitation of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and

the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national

jurisdiction: report of the Secretary-General;

Views of Member States on the desirability of convening at an early date a conference or the law of

the sea: report cf the Secretary-General;

(6) Question of the breadth of the territorial sea and

related matters.

International co-operation in the peaceful uses of outer

space: report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of

Outer Space.

Question of general and complete disarmament: report

of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament.

Question at chemical and bacteriological (biological)

weapons: report of the Conference of the Committee

on Disarmament.

Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests: report of the Conference of the Committee an Disarmament.

Implementation of the results of the Conference of

Non-Nuclear-Weapon States: report of the SecretaryGeneral.

Establishment, within the framework of the international

Atomic Energy Agency, of an international service

for nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes under

appropriate international control: report of the international Atomic Energy Agency.

Consideration of measures for the strengthening of

international security: report of the Secretary-General.

Effects of atomic radiation: report of the United Nations

Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.

The policies of mrtheid of the Government of South

• Africa: report of the Special Committee an the Policies
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of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of

Milted Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine

Refugees in the Near East: report of the CommissionerGeneral.

Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects: report of the

Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:

report of the Trade and Development Board.

ratted Nations Industrial Development Organization:

Report of the Industrial Development Board;

Confirmation of the appointment of the Executive

Director.

United Nations Institute for Training and Research:

report of the Executive Director.

Operational activities for development:

Activities of the United Nations Development Programme: reports of the Governing Council:

Activities undertaken by the Secretary-General.

Vatted Nations Capital Development Fund.

Second United Nations Development Decade.

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment:

report of the Secretary-General.

Question of the establishment of an interustionaluniversity: report of the Serretary-General. • Permanent sovereignty over natural resources: report

of the Secretary-General.

Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: report of the SecretaryGeneral.

Respect for human rights in armed Conflicts: report

of the Secretary-General.

Housing, building and planning: report of the SecretaryGeneral.

Measures to be taken against nazism and racial intolerance: report of the Secretary-General.

Question of the punishment of war criminals and of

persons who have committed crimes against humanity:

report of the Secretary-General.

51. Freedom of information:

Draft Declaration on Freedom of Information:

Draft Convention on Freedom of information.

52. Question of the elderly and the aged.

53. Elimination of all forms of racial discrinimatice:

(a) International Year for Action to Combat Racism

and Racial Discrimination: report of the SecretaryGeneral;

lb) Measures for effectively combating racial discrimination and the policies of emtheid and segregation

in southern Africa: report ofthi Secretary-General:

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(c) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of

Racial Discrimination, submitted under article 9

of the International Convention on the Elimination

of AU Forms of Racial Discrimination;

(d) Status et the International Convention on the Elimination of AU Forms of Racial Discrimination: report

of the Secretary-General.

54. Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance;

Draft Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms

of Religious Intolerance:

Draft International Convention on the Elimination

of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination

Based on Religion or Belief.

55. Youth, its education in the respect for human rights

and fundamental freedoms, its problems and needs,

and its participation in national development: report

of the Secretary-General.

Human rights and scientific and technological developments: report of the Secretary-General.

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees.

Technical assistance in the field of narcotics: report

of the Secretary-General.

Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social

and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

report of the Secretary-General.

The importance of the universal realization of the right

of peoples to self-determination and of Um speedy

granting of independence to colonial countries and

peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of

human rights.

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories

transmitted under Article 73 I oat the Charter of the

United Nations:

Report of the Secretary-General;

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation

with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial

Countries and Peoples.

62. Question of Hamada:

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation

with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial

Countries and Peoples:

Report of the United Nations Council for Namibia;

Establishment of a United Nations Fund for

Namihia;

Appointment at the United Nations Commissioner

for Namibia.

