Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, East Asian
Security; Cambodia; Laos, Volume XXI
List of Unpublished Sources
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Department of State
- 1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FE Files: Lot 58 D 209
- Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Economic Affairs for the years
1954–1957.
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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.
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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.
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FE/SEA Files: Lot 58 D 266
- Subject files of the Office of Southeast Asian
Affairs for the years 1954–1956.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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Department of Defense
- Department of Defense Files
- Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the
Department of Defense by request.
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JCS Files
- Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by request.
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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.
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National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, D.C.
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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.
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Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
- Dulles Papers
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Dulles’ Daily Appointment Book
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Washington National Records Center, Suitland,
Maryland
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Agency for International Development (RG 286) (includes files of
predecessor agencies, the Foreign Operations Administration and the
International Cooperation Administration):
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FOA Message Center Files:
FRC 56 A 632
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FOA Message Center Files:
FRC 57 A 248
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FOA Message Center Files:
FRC 58 A 403
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FOA Message Center Files:
FRC 59 A 2458
- 2.
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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.
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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.
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Department of State (RG 59):
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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.