Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    • Indexed Central Files. Through January 1963, the Department of State continued to use the decimal central file system. In February 1963, the Department changed to a subject-numeric central file system. For the period January 1961-January 1963, documents in classes 200 (protection of interests), 300 (international organizations and conferences), 400 (trade relations), 500 (cultural relations), 600 (international relations), 700 (internal political and national defense affairs), 800 (internal economic and social affairs), and 900 (communications, transportation, science) were searched for decimal combinations involving U.S. relations with North Africa (country nos. 51S and 70 through 73) and Sub-Saharan Africa (nos. 45A through 45X, 70A through 70X, 75 through 79). Files covering the African relationships of the United States (no. 11), the United Kingdom (no. 41), and France (no. 51) were also examined.
    • Other files and related subfiles searched for relevant materials for this period include 033 (official visits); 110.11 through 110.15 (Department of State senior officials’ files); and 123 (Department of State personnel files). Other documents were located through pursuing cross-references and referenced telegrams.
    • In the February-December 1963 central files, the major files searched included AID (aid), DEF (defense affairs), ORG (organization and administration), POL (political affairs and relations), REF (refugees and migration), SOC (social conditions), and SP (space vehicle tracking) for Africa (AFR), Algeria (ALG), Angola (ANG), Libya (LIBYA), Ethiopia (ETH), Ghana (GHANA), Guinea (GUIN), Morocco (MOR) Mozambique (MOZ), Portugal (PORT), the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (RHOD & NYAS), Somalia (SOMALI), South Africa (S AFR), South West Africa (SW AFR), and Tunisia (TUN).
      • A list of the most important central files cited in this volume follows:
        • 033.7711: Somali Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarche’s visit to Washington
        • 110.15-WI: Assistant Secretary Williams’ visits to the region
        • 330.00: U.N. Security Council
        • 601.70X11: South African diplomatic representation in the United States
        • 611.3722: U.S. blockade of Cuba
        • 611.41, 611.45A, 611.45C, 611.45J, 611.45X, 611.51, 611.70X, 611.71, and 611.72: U.S. relations with the United Kingdom, the Union of South Africa, Rhodesia, Ghana, South West Africa, France, the Republic of South Africa (after May 31, 1961, the Republic of South Africa), Morocco, and Tunisia, respectively.
        • 637.51S: Cuban relations with Algeria
        • 641.70: United Kingdom relations with Africa
        • 651.51S: French relations with Algeria
        • 675.77: Ethiopian relations with Somalia
        • 745A.00, 745C.00, 745J.00, 745X.00, 751S.00, 753N.00, 770.00, 770B.00, 771.00, 772.00, 773.00, and 775.00: General political conditions in South Africa, Rhodesia, Ghana, South West Africa, Algeria, Angola, Africa, Guinea, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Ethiopia, respectively.
        • 745J.11: Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah
        • 770.5, 770.5-MSP, 770.5245J, 770.54, 770.5411, 770.56: African national defense, military assistance for Africa, troop movements in Africa, and U.S. bases in Africa
        • 770B.11: Guinea President Sekou Toure
        • 770B.5-MSP: Military assistance for Guinea
        • 771.11: King Hassan II of Morocco
        • 771.5; 771.5-MSP; 771.56; 771.5622; 771.56311: Moroccan national defense, military assistance for Morocco, U.S. bases in Morocco
        • 772.11: Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba
        • 772.5; 772.56; 772.56351: Tunisian national defense, military assistance for Tunisia, French base (Bizerte) in Tunisia
        • 773.5; 773.5-MSP; 773.56; 773.56311: Libyan national defense, military assistance for Libya, U.S. bases in Libya
        • 775.5; 775.56311; 775A.56311: Ethiopian national defense, military assistance for Ethiopia, U.S. bases in Ethiopia
        • 777.5; 777.5-MSP: Somali national defense, military assistance for Somalia
        • 845J.26, 845J.2610: 845J.2614; 845J.2624: Ghana/Volta Dam project
        • 845J.394: Ghana/VALCO project
        • AID (US) GUIN, AID (US) LIBYA, AID (US) TUN: U.S. economic assistance to Guinea, Libya, and Tunisia, respectively
        • AID 6 SOMALI: Communist bloc aid to Somalia
        • DEF 12 SOMALI, DEF 12-5 S AFR: Arms supplies to Somalia and South Africa, respectively
        • DEF 15-4 ETH-US, DEF 15 LIBYA-US, DEF 15 MOR-US, DEF 15-10 MOR-US: U.S. bases in Ethiopia, Libya, and Morocco, respectively
        • DEF 19-3 US-ETH, DEF 19-3 US-MOR, DEF 19 SOMALI, DEF 19 US-SOMALI, DEF 19-3 US-SOMALI: U.S. military assistance to Ethiopia, Morocco, and Somalia, respectively
        • DEF 19-6 SOMALI: Communist bloc military assistance to Somalia ORG 7 AF: Visits of U.S. officials to the region
        • POL AFR-PORT: General Portuguese-African relations
        • POL AFR-US, POL ALG-US, POL GHANA-US, POL GUIN-US, POL LIBYA-US, POL MOR-US: General U.S. relations with Africa, Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, and Morocco, respectively
        • POL ALG-CUBA: General Algerian-Cuban relations
        • POL 1 AFR, POL 1 ALG, POL ETH, POL RHOD & NYAS, and POL S AFR: General policy for Africa, Algeria, Ethiopia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and South Africa, respectively
        • POL 1 FR-TUN: General Franco-Tunisian relations
        • POL 7 ALG, POL 7 ETH, POL 7 LIBYA, POL 7 MOR, POL 7 RHOD & NYAS, POL 7 SOMALI: Meetings with Algerian officials, meetings with Ethiopian officials, meetings with Libyan officials, meetings with Moroccan officials, meetings with Rhodesian officials, and meetings with Somali officials, respectively
        • POL 10 PORT-AFRICA, POL 10 PORT-UN: Portuguese colonial policy in Africa, U.N. consideration of Portuguese colonial policy
        • POL 15-1 LIBYA: Libyan head of state/executive branch POL 15-1 MOR: Moroccan head of state/executive branch
        • POL 15-1 S AFR: South African head of state/executive branch
        • POL 15-5 S AFR: South African constitution
