Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Southeast
Asia, Volume XXII
List of Unpublished Sources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 in the preparation of this volume were
033.90B11, 100.4–OCB, 101.21–NIS,
102.202, 110.11–DU, 320, 460.509, 411.90B41, 411.9241, 411.9641,
456D.5–MSP, 601.56D11, 611.56,
611.56D4, 611.92, 611.96, 611.97, 656.56D13, 661.90B, 690B.00,
711.11–EI, 711.56392, 711.56396, 746F.00, 756D.00, 756D.5–MSP, 790B.00, 790B.13, 790B.5893,
792.00, 792.13, 792.5–MSP, 793.00,
796.00, 797.00, 890B.00, 890B.10, 890B.501, 892.10, and
897.14.
- 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:
- 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.
- E/OFD Files: Lot 59 D 620
- Files of the Office of International Financial and
Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, for
the years 1954–1959.
- FE Economic Files: Lot 58 D
209
- Files maintained by the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs for the
years 1954–1957.
- FE Files: Lot 56 D 679
- Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs for the year 1955. Subjects included are
country files, memoranda of conversation, and
conference files.
- FE Files: Lot 59 D 19
- Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs for the year 1957. Subfiles include country
files and memoranda of conversation.
- 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 Files: Lot 65 D 497
- Miscellaneous Top Secret Files for the years
1957–1962, from the Office of Regional Affairs in
the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
- INR Files: Lot 58 D 776
- Subject and country files of the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research and its predecessors,
1945–1957.
- INR–NIE Files
- Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research.
- 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 67 D 548
- Policy Planning Staff subject, country and
chronological files for the years 1957–1961.
- Presidential Correspondence: Lot 64 D 174
- Correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads
of foreign governments for the years 1953–1960, as
maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
- Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
- Correspondence between the President and heads of
foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as
maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
- SEA Files: Lot 58 D 207
- Consolidated files on Southeast Asia for the years
1949–1956, as maintained by the Office of Southeast
Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.
(Combines 58 D 339 and 58 D 207)
- SEA Files: Lot 58 D 726
- Subject files of the Office of Southeast Asian
Affairs for the years 1955–1956.
- SEA Files: Lot 58 D 782
- Economic subject files of the Office of Southeast
Asian Affairs for the year 1956.
- SEA Files: Lot 59 D 352
- General Thailand files for the year 1956, as
maintained by the Office of Southeast Asian
Affirs.
- SEA Files: Lot 59 D 369
- General Thailand files for the year 1955, as
maintained by the Office of Southeast Asian
Affairs.
- SEA Files: Lot 59 D 541
- Economic subject files of the Office of Southeast
Asian Affairs for the year 1957, with some materials
from 1956.
- SEA Files: Lot 59 D 612
- Files maintained by the Burma desk in the Office
of Southeast Asian Affairs for the years
1949–1957.
- 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, 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.
- SPA Files: Lot 58 D 312
- Files of the Philippine desk in the Office of
Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs, for the year 1955, with some materials
dating back as far as 1948.
- SPA Files: Lot 61 D 26
- Files of the Philippine desk in the Office of
Southwest Pacific Affairs for the years
1956–1957.
- SPA Files: Lot 63 D 51
- Philippine files for the years 1942–1957, as
maintained by the Office of Southwest Pacific
Affairs.
- 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/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 years 1951–1959 and
selected problem files on the Middle East for the
years 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive
Secretariat.
- U/MSA Files: Lot 56 D 551
- Subject files of the Special Assistant for Mutual
Security Affairs, 1954–1956.
- UNP Files: Lot 64 D 197
- Files of the Office of United Nations Political
and Security Affairs for the years 1946–1962,
including memoranda, position papers, and United
Nations documents.
- Department of Defense
- Department of Defense Files
- Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the
Department of Defense by request.
- Dwight D.
Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
- Dulles Papers
- Records of John Foster
Dulles, 1952–1959.
- Project “Clean Up”
- Project “Clean Up” collection, including records of
Gordon Gray,
Robert Cutler,
Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster,
1953–1961.
- Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records
- Records of the Special Assistants (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and
Gordon Gray),
1952–1961.
- White House Central Files
- Records of Dwight D.
Eisenhower as President of the United States,
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, Administration
Series, and International File.
- JCS Files
- Documents received by the Office of the Historian from the
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by request.
- National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, D.C.
- National Archives Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Washington National Records Center, Suitland,
Maryland
- 1.
- Agency for International Development (RG
286) (includes files of predecessor agencies, the Foreign
Operations Administration and the International Cooperation
Administration):
- FOA/ICA Files: FRC 56 A 632
- General subject and country files of the Office of
the Director for the years 1952–1955.
- ICA Message Files: FRC 58
A 403
- Telegrams, airgrams, and cables to and from all
field missions from July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957,
as maintained by ICA
headquarters in Washington.
- 2.
- Department of Defense (RG 330):
- OASD/ISA Files
- Records of the Office of Foreign Military Rights
Affairs (FMRA).
These files were used in preparation of the
Philippines compilation.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60
A 1025
- Files from the Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs. These
files were used in preparation of the Thailand
compilation.
- OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60
B 1339
- Files from the Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs. These
files were used in preparation of the Thailand
compilation.
- 3.
- Department of State Mission files [RG 84):
- Bangkok Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5612
- Lot 67 F 116: 1956–1961 classified and
unclassified central subject files of the Embassy in
Bangkok.
- Manila Embassy Files: FRC 84–77–001
- Lot 76 F 161: Classified files (through Secret) of
the Embassy in Manila, including defense topics for
the years 1947–1971, and political and economic
files for the years 1959–1968.