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Unpublished Sources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 through January 1963:

China

303: representation in the United Nations

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 both U.S-ROC relations and the U.S.-PRC ambassadorial talks

661.93: Sino-Soviet relations

793.00: political affairs and conditions in China, including the mainland and Taiwan

793.5: Chinese military affairs, including the mainland and Taiwan

793.5-MSP: mutual security program in the Republic of China

793B: political issues concerning Tibet

893.00: economic affairs and conditions in China

Japan

033.1100-KE: visits abroad of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

102.201: the Joint Chiefs of Staff

294.1141: U.S. claims on Japan

394.41: conferences or negotiations on trade and commercial treaties

411.006: U.S. import restrictions

411.9441: U.S.-Japan trade relations

411.946: U.S. restrictions on imports from Japan

494.0012: conditions affecting Japanese imports

611.94: U.S.-Japan relations

611.9441: U.S.-Japan consular functions

611.9442: U.S.-Japan Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation

611.9494: U.S.-Japan aviation negotiations

693.94: Sino-Japanese relations

794.5: Japanese defense affairs

794C.0221: U.S. forces in the Ryukyus

811.0094C: U.S. economic aid to the Ryukyus

Korea

033.95B11: visits of South Korean officials to the United States

110.15-HA: foreign travel of Assistant Secretary of State Harriman

120.1590: special missions to East Asia

294.9541: Japanese claims against South Korea

601.95B11: diplomatic representation of South Korea in the United States

611.95B: political relations between the United States and South Korea

611.95B7: military and defense agreements between the United States and South Korea

694.95B: political relations between Japan and South Korea

700.5-MSP: U.S. mutual security program, general

795.00: political affairs and conditions in Korea

795B.00: political affairs and conditions in South Korea

795B.5: national defense affairs in South Korea

795B.5-MSP: mutual security program in South Korea

795B.56311: U.S. bases in South Korea

811.0095B: U.S. economic aid to South Korea

895B.00: Economic matters and conditions in South Korea

895B.00 FIVE YEAR: South Korea's Five Year Economic Plan

895B.05: capital in South Korea

895B.10: financial matters in South Korea

Mongolia

611.93C: political relations between the United States and Mongolia

793C.02: question of recognition of Mongolia

Subject-Numeric Central Files. In February 1963 the Department adopted a subject-numeric central file system. The following files for February through December 1963 were most useful in compiling this volume:

China

DEF CHINAT: armed forces of the Republic of China; defense of Taiwan

POL CHICOM: political affairs and conditions on the China mainland

POL CHICOM-US: U.S. policy toward the People's Republic of China and the U.S.-PRC ambassadorial talks

POL CHICOM-USSR: Sino-Soviet relations

POL CHINA: political affairs and conditions in China, including both the mainland and Taiwan

POL CHINAT: political affairs and conditions in Taiwan

POL CHINAT-US: political relations between the United States and the Republic of China

POL TIBET: political issues concerning Tibet

Japan

E 1 JAPAN-US: general U.S.-Japanese economic relations

DEF 1 JAPAN: general Japanese defense policy

DEF 4 JAPAN-US: U.S.-Japan defense agreements

DEF 6 US: U.S. armed forces

DEF 7 JAPAN-US: U.S.-Japan defense visits and missions

DEF 15 JAPAN-US: U.S. bases and installations in Japan

DEF 15 RYU IS-US: U.S. bases and installations in the Ryukyus

DEF 19-3 JAPAN: Japanese defense organizations

FN 5 JAPAN: Japanese financial laws and regulations

FN 12 JAPAN: Japanese balance of payments, including military offset program

FT 11-5, JAPAN: Japanese voluntary trade controls

ORG 7 OSD: visits abroad of Department of Defense officials

POL JAPAN-US: general U.S.-Japan political relations

POL RYU IS-US: general U.S. political relations with Ryukyuan authorities

POL 19 RYU IS: administration of the Ryukyus

Korea

DEF 6 S KOR: armed forces of South Korea

DEF 16 S KOR-US: U.S. bases and installations in South Korea

E 1-1 S KOR: economic stabilization in South Korea

E 2-2 S KOR: economic review in South Korean

POL S KOR: general policy, South Korea

POL KOR-US: general U.S.-South Korean relations

POL 12 S KOR: political parties in South Korea

POL 14 S KOR: elections in South Korea

POL 15 S KOR: government in South Korea

POL 26 S KOR: coups in South Korea

POL 33-4 JAP-KOR: Japanese-Korean territorial waters dispute

Mongolia

POL 16 MONGOLIA: question of recognition of Mongolia

Lot Files.

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.

EA/J Files: Lot 68 D 373

Files on Japanese economic affairs, 1961-1966, as maintained by the Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.

FE Files: Lot 64 D 25

Files of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1962.

FE Files: Lot 65 D 6

Files of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1963.

FE/EA Files: Lot 65 D 93

Files of the Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1960-1961.

FE/EA Files: Lot 65 D 235

Files of the Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1961-1962.

FE/EA Files: Lot 66 D 224

Files of the Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1961-1962.

FE/EA Files: Lot 66 D 225

Files of the Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1964, with some files pertaining to China, Japan, and Korea for previous years.