        • POL 16 RHOD & NYAS: Independence of the territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
        • POL 17 US-AFR: U.S. diplomatic representation in Africa
        • POL 17-1 GHANA: Diplomatic representation, Ghana
        • POL 17-4 ALG: Algerian ceremonial and social affairs
        • POL 17-4 US-S AFR: U.S. Independence Day celebrations in South Africa
        • POL 19 BAS: Administration of the dependent territory of Basutoland
        • POL 19 RHOD & NYAS, POL 19 RHOD & NYAS-UN: Administration of the dependent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, U.N. consideration of the administration of the dependent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
        • POL 19 SW AFR-UN: U.N. consideration of the administration of the dependent territory of South West Africa
        • POL 26 ALG: Rebellion in Algeria
        • POL 32-1 ALG-MOR: Algerian-Moroccan border conflict
        • POL 32-1 ETH-SOM: Ethiopian-Somali border conflict
    • 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 principal lot files cited in this volume follows:
      • AF/AFC Files: Lot 65 D 189
        • Subject files on Mozambique for 1962, as maintained by the Office of Cental African Affairs.
      • AF/AFI Files: Lot 64 D 467
        • Files of the U.N. Adviser for African Affairs pertaining to the 17th United Nations General Assembly, as maintained by the Office of Inter-African Affairs.
      • AF/AFN Files: Lot 63 D 250
        • Subject files on Morocco for the years 1956-1962, as maintained by the Office of Northern African Affairs.
      • AF/AFN Files: Lot 65 D 182
        • Algerian Desk and Algerian regional files for the years 1959-1962, as maintained by the Office of Northern African Affairs.
      • AF/AFW Files: Lot 66 D 53
        • Ghana Desk files for the years 1960-1962, as maintained by the Office of West African Affairs.
      • AF/S Files: 66 D 344
        • Subject files on South West Africa, the High Commission Territories, and Southern Africa refugees for the years 1944-1964, as maintained by the Office of Southern African Affairs.
      • Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366
        • 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, 1961, 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.
      • Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110
        • 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, 1961-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • INR-NIE Files
        • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
        • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and Secretary of State and heads of foreign governments, 1953-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • President’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
        • Cleared memoranda of Presidential conversations with 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 collections of the memoranda of conversations of the Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries of State for the years 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 Chester Bowles’ telephone conversations.
      • S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199
        • Files of the Policy Planning Council for the years 1963-1964.
      • S/S-NSC 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, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • 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 for the years 1961-1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
        • Master file of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs) for the years 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, 1947-1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • S/S Policy Guidelines: Lot 67 D 396
        • Master file of Guidelines for Policy and Operations Papers, 1961-1966.
      • 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.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
    • Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson, National Security File
      • South Africa Country File
    • 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.
    • Cleveland Papers
      • Papers of Harlan Cleveland, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961-1965.
    • National Security Files
      • Brubeck Series
      • Countries Series: Africa, Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Rhodesia, Somalia, South Africa
      • Meetings and Memoranda Series
    • President’s Appointment Books
    • President’s Office Files
      • Countries Series: Algeria, Ethiopia Security, Ghana Security, Guinea Security, Morocco Security, Somali Republic, South Africa
      • Staff Memoranda: Dungan, Ralph A.; Komer, Robert W.
    • Schlesinger Papers
      • Papers of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to President Kennedy, 1961-1963.
  • National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
    • 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, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Stevenson Papers
      • Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961-1963
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense [Page XX]
      • OASD/ISA Files:FRC 64 A 2382
        • General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 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 for 1963.
      • OASD/ISA Files:FRC 73 A 2226
        • Africa regional files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1963-1971.
      • OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464
        • Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary, and their Special Assistants, 1961.
      • OSD Files: FRC 65 B 3463
        • Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1961.
      • OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542
        • Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1962.
      • OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131
        • Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1963.
  • Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia
    • Director of Central Intelligence Files: Job 80 B 01285A
      • Files of John A. McCone, 1962-1965
    • Central Intelligence Agency Files: Job 79 R 1012
    • Central Intelligence Agency Files: Job 79 R 01012A