Sources
List of 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. Most of the documents in this volume through January 1963 were selected from the following files:
120.1520: Stevenson trip to Latin America
123 Jones, J. Wesley: personnel matters relating to J. Wesley Jones
371.04: Meetings of Consultation of OAS Foreign Ministers
371.05: Council of the Organization of American States
371.8: OAS Committee on Economic Cooperation
411.39: trade between the United States and the Dominican Republic
611.19: U.S. relations with Panama
611.15: U.S. relations with Honduras
611.20: U.S. relations with Latin America
611.23: U.S. relations with Peru
611.32: U.S. relations with Brazil
611.35: U.S. relations with Argentina
611.38: U.S. relations with Haiti
611.39: U.S. relations with the Dominican Republic
612.37: Mexican relations with Cuba
635.00: international relations of Argentina
710.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to the Western Hemisphere
711.11-KE: files relating to President Kennedy
713.00: Central American political affairs
713.20: political affairs in South and Central America
713.5: Central American defense affairs
720.5: Latin American defense affairs
720.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Latin America
721.00: Colombian internal political affairs
723.00: Peruvian internal political affairs
723.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Peru
731.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Venezuela
732.00: Brazilian internal political affairs
732.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to Brazil
735.00: Argentine internal political affairs
736.5-MSP: U.S. military assistance to the West Indies
737.00: Cuban internal political affairs
738.11: U.S. political relations with Haiti
739.00: Dominican Republic internal political affairs
741.D: British Guiana political affairs
811.20: economic relations between the U.S. and South and Central America
811.0032: economic relations between the U.S. and Brazil
812.00: internal economic relations in Mexico
Subject-Numeric Central Files. In February 1963 the Department adopted a subject-numeric central file system.
AID (US) 9 PAN: U.S.-Panama economic aid negotiations
CSM 10 LAT AM: communism in Latin America
DEF 12 CUBA: Cuban armaments
DEF 19 US-LAT AM: U.S. military aid to Latin America
PET 6 PERU: Peruvian oil companies
PET 15 ARG: industrial organization and control of Argentine petroleum industry
POL ARG-US: U.S.-Argentine relations
POL BR GU: British Guiana political affairs
POL BR GU-US: U.S.-British Guiana relations
POL BRAZ: Brazilian political affairs
POL DOM REP-HAI: Dominican Republic-Haitian relations
POL HAI-US: U.S.-Haitian relations
POL PERU-US: U.S.-Peruvian relations
POL 1 BR GU-US: U.S.-British Guiana relations, general policy and background
POL 1 BRAZ-US: U.S.-Brazilian relations, general policy and background
POL 1 US: U.S. political affairs, general policy and background
POL 2 DOM REP: general political reporting on the Dominican Republic
POL 3 COAS-IA: Council of the Organization of American States
POL 7 ARG: visits and meetings with Argentine leaders
POL 7 COSTA RICA: President Kennedy's meeting with Central American Presidents
POL 7 PERU: visits and meetings with Peruvian leaders
POL 14 ARG: Argentine elections
POL 14 PERU: Peruvian elections
POL 15 DOM REP: Dominican Republic Government
POL 15 HAI: Haitian Government
POL 16 DOM REP: recognition of Dominican Republic
POL 17-1 DOM REP-US: U.S.-Dominican Republic diplomatic representation
POL 19 BR GU: colonial government of British Guiana
POL 26 ARG: coups in Argentina
POL 26 DOM REP: coups in the Dominican Republic
POL 26 HAI: coups and rebellions in Haiti
POL 26 LAT AM: coups in Latin America
POL 27-1 HAI: invasion of Haiti
POL 36 CUBA: travel between Cuba and other countries
POL PANAMA-US: U.S. relations with Panama
Lot Files. These are the special decentralized files of the policymaking level of the Department of State, including the Executive Secretariat, overseas Foreign Service posts, and U.S. special missions. A list of the lot files used or consulted for this volume follows.
ARA/IPA Files: Lot 69 D 211
Files of Inter-American conferences, both specialized and sponsored by the Organization of American States, 1956-1965.
ARA/NC Files: Lot 67 D 77
Subject files for British Guiana, 1950-1964.
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.
Interdepartmental Committee on Foreign Economic Policy Files: Lot 65 D 68
Records of the Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy, 1961-1963.
Latin America Task Force Files: Lot 61 D 298
Minutes of the Task Force on Latin America, 1961.
NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316
Department of State master file of NSAMs 1-371, 1961-1968.
Policy Guidelines: Lot 67 D 396
Master file of Guidelines for Policy and Operations papers, 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.
Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 476
Memoranda of conversation between the President and foreign visitors, October 1963-October 1966, 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 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.
S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121
Files of the Policy Planning Council, 1962.
S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199
Files of the Policy Planning Council, 1963-1964.
S/P-NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1
Serial and subject master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for 1948-1961, as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
S/PC Files: Lot 71 D 273
Files of Policy Planning Staff member Ernest K. Lindley, 1962-1968.
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-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
File of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 1961-1968, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
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 1959-1963, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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.
S/S-NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351
Master file of National Security Council documents, correspondence, and related Department of State memoranda for 1947-1961, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abliene, Kansas
Whitman File
Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, Texas
National Security File:
Agency Files
Aides' Files
Rusk Appointment Books
Vice Presidential Security File
John F. Kennedy Presidential 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:
Chester V. Clifton Series
Countries Series: Argentina, Brazil, British Guiana, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Peru
Departments and Agencies Series
Meetings and Memoranda Series
Regional Security Series
Subjects Series
Trip and Conference Series
William H. Brubeck Series
President's Appointment Books
President's Office Files
Countries Series
Schlesinger Papers
Papers of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
Harriman Papers
Papers of Averell W. 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.
Princeton University, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, New Jersey
Stevenson Papers
Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, Representative at the United Nations, 1961-1963.
Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470
Files of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara for 1961-1968.
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 3542
Files of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their assistants for 1962.
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.
OASD/(C) A Files: FRC 71 A 2896
Files of the Secretary of Defense relating to the Cuban missile crisis, 1961-1963.
Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
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
Files of John A. McCone, 1962-1965, Job 80-B01258A
Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence Registry, Job 79-R01012A
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Bowles Papers
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