FE/RA Files: Lot 65 D 486

Files of the Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1962.

FE/RA Files: Lot 67 D 200

Files of the Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, 1963-1964.

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, as 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, as maintained by Asian Affairs and the Office of Asian Communist Affairs.

INR/EAP Files: Lot 90 D 99

National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates for East Asia for 1952-1985, as maintained by the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

INR/EAP files: Lot 90 D 110

National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates for East Asia, 1952-1985, as maintained by the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

Policy Guidelines: Lot 67 D 396

Master file of Guidelines for Policy and Operations papers for 1961-1966.

Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204

Correspondence between the President and Secretary of State and heads of government and foreign ministers for 1953-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149

Memoranda of conversation between the President and foreign visitors, 1956-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

ROC Files: Lot 71 D 517

Top Secret files relating to China for 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 73 D 39

Top Secret files for 1954-1968, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Republic of China Affairs.

ROC Files: Lot 75 D 76

Political files for 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.

ROC Files: Lot 79 D 120

Top Secret files for 1961-1972, maintained by the Republic of China desk in the Office of East Asian Affairs and later by the Office of Republic of China Affairs.

Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192

Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961-1969, including texts of speeches and public statements, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversations.

Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330

Memoranda of the Secretary's and Acting Secretary's conversations, 1961-1964.

Secretary's Staff Meetings: Lot 66 D 147

Minutes of the Secretary of State's staff meetings and memoranda of Chester Bowles telephone conversations, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

State-JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 238

Memoranda of conversations between the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State, 1959-1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199

Files of the Policy Planning Council, 1963-1964.

S/S Country Files: Lot 70 D 209

Policy Guidelines Papers and ancillary materials as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S Files: Lot 66 D 150

Briefing books and files on a variety of subjects maintained by the Executive Secretariat, 1960-1965, including material on the Offshore Islands Working Group, 1962.

S/S Files: Lot 66 D 219

Briefing books and files on a variety of subjects maintained by the Executive Secretariat, 1962-1965, including material on the Offshore Islands Working Group, 1962.

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265

Files pertaining to National Security Council meetings, including policy papers, position papers, administrative documents, but not minutes of the meetings themselves, for 1961-1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316

Files of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 1961-1968, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95

Miscellaneous files of the National Security Council, including records of actions, 1947-1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S Policy Guidelines Files: Lot 67 D 396

Department of State Policy Guidelines papers and related materials for the years 1961-1966.

State-JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328

Records of the meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for the years 1959-1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Warsaw Talks Files: Lot 73 D 210

Files relating to the U.S.-China ambassadorial talks at Warsaw for the years 1955-1971, maintained by the Embassy at Warsaw and later by the Office of People's Republic of China and Mongolia Affairs.

National Archives and Records Administration

Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State

S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548

Records of the Policy Planning Council for 1957-1961.

S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121

Records of the Policy Planning Council for 1962.

Record Group 84, General Records of the Department of State

Taipei Embassy Files: FRC 66 A 878, Item 114 (Lot 65 F 163)

Classified Embassy subject files for 1961.

Taipei Embassy Files: FRC 67 A 1450, Item 12 (Lot 66 F 113)

Classified Embassy subject files for 1962-1963.

Record Group 319, Records of the Army Staff

Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 (Intelligence), “Secret” Incoming and Outgoing Messages, 1961-1963

Intelligence reports on China, 1961-1963, filed under Taiwan.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas

Whitman File

Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas

National Security File

Aides' Files

Rusk Appointment Books

Vice Presidential Security File

Waldron Papers

Papers of Robert Waldron, a member of Vice President Johnson's party during Johnson's trip to Asia in 1961.

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.

National Security Files:

Departments/Agencies Series

Clifton Series

Countries Series: China, Japan, Korea, Outer Mongolia, Poland, Ryukyus, Tibet, USSR

Trip Series

Meetings and Memoranda Series

President's Appointment Books

President's Office Files: China, Korea, Outer Mongolia, Ryukyus

Hilsman Papers

Papers of Roger Hilsman, Jr., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, 1961-1963; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1963.

Thomson Papers

Papers of James C. Thomson, Jr., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, 1961; Special Assistant to the President's Special Representative for Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 1961-1963; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1963.

Agency for International Development

Administrator Files: Lot 286-65-481

Files of the AID Administrator for 1961-1962.

Administrator Files: Lot 286-67-1530

Files of the AID Administrator for 1962-1965.

Central Intelligence Agency

Director of Central Intelligence Executive Registry: Job 80-B0176R

Official files of Allen W. Dulles, 1953-1961

Director of Central Intelligence, McCone Files: Job 80-B01235A

Files of John A. McCone, 1962-1965.

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Harriman Papers

Papers of W. Averell Harriman, Ambassador at Large, 1961; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1961-1963; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1963

National Defense University, 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, Military Adviser to the President 1961-1962, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-1964.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Stevenson Papers

Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, Representative at the United Nations, 1961-1965.

Washington National Records Center

Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464

Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants for 1961.

OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3529

Top Secret files of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and his assistants for 1961-1963.

OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542

Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants for 1962.

OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131

Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants for 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.

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 69 A 926

Top Secret files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1961-1963.