Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources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. Most of the documents from the central files were selected from the following files:
    • 033.95B11: Trip file for Republic of Korea officials to the United States
    • 611.95B: U.S.-Republic of Korea relations
    • 711.5611: U.S. atomic weapons
    • 795.00: Korean political affairs
    • 795.5: Korean national defense affairs
    • 795B.OO: Republic of Korea political affairs
    • 795B.12: Republic of Korea, Executive Branch, Vice President
    • 795B.5: Republic of Korea national defense affairs
    • 795B.5–MSP: U.S. military assistance to the Republic of Korea
    • 795B.56: Republic of Korea, national defense affairs, military equipment
    • 895B.00: Republic of Korea economic matters
    2.
    Lot Files: Documents from the central files are supplemented by lot files of the Department, which are decentralized files created by bureaus, offices, divisions, and the Executive Secretariat. A list of the lot files cited in this volume follows:
    • Conference Files: Lot 59 D 95
      • Collection of documentation on official visits of heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for 1949–1955 maintained by the Department of State.
    • 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 1956–1958 maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • FE Files: Lot 56 D 679
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1955.
    • FE Files: Lot 58 D 3
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1956.
    • FE Files: Lot 58 D 209
      • Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs for 1954–1957.
    • FE Files: Lot 59 D 19
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1957.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files retained in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates for 1955–1960.
    • NA Files: Lot 58 D 643
      • Files of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Korean subjects, for 1956.
    • NA Files: Lot 59 D 407
      • Files of the office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Korean subjects, for 1953–1956.
    • NA Files: Lot 59 D 476
      • Files of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Top secret Korean and Japan material for 1956.
    • NA Files: Lot 60 D 680
      • Files maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Korean subjects for 1957.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for 1952–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • OFD Files: Lot 59 D 620
      • Subject files on international economic issues for 1954–1959, maintained by the Office of International Financial and Development Affairs in the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 70
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1955.
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199
      • Chronological collection of the Secretary’s of State memoranda of conversation for 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1
      • Serial and subject master files of National Security Council documents maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351
      • Serial master file of National Security Council documents, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
      • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council files, including records of action for 1947–1963, 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 1951–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • UNP Files: Lot 64 D 197
      • Files of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs for 1946–1962.
  • Department of Defense
    • Department of Defense Files
      • Documents received by the Office of the Historian by request from the Department of Defense.
    • JCS Files
      • Documents received by the Office of the Historian by request from the organization of the Joint Staff.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • FOA/ISA Files: FRC 56 A 632, Lot W–1444
      • General subject and country files of the Office of the Director of Mutual Security, International Cooperation Administration for 1952–1955.
  • Record Group 59
    • Seoul Embassy Files: FRC 59 A 543
      • Cited as Lot 59 F 180. Classified central subject files of the Embassy in the Republic of Korea for 1953–1955.
    • Seoul Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5159
      • Cited as Lot 61 F 98 and Lot 64 F 22. Top Secret files of the Embassy in the Republic of Korea for 1953–1958.
    • Seoul Embassy Files: FRC 63 A 372
      • Cited as Lot 62 F 69. Classified and unclassified central files of the Embassy in the Republic of Korea for 1956–1958.
  • Record Group 330
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 D 1205
      • Country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for 1955.
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1339
      • Country Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for 1956.
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 61 A 1672
      • Country Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for 1957.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Records of John Foster Dulles for 1952–1959, including General Memoranda of Conversations, Meetings with the President, General Telephone Conversations, and White House Telephone Conversations.
    • Staff Secretary’s Records
      • Records of the Office of the White House Staff Secretary for 1952–1961.
    • 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 elements cited are the Dulles–Herter Series, the Eisenhower Diaries, National Security Council Records, and the International File.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
    • JCS Records
      • Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.