FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600090075-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: November 27, 1954
• Content Type: MAGAZINE

Ap''oROMteIease 0/U5/ACIA-RD P75-001
STATINTL
Fre a d;6P e Seas
CPYRGHT
a x,-0-taAs.s.zs and his whaling fleet have~,imade. world
raevvs. There is-spmeaing fascinating aboutri private
iuditvidual who battle against sovereign s ationslitgdistant
snaat~ .Mr Onassis, misreover, has managed to lihiplicate a
aitiber of countries in his venture and the r&sgltvng situa:
f oniis4an! ihtennationalalawyer?s nightmares I A sAIgentine
aiWzn' of_Greek origizgbresidetrt in Ftancalianti'- rhoge ships
f1.c%iPangmanianflag .aid car4 Germ n,Yrcws ar ij:British
i iWra Ce, has= beeivcattacked fit sea by Ileruowhiafljis sup-
ri dabyiEcuador ddd: Chile. nth:the) liitldjMv v W ,crtt of
Baaig,z,%ve: eapttired ships; ~, iuclifng.bthk-nlfac ry4ship
,Jth'ic, V hallengengi *ere hello t? wdek 1d~Eibh uAS of
drlee ticstrc 'ers. Members of.it'tiec ?i ecmahiahdbPsndtnanian
hrguikons- in PeruaPried to geEaon bipard. rd:Rc reenta-tives
*&loy!d's- appara ntly succet edhtrti (It ; it 1(l bikat the
sure .of Mr Ondssis's shipBHis c(hting; Is ntlottn%rtder-
$tifitors some #ri,opo a day.), iOff Panama,itliicl'ernwin1ng
ti drishipa 'of the Onassis fleet are waiting fcfriwd6s. Itq the
Inter-American conference at Rio and in the'*t+9id4rs of the
Uvkcd Nations, legal consultants arejaeruTitlgi*t`a major
iliernational conxttoversy. - di djiv,
brBut despite the~domic-opera atmosphere, `[Here 'ate serious
m3pects to i~ir Onassis's latest adventure. It is not yet clear
whether the Onassis fleet ever approached within zoo miles
of the t-eruvian coast. But even if it did, this would Inereiy,
have meant chall? a~= one of the tnoa;t absurd eiaims"eRir--F
put forward in an~ern~ati l a1 t >r. By placing the limit of
iteil itcrial waters 200 isles off their ,coasts, Peru, Ecuador
and C,hle arc scaling off more th afif4saillion square miles
of open sea. Britain has, on some previous occasions, been
prepared to challenge the claims of any country to more
than three miles of territorial water. Will itt,,#, cept the
l;reposte,Fpus idea of a vast area of for,,>pi?ldg a? jSlown the
sYliole w,estcrn flank of Soutl}.An riiC ~v jlnru,::
; . ~ United Ki .gdom's intcreet jr t}pis affaar is a double
aye ; it must concern itself, with the losses arbitrarily
inflicted on Lonylon underwriters as.wcllaaswith the broad
principles of the freedom of the, spas,-- n t }e ",bad;old days "
c f' Palmerston and Don Pacifico, 4{ British ,squadron would
doubtless have app a,r ?off tI'~yta~ Quietpxrepresentations
are in vogue Ro,~ ,days. This country's relations with Peru
have been good-in recent years, and trade between the two
has developed to the profit of both. In that light,,it,is surely
it be hoped that Peru will review its stand and, accept the
principle that freedom of the open seas is to everybody's
adlvantage.
Approved For Release 2000/05/24: CIA-RDP75-00149R000600090075-8