Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources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. Among the most useful of these files in the preparation of this volume were 033.90B11, 100.4–OCB, 101.21–NIS, 102.202, 110.11–DU, 320, 460.509, 411.90B41, 411.9241, 411.9641, 456D.5–MSP, 601.56D11, 611.56, 611.56D4, 611.92, 611.96, 611.97, 656.56D13, 661.90B, 690B.00, 711.11–EI, 711.56392, 711.56396, 746F.00, 756D.00, 756D.5–MSP, 790B.00, 790B.13, 790B.5893, 792.00, 792.13, 792.5–MSP, 793.00, 796.00, 797.00, 890B.00, 890B.10, 890B.501, 892.10, and 897.14.
    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:
    • 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 conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1956–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • E/OFD Files: Lot 59 D 620
      • Files of the Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, for the years 1954–1959.
    • FE Economic Files: Lot 58 D 209
      • Files maintained by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs for the years 1954–1957.
    • FE Files: Lot 56 D 679
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1955. Subjects included are country files, memoranda of conversation, and conference files.
    • 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 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 65 D 497
      • Miscellaneous Top Secret Files for the years 1957–1962, from the Office of Regional Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
    • INR Files: Lot 58 D 776
      • Subject and country files of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and its predecessors, 1945–1957.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • 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
      • Policy Planning Staff subject, country, and chronological files for the year 1955.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Policy Planning Staff subject, country and chronological files for the years 1957–1961.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 64 D 174
      • Correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • SEA 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)
    • SEA Files: Lot 58 D 726
      • Subject files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs for the years 1955–1956.
    • SEA Files: Lot 58 D 782
      • Economic subject files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs for the year 1956.
    • SEA Files: Lot 59 D 352
      • General Thailand files for the year 1956, as maintained by the Office of Southeast Asian Affirs.
    • SEA Files: Lot 59 D 369
      • General Thailand files for the year 1955, as maintained by the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs.
    • SEA Files: Lot 59 D 541
      • Economic subject files of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs for the year 1957, with some materials from 1956.
    • SEA Files: Lot 59 D 612
      • Files maintained by the Burma desk in the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs for the years 1949–1957.
    • 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.
    • Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75
      • Chronological collection of the minutes of the Secretary’s Staff Meetings during the years 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • SPA Files: Lot 58 D 312
      • Files of the Philippine desk in the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, for the year 1955, with some materials dating back as far as 1948.
    • SPA Files: Lot 61 D 26
      • Files of the Philippine desk in the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs for the years 1956–1957.
    • SPA Files: Lot 63 D 51
      • Philippine files for the years 1942–1957, as maintained by the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • U/MSA Files: Lot 56 D 551
      • Subject files of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, 1954–1956.
    • UNP Files: Lot 64 D 197
      • Files of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs for the years 1946–1962, including memoranda, position papers, and United Nations documents.
  • Department of Defense
    • Department of Defense Files
      • Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the Department of Defense by request.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
    • Project “Clean Up”
      • Project “Clean Up” collection, including 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 Special Assistants (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray), 1952–1961.
    • White House Central Files
      • Records of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961. Documents cited in this volume are from the Confidential File within this collection.
    • Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, 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, Administration Series, and International File.
  • JCS Files
    • Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by request.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
    • National Archives Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 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/ICA Files: FRC 56 A 632
      • General subject and country files of the Office of the Director for the years 1952–1955.
    • ICA Message Files: FRC 58 A 403
      • Telegrams, airgrams, and cables to and from all field missions from July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957, as maintained by ICA headquarters in Washington.
    2.
    Department of Defense (RG 330):
    • OASD/ISA Files
      • Records of the Office of Foreign Military Rights Affairs (FMRA). These files were used in preparation of the Philippines compilation.
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1025
      • Files from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. These files were used in preparation of the Thailand compilation.
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 B 1339
      • Files from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. These files were used in preparation of the Thailand compilation.
    3.
    Department of State Mission files [RG 84):
    • Bangkok Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5612
      • Lot 67 F 116: 1956–1961 classified and unclassified central subject files of the Embassy in Bangkok.
    • Manila Embassy Files: FRC 84–77–001
      • Lot 76 F 161: Classified files (through Secret) of the Embassy in Manila, including defense topics for the years 1947–1971, and political and economic files for the years 1959–1968.