Box 1

Memorandum from Captain F[rederick]. W. Ulbricht notifying recipients of a meeting for Seapower Symposium Committee moderators and alternates. Enclosures include committee assignments, instructions for moderators, a list of participants and observers, the syllabus for symposium sessions and suggested opening remarks for seminar sessions.

Black and white photograph of ADM Chalermtiarama Charoon of Thailand during the First ISS.

Bllack and white photograph showing participants of the First ISS.

Black and white photograph of First ISS panel and audience seated in the Mahan Reading Room.

Black and white photograph of Italian VADM Giuseppe Pighini during the First ISS.

Black and white photograph of ADM Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret) (on right) and VADM Richard G. Colbert during the First ISS.

This collection consists of correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audio cassettes, digital media (floppy disks and compact discs, etc.), and digital files regarding the International Seapower Symposium. These records document the organization and proceedings of each symposium and include speeches, presentations, schedules, programs, reports, and other materials used and referenced at each symposia. The extent of records for each symposium varies.

Records from 1969-1976 contain folders for each country that had an officer attending the symposium. Within these folders are correspondence, biographical and career information, and their travel arrangements. Also found within this record group are speeches and reports from symposia were established due to the influence of the International Seapower Symposium. These include the 1972 Regional Seapower Symposium, hosted biannually in Venice for naval leaders from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries to discuss common challenges, and the 1973 Hague Symposium, held annually to focus on post-conflict transitions and international justice.