Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    1.

    Indexed Central Files. The main source of documentation for this volume and for other volumes on the Middle East in the 1955–1957 triennium of Foreign Relations of the United States was the Department of State’s indexed central files.Documents in classes 200 (protection of interests), 400 (trade relations), 500(cultural relations), 600 (international relations), 700 (internal political andnational defense affairs), 800 (internal economic and social affairs), and 900 (communication, transportation, science) were searched for decimal combinationsinvolving all countries in the Middle East (country numbers 74, 80, and 83–88)and for the Middle Eastern relationships of the United States (number 11), Western Europe (number 40), the United Kingdom (number 41), France (number 51), the Soviet Union (number 61), and Turkey (number 82).

    Other files and related subfiles searched for Middle East-related materials include: 033 (official visits); 110.11–17(Department of State senior officials files); 120.15 (special missions); 123 (Department of State personnel files); various files in class 300 (international organizations and conferences); and 601 (diplomatic representation). Other documents were located through pursuing cross-references and referenced telegrams.

    More than 75 separate decimal designations from the Department of State Central Files are cited in this volume. Documentation on the major and some of the minor themes covered in this volume are located in thefollowing files:

    • 033.8287: Announcement of Turkish-Iraqi Pact
    • 110.11–DU: Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, correspondence, travel, conversations
    • 120.1580: Richards Missionto the Middle East
    • 611.80: General U.S. Middle East Policy
    • 611.87: U.S. Relations with Iraq
    • 611.88: U.S. Relations with Iran
    • 661.80: Soviet Relations with the Middle East
    • 680.00: General Middle East Political Relations
    • 682.83, 683.87: Syrian Opposition to Baghdad Pact
    • 682.87: Turkish-Iraqi Pact (Baghdad Pact)
    • 684A.86: Arab-Israeli Dispute
    • 688.00: General Iranian Political Relations
    • 740.5: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Interest in Middle East
    • 780.00: General Political Developments in the Middle East
    • 780.5: Baghdad Pact and Middle East Defense Issues
    • 780.5–MSP: Middle East Military Assistance
    • 786.00: General Political Developments in the Arab World
    • 787.00: General Political Developments in Iraq
    • 787.5, 787.5–MSP, 787.5411, 787.5622: Military Issues and Military Assistance to Iraq
    • 788.00: General Political Developments in Iran
    • 788.5, 788.5–MSP: Military Issues and Assistance to Iran
    • 880.00: General Economic Developments in the Middle East
    • 880.2553: Middle Eastern Oil
    • 887.2553: Oil in Iraq
    • 888.2553: Oil in Iran
    • 974.7301: Suez Canal

    2.
    Lot Files. Documentsfrom the central files have been supplemented by lot files of the Department, which are decentralized files created by operating areas. A list of the lotfiles used in or consulted for this volume follows:
    • Conference Files: Lot 59 D 95
      • Collection of documentation on official visitsby ranking foreign officials, and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State, for the years 1949–1955, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123
      • Collection of documentation on official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of state for the years 1955–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Current Economic Developments: Lot 70 D 467
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • ICA Director’s Files
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • ICA Message Files
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • INR Files: Lot 59 D 27
      • Miscellaneous files, including master file ofminutes of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, for the years 1948–1954, asretired by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • INR–NIEFiles
      • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • L/UNA Files: Lot 62 D 205
      • Working files of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, 1945–1959.
    • NEA Files: Lot 57 D 616
      • Files of the RichardsMission to the Middle East, including general country and subject files, briefing books, and reports to the President and Congress, for the period November 1956–August 1957, maintained by the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • NEA Files: Lot 58 D 332
      • Files on Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar, Oman, and Aden for the years 1949–1956, maintained by the Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • NEA Files: Lot 61 D 260
      • General subject files on Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Aden, Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar, Kuwait, and Yemen for the year 1959, maintained by the Office of Near Eastern Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 58 D 338
      • Files on Iran for the years 1949–1955, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 59 D 3
      • Files on Iran for the year 1956, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 59 D 654
      • Files on Iran for the year 1956, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 60 D 533
      • Files on Iran for the years 1951–1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and countryfiles of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintainedby the Operations Staff.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 70
      • Subject files, country files, chronologicalfiles, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1955.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487
      • Subject files, country files, chronologicalfiles, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1956.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Subject files, country files, chronologicalfiles, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1957–1961.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, maintainedby the Executive Secretariat.
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D199
      • Chronological collection of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation and the Under Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75
      • Chronological collection of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meetings during the years 1952–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/P Files: Lot 66 D 487
      • See PPSFiles.
    • S/P–NSC Files:Lot 61 D 167
      • Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/P–NSC Files:Lot 62 D 1
      • Serial and subject master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for the years 1948–1961, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/S–NEA Files:Lot 61 D 417
      • See State–JCSMeetings.
    • S/S–NSC Files:Lot 63 D 351
      • Serial master file of National Security Councildocuments and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for theyears 1947–1961, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/S-NSC(Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
      • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council documentation, including NSCRecords of Action, for the years 1947–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • State–JCSMeetings: Lot 61 D 417
      • Top Secret records of meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for the years 1951–1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the years 1954–1956, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959, including General Memoranda of Conversation, Meetings with the President, General Telephone Conversations, and White House Telephone Conversations.
    • President’s Daily Appointments Record
      • Records of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, Daily Appointments, 1953–1961.
    • Staff Secretary Records
      • Records of the Office of the White House Staff Secretary, 1952–1961, including records of Paul T. Carroll , Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, Jr., and Christopher H. Russell.
    • White House Central Files
      • Records of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961.Documents cited in this volume are from the Confidential File.
    • Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman. The Whitman File includes the following elements: the Name Series, theDulles–Herter Series, Eisenhower (DDE) Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, National Security Council Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, the Administration Series, and the International File.
  • National Archives and Records Administration
    • JCS Records
      • National Archives Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers, Dulles Daily Appointment Book
      • Daily log of the meetings and appointments of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for the years 1953–1959. 23Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers, Dulles Daily Appointment Book
      • Daily log of the meetings and appointments of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles forthe years 1953–1959.
  • Washington National Records Center
    • Conference Files: FRC 59–83–0066
      • Lot 62 D 181: Collection of documentation on official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1956–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Current Economic Developments: FRC 72 A 6248
      • Lot 70 D 467: Master set of the Department of State classified internal publication Current Economic Developments for the years 1945–1969, maintained in the Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State.
    • ICA Director’s Files: FRC 61 A 32
      • ICA Director’s subject file containing correspondence, memoranda, reports, messages, and other material accumulatedfrom 1955 through 1958.
    • ICA Message Files: FRC 58 A 403
      • Telegrams, airgrams, and eyes only cables to andfrom all field missions from July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957, maintained inICA headquarters in Washington.
    • Tehran Embassy Files: FRC 62 F 43
      • Classified and unclassified files for the years 1956–1958, maintained by the Embassy in Iran.