First Contact Protocols
The First Contact Protocols were decided by the United Nations Security Council in 1968 (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"]) but were inherently outdated, as around half a dozen nations were covering up the existence of aliens from each other. It became deliberate policy under Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to cover up all alien contacts to prevent a destabilisation of the world order. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
British Prime Minister Harold Saxon's secret contact with the Toclafane was deemed by American President Arthur Winters to be a breach of the First Contact policy, insisting on conducting the official First Contact himself. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
In 2009, Lieutenant General Austin Pierce, on behalf of the US President, reminded British Prime Minister Brian Green that the British government's sole communications with the 456 were in direct contradiction to the statutes of the United Nations. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"])
