List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    1.
    Indexed Central Files. The principal source for this volume was the indexed central files of the Department of State. The most important of these were the 600 (international relations) and 700 (internal political and national defense) files. Other files searched include 033 (official visits), 400 (trade relations), and 800 (economic) files. Many of the central file documents selected for this volume came from the following files:
    • 033.9411: visits of Japanese officials to the United States
    • 611.94: U.S.-Japanese relations
    • 661.94: Soviet-Japanese relations
    • 661.941: Soviet-Japanese peace treaty negotiations
    • 694.0026: Japanese war crimes
    • 711.551: U.S. military personnel
    • 711.56394: U.S. bases in Japan
    • 790.5: defense developments in the region of East Asia
    • 794.00: Japanese political affairs and conditions
    • 794.5: Japanese internal defense
    • 794.56 and subfiles: Japanese military equipment
    • 794.5–MSP: Mutual Security Program in Japan
    • 794C.00: Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) and Nampo Islands (Bonins)
    • 794C.0221: territory in these islands occupied by U.S. military forces
    2.
    Lot Files. Documents from the central files are supplemented by lot files of the Department, which are decentralized files created by operating areas. A list of the lot files used in or consulted for this volume follows:
    • Conference Files: Lot 59 D 95
      • Collection of documentation on official visits by ranking foreign officials, 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 60 D 627
      • Collection of documentation on visits to the United States by ranking foreign officials, and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1953–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123
      • 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 1955–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • FE Files: Lot 56 D 679
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1955, including country files, memoranda of conversation, and conference files.
    • FE Files: Lot 58 D 209
      • Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs for the years 1954–1957.
    • FE Files: Lot 59 D 19
      • Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1957.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • G/PM Files: Lot 65 D 478
      • Files of the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Atomic Energy Affairs for the years 1950–1961, subsequently maintained by the Office of Politico-Military Affairs.
    • INR 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.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • IO Files: Lot 60 D 113
      • Consolidated files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs for the years 1955–1957.
    • L Files
      • Files retained by the Office of the Legal Adviser.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by 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.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 70
      • Subject, country, and chronological files of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1955.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487
      • Subject, country, and chronological files and documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1956.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Subject, country, and chronological files of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1957–1961.
    • 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 149
      • Chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversations with foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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/PNSC Files: Lot 61 D 167
      • Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1
      • Serial and subject master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for the years 1948–1961, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/PRS Files: Lot 77 D 11
      • Collection of record sets of volumes of Daily Press Briefings for the years 1922–1970, maintained by the Office of Press Relations.
    • 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, 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, for the years 1947–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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 years 1951–1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the years 1954–1956, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Tariff Negotiations Files: Lot 76 D 75
      • Memoranda to the President on GATT Tariff Conferences for the years 1948–1962, maintained by the Office of International Trade in the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
    • Tokyo Embassy Files: Lot 64 F 106
      • Classified and unclassified files for the years 1956–1958 of the Embassy in Tokyo.
    • UNP Files: Lot 58 D 742
      • Miscellaneous subject files of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs for the years 1945–1957.
    • UNP Files: Lot 62 D 170
      • United Nations subject files for the years 1947–1960, maintained by the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs.
  • Department of Defense
    • Department of Defense Files
      • Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the Department of Defense by request.
    • JCS Files
      • Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by request.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1025
      • Country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for the year 1955, with classifications up through Secret.
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 61 B 1672
      • Top Secret country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for the year 1957.
    • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 61 D 1672
      • Country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for the year 1957, with classifications up through Secret.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dulles Papers
      • Records of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959, including General Memoranda of Conversation, Meetings with the President, General Telephone Conversations, and White House Telephone Conversations.
    • Hagerty Papers
      • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, 1953–1961.
    • Herter Papers
      • Papers of Christian A. Herter, 1957–1961.
    • President’s Daily Appointments
      • Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments, 1952–1961, from the White House Office Files.
    • Staff Secretary Records
      • Records of the Office of the White House Staff Secretary, 1952–1961, including records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, Jr., and Christopher H. Russell.
    • White House Central Files
      • Records of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, 1953–1961. Documents cited in this volume are from the Confidential File within this collection.
    • Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman. The Whitman File includes the following elements: the Name Series, the DullesHerter Series, Eisenhower (DDE) Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, National Security Council Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, the Administration Series, and the 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 of Staff.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers, Daily Appointments
      • Daily log of the meetings and appointments of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for the years 1953–1959.
  • United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
    • Ridgway Papers
      • Papers of General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, August 15, 1953–June 30, 1955.
    • Microfilm Cable Files