Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, China,
Volume III
List of Unpublished Sources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. Among the
most useful of these files are 110.11–DU, 121.93, 293.1111,
293.9322, 396.1–GE, 611.93, 611.95A241, 670.901, 711.11–EI,
7711.5800, 793.00, 793.5, 793.5–MSP,
and 911.6293.
- 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 or consulted for this volume follows:
- CA Files, Lot 59 D 110
- Consolidated political files on China for the
years 1954–1955, as maintained by the Office of
Chinese Affairs. (Combines 59 D 110 and 64 D
230.)
- CA Files, Lot 60 D 171
- Economic files on China for the years 1954–1956
and political files for the year 1956, as maintained
by the Office of Chinese Affairs.
- CA Files, Lot 60 D 648
- Political files maintained by the Office of
Chinese Affairs for the year 1957.
- CA Files, Lot 67 D 579
- Top Secret files relating to China for the years
1956–1965, as maintained by the Office of Chinese
Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian
Affairs.
- 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 62 D 181
- Collection of documentation on visits to the
United States by ranking foreign officials, and on
major conferences attended by the Secretary of State
for the years 1956–1958, as maintained by the
Executive Secretariat.
- Conference Files, Lot 63 D 123
- 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 period 1955–1958, as
maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
- EUR Files, Lot 59 D 233
- Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of
State for European Affairs for the years
1945–1957.
- 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 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 Conferences 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,
as maintained by the Office of East Asian Affairs
and its predecessors, the Office of Chinese Affairs
and the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs.
- Geneva Talks Files, Lot 72 D 415
- Files relating to the Sino-American ambassadorial
talks at Geneva and Warsaw for the years 1955–1968,
as maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and
later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the
Office of Asian Communist 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, as maintained by
the Office of the Director of the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research.
- INR–NIE Files
- Files of National Intelligence Estimates, Special
Estimates, and Special National Intelligence
Estimates, retained by the Directorate for Regional
Research, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research.
- IO Files, Lot 60 D 113
- Consolidated files of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs for the years 1955–1957. (Combines 60 D 113
and 58 D 17.)
- OCB Files, Lot 61 D 385
- Master set of administrative and country files of
the Operations Coordinating Board for the years
1953–1960, as maintained by the Operations
Staff.
- 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 70
- Policy Planning Staff subject, country, and
chronological files for the year 1955.
- PPS Files, Lot 62 D 487
- Subject files, country files, chronological files,
documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the
Policy Planning Staff for the year 1956.
- PPS Files, Lot 67 D 548
- Policy Planning Staff subject, country, and
chronological files 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, as maintained by the Executive
Secretariat.
- President Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 66 D 149
- A chronological record of cleared memoranda of
conversations with foreign visitors for the years
1956–1964, as maintained by the Executive
Secretariat.
- Rankin Files, Lot
66 D 84
- Files maintained by Karl L. Rankin during his tours of
duty at Athens, Vienna, Canton, Hong Kong, Taipei,
and Belgrade, 1932–1961.
- ROC Files, Lot 71 D 517
- Top Secret files relating to China for the years
1954–1963, as maintained by the Office of Chinese
Affairs and subsequently by the Office of East Asian
Affairs.
- Secretary’s Memoranda of Conservation, Lot 64 D 199
- Chronological collection of the 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 collection of the minutes of the
Secretary’s staff meetings during the years
1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive
Secretariat.
- S/P–NSC Files, Lot 61 D 167
- Serial file of memoranda relating to National
Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961,
as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
- S/P–NSC Files, Lot 62 D 1
- Serial and subject master file of National
Security Council documents and correspondence for
the years 1948–1961, as 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, as
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, 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,
for the years 1947–1963, as 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 period 1951–1959 and
selected problem files on the Middle East for the
period 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive
Secretariat.
- 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, 1947–1960, as
maintained by the Office of United Nations Political
Affairs.
- Department of Defense
- Department of Defense Files
- Documents received by the Office of The Historian from the
Department of Defense by request.
- The Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JCS Files
- Documents received upon request by the Office of The
Historian from the Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
- Naval Historical Division, Washington,
D.C.
- Radford Papers
- The personal papers of Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Commander in
Chief, Pacific (1949–1953), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff (1953–1957).
- 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.
- Dwight D.
Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
- Dulles Papers
- Records of John Foster
Dulles, 1952–1959.
- Hagerty Papers
- Papers of James C.
Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President,
1953–1961.
- Herter Papers
- Papers of Christian A.
Herter, 1957–1961. Herter was Under Secretary
of State, 1957–1959, and Secretary of State,
1959–1961.
- President’s Daily Appointments
- From White House Office Files, Records of the Office of
the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments,
1952–1961.
- 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 Dulles–Herter Series, Eisenhower 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, Washington, D.C.
- JCS Records
- National Archives 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.
- Dulles Oral History
Collection
- Washington National Records Center, Suitland,
Maryland
- Taipei Embassy Files, Lot 62 F 83
- Top Secret files for the years 1953–1958, as maintained by
the Embassy in Taipei.