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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



The Open Meeting on Antarctic Marine Resources conducted 

 by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and 

 Scientific Affairs, Department of State, was convened on 

 Tuesday Afternoon, December 20, 1977, at the hour of 2:30 

 o'clock in Conference Room 1105, New State Building, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. 



CHAIRMAN BREWSTER: Good afternoon and welcome to the 

 Department of State for the meeting on Antarctic Marine Living 

 Resources . 



My name is Robert C. Brewster, I am the Acting Assistant 

 Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental 

 and Scientific Affairs. 



I would like first to introduce those of us from the 

 various government agencies who are here and then ask one 

 member of this group to give a brief background on the subject 

 which we are discussing. 



Beginning on my right. Mr. Tucker Scully, the Department 

 of State, Office of Oceans and Fisheries Affairs. 



On his right is Mr. James Storer, the National Oceano- 

 graphic and Atmospheric Administration. 



On my left, Ms. Jean Bailly, the Office of the Legal 

 Advisor, Department of State. 



Mr. Ted Sellin, Polar Affairs Officer, Department of 

 State. 



And Mr. George Llano, of the National Science Foundation. 



I will ask Mr. Scully if he will give us a brief intro- 

 duction to the subject. 



MR. SCULLY: Thank You. 



