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List of Unpublished Sources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 1955–1957 are indicated by a decimal file number in the first footnote. Among the most useful of these files are 110.11–DU, 121.93, 293.1111, 293.9322, 396.1–GE, 611.93, 611.95A241, 670.901, 711.11–EI, 7711.5800, 793.00, 793.5, 793.5–MSP, and 911.6293.
    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 or consulted for this volume follows:
    • CA Files, Lot 59 D 110
      • Consolidated political files on China for the years 1954–1955, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs. (Combines 59 D 110 and 64 D 230.)
    • CA Files, Lot 60 D 171
      • Economic files on China for the years 1954–1956 and political files for the year 1956, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs.
    • CA Files, Lot 60 D 648
      • Political files maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs for the year 1957.
    • CA Files, Lot 67 D 579
      • Top Secret files relating to China for the years 1956–1965, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs.
    • Conference Files, Lot 59 D 95
      • Collection of documentation on official visits by ranking foreign officials, 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 visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials, and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1953–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files, Lot 62 D 181
      • Collection of documentation on visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials, and on major conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1956–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files, Lot 63 D 123
      • Collection of documentation on visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials, and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1955–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • EUR Files, Lot 59 D 233
      • Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs for the years 1945–1957.
    • FE Files, Lot 56 D 679
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1955, including country files, memoranda of conversation, and conference files.
    • FE Files, Lot 58 D 209
      • Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Economic Affairs for the years 1954–1957.
    • FE Files, Lot 59 D 19
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1957.
    • FE Conference Files, Lot 60 D 514
      • Files of conferences and meetings maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the years 1956–1958.
    • FE/EA Files, Lot 66 D 225
      • Files relating to China, Japan, and Korea for the year 1964, with some files for the years 1954–1963, as maintained by the Office of East Asian Affairs and its predecessors, the Office of Chinese Affairs and the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs.
    • Geneva Talks Files, Lot 72 D 415
      • Files relating to the Sino-American ambassadorial talks at Geneva and Warsaw for the years 1955–1968, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Asian Communist Affairs.
    • INR Files, Lot 58 D 776
      • Country, subject, and administrative files relating to U.S. intelligence organizations and activities for the years 1945–1960, as maintained by the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files of National Intelligence Estimates, Special Estimates, and Special National Intelligence Estimates, retained by the Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • IO Files, Lot 60 D 113
      • Consolidated files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for the years 1955–1957. (Combines 60 D 113 and 58 D 17.)
    • OCB Files, Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Operations Staff.
    • 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 66 D 70
      • Policy Planning Staff subject, country, and chronological files for the year 1955.
    • PPS Files, Lot 66 D 487
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1956.
    • PPS Files, Lot 67 D 548
      • Policy Planning Staff subject, country, and chronological files 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, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Presidential Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 66 D 149
      • A chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversations with foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, 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.
    • ROC Files, Lot 71 D 517
      • Top Secret files relating to China for the years 1954–1963, as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and subsequently by the Office of East Asian Affairs.
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199
      • Chronological collection of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Secretary’s Staff Meetings, Lot 63 D 75
      • Chronological collection of the minutes of the Secretary’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/PRS Files, Lot 77 D 11
      • Collection of record sets of volumes of Daily Press Briefings for the years 1922–1970, as maintained by the Office of Press Relations.
    • 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, for the years 1947–1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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.
    • UNP Files, Lot 58 D 742
      • Miscellaneous subject files of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs for the years 1945–1957.
    • UNP Files, Lot 62 D 170
      • United Nations subject files, 1947–1960, as maintained by the Office of United Nations Political Affairs.
  • Department of Defense
    • Department of Defense Files
      • Documents received by the Office of The Historian from the Department of Defense by request.
    • The Joint Chiefs of Staff
    • JCS Files
      • Documents received upon request by the Office of The Historian from the Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    • Naval Historical Division, Washington, D.C.
    • Radford Papers
      • The personal papers of Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Commander in Chief, Pacific (1949–1953), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1953–1957).
    • United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
    • Ridgway Papers
      • Papers of General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, August 15, 1953–June 30, 1955.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
    • Hagerty Papers
      • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, 1953–1961.
    • Herter Papers
      • Papers of Christian A. Herter, 1957–1961. Herter was Under Secretary of State, 1957–1959, and Secretary of State, 1959–1961.
    • President’s Daily Appointments
      • From White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments, 1952–1961.
    • 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, 1953–1961. Documents cited in this volume are from the Confidential File within this collection.
    • 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, the Dulles-Herter Series, Eisenhower 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, 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.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers, Daily Appointments
      • Daily log of the meetings and appointments of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for the years 1953–1959.
    • Dulles Oral History Collection
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Taipei Embassy Files, Lot 62 F 83
      • Top Secret files for the years 1953–1958, as maintained by the Embassy in Taipei.