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Unpublished Sources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. The following files were used in compiling this volume:

      • 033.9411, visits of Japanese officials to the United States
      • 033.9495B, visits of Japanese officials to South Korea
      • 110.11–DU, travel and correspondence by Secretary of State Dulles
      • 110.11–HE, travel and correspondence by Secretary of State Herter
      • 110.12–DI, travel and correspondence by Under Secretary of State Dillon
      • 294.94C22, compensation for Bonin islanders
      • 294.9522, repatriation of Korean residents in Japan
      • 411.9441, U.S.-Japanese trade relations
      • 493.9411, Chinese-Japanese trade
      • 494.00, Japanese imports
      • 611.00, U.S. international relations
      • 611.94, U.S.-Japanese relations
      • 611.947, U.S.-Japanese military and defense agreements
      • 611.95B, U.S.-South Korea relations
      • 694.00, Japanese international relations
      • 694.0026, Japanese war criminals
      • 711.11–EI, travel by and correspondence with President Eisenhower
      • 711.56395B, South Korean military force levels
      • 794.00, Japanese political affairs
      • 794.33, Japanese jurisdiction over U.S. personnel
      • 794C.00, political affairs in the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands
      • 794C.022, territory of the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands
      • 794C.0221, U.S occupation of the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands
      • 794.13, Japanese cabinet
      • 794.2, Japanese Diet
      • 794.21, proceedings and debates in the Japanese Diet
      • 794.5, Japanese military and defense affairs
      • 794.5622, military aircraft for Japan
      • 794.56301, Japanese involvement in outer space
      • 794.56311, U.S. military bases in Japan
      • 794C.56311, U.S. military bases in the Ryukyu and Bonin islands
      • 795.00, political affairs on the Korean peninsula
      • 795A.00, North Korean political affairs
      • 795B.00, South Korean political affairs
      • 795B.11, South Korean president and prime minister
      • 795B.13, South Korean cabinet
      • 795B.2, South Korean National Assembly
      • 795B.21, proceedings and debates in the South Korean National Assembly
      • 795B.34, South Korean national security law
      • 795B.5, South Korean military and defense affairs
      • 795B.5–MSP, U.S. mutual security program in South Korea
      • 795B.5611, introduction of dual-capable weapons into South Korea
      • 894.062, Japanese trade unions, strikes, and demonstrations
      • 894C.13, dollar currency in the Ryukyu Islands
      • 894C.131, currency conversion in the Ryukyu Islands
      • 894C.16, land compensation program for the Ryukyu Islands
      • 895B.00, South Korean economic affairs
      • 895B.10, South Korean financial matters
      • 895B.131, South Korean exchange rates
      • 995B.723, hijacking of South Korean airplane
      • 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 or consulted in this volume follows.

    • 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.
    • Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123
      • Collection of documentation on visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials and on major conferences attended by the Secretary of State for 1955–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559
      • Collection of documentation on visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials and on major conferences attended by the Secretary of State for 1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560
      • Collection of documentation on visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials and on major conferences attended by the Secretary of State for 1958–1959, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • FE Files: Lot 60 D 90
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1958, including country files, letters, and memoranda of conversation.
    • FE Files: Lot 61 D 6
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1959, including country files, letters, memoranda of conversation, and conferences and visits.
    • FE Files: Lot 62 D 26
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1960, including country files, letters, memoranda of conversation, and conferences and visits.
    • FE Files: Lot 63 D 76
      • Files maintained by the Regional Planning Adviser in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1955–1960.
    • FE/EA Files: Lot 63 D 168
      • Files relating to China, Japan, and Korea for 1958–1960, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
    • FE/EA Files: Lot 66 D 225
      • Files relating to China, Japan, and Korea for 1964, with some files for 1954–1963, maintained by the Office of East Asian Affairs and its predecessors, the Office of Chinese Affairs and the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
    • FE/NA Files: Lot 60 D 680
      • Korea subject files for 1957–1958, maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs. Also cited as NA Files.
    • FE/NA Files: Lot 61 D 68
      • Japan subject files, maintained by the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
    • FE/RA Files: Lot 65 D 497
      • Top Secret files maintained by the Regional Planning Adviser and later by the Office of Regional Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for 1957–1962.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files retained in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates for 1958–1960.
    • Intelligence Files: Lot 58 D 776
      • Country, subject, and administrative files relating to U.S. intelligence organizations and activities for 1945–1960, as maintained by the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • IO Files: Lot 60 D 216
      • Files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for 1958.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for 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 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 B 548
      • Files of the Policy Planning Staff for 1957–1961.
    • 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 of the Department of State.
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199
      • Chronological collection of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for 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 for 1952–1960 as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1957–1961.
    • S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1
      • Serial and subject file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for 1948–1960 as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State.
    • S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351
      • Serial master file of NSC documents and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for 1947–1961 as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
      • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council files, including records of action, for 1947–1963 as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417
      • Top Secret records of the meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for 1951–1959 as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • State–JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328
      • Top Secret records of the meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for 1959–1963 as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
  • United States Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
    • Department of the Army Communications Center Files
      • Microfilm files of incoming and outgoing messages. Subsequently transferred to the Washington National Records Center as Records of the Army Staff in Record Group 319.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abliene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State, 1953–1959, including General Memoranda of Conversation, Meetings with the President, General Telephone Conversations, and White House Telephone Conversations.
    • Herter Papers
      • Papers of Christian A. Herter, Under Secretary of State and then Secretary of State, 1957–1961.
    • President’s Daily Appointments
      • White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments, 1952–1961.
    • White House Office Files, Project Clean Up
      • See Staff Secretary’s Records and the Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs.
    • Staff Secretary’s Records
      • White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, including records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, Jr., and Christopher H. Russell, 1952–1961. Includes some material formerly in Project Clean Up file.
    • Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
      • White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray), 1952–1961. Includes some material formerly in Project Clean Up file.
    • Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, as maintained by his Personal Secretary, Ann 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, Administrative Series, and International File.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
    • JCS Records
      • National Archives Records Group 218. Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers, Dulles Daily Appointment Book
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, including the Dulles Daily Appointment Book, the daily log of his meetings and his appointments as Secretary of State for 1953–1959.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
      • Lansdale Files: FRC 63 A 1803
        • Subject and country files maintained by Colonel Edward G. Lansdale as Deputy Assistant and later Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) for 1957–1961.
      • OSD Files: FRC 63 A 1574
        • Subject files of the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for 1959.
      • OSD Files: FRC 64 A 2093
        • Subject and country files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Administrative Secretary to the Secretary of Defense for 1960.
      • OSD/ISA Files: FRC 62 A 1698 and 62 B 1698
        • Country and general files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for 1958.