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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XII, American Republics


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Department of State

Decimal Central Files. Through January 1963 the Department of State continued to use the decimal central file system familiar to users of previous volumes of the Foreign Relations series. Most of the documents in this volume through January 1963 were selected from the following files:

120.1520: Stevenson trip to Latin America

123 Jones, J. Wesley: personnel matters relating to J. Wesley Jones

371.04: Meetings of Consultation of OAS Foreign Ministers

371.05: Council of the Organization of American States

371.8: OAS Committee on Economic Cooperation

411.39: trade between the United States and the Dominican Republic

611.19: U.S. relations with Panama

611.15: U.S. relations with Honduras

611.20: U.S. relations with Latin America

611.23: U.S. relations with Peru

611.32: U.S. relations with Brazil

611.35: U.S. relations with Argentina

611.38: U.S. relations with Haiti

611.39: U.S. relations with the Dominican Republic

612.37: Mexican relations with Cuba

635.00: international relations of Argentina

710.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to the Western Hemisphere

711.11-KE: files relating to President Kennedy

713.00: Central American political affairs

713.20: political affairs in South and Central America

713.5: Central American defense affairs

720.5: Latin American defense affairs

720.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Latin America

721.00: Colombian internal political affairs

723.00: Peruvian internal political affairs

723.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Peru

731.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Venezuela

732.00: Brazilian internal political affairs

732.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Brazil

735.00: Argentine internal political affairs

736.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to the West Indies

737.00: Cuban internal political affairs

738.11: U.S. political relations with Haiti

739.00: Dominican Republic internal political affairs

741.D: British Guiana political affairs

811.20: economic relations between the U.S. and South and Central America

811.0032: economic relations between the U.S. and Brazil

812.00: internal economic relations in Mexico

Subject-Numeric Central Files. In February 1963 the Department adopted a subject-numeric central file system.

AID (US) 9 PAN: U.S.-Panama economic aid negotiations

CSM 10 LAT AM: communism in Latin America

DEF 12 CUBA: Cuban armaments

DEF 19 US-LAT AM: U.S. military aid to Latin America

PET 6 PERU: Peruvian oil companies

PET 15 ARG: industrial organization and control of Argentine petroleum industry

POL ARG-US: U.S.-Argentine relations

POL BR GU: British Guiana political affairs

POL BR GU-US: U.S.-British Guiana relations

POL BRAZ: Brazilian political affairs

POL DOM REP-HAI: Dominican Republic-Haitian relations

POL HAI-US: U.S.-Haitian relations

POL PERU-US: U.S.-Peruvian relations

POL 1 BR GU-US: U.S.-British Guiana relations, general policy and background

POL 1 BRAZ-US: U.S.-Brazilian relations, general policy and background

POL 1 US: U.S. political affairs, general policy and background

POL 2 DOM REP: general political reporting on the Dominican Republic

POL 3 COAS-IA: Council of the Organization of American States

POL 7 ARG: visits and meetings with Argentine leaders

POL 7 COSTA RICA: President Kennedy's meeting with Central American Presidents

POL 7 PERU: visits and meetings with Peruvian leaders

POL 14 ARG: Argentine elections

POL 14 PERU: Peruvian elections

POL 15 DOM REP: Dominican Republic Government

POL 15 HAI: Haitian Government

POL 16 DOM REP: recognition of Dominican Republic

POL 17-1 DOM REP-US: U.S.-Dominican Republic diplomatic representation

POL 19 BR GU: colonial government of British Guiana

POL 26 ARG: coups in Argentina

POL 26 DOM REP: coups in the Dominican Republic

POL 26 HAI: coups and rebellions in Haiti

POL 26 LAT AM: coups in Latin America

POL 27-1 HAI: invasion of Haiti

POL 36 CUBA: travel between Cuba and other countries

POL PANAMA-US: U.S. relations with Panama

Lot Files. These are the special decentralized files of the policymaking level of the Department of State, including the Executive Secretariat, overseas Foreign Service posts, and U.S. special missions. A list of the lot files used or consulted for this volume follows.

