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  • 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. The following files were most useful in compiling this volume:
    • 110.11–DU, travel and correspondence by Secretary of State Dulles
    • 110.11–HE, travel and correspondence by Secretary of State Herter
    • 211.93, Chinese nationals in the United States
    • 293.11, U.S. nationals in China
    • 303, representation in the United Nations
    • 320, U.N. General Assembly
    • 411.93, U.S. trade with China
    • 493.00, general issues concerning trade with China
    • 611.93, political relations between the United States and China, including the Ambassadorial talks between U.S. and People’s Republic of China representatives
    • 661.93, Sino-Soviet relations
    • 693.94A, relations between the China mainland and Taiwan
    • 711.11–EI, travel by and correspondence with President Eisenhower
    • 746G.00, political affairs and conditions in Hong Kong
    • 790.5411, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft in Asia
    • 793.00, political affairs and conditions in China
    • 793.02, Chinese recognition issue
    • 793.5, Chinese military affairs; defense of Taiwan
    • 793.5–MSP, U.S. Mutual Security Program in Taiwan
    • 793.5411, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft in territory under Chinese jurisdiction
    • 793B.00, political issues concerning Tibet
    • 794A.00, political affairs and conditions in Taiwan
    • 794A.5, defense of Taiwan
    • 893.00, economic affairs and conditions in China
    • 911.6293, question of U.S. news correspondents in China
    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 or consulted in this volume follows:
    • CA Files: Lot 67 D 579
      • Top Secret files relating to China for the years 1956–1965, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs.
    • 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, 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 the years 1955–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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 the year 1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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 the years 1958–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • FE Files: Lot 60 D 90
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 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 the year 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 the year 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 the years 1955–1960.
    • FE/EA Files: Lot 63 D 168
      • Files relating to China, Japan, and Korea for the years 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 65 D 93
      • Files relating to China for the years 1960 and 1961, maintained by the Office of Chinese 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 the year 1964, with some files for the years 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/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 the years 1957–1962.
    • Geneva Talks Files: Lot 71 D 368
      • Files relating to the U.S.-China Ambassadorial talks at Geneva and Warsaw for the years 1955–1962, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Asian Communist Affairs.
    • Geneva Talks Files: Lot 72 D 415
      • Files relating to the U.S.-China Ambassadorial talks at Geneva and Warsaw for the years 1955–1968, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Asian Communist Affairs.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files retained in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates for the years 1958–1960.
    • Intelligence Files: Lot 58 D 776
      • Country, subject, and administrative files relating to U.S. intelligence organizations and activities for the years 1945–1960, 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 the year 1958.
    • 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 in the Operations Staff.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board 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 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Rankin Files: Lot 66 D 84
      • Files maintained by Karl L. Rankin during his tours of duty at Athens, Vienna, Canton, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Belgrade, 1932–1961.
    • ROC Files: Lot 71 D 517
      • Top Secret files relating to China for the years 1954–1963, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Republic of China desk in the Office of East Asian Affairs.
    • ROC Files: Lot 75 D 76
      • Political files for the years 1954–1973, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Republic of China Affairs.
    • 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, 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, 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 the years 1948–1960, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351
      • Serial master file of NSC documents and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for the years 1947–1961, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
      • Administrative and miscellaneous NSC files, including records of action, for the years 1947–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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 the years 1951–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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 the years 1959–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • United States Mission at the United Nations, New York
    • USUN Files
      • Files of the U.S. Mission at the United Nations, 1950 to date.
  • Naval Historical Center
    • Burke Papers
      • Papers of Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, 1955–1961.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, 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.
    • 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 Records
      • White House Office Files, Records 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, NSC Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, Administrative Series, and International File.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
    • JCS Records
      • Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
    • Taipei Embassy Files: FRC 66 A 878, Item 114 (Lot 65 F 163)
      • Classified central files of the Embassy for the years 1959–1961.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
  • Department of State, Record Group 84: Files of U.S. Foreign Service Posts
    • Taipei Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5159, Item 147 (Lot 62 F 83)
      • Top Secret central files of the Embassy for the years 1953–1958.
  • Department of Defense, Record Group 330
    • 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 the years 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 the year 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 the year 1958.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, including the Dulles Daily Appointment Book, the daily log of his meetings and appointments as Secretary of State for the years 1953–1959.