List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    1.
    Indexed Central Files. Documents in the indexed central files of the Department of State for the years 1958–1960 are indicated by a decimal file number in the first footnote. The following are the most significant decimal files consulted for this volume:
    • 301: United Nations
    • 303: Admission of new members into the United Nations
    • 310 and subseries: United Nations: Charter; membership; delegations
    • 320 and subseries: United Nations General Assembly
    • 320.11 and 320.5701: United Nations and Outer Space
    • 330 and subseries: United Nations Security Council
    • 399.731: Law of the Sea
    • 701.022: U.S. policy toward Outer Space
    • 702 and subseries: Antarctica
    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: Lots 63 D 123; 64 D 559; 64 D 560
      • See entries under Washington National Records Center.
    • INRNIE Files
      • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates, including NIEs and SNIEs.
    • 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 currency.
    • IO Files: Lot 60 D 216
      • Files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for the year 1958.
    • IO Files: Lot 61 D 91
      • Files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for the years 1959 and 1960.
    • 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 the years 1945–1965, maintained by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
    • L Files: Lot 69 D 306
      • Chronological and correspondence files of Leonard C. Meeker for the years 1946–1967, excluding Meeker’s Bucharest post files.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained in the Operations Staff of the Department of State.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • ODA Files: Lot 62 D 228
      • 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.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 64 D 174
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and the heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/PNSC 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 of the Department of State.
    • S/SNSC (Miscellaneous) File: 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.
    • 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 the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75
      • Chronological collections of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meetings during the years 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • State-JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328
      • Top secret records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the years 1959–1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • United States Mission at the United Nations, New York
    • USUN Files
      • Files of the United States Mission at the United Nations, 1950 to date.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1953–1959.
    • Herter Papers
      • Papers of Christian A. Herter, 1957–1961. Herter was Under Secretary of State, 1957–1959, and Secretary of State, 1959–1961.
    • 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.
    • White House Office Files
      • Several White House office collections, including files of the Office of the Staff Secretary, and Project “Clean Up.”
    • 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.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Conference Files: FRC 59–83–0067
      • Lot 63 D 123: 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 the years 1955–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Conference Files: FRC 59–83–0068
      • Lot 64 D 559: 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 the year 1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • Lot 64 D 560: Collection of documentation of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conference attended by the Secretary of State for the year 1959, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • ODA Files: FRC 64 A 561
      • Lot 62 D 228: Subject files of the Director of the Office of Dependent Areas, Department of State, for the years 1943–1961.
    • Presidential Correspondence: FRC 59–83–0056
      • Lot 64 D 174: Exchanges of correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads of foreign governments, excluding the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Soviet Union, for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.