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 Here follows a list of the unpublished sources, not including Department of State central files, used in the preparation of this volume.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
  • CFM Files, Lot M–88
    • Consolidated master collection of the records of conferences of Heads of State, Council of Foreign Ministers and ancillary bodies, North Atlantic Council, other meetings of the Secretary of State with the Foreign Ministers of European powers, and materials on the Austrian and German peace settlements for the years 1943–1955 prepared by the Department of State Records Service Center.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • EUR Files, Lot 59 D 233
    • Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs for the years 1945–1957.
  • INR Files, Lot 58 D 766
    • Miscellaneous files of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research for the years 1946–1957.
  • INR–NIE Files
    • Master file of National Intelligence Estimates maintained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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, 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.
  • S/S–NSC Files, Lot 66 D 148
    • Miscellaneous files concerning subjects considered by the National Security Council during the period 1949–1962, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
  • 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 of the Department of State.
  • State–JCS Meetings, Lot 61 D 417
    • Records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the years 1951–1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the years 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
  • Dulles Papers
    • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
  • C.D. Jackson Papers
    • Papers of C.D. Jackson, 1931–1967.
  • Project Clean Up
    • Project “Clean Up” collection. Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
  • White House Office
    • Records of the Office of the White House Staff Secretary, 1952–1961.
  • 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.