Sources

Unpublished Sources

Department of State

Central Files. See National Archives and Records Administration below.

Lot Files.

INR/IL Historical Files:
Files of the Office of Intelligence Coordination, including records of the 303 Committee, from the 1950s through the 1970s, maintained by the Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State.

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland

Record Group 59, Department of State Records
Subject-Numeric Central Files. The subject-numeric system is divided into broad categories: Administration, Consular, Culture and Information, Economic, Political and Defense, Science, and Social. Within each of these divisions are subject subcategories. For example, Political and Defense contains four subtopics: POL (Politics), DEF (Defense), CSM (Communism) and INT (Intelligence). Numerical subdivisions further define the subtopics. The following are the principal files consulted for this volume:

AID IRAN: general aid policy, Iran
DEF 1 IRAN: defense plans and policy, Iran
DEF 6 IRAN: armed forces, Iran
DEF 6-3 IRAN: air force, Iran
DEF 12-5 IRAN: procurement and sale of armaments, Iran
DEF 4 IRAQ-USSR: collective defense pacts and alliances, Iraq-U.S.S.R.
DEF 15 IRAQ-USSR: bases and installations, Iraq-U.S.S.R.
DEF 1 NEAR EAST: defense plans and policy, Near East
DEF PERSIAN GULF: defense affairs, Persian Gulf
DEF US-IRAN: military assistance, U.S.-Iran
DEF 19-8 US-IRAN: defense equipment and supplies, U.S.-Iran
DEF 19-9 US-IRAN: advisory and training assistance, U.S.-Iran
DEF US-NEAR E: defense affairs, U.S.-Near East
DEF USSR-IRAQ: defense affairs, U.S.S.R.-Iraq
E 5 IRAN: economic development, Iran
FN IRAN: finance, Iran
INCO DRUGS: industries and commodities, drugs
ORG 7 U: organization and administration, Under Secretary's visits
PET 6 IRAN: petroleum companies, Iran 
PET 17 IRAN-US: trade, Iran-U.S.
PET 6 IRAQ: petroleum companies, Iraq
PET 15-2 IRAQ: nationalization and expropriation, Iraq
PET NEAR EAST: petroleum affairs, Near East
PET 3 OPEC: petroleum organizations and conferences, OPEC
POL ARAB-IRAN: political affairs and relations, Arabs-Iran
POL 27 ARAB-ISR: military operations, Arab-Israel
POL IRAN: political affairs and relations, Iran
POL 7 IRAN: visits and meetings, Iran
POL 13-2 IRAN: students and youth groups, Iran
POL 15 IRAN: Iranian government
POL 15-1 IRAN: Head of State, Iran
POL 23 IRAN: incidents and disputes, Iran
POL 23-8 IRAN: demonstrations, riots, and protests, Iran
POL 23-9 IRAN: rebellions and coups, Iran
POL IRAN-IRAQ: political affairs and relations, Iran-Iraq
POL 33 IRAN-IRAQ: waters, boundaries, Iran-Iraq
POL 17 IRAN-US: diplomatic and consular representation, Iranian leaders in U.S.
POL 17-5 IRAN-US: arrival and departure, Iranian leaders in
U.S. POL IRAQ: political affairs and relations, Iraq
POL 2 IRAQ: general reports and statistics, Iraq
POL 7 IRAQ: visits and meetings with Iraqi leaders
POL 12 IRAQ: political parties, Iraq
POL 13-3 IRAQ: ethnic and national minorities, Iraq
POL 14 IRAQ: elections, Iraq
POL 15-1 IRAQ: Head of State, Iraq
POL 23-9 IRAQ: rebellions and coups, Iraq
POL 29 IRAQ: arrests and detentions, Iraq
POL IRAQ-NEAR E: political affairs and relations, Iraq-Near East
POL IRAQ-US: political affairs and relations, Iraq-U.S.
POL 1 IRAQ-US: general policy, Iraq-US
POL IRAQ-USSR: political affairs and relations, Iraq-U.S.S.R.
POL NEAR EAST: political affairs and relations, Near East
POL 2 NEAR EAST: general reports and statistics, Near East
POL NEAR E USSR: political affairs and relations, Near East-U.S.S.R.
POL PERSIAN GULF: political affairs and relations, Persian Gulf
POL 33 PERSIAN GULF: waters and boundaries, Persian Gulf
POL 33-3 PERSIAN GULF: international canals, Persian Gulf
POL 7 UK: visits, meetings with British leaders
POL UK-US: political affairs and relations, U.K.-U.S.
POL 7 US/CONNALLY: visits and meetings of John B. Connally
POL US-IRAN: political affairs and relations, U.S.-Iran
POL US-IRAN/IRAQ: political affairs and relations, US-Iran/Iraq
POL 17 US-IRAQ: diplomatic and consular representation, U.S. in Iraq
POL 7 US/KISSINGER: visits and meetings of Henry A. Kissinger
POL 7 US/NIXON: visits and meetings of Richard M. Nixon
 