ARA/IPA Files: Lot 69 D 211

Files of Inter-American conferences, both specialized and sponsored by the Organization of American States, 1956-1965.

ARA/NC Files: Lot 67 D 77

Subject files for British Guiana, 1950-1964.

Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366

Records of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and international conferences attended by the President or Secretary of State, 1961, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533

Records of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and international conferences attended by the President or Secretary of State, 1962, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110

Records of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and international conferences attended by the President or Secretary of State, 1961-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Interdepartmental Committee on Foreign Economic Policy Files: Lot 65 D 68

Records of the Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy, 1961-1963.

Latin America Task Force Files: Lot 61 D 298

Minutes of the Task Force on Latin America, 1961.

NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316

Department of State master file of NSAMs 1-371, 1961-1968.

Policy Guidelines: Lot 67 D 396

Master file of Guidelines for Policy and Operations papers, 1961-1966.

Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204

Correspondence between the President and Secretary of State and heads of government and foreign ministers for 1953-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149

Memoranda of conversation between the President and foreign visitors, 1956-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 476

Memoranda of conversation between the President and foreign visitors, October 1963-October 1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192

Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961-1969, including texts of speeches and public statements, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversations.

Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330

Memoranda of the Secretary's and Acting Secretary's conversations, 1961-1964.

Secretary's Staff Meetings: Lot 66 D 147

Minutes of the Secretary of State's staff meetings and memoranda of Chester Bowles telephone conversations, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121

Files of the Policy Planning Council, 1962.

S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199

Files of the Policy Planning Council, 1963-1964.

S/P-NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1

Serial and subject master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for 1948-1961, as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.

S/PC Files: Lot 71 D 273

Files of Policy Planning Staff member Ernest K. Lindley, 1962-1968.

S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95

Miscellaneous files of the National Security Council, including records of actions, 1947-1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265

Files pertaining to National Security Council meetings, including policy papers, position papers, administrative documents, but not minutes of the meetings themselves, for 1961-1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316

File of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 1961-1968, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

State-JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328

Records of the meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for 1959-1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State

S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548

Records of the Policy Planning Council for 1957-1961.

S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121

Records of the Policy Planning Council for 1962.

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351

Master file of National Security Council documents, correspondence, and related Department of State memoranda for 1947-1961, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abliene, Kansas

Whitman File

Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, Texas

National Security File:

Agency Files

Aides' Files

Rusk Appointment Books

Vice Presidential Security File

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts

Ball Papers

Papers of George W. Ball, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1961, and Under Secretary of State, 1961-1963, consisting of records of telephone conversations during his tenure as Under Secretary.

National Security Files:

Chester V. Clifton Series

Countries Series: Argentina, Brazil, British Guiana, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Peru

Departments and Agencies Series

Meetings and Memoranda Series

Regional Security Series

Subjects Series

Trip and Conference Series

William H. Brubeck Series

President's Appointment Books

President's Office Files

Countries Series

Schlesinger Papers

Papers of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to the President.

Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.

Harriman Papers

Papers of Averell W. Harriman, Ambassador at Large, 1961; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1961-1963; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1963.

National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Lemnitzer Papers

Papers of General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1960-1962.

Taylor Papers

Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, Military Adviser to the President 1961-1962; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-1964.

Princeton University, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, New Jersey

Stevenson Papers

Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, Representative at the United Nations, 1961-1963.

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470

Files of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara for 1961-1968.

OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464

Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants for 1961.

OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542

Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants for 1962.

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2382

General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1961.

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 65 A 3501

General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1962.

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 67 A 4564

General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1963.

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 69 A 926

Top Secret files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1961-1963.

OASD/(C) A Files: FRC 71 A 2896

Files of the Secretary of Defense relating to the Cuban missile crisis, 1961-1963.

Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.

Administrator Files: Lot 286 65 481

Files of the AID Administrator for 1961-1962.

Administrator Files: Lot 286 67 1530

Files of the AID Administrator for 1962-1965.

Central Intelligence Agency

Files of John A. McCone, 1962-1965, Job 80-B01258A

Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence Registry, Job 79-R01012A

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Bowles Papers