List of Sources

Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State

    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 were selected from the following files:

    • 411.48: Trade and commerce between the United States and Poland 511.00: U.S. cultural affairs programs
    • 611.60: Political relations between the United States and Finland
    • 611.68: Political relations between the United States and Yugoslavia
    • 611.69: Political relations between the United States and Bulgaria
    • 748.00: Political affairs and conditions in Poland
    • 760E.5–MSP: Military assistance to Finland
    • 781.00: Political affairs and conditions in Greece
    • 781.5–MSP: Military assistance to Greece
    • 782.5–MSP: Military assistance to Turkey
    • 786.00: Political affairs and conditions in Yugoslavia
    • 786.5–MSP: Military assistance to Yugoslavia
    • 881.10: Financial affairs of Greece
    • 882.10: Financial affairs of Turkey

    Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by the 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.

    • Athens Embassy Files: Lot 64 F 5
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
    • Bohlen Files: Lot 74 D 379
      • Records maintained by Charles E. Bohlen, 1942–1970.
    • Budapest Mission Files: Lot 75 F 163
      • Classified and unclassified files relating to Cardinal Mindszenty, 1956–1972, maintained by the Mission in Budapest.
    • Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181
      • 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 1956–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files: 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, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
    • Daily Summaries: Lot 60 D 530
      • Master set of the Department of State classified internal publication Daily Secret Summary and Daily Top Secret Summary for the years 1953–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • EE Files: Lot 57 D 514
      • National Security Council documents relating to Soviet and satellite vulnerabilities, maintained by the Office of Eastern European Affairs.
    • EE Files: Lot 67 D 238
      • Economic and political files relating to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Poland for the years 1946–1965, maintained by the Office of Eastern European Affairs.
    • EE Files: Lot 76 D 232
      • Economic files relating to Eastern Europe and Poland, 1951–1960, including the U.S.-Polish economic talks, 1956–1957.
    • EE Files: Lot 79 D 55
      • Miscellaneous files pertaining to Hungary, 1945–1971, maintained by the Office of Eastern European Affairs.
    • Hungary Desk Files: Lot 75 D 45
      • Miscellaneous Hungarian files, 1949–1972, including material on the trial of Cardinal Mindszenty and his asylum in the Mission at Budapest.
    • INR Files: Soviet Affairs
      • Master set of the classified Department of State monthly publication, Soviet Affairs, December 1948–May 1959, maintained by the Office of Research and Analysis for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • INRNIE Files
      • Files of National Intelligence Estimates, Special Estimates, and Special National Estimates retained by the Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • IO Files
      • Master files of the Reference and Documents Section of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, comprising the official U.N. documentation and classified Department records on U.S. policy in the U.N. Security Council, Trusteeship Council, Economic and Social Council, and various special and ad hoc committees from 1946 to the present.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 58 D 610
      • Files relating to Turkey, September 1949–May 1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 60 D 39
      • Files relating to Greece and Cyprus, 1955–1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • NEA/GTI Files: Lot 61 D 96
      • Files relating to Turkey, 1956–1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • P Files: Lot 61 D 318
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
    • P/PG Files: Lot 60 D 605
      • See 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.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Subject, country, and chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1957–1961.
    • Presidential Correspondence: 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, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
      • Chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversation with foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199
      • Chronological collection of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation and the Under Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • SOV Files: Lot 69 D 162
      • Subject files of the Bilateral Political Relations Branch of the Office of Soviet Union Affairs on various aspects of Soviet-U.S. relations, 1943–1966.
    • S/P–NSC Files: Lot 61 D 167
      • Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • 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, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/SNSC 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, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/SNSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
      • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council documentation, including NSC Records of Action, for the years 1947–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417
      • Top Secret records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the years 1951–1959, and selected problem files on the Middle East for the years 1954–1956, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • USIA/IAE/E Files: Lot 64 A 536
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
    • USIA/IOP/C Files: Lot 70 D 398
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • CFEP Chairman Records
      • Records of the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Joseph M. Dodge and Clarence B. Randall), 1954–1961.
    • Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
    • Hagerty Papers
      • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, 1953–1961.
    • Herter Papers
      • Papers of Christian A. Herter, 1957–1961.
    • President’s Appointments
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments, 1952–1961. Daily appointment books for President Eisenhower.
    • Project Clean Up
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
    • Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray), 1952–1961.
    • Staff Secretary Records
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, 1952–1961. Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell.
    • White House Office Files
      • Several White House Office collections, including Project Clean Up.
    • 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 DullesHerter Series, DDE Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, NSC Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Cabinet Series, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, Administration Series, International File.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State
      • Athens Embassy Files: FRC 64 A 845
        • Lot 64 F 5: Classified and unclassified subject files of the Embassy in Athens, 1956–1958.
      • Conference Files: FRC 83–0068
        • Lot 64 D 560: Collection of documentation of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and of major international international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1958–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • P Files: FRC 64 A 867
        • Lot 61 D 318: Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State for Public Affairs, Robinson McIlvaine, E. Allan Lightner, Jr., and J. Burke Wilkinson, 1954–1959.
      • P/PG Files: FRC 72 A 248
        • Lot 60 D 605: Files of the Policy Plans and Guidance Staff, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1952–1959.
      • USIA/IAE/E Files: FRC 64 A 536
        • Lot 64 A 536: Miscellaneous files of the Office of Eastern European Affairs, U.S. Information Agency, 1955–1961.
      • USIA/IOP/C Files: FRC 72 A 5121
        • Lot 70 D 398: Alphabetical subject files containing Policy Guidance records as maintained by the Policy Guidance Staff, Office of Policy and Plans, U.S. Information Agency, for the years 1952–1967.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
    • Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State
      • OSSINR Intelligence Reports
        • Records of the Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services, and the Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State, 1941–1961.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers
      • Daily Appointment Books, 1953–1959.
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Published Sources

