Office of the Historian

List of Sources

The principal source of documentation for this volume was the indexed central (decimal) files of the Department of State. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by materials from decentralized office files, the “lot” files of the Department of State. The editors also examined the record collections maintained at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, and the daily appointment books in the John Foster Dulles Papers at the Princeton University Library in Princeton, New Jersey. Documents from all sources are identified in this volume by a file description in the first footnote to each document. Here follows a list of the unpublished sources, not including Department of State central files, used in the preparation of this volume.

  • Department of State
    • Atomic Energy Files, Lot 57 D 688
      • Consolidated collection of documentation in the Department of State on atomic energy policy for the years 1944–1962, as maintained principally by the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State on Atomic Energy Affairs but also by other offices of the Department of State. (202 cubic feet)
    • 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 1953–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (25 cubic feet)
    • Conference Files, 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 period 1956–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (8 cubic feet)
    • 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 period 1955–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (18 cubic feet)
    • E–CFEP Files, Lot 61 D 282A
      • Documents of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy for the years 1955–1960, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs. These files are part of Federal Records Accession No. 62 A 624. (5 cubic feet)
    • G/PM Files, Lot 68 D 349
      • Subject files maintained by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs for the years 1950–1967. (7 cubic feet)
    • INR Files
      • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • MAP Files, Lot 59 D 448
      • Files on the Military Assistance Program for fiscal years 1953 to 1956. (2 cubic feet)
    • Martin Files, Lot 74 D 484
      • Documents from the files of Ambassador Edwin M. Martin for the period February 1947 to January 1974. (1 cubic foot)
    • 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 Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State. (15 cubic feet)
    • NEA Files, Lot 59 D 518
      • Top Secret records pertaining to the Middle East for the years 1954–1957, as maintained by the Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs. (8 cubic feet)
    • OCB Files, Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Operations Staff of the Department of State. (25 cubic feet)
    • OCB Files, Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (17 cubic feet)
    • PPS Files, Lot 66 D 70
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1955. (7 cubic feet)
    • 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. (3 cubic feet)
    • Presidential Correspondence, Lot 64 D 174
      • Exchanges of correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads of foreign governments, excluding the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union, for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (4 cubic feet)
    • Presidential Correspondence, Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (9 cubic feet)
    • Presidential Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 66 D 149
      • A chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversation with foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (1 cubic foot)
    • RA Files, Lot 58 D 374
      • Subject files relating mostly to European economic organizations and integration for the years 1950–1956, as maintained by the Division of Economic Organization Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs. (5 cubic feet)
    • RA Files, Lot 58 D 455
      • Subject files relating mostly to European economic organizations and integration for the period 1954–1957, as maintained by Stanley M. Cleveland in the Division of Economic Organization Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs. (3/4 cubic foot)
    • RA Files, Lot 58 D 546
      • Consolidated subject files of the Deputy Director of the Office of European Regional Affairs, Joseph Palmer, II, for the period 1952–1956. (1 cubic foot)
    • RA Files, Lot 61 D 252
      • General correspondence, including official informal letters and memoranda, from the Director of the Office of European Regional Affairs for the period 1955–1959. (1/2 cubic foot)
    • 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. (43 cubic feet)
    • S/S Files, Lot 66 D 123
      • Chronology of original documents on Project GAMMA, Joint U.S.–U.K. Working Group on Near East Policy and Operations, for the period August 1957 to February 1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (1 cubic foot)
    • S/S–NSC Files, Lot 63 D 351
      • Serial 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 of the Department of State. (20 cubic feet)
    • 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 of the Department of State. (9 cubic feet)
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199
      • 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, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (7 cubic feet)
    • WE files, Lot 58 D 132
      • Subject files of the officer in charge of French-Iberian affairs, Office of Western European Affairs, for the years 1940–1957. (1 cubic foot)
    • WE files, Lot 59 D 645
      • Subject files of the officer in charge of French-Iberian affairs, Office of Western European Affairs, for the period 1957 to June 1958. (1/6 cubic foot)
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • The Papers of John Foster Dulles
      • Daily Appointment Books, 1953–1959
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene Kansas
    • CFEP Records
      • Records of the United States Council on Foreign Economic Policy, 1955–1961.
    • CFEP Chairman Records
      • Records of the Office of the Chairman, United States Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Joseph M. Dodge and Clarence B. Randall), 1954–1961.
    • Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
    • Project Clean Up
      • Project “Clean Up” collection. Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
    • Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, as 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.
    • Clarence Francis Papers
      • Papers of Clarence Francis, Special Consultant to the President and Chairman, Inter-Agency Committee on Agricultural Surplus Disposal, 1954–1960.