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San Diego Tuna (2), 1966

 File — Box: 375, Folder: 5-6
Identifier: Folder 5-6

Scope and Contents

Extensive corresp., telegrams, reports, etc. on tuna industry. Examples are: packet of news clippings, telegrams, letters, memorandums (10/66-1/67) re/ “American flag tuna vessels unjustly seized off the coast of South America;” a packet of corresp., memos, telegrams & Congressman Wilson’s speech to House of Representatives re/ H.R. 9531 & seizure of U.S. fishing vessals by Peru (10/66); Copley Press Special Report, “U.S. Losing Role in ‘Tuna War’ Cited” (11/8/66); copy of constituent letter to President Johnson & Congressman Wilson’s comments (10/66) re/ “South American countries pirate our fishing boats....;” copy of NCA Fishery Information Bulletin (10/14/66), State Dept. Press Release #1096 (10/7/66) & State Dept. corresp. (10/11/66) re/ seizure of American tuna vessels by Peruvian authorities & topic of discontinuance of foreign aid; 3 copies of Congressional Record-House, p. 23884 (10/3/66); packet of letters, telegrams & memos re/ H.R. 9531-extending territorial fishing limits of U.S. to 12 miles (Sept.-Oct. 1966); corresp. of Fishing Technology, Inc. (9/66) re/ President Johnson’s recommendation to Congress to suspend investment credit for fishing vessels; copy of J.L. Kask’s “The USA and the Resources of the Sea,” Seminar Topic, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commision, La Jolla, July 21, 1966; constituent letter & Wilson’s response (6/66 & 8/66) re/ Fishermen’s Protective Act & 12 mile limit legislation; draft copy of “Statement  by Congressman Wilson” re/ H.R. 9531 & copy of American Tunaboat Assoc.’s statement to Congress opposing passage of H.R. 9531 (May-June 1966); news clipping featuring comments of President Belaunde of Peru (n.d.) & memo to Frank Kluchholm from Ed Gllenwaters (7/22/66) re/ H.R. 9531; corresp. of American Tunaboat Assoc. to Senator Kuchel (7/8/66) re/ problem of seizures, license costs, etc. and details to substantiate; affidavit of Norman Head, Master of the Pilgrim (7/3/66), re/ Peruvian seizure of American flag tuna boats, May 1966; brief note illustrating jurisdictional problems between countries to be caused by H.R. 9531 and comments on seizure of of Mexican shrimp boat by State of Texas, July 1966; large packet of corresp. & reports from State Dept., Dept. of Interior & Congress-man Wilson’s Joint Resolution (3/66), 89th Cong., 2d Sess. re/ billfish & tuna; corresp. from Sport Fishing Institute, copy of the Bureau of Sports Fisheries & Wildlife’s “Competition for Billfishes & Tuna,;” copy of the “Extension and Revision of Remarks By Santiago Polanco-Abreu, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, March 23, 1965,” & copy of “Deep-Sea Sport Fishing Threatened by Depopulation Fishing Methods;” corresp. of sportfishing enthusiasts, constituents, etc. to Wilson re/ threat to Marlin fishing by Japanses long line fishing (3/66); packet of corresp. & telegrams (5/66) from The White House, American Tuna-boat  Assoc., Congressmen Utt & Wilson & Senator Murphy re/ Panamanian seizure of Day Island; misc. materials such as news clippings, notes, telex re/ Panamanian, Peruvian & Russian actions re/ U.S. tuna fishing interests (5/66) & American Tunaboat Assoc. statement to Subcommittee on Merchant & Fisheries (5/18-19/66); “Memo to the Boss from Edgar,” (7/5/66) opposing S. 2218 (contiguous fishing zone).

Dates

  • created: 1966

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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