SOC 11-5 ECOSOC: traffic in narcotics, United Nations Economic and Social Council
SOC IRAN: social conditions, Iran
SOC 11-5 IRAN: traffic in narcotics, Iran
SOC IRAN/IRAQ: social conditions, Iran/Iraq
SOC 14 IRAQ: human rights, Iraq

Lot Files

NEA/ARN Files: Lot 72D4
Records relating to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, 1968-1972, maintained by the Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

NEA/ARN: Lot 75D16
Records Relating to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, 1968-1972, maintained by the Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

NEA/ARN: Lot 75D442
Records Relating to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, 1968-1972, maintained by the Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

NEA/IRN Files: Lot 75D351
Iran Subject Files for 1965 – 1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

NEA/IRN Files: Lot File 75D365
Iran Subject Files for 1965 – 1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

NEA/IRN Files: Lot 75D410
Iran Subject Files for 1965 .– 1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

NEA/IRN Files: Lot 76D470
Iran Subject Files for 1965 – 1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

Nixon Presidential Materials

National Security File
   Country File
        Iran
        Iraq
 
Alexander Haig Chronological File
Harold Saunders Files – Middle East Negotiations
Henry Kissinger Office Files
       Middle East
       Iran
       Kurds
NSC Secretariat
Presidential Correspondence
       Iran
       Shah of Iran
Presidential/Henry Kissinger Memorandums of Conversation President's Daily Briefings
President's Trip Files
       1972 Summit Briefing Material
Subject Files
       National Security Study Memoranda
       National Security Briefing Memoranda
VIP Visits

National Security Council Institutional Files (H-Files)
      Senior Review Group Minutes
      National Security Council Meeting Minutes
      National Security Study Memorandums
      National Security Decision Memorandums
      National Security Decision Memorandums Policy Papers

White House Central Files
      Country Files

White House Special Files
      Annotated News Summaries
      President's Office Files
      President's Personal Files

White House Tape Recordings

Central Intelligence Agency

Files of the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Richard M. Helms, (1966-1973)
        Executive Registry Files, Job 80-B01086A
        Executive Registry Files, Job 80-B01285A

National Intelligence Council Files, Job 79-R01012A
 
Office of Current Intelligence Files, Job 79-T00832A

Office of Research and Reports Files (Office of Transnational Issues), Job 79-T00935A

Office of Research and Reports Files, Job 80-T01315A

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

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

Records of the Secretary of Defense
       OSD Files: FRC 330-75-0089
       Secret Subject Decimal Files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense,1969

       OSD Files: FRC 330-76-0067
       Subject Decimal Files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1970

Records of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
       OASD Files: (C) (A), FRC 330-77-0094
       Subject Decimal Files of the Secretary of Defense, 1972

Records of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
       DASD/ISA Files: FRC 330-73A1975
       Secret Files of the Office of International Security Affairs, 1970

       DASD/ISA Files: FRC 330-74-0083
       Secret Subject Decimal Files of the Office of International Security Affairs, 1971

       DASD/ISA Files: FRC 330-75-0125
       Secret Subject Decimal Files of the Office of International Security Affairs, 1972

Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC

Kissinger Papers
       Iran
       National Security Memoranda

Kissinger Telephone Conversations
       Iran
       Iraq

Published Sources

U.S. Department of State. Department of State Bulletin, 1969 — 1972. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969-1972.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973).

U.S. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)

Memoirs

Kissinger, Henry A. Years of Renewal (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999)

Nixon, Richard M. RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978)