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63. ()martian of Territories under Portuguese administration:

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation

with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the. Granting of Independence to Colonial

Countries and Peoples;

Report of the Secretary-General.
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Question of Southern Rhodesia: report ct the Special

Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation at the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Question of Fiji: report of the Special Committee on

the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial

Countries and Peoples. n

Question of Oman: report of the Special Committee

on the Situation with regard to the Implementation

of the Declaration on the Granting ot Indapomdence

to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Activities al foreign economic and other interests

which are impeding the implementation ct the Declarethou on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and

Territories under Portuguese domination and in all

other Territories under colonial domination and efforts

to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa: report cd the Special

Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

68. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of

Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by

the specialized agencies and the International institutions associated with the United Nations:

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation

with regard to the Implementation at the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial

Countries and Peoples;

Report of the Secretary-General.

69. United Nations Educational and Training Programme

for Southern Africa: report of the Secretary-General.

Otters by Member States of study and training facilities for Inhabitants of Nan-Self-Governing Territories:

report ci the Secretar ►-General.

Financial reports and accounts for tbe year ended

31 December 1969 and reports at the Board cd Auditors:

United Nations;

United Nations Development Programme:

United Nations Children's Fund;

United Nations Relief and Works Agencyfor Palestine

Refugees in the Near East;

United Nations Institute for Training and Research;

Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations

High Commissioner for Refugees.

Supplementary estimates for the financial year 1970.

• Budget estimates for the financial year 1971.

Planning estimate for the financial year 1972.

Pattern of conferences: report alike Secretary-GenereL

76. Appointments to fill vacancies in the membership of

subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly:

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(a) Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

(b) Committee on Contributions;

Questions;

Board of Auditors;

Investments Committee: confirmation ct the appointments made by the Secretary-General;

(e) United Nations Administrative Tribunal:

CO United Nations Staff Pension Committee.

Scale of assessments for the amportionment of the expenses of the United Nations: report of the Committee

on Contributions.

Audit reports relating to expenditure by the specialised

agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency:

Allocations from Use Technical Assistance Account

. of the United Nations Development Programme;

Allocations from the Special Fund Account of the

United Nations Development Programme.

Administrative and budgetary co-ordination at the

United Nations with the specialized agencies and the

International Atomic Energy Agency: reports of the

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

Questions.

Implementation of the recommendations of the Aiguw

Committee of Experts to Eltamine the Finances of the

United Nations and the Specialized Agencies:

Report of the Secretary-General;

Report el the Advisory Committee on Administrative

and Budgetary Questions.

Publications and documentation et the United Nations:

report of the Secretary-General.

Personnel questions:

Composition ct the Secretariat: report of the Secretary-General;

Other personnel questions.

es. Report ot the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board.

84. Report of the International Law Commission on the

work of its twenty-second session.

es. Consideration of principles of international law concerning friendly relations and co-operation amengStates

in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations:

report of the Special Committee on Principles of Interations/ Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States.

Report ad the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its third session.

Report of the Special Committee on the Question of

Defining Aggression.

Need to consider suggestions regarding the review

of the Charter of the United Nations.

Amendment to Article 22 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice (Seat of the Court) and consequential amendments to Articles 23 and 28.

United Nations Programme of Assistance bathe Teaching,

Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation at International Law: report of the Secretary-General.

Progressive development and codification of the rules

of international law relating to international watercourses.

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Rationalization of the procedures and organization of

the General Assethbly.

Status of the implementation of General Assembly

resolution 2436 B (ZXIU) concerning the signature

and ratification of Additional Protocol II ot the Treaty

for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America

(Treaty of Tlatelolco).

Economic and social consequences al the armaments

race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace

and security.

95. The role of modern science and technology in the

development of nations and the need to strengthen

economic and technico-scientific co-operation among

States.

Review of the role of the International Court of Justice.

Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic

of China in the United Nations.

98. Question d Korea:

Withdrawal of United States end all other foreign

forces occupying South Korea under the flag ce the

United Nations;

Dissolution al the United Nations Commission for

the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea:

(c) Report of the United Nations Commission for the

Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea.