Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    1.
    Indexed Central Files. Papers in the indexed central files of the Department for the years 1955–1957 are indicated by a decimal file number in the first footnote. The most useful of these files are 033.1100–CO, 033.1100–NI, 033.1191, 033.46E11, 033.6190D, 033.6191, 033.90D11, 033.90D89, 033.911, 033.9111, 110.11–DU, 110.12–HO, 120.1580, 289.1122, 330.153, 396.1, 396.1–KA, 411.90D41, 446E.118, 461.8941, 489.119, 511.91, 601.90D89, 601.9111, 602.8990D, 611.89, 611.91, 661.89, 689.90D, 690D.91, 690D.91322, 691.00, 711.11–EI, 711.56390D, 746E.5–MSP, 753D.00, 789.00, 789.5–MSP, 790.5, 790D.00, 790D.11, 790D.13, 790D.5–MSP, 790D.5622, 791.00, 791.13, 791.5–MSP, 791.56, 791.5622, 889.2614–Helmand, 890.00, 891.00, 891.00–Five Year, 891.131, 891.2546, 891.331, and 974.7301.
    2.
    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 lot files used in this volume follows:
  • Conference Files, Lot 59 D 95
    • 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 1949–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • 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, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • FE Conference Files, Lot 60 D 514
    • Files of conferences and meetings maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the years 1956–1958.
  • INR–NIE Files
    • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates, including NIE’s and SNIE’s for the 1955–1957 period.
  • Intelligence Files, Lot 58 D 776
    • Country, subject, and administrative files relating to United States intelligence organizations and activities for the years 1945–1960, as maintained by the Office [Page VIII] of the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. (Combines Lots 62 D 42, 61 D 67, 60 D 644, 58 D 776, 58 D 159 and 53 D 500)
  • IO Files, Lot 60 D 113
    • Consolidated files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for the years 1955–1957. (Combined with Lot 58 D 17)
  • NEA Files, Lot 58 D 545
    • Contains country files for Egypt, Nepal, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Cyprus, Turkey, and Yemen, and subject files for the United Nations and the Baghdad Pact for 1956, as maintained by the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
  • NEA/SOA Files, Lot 60 D 545
    • Documentation on Pakistan and Afghanistan for 1957, as maintained by the Office of South Asian Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
  • NEA/SOA Files, Lot 62 D 43
    • Files of the Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs for the years 1957–1959, as maintained by the Office of South Asian Affairs of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
  • NEA/SOA Files, Lot 66 D 415
    • Miscellaneous subject and chronological files on Kashmir for the years 1952–1964, as maintained by the India desk of the Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.
  • NEA/SOA/E Files, Lot 60 D 449
    • Subject files on India for the years 1955–1957 and official informal correspondence for 1958, as maintained by the Economic Division of the Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs.
  • OCB Files, Lot 62 D 430
    • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • PPS Files, Lot 66 D 487
    • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1956.
  • Presidential Correspondence, Lot 66 D 204
    • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
  • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199
    • Chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation and the Under Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 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 during the years 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • 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, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files, Lot 66 D 95
    • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council documentation, including NSC Records of Action, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat for the years 1947–1963.
  • State–JCS Meetings, Lot 61 D 417
    • Top Secret records of meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for the period 1951–1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the period 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Texas
  • Dulles Papers
    • Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1958.
  • 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, Washington, D.C.
  • JCS Records
    • National Archives Records Group 218, Records of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
  • ICA Director’s File, FRC 61 A 32
    • General subject and country files of the office of the ICA Director for the years 1955–1958.
  • Karachi Embassy Files, FRC 68 A 5158
    • Lot 64 F 16: Top Secret central subject files for the years 1956–1958, as maintained by the Embassy in Pakistan.
  • Karachi Embassy Files, FRC 64 A 532
    • Lot 63 F 82: Classified and unclassified central subject files for the years 1956–1958, as maintained by the Embassy in Pakistan.
  • OASD/ISA Files (NESA Records), FRC 60 A 1672 and FRC 60 B 1672
    • Country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for the year 1957.