2, M. Maheu continued by suggesting that the Commission 

 consider the election of a temporary Chairman and two Vice- 

 Chairmen to serve only during the First Session, The 

 Commission agreed. Dr. Anton F. Bruun (Denmark) was 

 unanimously elected as Chairman, Immediately following 



Dr. Bruun' s assumption of the Chairmanship, Vice Admiral 

 V. A, Tchekourov (USSR) made a statement deploring the 

 representation of China by the Taiwan representative and 

 expressed hope that Communist China would soon have its 

 rightful place in the United Nations and its specialized 

 agencies. Dr. Keh Ming Chao (China) pointed out that the 

 IOC was established by the General Conference of UNESCO, of 

 which the Republic of China is a member. He stated that the 

 communist rebellion has neither actual nor legal control of 

 the seas around China. Dr. Chao then asked that the Chairman 

 not entertain any such political questions at this session. 

 There was no further discussion on this point. 



3, The Commission then proceeded to the election of the 

 two Vice-Chairmen. The following were unanimously elected: 



Vice Admiral V. A. Tchekourov (USSR) 



Dr. William M. Cameron (Canada) 



4, Dr. Bruun suggested the formation of a Steering 

 Committee of eight to assist the Bureau (Chairman and Vice- 

 Chairmen) during this First Session. The Commission agreed 

 and unanimously elected the following Steering Committee: 



Captain R. H. R. Bagnati (Argentina) 



Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Day (UK) 



Dr. Gerhard Meseck (Federal Republic 



of Germany; 



Dr. N. K. Panikkar (India) 



Dr. Stanislaw Szimborski (Poland) 



Mr. Morikuni Toda (Japan) 



Dr. J. H. Vi/akelin, Jr. (USA) 



Professor H. Lacombe - Rapporteur (France) 