  • Documentary Collections and Periodicals
    • Bevans, Charles I., ed. Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776–1949. Washington, 1968.
    • Major Addresses, Statements and Press Conferences of General Charles de Gaulle, May 19, 1958–January 31, 1964. New York, n.d.
    • Royal Institute of International Affairs, Gillian King, ed. Documents on International Affairs, 1958. London, 1962.
    • ———. Gillian King, ed. Documents on International Affairs, 1959. London, 1963.
    • ———. Richard Gott, John Major, and Geoffrey Warner, eds. Documents on International Affairs, 1960. London, 1964.
    • U.N. Office of Public Information. Yearbook of the United Nations, 1958, 1959, 1960. New York.
    • U.S. Congress. Committee on Foreign Relations. Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Historical Series), 1959, volume XI. Washington, 1982.
    • U.S. Department of State. American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1958, 1959, 1960. Washington.
    • ———. Department of State Bulletin. Washington.
    • ———. Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959. 2 volumes. Washington, 1960.
    • ———. Documents on Disarmament, 1960. Washington, 1961.
    • ———. Toward Better Understanding. Department of State Publication 6881. Washington, 1959.
    • ———. Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS). Washington.
    • ———. United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST). Washington.
    • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958, 1959, 1960–61. Washington.
  • Memoirs

    Note: The Department of State takes no responsibility for the accuracy of these memoirs nor does it endorse their interpretations.

    • Bohlen, Charles E. Witness to History, 1929–1969. New York, 1973.
    • Eisenhower, Dwight D. The White House Years, Waging Peace, 1956–1961. New York, 1965.
    • Eisenhower, John S.D. Strictly Personal. New York, 1974.
    • Khrushchev, Nikita S. Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament, translated by Strobe Talbott. Boston, 1974.
    • Lodge, Henry Cabot. As It Was: An Inside View of Politics and Power in the 50s and 60s. New York, 1976.
    • ———. The Storm Has Many Eyes: A Personal Narrative. New York, 1973.
    • Micunovic, Veljko. Moscow Diary, translated by David Floyd. New York, 1980.
    • Mindszenty, Jozsef Cardinal. Memoirs, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. New York, 1974.
    • Nixon, Richard M. Six Crises. Garden City, NJ, 1969.
    • Spaak, Paul-Henri. Combats inachevés: De l’espoir aux déceptions, 1936-1966. Paris, 1969.