List of Sources

Unpublished Sources

Department of State
- Decimal Central Files. Through January 1963, the Department of State continued to use the decimal central file system familiar to users of previous volumes of the Foreign Relations series. The following files were most useful in compiling this volume for the period through January 1963:
  - 033.70G11, visits by Congolese leaders to the United States
  - 110.12–McG, mission to the Congo by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs George C. McGhee
  - 325.70G, U.N. intervention in the Congo
  - 332.70G, U.N. intervention in the Congo
  - 611.55, U.S. relations with Belgium
  - 611.70G, U.S. relations with the Congo
  - 770G.00, political affairs and conditions in the Congo (the major file for the Congo crisis)
  - 770G.5, Congolese military affairs
  - 855.0070G, Belgian economic relations with the Congo
  - 870G.00, economic affairs and conditions in the Congo
  - 870G.25, question of Katangan foreign exchange
- Subject-Numeric Central Files. In February 1963, the Department of State adopted a subject-numeric central file system. Under this system, files on the Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) were designated THE CONGO, and files on the Congo Republic (capital at Brazzaville) were designated CONGO. The following files for the period February through December 1963 were most useful in compiling this volume:
  - POL THE CONGO/US, U.S. relations with the Congo
  - POL 15 THE CONGO, the Congolese central government
  - POL 23–9 THE CONGO, internal security in the Congo
  - POL 27 THE CONGO, military operations in the Congo
  - POL 27–4 THE CONGO/UN, U.N. operations in the Congo
  - DEF 19–2 THE CONGO/UN, U.N. military forces in the Congo
  - FN 10 THE CONGO, issues relating to Congolese monetary policy
  - FN 17–1 THE CONGO, issues relating to Congolese monetary policy
  - AID (US) 9 THE CONGO, question of U.S. aid to the Congo
- Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by lot files of the Department of State, which are decentralized files of regional or functional offices and bureaus and the files of the Executive Secretariat. A list of the principal lot files cited in this volume follows:
  - AF Files: Lot 64 D 281
    - Files on military assistance and internal security in various African countries, 1957–1963, as maintained by the Politico-Military Adviser in the Bureau of African Affairs, later in the Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs.
  - AF Files: Lot 65 D 187
    - Files on the Congo, 1960–1963, as maintained by the Officer in Charge of Congo Affairs in the Office of West African Affairs, later in the Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs.
  - AF Files: Lot 65 D 496
    - Miscellaneous files of the Congo Working Group, 1961–1963.
  - AF Files: Lot 69 D 246
    - Economic files on the Congo, 1964–1967, and miscellaneous political files, 1961– 1964, including an incomplete file of records of Congo Working Group meetings, as maintained by the Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs.
  - AF Files: Lot 72 D 457
    - Subject files on Zaire for 1970, with miscellaneous files dating from 1961– 1963, as maintained by the Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs.
  - Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366
    - 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, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533
    - Records of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and international conferences attended by the President or Secretary of State, 1962, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat. In addition, CF 2215 and CF 2216 contain a collection of documents pertaining to the Congo maintained by the Executive Secretariat in December 1962 and January 1963.
  - Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110
    - Collection of documentation on international conferences abroad attended by the President, the Secretary of State, and other U.S. officials, May 1961–December 1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
    - Correspondence between the President and Secretary of State and heads of foreign governments and foreign ministers, 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - President’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
    - Memoranda of conversation between the President and foreign visitors, 1956– 1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
    - Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961–1969, including texts of speeches, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversations.
  - Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330
    - Chronological file of memoranda of conversations of the Secretary of State and Acting Secretary of State, 1961–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 66 D 147
    - Records of the Secretary of State’s staff meetings, 1961–1963, and additional ad hoc meetings, reports, papers, and memoranda of Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles’ telephone conversations.
  - S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199
    - Files of the Policy Planning Council, 1963–1964.
  - S/S–NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265
    - Master set of papers pertaining to National Security Council meetings, including policy papers, position papers, and administrative documents, 1961–1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - S/S–NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
    - Master file of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 1961–1968, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
    - Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council files, including NSC Records of Action, 1947–1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  - State-JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328
    - Records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1959–1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
National Archives and Records Administration
Record Group 59, Records of the Department of State
- S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548
  - Records of the Policy Planning Staff, 1957–1961.
- S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121
  - Records of the Policy Planning Council, 1962.
- Williams Records
  - Records of the Bureau of African Affairs: Files of G. Mennen Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1961–1966.
Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States
- Leopoldville Embassy Files: FRC 64 A 532, Item 14 (Lot 63 F 85)
  - Embassy subject files, 1960–1961; Consulate General subject files, 1956– 1960.
- Leopoldville Embassy Files: FRC 65 A 160, Item 10 (Lot 64 F 73)
  - Embassy subject files, 1962.
- Leopoldville Embassy Files: FRC 66 A 1134, Item 49 (Lot 64 F 96)
  - Embassy subject files, 1963.
Record Group 319, Records of the Army Staff
- Records of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G–2 (Intelligence), “Secret” Incoming and Outgoing Messages, 1961–1963.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
- 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 [Page XVIII] 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, Project Clean Up, and International File.
Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
- Rusk Appointment Books
- Vice Presidential Security File
John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts
- Ball Papers
  - Papers of George W. Ball, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1961, and Under Secretary of State, 1961–1963, consisting of records of telephone conversations during his tenure as Under Secretary.
- Hilsman Papers
  - Papers of Roger Hilsman, Jr., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, 1961–1963, and Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1963.
- National Security Files
  - Agency Series
  - William H. Brubeck Series
  - Chester V. Clifton Series
  - Countries Series: Congo
  - Meetings and Memoranda Series
  - Trip Series
- President’s Appointment Books
- President’s Office Files
  - Countries Series, Congo
- Sorensen Papers
  - Papers of Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President, 1961–1964.
Central Intelligence Agency
- Director of Central Intelligence, McCone Files
  - Files of John A. McCone, 1962–1965.
- Office of Congressional Affairs, Review Staff Files
  - Material pertaining to the Congo collected for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 1975.
Department of Defense
- OSD Historical Office, Secretary of Defense Cable Files, Congo
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
- Harriman Papers
  - Special Files of W. Averell Harriman, Ambassador at Large, 1961; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1961–1963; and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1963.
National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
- Lemnitzer Papers
  - Papers of General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1960–1962.
- Taylor Papers
  - Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, the President’s Military Representative, 1961–1962, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962–1964.
Princeton University Library, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, New Jersey
- Stevenson Papers
  - Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, Representative at the United Nations, 1961–1965.
Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
Record Group 59, Records of the Department of State
- UNP Congo Files: FRC 71 A 5255, Item 69 (Lot 65 D 219)
  - Files on the Congo, 1960–1964, as maintained by the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2382
  - General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1961.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 65 A 3501
  - General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1962.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 67 A 4564
  - General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1963.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 69 A 926
  - Top Secret files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1961–1963.
- OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464
  - Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants, 1961.
- OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3529
  - Top Secret files of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and his assistants, 1961–1963.
- OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542
  - Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants, 1962.
- OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131
  - Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants, 1963.
- OSD Files: FRC 71 A 3470
  - Files of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, 1961–1968.
- OSD Files: FRC 71 A 6489
  - Miscellaneous records of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants, 1951–1966.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XX, Congo Crisis

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