Portugal-
Observer-
Lieutenant Commander Jerónimo Henriques Jorge, Naval Attaché,
Portuguese Embassy, Washington.
Sweden
Observers
Leif de Belfrage, Commercial Counsellor, Swedish Legation,
Washington.
Axel Hemmar, Member, Swedish Bar Association.
Eric de Virgin, Attaché, Swedish Legation, Washington.
Union of South Africa-
Observer-
Jacob Smit, Official, Union of South Africa Government Supply
Office.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--
Delegates
Alexander S. Bogdanov, Ministry of Fisheries of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Director, Research Institute of Fishing and Oceanography, Chairman.
Eugine I. Nikishin, Ministry of Fisheries of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.
Vladimir A. Tverianovich, Ministry of Fisheries of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics.
Interpreter-
Galina F. Tsibulskaya.
United Kingdom-
Delegates-
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A. T. A. Dobson, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Chairman. J. Thomson, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
N. A. Mackintosh, Director of Research, Discovery Committee.
E. Sykes, Dominions Office.
E. Melville, Colonial Office.
F. V. Cross, Ministry of Transport.
M. I. Hutton, Ministry of Food.
S. J. Knowles, Ministry of Food.
W. Templeman, Representative of the Commission of the Government
of Newfoundland.
R. S. B. Best, British Embassy, Washington.
A. F. Geolot, British Embassy, Washington.
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United States-
Delegates-
Paginstitution, Chairman.
Kellogg, Curator, Division of Mammals Smithsonian
Ira N. Gabrielson, Consultant, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior.
William E. S. Flory, Acting Assistant Chief, International Resources
Division, Department of State.
Advisers-
H. J. Deason, Chief, Office of Foreign Activities, Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior.
L. Wendell Hayes, Specialist, Division of International Organization
Affairs, Department of State.
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Charles E. Lund, Chief, Foodstuffs Division, Commodities Branch, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce. Captain Harold C. Moore, Co-ordinator for Inter-departmental and
International Affairs, United States Coast Guard.
Fred J. Rossiter, Acting Secretary, Fats, Oils and Seeds Committee, International Emergency Food. Council, Department of
Agriculture.
Administrative Assistant-
Edward Castleman, Divisional Assistant, Division of International
Resources, Department of State.
The Conference met at Washington on 20th November, 1946, under the temporary chairmanship of Remington Kellogg, Chairman of the Delegation of the United States of America.
At the opening session a motion was unanimously adopted to extend an invitation for officers of the Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to attend the Conference sessions and committee meetings as observers. The attendance in this capacity of the officers nominated by the Organization, D. B. Finn, Harry Winsor, and H. V. Knight, was approved by the Conference, on the recommendation of the Committee on Credentials.
With the approval of the President of the United States of America, Clarke L. Willard, Acting Chief of the Division of International Conferences, Department of State of the United States, was designated as Secretary-General of the Conference, and Donald J. Chaney, Chief Counsel, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior of the United States, was designated Technical Secretary of the Conference.
Remington Kellogg, Chairman of the Delegation of the United States of America, was elected Permanent Chairman of the Conference at the second session, held on 20th November, 1946, and Ira N. Gabrielson, Member of the Delegation of the United States of America, was elected Vice-Chairman of the Conference at the same session.
The general committees established by the Rules of Procedure adopted provisionally at the opening session were constituted by the temporary Chairman as follows:
Committee on Credentials
G. R. Powles (New Zealand), Chairman.
A. R. Edwards (Chile).
P. Pageichseno(D66mark).
Frances E. Pringle, Secretary.