President Eisenhower

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President Eisenhower And the Antarctic Treaty
Paul Arthur Berkman Head, Arctic Ocean
Geopolitics Programme Scott Polar Research
Institute University of Cambridge
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PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS Washington, DC
January 20, 1953
President Dwight D. Eisenhower a day of freedom
and of peace for all mankind
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SCIENCE AS A TOOL OF DIPLOMACY
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS EISENHOWER
ADMINISTRATION (1953-1961) Sep 08, 1955
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Antarctica,
Iran, Jan 12, 1956 Stockpiles, Budget,
Antarctica, Nuclear Weapons Jun 20, 1957
Nuclear Weapons, Ethiopia, Antarctica, Defense
Policy Jun 26, 1957 Antarctica, Libya, Turkey,
Defense Policy Mar 06, 1958 Antarctica, Space
Policy, Scientific Aug 07, 1958
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Korea,
Antarctica, Dec 10, 1959 Antarctica,
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
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CROSSING NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
for peaceful purposes only
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BEYOND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES (International Spaces)
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INEVITABILITY OF BALLISTIC MISSILES
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July 1, 1957 December 31, 1958
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OPEN SKIES (FREEDOM OF SPACE) PROPOSAL Geneva
July 21, 1955
First Post-War Summit
President Dwight D. Eisenhower I propose To
give to each other a complete blueprint of our
military establishments ample facilities for
aerial reconnaissance comprehensive and
effective system of inspection and disarmament...
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FIRST SPACE POLICY OF THE UNITED
STATES Washington D.C. May 20, 1955
National Security Council 5520 a program for a
small scientific satellite could be developed
from existing missile programs already underway
within the Department of Defense. The IGY
affords an excellent opportunity to mesh a
scientific satellite program with the cooperative
world-wide geophysical observational
program Considerable prestige and psychological
benefits will accrue to the nation which first is
successful in launching a satellite.
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ARMY BALLISTIC MISSILE AGENCY Redstone Arsenal
September 20, 1956
The 4-stage Jupiter C RS-27 was launched from
Redstone with the fourth stage intentionally
inactivated. This rocket attained a range of
3335 miles and an altitude of 682 miles and
could have obtained sufficient velocity to place
it in orbit, if the last stage had been
activated.
Wernher von Braun
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SOVIET UNION LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK Earth Orbit
October 4, 1957
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INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE AN ANTARCTIC
TREATY Washington, DC May 3, 1958
President Dwight D. Eisenhower THE UNITED
STATES is dedicated to the principle that the
vast uninhabited wastes of Antarctica shall be
used only for peaceful purposes. We do not want
Antarctica to become an object of political
conflict. Accordingly, the United States has
invited eleven other countries, including the
Soviet Union, to confer with us to seek an
effective joint means of achieving this
objective.
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CONFERENCE ON ANTARCTICA Washington, DC (15
October 1 December 1959)
ANTARCTIC TREATY Signed December 1,
1959 Washington, DC (1776 Pennsylvania Avenue)
it is in the interest of all mankind that
Antarctica shall continue forever to be used
exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not
become the scene or object of international
discord  establishment of a firm foundation
for the continuation and development of such
cooperation on the basis of freedom of scientific
investigation in Antarctica as applied during the
International Geophysical Year
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DECEMBER 1ST A DAY OF PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND