List of Unpublished Sources

Department of State
1.
Indexed Central Files. The principal source of documentation for this volume was the indexed central files of the Department of State. The most important of these were the 600 (international relations) and 700 (internal political and national defense affairs) files. Other files searched include 033 (official visits), 123 (Department of State personnel), and 300 (international organizations and conferences). Most of the documents from the central files were selected from the following files:
- 033.5914: trip file for Laos–China, including material on Souvanna Phouma’s trip to China
- 396.1–BA: SEATO conference held at Bangkok in 1955
- 396.1–CA: SEATO conference held at Canberra in 1957
- 396.1–KA: SEATO conference held at Karachi in 1956
- 611.51H: U.S.-Cambodian relations
- 670.901: Afro-Asian Conference
- 751G.00: basic file for Indochina
- 751H.00: Cambodian political developments
- 751H.11: Cambodia’s Head of State
- 751H.5–MSP: basic assistance file for Cambodia
- 751J.00: Laotian political developments
- 751J.5–MSP: basic assistance file for Laos
- 790.5: political developments in East Asia in relation to broad aspects of national defense
- 890.00: regional economic developments
2.
Lot Files. Documents from the central files are 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:
- 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 years 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 international 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.
- EA (Laos) Files: Lot 68 D 77
  - Top Secret files of the Bureau of Far Eastern (later East Asian) Affairs relating to Laos for the years 1955–1961.
- 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 Files: Lot 56 D 679
  - Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1955, memoranda of conversation, and conference files.
- FE Files: Lot 58 D 209
  - Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 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. Subfiles include country files and memoranda of conversation.
- FE/RA Files: Lot 65 D 497
  - Miscellaneous Top Secret files of the Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, for the years 1957–1962.
- FE/SEA Files: Lot 58 D 266
  - Subject files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs for the years 1954–1956.
- FE/SEA (Cambodia) Files: Lot 59 D 630
  - Chronological and general files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs relating to Cambodia for the years 1953–1958.
- FE/SPA Files: Lot 65 D 141
  - Correspondence covering Australia, New Zealand, and Southwest Pacific Affairs, dating from 1957 through 1963.
- INR Files: Lot 58 D 776
  - Top Secret files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research for the years 1945–1957. (Combines 58 D 776 and 61 D 67)
- INR–NIE Files
  - Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
- Laos Files: Lot 63 D 3
  - Files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs relating to Laos for the years 1954–1958.
- 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
  - Files of the Policy Planning Staff for 1955, including subject, area, and country files.
- PPS Files: Lot 66 D 70
  - Policy Planning Staff subject, country, and chronological files for the year 1955.
- PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
  - Files of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1957–1961, including subject, area, and country files.
- PSA Files: Lot 58 D 207
  - Consolidated files on Southeast Asia for the years 1949–1956, as maintained by the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs. (Combines 58 D 339 and 58 D 207)
- 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.
- 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, for the years 1947–1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
- SEA Files: Lot 58 D 207
  - Consolidated files on Southeast Asia, primarily Indochina and Burma, for the years 1949–1956, as maintained by the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs. (Combines 58 D 339 and 58 D 207)
- SEA Files: Lot 58 D 266
  - Miscellaneous files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs relating mostly to Vietnam and Cambodia for the years 1954–1956.
- 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.
- 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 years 1951–1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the years 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Department of Defense
- Department of Defense Files
  - Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the Department of Defense by request.
- JCS Files
  - Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by request.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
- Dulles Papers
  - Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- 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.
Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
- Dulles Papers
  - Dulles’ Daily Appointment Book
Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
1.
Agency for International Development (RG 286) (includes files of predecessor agencies, the Foreign Operations Administration and the International Cooperation Administration):
- FOA Message Center Files: FRC 56 A 632
- FOA Message Center Files: FRC 57 A 248
- FOA Message Center Files: FRC 58 A 403
- FOA Message Center Files: FRC 59 A 2458
2.
Department of Defense (RG 330):
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1025 and FRC 60 B 1025
  - Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) relating to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam for the year 1955.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1339 and FRC 60 B 1339
  - Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) relating to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam for the year 1956.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1672 and FRC 60 B 1672
  - Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State (International Security Affairs) relating to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam for the year 1957.
3.
Department of State Mission Files (RG 84):
- Bangkok Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5159
  - Lot 59 F 45: Top Secret Files of the Embassy in Thailand for the years 1954–1958.
- Phnom Penh Embassy Files: FRC 63 A 172
  - Lot 62 F 30: Classified and unclassified files for the years 1956–1958.
- Vientiane Embassy Files: FRC 63 A 172
  - Lot 62 F 47: Classified and unclassified files for the years 1954–1958.
4.
Department of State (RG 59):
- SEATO Files: FRC 71 A 6682, Item 153
  - Lot 67 D 143: SEATO files for the years 1955–1964, as maintained by the Office of Regional Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian Affairs.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, East Asian Security; Cambodia; Laos, Volume XXI

List of Unpublished Sources