Records, 1956-1957.

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Records, 1956-1957.

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Included are correspondence, reports, working papers, clippings, press releases; and salvage lists, maps and charts showing wreck locations and UNSCO operations. These concern the dredging of the canal; rehabilitation of maintenance workshops, restoration of navigational lighting and telecommunications; and the resumption of canal traffic. Correspondents include Lieut. General Raymond A. Wheeler, who was Special Representative of the Secretary-General; officials at United Nations headquarters; Colonel Mahmoud Younis of the Suez Canal Authority; and the Suez Canal Company. Of note are Wheeler's drafts and final report to the Secretary-General concerning progress on the Canal.

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United Nations Suez Canal Clearance Operations.

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The United Nations Suez Clearance Operations (UNSCO) task was to restore the Suez Canal to operating condition after it was blocked by debris as a result of the 1956 Israel/Egypt War. UNSCO operated between December 1956 and April 1957. From the description of Records, 1956-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155486569 ...

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Haya̓t Qanāt al-Suways.

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

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