Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
  • 1. Indexed Central Files. Papers in the indexed central files of the Department for the years 1952–1954 are indicated by a decimal file number in the headnote. Among the most useful of these files for the China compilation were 110.11 DU, 293.1111, 293.1122, 396.1 GE, 493.009, 611.93, 611.94A, 611.95A241, 711.5890, 793.00, 793.5, 793.5 MSP, 793B.00, 794A.00, 794A.5, 794A.5 MSP, 893.00, 894A.00, and 961.53. For Japan, useful files consulted were 033.9411, 110.15 RO, 400.949, 493.949, 611.94, 693.94, 693.941, 694.001, 694.0026, 694.95, 694.95B, 711.5611, 761.5622, 790.022, 794.00, 794.5, 794.5 MSP, 794.54, 794.5621, 794C.00, 794C.022, 794C.0221, 795B.11, 811.05194, 894.00, 894.10, and 894.245.
  • 2. Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by lot files of the Department, which are decentralized files created by operating areas. A list of the lot files used in this volume follows:
  • CA Files, Lot 58 D 401
    • This lot has been consolidated into CA Files, Lot 58 D 395: Consolidated economic and political files on China for the year 1953, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs.
  • CA Files, Lot 59 D 110
    • Consolidated political files on China for the years 1954–1955, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs. (Combines Lots 59 D 110 and 64 D 230)
  • CA Files, Lot 59 D 228
    • Top Secret files of the Office of Chinese Affairs for the years 1951–1953.
  • Conference Files, Lot 59 D 95
    • 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 period 1949–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Conference Files, Lot 60 D 627
    • 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 period 1953–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat. This file is a continuation of Lot 59 D 95.
  • Dulles Files, Lot 54 D 423
    • Files of John Foster Dulles, Consultant to the Secretary of State, concerning the negotiation of the treaty of peace with Japan and covering the years 1950–1952.
  • FE Files, Lot 55 D 128
    • Top Secret files of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs concerning the Korean war and cease-fire for the years 1950–1952.
  • FE Files, Lot 55 D 388
    • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1953.
  • FE Files, Lot 55 D 480
    • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1954, including documentation on the Geneva Conference, Southeast Asia, and the Korean Black Book. (Combines Lots 55 D 480 and 55 D 481)
  • FE Files, Lot 64 D 230
    • Top Secret China files for the years 1954–1955, maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs and subsequently consolidated into CA Files, Lot 59 D 110, listed above.
  • INR-NIE Files
    • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates, including NIE’s and SNIE’s for the 1952–1954 period.
  • Matthews Files, Lot 53 D 413
    • Collection of cables relating to the Korean armistice 1951–1953, maintained in the Office of Deputy Under Secretary of State H. Freeman Matthews.
  • NA Files, Lot 54 D 198
    • Files on Japan and Korea for the years 1950–1952, as maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs.
  • NA Files, Lot 54 D 539
    • Files on Korea and Korean-Japanese relations for the years 1945–1953, as maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs.
  • NA Files, Lot 57 D 149
    • Japanese subject files of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs for the years 1953–1954.
  • NA Files, Lot 58 D 184
    • Miscellaneous Japan and Korea files for the years 1953–1955, as maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs.
  • NA Files, Lot 58 D 529
    • Files of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs from the year 1952.
  • NAC Files, Lot 60 D 137
    • Master file of the documents of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems for the years 1945–1958, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs of the Department of State.
  • Northeast Asian Affairs Files, Lot 60 D 330
    • Files on relations with Japan and Korea for the years 1950–1953, as maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
  • OCB Files, Lot 62 D 430
    • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • PPS Files, Lot 64 D 563
    • Master file of documents, drafts, records of meetings, memoranda, and related correspondence for the years 1947–1953 of the Policy Planning Staff.
  • PPS Files, Lot 65 D 101
    • Master file of documents, drafts, records of meetings, memoranda, and related correspondence for the year 1954 of the Policy Planning Staff.
  • PSB Files, Lot 62 D 333
    • Master file of minutes and papers of the Psychological Strategy Board for the years 1951–1953, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Rankin Files, Lot 66 D 84
    • Files maintained by Karl L. Rankin during his tours of duty at Athens, Vienna, Canton, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Belgrade, 1932–1961.
  • Secretary’s Letters, Lot 56 D 459
    • Correspondence of the Secretary of State for years 1945–1956 as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Secretary’s Memoranda, Lot 53 D 444
    • Comprehensive chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda, memoranda of conversation, and memoranda of conversation with the President for the years 1947–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199
    • Chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation and the Under Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 65 D 238
    • Chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation with the President for the years 1949–1952, memoranda of the Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State for the years 1951–1952, and the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation with Senator Tom Connally of Texas for the years 1950–1951, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Secretary’s Staff Meetings, Lot 63 D 75
    • Chronological collections of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s staff meetings during the years 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • S/P-NSC Files, Lot 61 D 167
    • Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961, as 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, as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
  • S/S-NSC Files, Lot 63 D 351
    • Serial master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for the years 1947–1961, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files, Lot 66 D 95
    • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council documentation, including NSC Records of Action, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat for the years 1947–1963.
  • State-JCS Meetings, Lot 61 D 417
    • Top Secret records of meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for the period 1951–1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the period 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Taipei Embassy Files, Lot 62 F 83
    • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
  • Tokyo Embassy Files, Lots 59 F 23 and 61 F 163
    • See entries under Washington National Records Center.
  • U/MSA Files, Lot 57 D 567
    • Files of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, 1952–1957.
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Defense Files
    • Documents obtained upon request from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  • JCS Files
    • Documents obtained upon request from the Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
  • Dulles Papers
    • Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
  • James C. Hagerty Papers
    • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to President Eisenhower, for the years 1953–1961.
  • Staff Secretary Records
    • Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary in the White House, including the records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, Jr., and Christopher T. Russell.
  • White House Central Files
    • Records of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, White House Central Files, 1953–1961.
  • Whitman File
    • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, 1953–1961, maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman. The Whitman File includes the following elements: the Name Series, Dulles–Herter Series, Eisenhower Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, National Security Council Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, Administration Series, and the International File.
  • National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • JCS Records
    • National Archives Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • Secretary’s Press Conferences
    • Transcripts of news conferences of the Secretary of State, 1929–1969, as maintained by the Office of Press Relations and its predecessors, National Archives Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State.
  • Princeton University
  • H. Alexander Smith Papers
    • Papers of H. Alexander Smith, Senator from New Jersey, 1944–1959, and member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1946–1959.
  • Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri
  • Truman Papers, President’s Secretary’s File (PSF)
    • Papers of Harry S. Truman as President, 1945–1953, maintained by his personal secretary.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
  • Taipei Embassy Files, FRC 68 A 5159, Item 147
    • Lot 62 F 83: Top Secret files of the Embassy in Taiwan for the years 1953–1958.
  • Tokyo Embassy Files, FRC 59 A 543, Item 34
    • Lot 59 F 23: Classified files of the Mission in Japan from January 1, 1950 to April 29, 1952.
  • Tokyo Embassy Files, FRC 62 A 308, Item 14
    • Lot 61 F 163: Classified and unclassified files of the Embassy in Japan from April 29, 1952 through 1955.