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Indexed Central Files. Through January 1963, the Department of State continued to use the decimal central file system. In February 1963, the Department changed to a subject-numeric central file system. For the period January 1961 - January 1963, documents in classes 200 (protection of interests), 300 (international organizations and conferences), 400 (trade relations), 500 (cultural relations), 600 (international relations), 700 (internal political and national defense affairs), 800 (internal economic and social affairs), and 900 (communications, transportation, science) were searched for decimal combinations involving U.S. relations with North Africa (country nos. 51S and 70 through 73) and Sub-Saharan Africa (nos. 45A through 45X, 70A through 70X, 75 through 79). Files covering the African relationships of the United States (no. 11), the United Kingdom (no. 41), and France (no. 51) were also examined.
Other files and related subfiles searched for relevant materials for this period include 033 (official visits); 110.11 through 110.15 (Department of State senior officials' files); and 123 (Department of State personnel files). Other documents were located through pursuing cross-references and referenced telegrams.
In the February - December 1963 central files, the major files searched included AID (aid), DEF (defense affairs), ORG (organization and administration), POL (political affairs and relations), REF (refugees and migration), SOC (social conditions), and SP (space vehicle tracking) for Africa (AFR), Algeria (ALG), Angola (ANG), Libya (LIBYA), Ethiopia (ETH), Ghana (GHANA), Guinea (GUIN), Morocco (MOR) Mozambique (MOZ), Portugal (PORT), the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (RHOD & NYAS), Somalia (SOMALI), South Africa (S AFR), South West Africa (SW AFR), and Tunisia (TUN).
A list of the most important central files cited in this volume follows:
033.7711: Somali Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarche's visit to Washington
110.15 - WI: Assistant Secretary Williams' visits to the region
330.00: U.N. Security Council
601.70X11: South African diplomatic representation in the United States
611.3722: U.S. blockade of Cuba
611.41, 611.45A, 611.45C, 611.45J, 611.45X, 611.51, 611.70X, 611.71, and 611.72: U.S. relations with the United Kingdom, the Union of South Africa, Rhodesia, Ghana, South West Africa, France, the Republic of South Africa (after May 31, 1961, the Republic of South Africa), Morocco, and Tunisia, respectively.
637.51S: Cuban relations with Algeria
641.70: United Kingdom relations with Africa
651.51S: French relations with Algeria
675.77: Ethiopian relations with Somalia
745A.00, 745C.00, 745J.00, 745X.00, 751S.00, 753N.00, 770.00, 770B.00, 771.00, 772.00, 773.00, and 775.00: General political conditions in South Africa, Rhodesia, Ghana, South West Africa, Algeria, Angola, Africa, Guinea, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Ethiopia, respectively.
745J.11: Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah
770.5, 770.5 - MSP, 770.5245J, 770.54, 770.5411, 770.56: African national defense, military assistance for Africa, troop movements in Africa, and U.S. bases in Africa
770B.11: Guinea President Sekou Toure
770B.5 - MSP: Military assistance for Guinea
771.11: King Hassan II of Morocco
771.5; 771.5 - MSP; 771.56; 771.5622; 771.56311: Moroccan national defense, military assistance for Morocco, U.S. bases in Morocco
772.11: Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba
772.5; 772.56; 772.56351: Tunisian national defense, military assistance for Tunisia, French base (Bizerte) in Tunisia
773.5; 773.5 - MSP; 773.56; 773.56311: Libyan national defense, military assistance for Libya, U.S. bases in Libya
775.5; 775.56311; 775A.56311: Ethiopian national defense, military assistance for Ethiopia, U.S. bases in Ethiopia
777.5; 777.5 - MSP: Somali national defense, military assistance for Somalia
845J.26, 845J.2610: 845J.2614; 845J.2624: Ghana/Volta Dam project
845J.394: Ghana/VALCO project
AID (US) GUIN, AID (US) LIBYA, AID (US) TUN: U.S. economic assistance to Guinea, Libya, and Tunisia, respectively
AID 6 SOMALI: Communist bloc aid to Somalia
DEF 12 SOMALI, DEF 12 - 5 S AFR: Arms supplies to Somalia and South Africa, respectively
DEF 15 - 4 ETH - US, DEF 15 LIBYA - US, DEF 15 MOR - US, DEF 15 - 10 MOR - US: U.S. bases in Ethiopia, Libya, and Morocco, respectively
DEF 19 - 3 US - ETH, DEF 19 - 3 US - MOR, DEF 19 SOMALI, DEF 19 US - SOMALI, DEF 19 - 3 US - SOMALI: U.S. military assistance to Ethiopia, Morocco, and Somalia, respectively
DEF 19 - 6 SOMALI: Communist bloc military assistance to Somalia ORG 7 AF: Visits of U.S. officials to the region
POL AFR - PORT: General Portuguese-African relations
POL AFR - US, POL ALG - US, POL GHANA - US, POL GUIN - US, POL LIBYA - US, POL MOR - US: General U.S. relations with Africa, Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, and Morocco, respectively
POL ALG - CUBA: General Algerian-Cuban relations
POL 1 AFR, POL 1 ALG, POL ETH, POL RHOD & NYAS, and POL S AFR: General policy for Africa, Algeria, Ethiopia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and South Africa, respectively
POL 1 FR - TUN: General Franco-Tunisian relations
POL 7 ALG, POL 7 ETH, POL 7 LIBYA, POL 7 MOR, POL 7 RHOD & NYAS, POL 7 SOMALI: Meetings with Algerian officials, meetings with Ethiopian officials, meetings with Libyan officials, meetings with Moroccan officials, meetings with Rhodesian officials, and meetings with Somali officials, respectively
POL 10 PORT - AFRICA, POL 10 PORT - UN: Portuguese colonial policy in Africa, U.N. consideration of Portuguese colonial policy
POL 15 - 1 LIBYA: Libyan head of state/executive branch POL 15 - 1 MOR: Moroccan head of state/executive branch
POL 15 - 1 S AFR: South African head of state/executive branch
POL 15 - 5 S AFR: South African constitution
POL 16 RHOD & NYAS: Independence of the territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
POL 17 US - AFR: U.S. diplomatic representation in Africa
POL 17 - 1 GHANA: Diplomatic representation, Ghana
