List of 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.

  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:

• A/MS Files: Lot 54 D 291
  • Consolidated administrative files of the Department of State for 1949–1960, as maintained by the Management Staff of the Bureau of Administration.
• CA Files: Lot 60 D 171
  • Economic subject files maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1954–1956.
• Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• Current Economic Developments: Lot 70 D 467
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• E Files: Lot 60 D 68
  • Files relating to United Nations economic issues for 1950–1957, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• E Files: Lot 60 D 136
  • Subject and country files of the Export-Import Bank, as maintained by the Economic Development Division of the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• E–CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• Economic Defense Files: Lot 59 D 439
  • File of documents relating to China trade controls, as maintained by the Economic Defense Division of the Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• Economic Defense Files: Lot 59 D 665
  • Minutes and documents relating to the interagency Economic Defense Advisory Committee, the Coordinating Committee on export controls, the COCOM Consultative Group, and various other Organizations concerned with export controls for 1950–1959, as maintained by the EDAC Executive Secretariat, Mutual Defense Assistance Control Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs. These files are part of Federal Records Center Accession 65 A 987.
• Economic Defense Files: Lot 64 D 234
  • Subject files pertaining to economic defense matters for 1957–1963. These files were retired by the Mutual Defense Control Staff of the Bureau of Economic Affairs and are part of Federal Records Accession 71 A 6682.
• IO Files
  • Master files of the Reference and Documents Section of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs of the Department of State, comprising the official U.N. documentation and classified Department of State records on United States policy in the U.N. Security Council, Trusteeship Council, Economic and Social Council, and various special and ad hoc committees for the period from 1946 to date.
• IO Files: Lot 60 D 113
  • Consolidated files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for 1955–1957. (Includes materials from old Lot 58 D 17.)
• IO Files: Lot 71 D 440
  • Master files of classified records and correspondence of United States Delegations to sessions of the U.N. General Assembly for 1945–1965, maintained by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
• NAC Files: Lot 60 D 137
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
  • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for 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 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
• OF Files: Lot 59 D 578
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• OFD Files: Lot 59 D 620
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• P/PG Files: Lot 60 D 661
  • Subject files containing OCB and NSC documents retired by the Policy Plans and Guidance Staff in the Bureau of Public Affairs.
• PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487
  • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1956.
• PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
  • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1957–1961.
• Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
  • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and the heads of foreign governments for 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
• S/P Files: Lot 66 D 487
  • See entry under PPS Files.
• S/P–NSC Files: Lot 61 D 167
  • Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for 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 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 1947–1961, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
• 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 of the Department of State for 1947–1963.
• S/S–OCB Files: Lots 61 D 385; 62 D 430
  • See entries under OCB Files above.
• 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 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
• Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75
  • Chronological collections of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s staff meetings during 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
• State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417
  • Top secret records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the years 1951–1959 and selected problem [Page X] files on the Middle East for 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
• UNP Files: Lot 59 D 237
  • Subject files of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs for 1946–1957.
• UNP Files: Lot 62 D 170
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• USIA/I Files: Lot 60 D 322
  • Microfilm collection of chronological files for the Office of the Director, 1956–1961, and congressional chronological files, 1957–1959, as maintained by the USIA Executive Secretariat.
• United States Mission to the United Nations, New York
  • USUN Files
    • Files of the United States Mission to the United Nations, 1950 to date.
• Department of Agriculture
  • See entry under National Archives and Records Adminstration.
• Department of Commerce
  • See entries under Washington National Records Center.
• Department of Defense
  • See entry for JCS Records under National Archives and Records Administration.
• Department of the Treasury
  • See entry for NAC documents under National Archives and Records Administration.
• International Cooperation Administration
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
• Areeda Papers
  • Papers of Phillip E. Areeda, 1952–1962. Areeda was a first lieutenant, USAF, in the Office of Air Force General Counsel, 1955–1956; member of the White House Staff for Economic Affairs and Higher Criticism, 1956–1958; and Assistant Special Counsel to the President, 1958–1961.
• Cabinet Secretariat Records
  • Records of the Cabinet Secretariat, 1953–1960.
• CFEP Chairman Records
  • Records of the Office of the Chairman, United States Council on Foreign Economic Policy, 1954–1961, including records of Joseph M. Dodge and Clarence B. Randall.
• CFEP Records
  • Records of the United States Council on Foreign Economic Policy, 1955–1961.
• Dulles Papers
  • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1953–1959.
• Fairless Committee Records, 1956–1957
  • Papers of the President’s Citizen Advisers on the Mutual Security Program, established by President Eisenhower on September 22, 1956, to examine the foreign assistance activities of the United States.
• Hagerty Papers
  • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, 1953–1961.
• Harlow Records
  • Records of Bryce N. Harlow, 1953–1961. Harlow was Special Assistant to the President, 1953; Administrative Assistant to the President, 1953–1958; and Deputy Assistant to the President for Congressional Affairs, 1958–1961.
• Herter Papers
  • Papers of Christian A. Herter, 1957–1961. Herter was Under Secretary of State, 1957–1959, and Secretary of State, 1959–1961.
• Project Clean Up
  • Project ‘Clean Up’ collection. Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
• Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records
  • Records of the Office of the Special Assistant, 1952–1961, including records of Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray.
• 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: 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 International File.
• National Archives and Records Administration
• International Trade Files
  • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
• JCS Records
  • National Archives Record Group 218, Records of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• NAC Documents
  • National Archives Record Group 56, General Records of the Department of the Treasury. Documents of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems from 1945.
• Office of the Secretary of Agriculture Records
  • National Archives Record Group 16, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. Subject files of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1879–1972, containing reports, letters, memoranda, and other records arranged under topical headings.
• Washington National Records Center
• Bureau of Foreign Commerce Files, FRC 59 A 1022 and 61 A 1018
  • Files of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of Commerce, arranged in a decimal system under six major headings, including: ‘General’ (000), ‘Appropriations and Accounting’ (100), ‘Personnel’ (200), ‘Business Methods and Procedures’ (300), ‘Promotion of Trade and Production’ (400), ‘Trade Control’ (500), and ‘Domestic Supply’ (600).
• Conference Files, FRC 59 83 0066
  • 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 1956–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
• Current Economic Developments, FRC 72 A 6248
  • Lot 70 D 467: Master set of the Department of State classified internal publication Current Economic Developments for 1945–1969, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• CFEP Files, FRC 62 A 624
  • Lot 61 D 282A: Agenda, minutes, and documents of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy for 1955–1960, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• ICA Director’s Files, FRC 61 A 32
  • Subject files of the Director of the International Cooperation Administration, containing correspondence, memoranda, reports, messages, and other material accumulated from 1955 to 1958.
• NAC Files, FRC 71 A 6682
  • Lot 60 D 137: Master files of the documents of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems for 1945–1958, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• OF Files, FRC 60 A 293
  • Lot 59 D 578: Financial files arranged alphabetically by Foreign Service post for fiscal year 1957.
• OFD Files, FRC 65 A 987
  • Lot 59 D 620: Subject files on international economic issues for 1954–1959, as maintained by the Office of International Financial and Development Affairs in the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
• Office of the Secretary of Commerce Files, FRC 69 A 6837
  • Records maintained by the Office of the Secretary of Commerce relating to general economic subjects, including such topics as the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, Economic Defense Policy, and Trade and Export Controls.
• UNP Files, FRC 71 A 5255
  • Lot 62 D 170: United Nations subject files, 1947–1960, as maintained by the Office of United Nations Political Affairs.
• USIA/IPS Files, FRC 63 A 171
  • Files of the International Press Service for the 1950s.