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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, China, Volume XIX


List of Unpublished Sources

Department of State

1. Indexed Central Files: The principal source of documentation for this volume was the indexed central files of the Department of State. The following files were most useful in compiling this volume:

110.11–DU, travel and correspondence by Secretary of State Dulles

110.11–HE, travel and correspondence by Secretary of State Herter

211.93, Chinese nationals in the United States

293.11, U.S. nationals in China

303, representation in the United Nations

320, U.N. General Assembly

411.93, U.S. trade with China

493.00, general issues concerning trade with China

611.93, political relations between the United States and China, including the Ambassadorial talks between U.S. and People’s Republic of China representatives

661.93, Sino-Soviet relations

693.94A, relations between the China mainland and Taiwan

711.11–EI, travel by and correspondence with President Eisenhower

746G.00, political affairs and conditions in Hong Kong

790.5411, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft in Asia

793.00, political affairs and conditions in China

793.02, Chinese recognition issue

793.5, Chinese military affairs; defense of Taiwan

793.5–MSP, U.S. Mutual Security Program in Taiwan

793.5411, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft in territory under Chinese jurisdiction

793B.00, political issues concerning Tibet

794A.00, political affairs and conditions in Taiwan

794A.5, defense of Taiwan

893.00, economic affairs and conditions in China

911.6293, question of U.S. news correspondents in China

2. Lot Files: Documents from the central files are supplemented by lot files of the Department, which are decentralized files created by bureaus, offices, divisions, and the Executive Secretariat. A list of the lot files cited or consulted in this volume follows:

CA Files: Lot 67 D 579

Top Secret files relating to China for the years 1956–1965, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs.

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, 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 conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1955–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559

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 year 1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560

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 1958–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

FE Files: Lot 60 D 90

Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1958, including country files, letters, and memoranda of conversation.

FE Files: Lot 61 D 6

Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1959, including country files, letters, memoranda of conversation, and conferences and visits.

FE Files: Lot 62 D 26

Files maintained by the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the year 1960, including country files, letters, memoranda of conversation, and conferences and visits.

FE Files: Lot 63 D 76

Files maintained by the Regional Planning Adviser in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the years 1955–1960.

FE/EA Files: Lot 63 D 168

Files relating to China, Japan, and Korea for the years 1958–1960, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.

FE/EA Files: Lot 65 D 93

Files relating to China for the years 1960 and 1961, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.

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, maintained by the Office of East Asian Affairs and its predecessors, the Office of Chinese Affairs and the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.

FE/RA Files: Lot 65 D 497

Top Secret files maintained by the Regional Planning Adviser and later by the Office of Regional Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs for the years 1957–1962.

Geneva Talks Files: Lot 71 D 368

Files relating to the U.S.-China Ambassadorial talks at Geneva and Warsaw for the years 1955–1962, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Asian Communist Affairs.

Geneva Talks Files: Lot 72 D 415

Files relating to the U.S.-China Ambassadorial talks at Geneva and Warsaw for the years 1955–1968, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Asian Communist Affairs.

INRNIE Files

Files retained in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates for the years 1958–1960.

Intelligence Files: Lot 58 D 776

Country, subject, and administrative files relating to U.S. intelligence organizations and activities for the years 1945–1960, maintained by the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

IO Files: Lot 60 D 216

Files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs for the year 1958.

OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385

Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained in the Operations Staff.

OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430

Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204

Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 204

Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, 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, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Republic of China desk in the Office of East Asian Affairs.

ROC Files: Lot 75 D 76

Political files for the years 1954–1973, maintained by the Office of Chinese Affairs and later by the Office of East Asian Affairs and the Office of Republic of China Affairs.

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, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75

Chronological collections of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meetings during the years 1952–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548

Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1957–1961.

S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1

Serial and subject file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for the years 1948–1960, maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351

Serial master file of NSC documents and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for the years 1947–1961, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95

Administrative and miscellaneous NSC files, including records of action, for the years 1947–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417

Top Secret records of the meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for the years 1951–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

State–JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328

Top Secret records of the meetings between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the Department of State for the years 1959–1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

United States Mission at the United Nations, New York

USUN Files

Files of the U.S. Mission at the United Nations, 1950 to date.

Naval Historical Center

Burke Papers

Papers of Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, 1955–1961.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas

Dulles Papers

Papers of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State, 1953–1959, including General Memoranda of Conversation, Meetings with the President, General Telephone Conversations, and White House Telephone Conversations.

President’s Daily Appointments

White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments, 1952–1961.

White House Office Files, Project Clean Up

See Staff Secretary’s Records and the Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs.

Staff Secretary’s Records

White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, including records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, Jr., and Christopher H. Russell, 1952–1961. Includes some material formerly in Project Clean Up file.

Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records

White House Office Files, Records of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray), 1952–1961. Includes some material formerly in Project Clean Up file.

Whitman File

Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, as maintained by his Personal Secretary, Ann Whitman. The Whitman File includes the following elements: Name Series, Dulles-Herter Series, Eisenhower Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, NSC Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, Administrative Series, and International File.

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

JCS Records

Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Taipei Embassy Files: FRC 66 A 878, Item 114 (Lot 65 F 163)

Classified central files of the Embassy for the years 1959–1961.

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

Department of State, Record Group 84: Files of U.S. Foreign Service Posts

Taipei Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5159, Item 147 (Lot 62 F 83)

Top Secret central files of the Embassy for the years 1953–1958.

Department of Defense, Record Group 330

Lansdale Files: FRC 63 A 1803

Subject and country files maintained by Colonel Edward G. Lansdale as Deputy Assistant and later Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) for the years 1957–1961.

OSD Files: FRC 63 A 1574

Subject files of the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for 1959.

OSD Files: FRC 64 A 2093

Subject and country files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Administrative Secretary to the Secretary of Defense for the year 1960.

OSD/ISA Files: FRC 62 A 1698 and 62 B 1698

Country and general files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for the year 1958.

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey

Dulles Papers

Papers of John Foster Dulles, including the Dulles Daily Appointment Book, the daily log of his meetings and appointments as Secretary of State for the years 1953–1959.