POL 17 - 4 ALG: Algerian ceremonial and social affairs
POL 17 - 4 US - S AFR: U.S. Independence Day celebrations in South Africa
POL 19 BAS: Administration of the dependent territory of Basutoland
POL 19 RHOD & NYAS, POL 19 RHOD & NYAS - UN: Administration of the dependent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, U.N. consideration of the administration of the dependent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
POL 19 SW AFR - UN: U.N. consideration of the administration of the dependent territory of South West Africa
POL 26 ALG: Rebellion in Algeria
POL 32 - 1 ALG - MOR: Algerian-Moroccan border conflict
POL 32 - 1 ETH - SOM: Ethiopian-Somali border conflict
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 principal lot files cited in this volume follows:
AF/AFC Files: Lot 65 D 189
Subject files on Mozambique for 1962, as maintained by the Office of Cental African Affairs.
AF/AFI Files: Lot 64 D 467
Files of the U.N. Adviser for African Affairs pertaining to the 17th United Nations General Assembly, as maintained by the Office of Inter-African Affairs.
AF/AFN Files: Lot 63 D 250
Subject files on Morocco for the years 1956 - 1962, as maintained by the Office of Northern African Affairs.
AF/AFN Files: Lot 65 D 182
Algerian Desk and Algerian regional files for the years 1959 - 1962, as maintained by the Office of Northern African Affairs.
AF/AFW Files: Lot 66 D 53
Ghana Desk files for the years 1960 - 1962, as maintained by the Office of West African Affairs.
AF/S Files: 66 D 344
Subject files on South West Africa, the High Commission Territories, and Southern Africa refugees for the years 1944 - 1964, as maintained by the Office of Southern African Affairs.
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.
INR - NIE Files
Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates.
Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
Exchanges of correspondence between the President and Secretary of State and heads of foreign governments, 1953 - 1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
President's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
Cleared memoranda of Presidential conversations with foreign visitors, 1956 - 1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961 - 1969, including texts of speeches, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversations.
Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330
Chronological collections of the memoranda of conversations of the Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries of State for the years 1961 - 1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Secretary's Staff Meetings: Lot 66 D 147
Records of the Secretary of State's Staff Meetings, 1961 - 1963, and additional ad hoc meetings, reports, papers, and memoranda of Chester Bowles' telephone conversations.
S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199
Files of the Policy Planning Council for the years 1963 - 1964.
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 Files: Lot 70 D 265
Master set of papers pertaining to National Security Council meetings, including policy papers, position papers, and administrative documents for the years 1961 - 1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
S/S - NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
Master file of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs) for the years 1961 - 1968, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
S/S - NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council files, including NSC Records of Action, 1947 - 1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
S/S Policy Guidelines: Lot 67 D 396
Master file of Guidelines for Policy and Operations Papers, 1961 - 1966.
State - JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328
Top Secret records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the years 1959 - 1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson, National Security File
South Africa Country File
Vice Presidential Security File
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.
Cleveland Papers
Papers of Harlan Cleveland, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961 - 1965.
National Security Files
Brubeck Series
Countries Series: Africa, Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana , Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Rhodesia, Somalia, South Africa
Meetings and Memoranda Series
President's Appointment Books
President's Office Files
Countries Series: Algeria, Ethiopia Security, Ghana Security, Guinea Security, Morocco Security, Somali Republic, South Africa
Staff Memoranda: Dungan, Ralph A.; Komer, Robert W.
Schlesinger Papers
Papers of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to President Kennedy, 1961 - 1963.
National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
Taylor Papers
Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, the President's Military Representative, 1961 - 1962; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962 - 1964
Princeton University, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, New Jersey
Stevenson Papers
Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961 - 1963
Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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 73 A 2226
Africa regional files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1963 - 1971.
OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464
Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary, and their Special Assistants, 1961.
OSD Files: FRC 65 B 3463
Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1961.
OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542
Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1962.
OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131
Records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1963.
Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia
Director of Central Intelligence Files: Job 80 B 01285A
Files of John A. McCone, 1962 - 1965
Central Intelligence Agency Files: Job 79 R 1012
Central Intelligence Agency Files: Job 79 R 01012A
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