Office of the Historian

List of Sources

Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    • Indexed Central Files. The principal source of documentation for this volume was the indexed central files of the Department of State. Most of the documents were selected from the following files:
      • 033.4111: British visits to the United States
      • 110.11–DU: Secretary of State Dulles’ trips
      • 374.800: European Regional Organizations
      • 375: NATO
      • 375.800: Western European Regional Economic Organizations
      • 396.1: International conferences
      • 396.1–CO: International conferences at Copenhagen
      • 396.1–IS: International conferences at Istanbul
      • 396.1–PA: International conferences at Paris
      • 396.1–WA: International conferences at Washington
      • 411.5241: U.S.-Spanish trade relations
      • 440.002: Western European trade and customs
      • 611.51: U.S.-French relations
      • 611.52: U.S.-Spanish relations
      • 611.65: U.S.-Italian relations
      • 711.11–EI: President Eisenhower
      • 711.5: U.S. defense policy
      • 740.5: NATO
      • 740.5611: IRBMs in Europe
      • 740.5612: MRBMs in Europe
      • 740B.022: Icelandic territorial issues
      • 751.00: French political affairs
      • 751.11: French Executive
      • 751.13: French Cabinet
      • 751.5612: French missiles
      • 752.00: Spanish political affairs
      • 752.11: Spanish Executive
      • 752.5–MSP: U.S.-Spanish Mutual Security
      • 753.00: Portuguese political affairs
      • 765.00: Italian political affairs
      • 765.13: Italian cabinet
      • 840.00: Western European economic conditions and relations
      • 840.1901: EURATOM
      • 865.2553: Italian petroleum
    • Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by the 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 62 D 181
      • Collection of documentation on official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conference 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 official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1955–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Conference Files: Lots 64 D 559 and 64 D 560
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
    • Current Economic Developments: Lot 70 D 467
      • See under Washington National Records Center.
    • Current Foreign Relations: Lot 64 D 189
      • Master set of the Department of State classified publication Current Foreign Relations for the years 1954–1962, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • EUR/CAN Files: Lot 69 D 302
      • Canadian-U.S. military subject files for the years 1947–1964, maintained by the Bureau of European Affairs.
    • EUR/RPE Files: Lot 70 D 315
      • Atomic energy files, including the European Atomic Energy Community, for the years 1955–1963, maintained by the Office of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, European Community, and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs.
    • G/PM Files: Lot 64 D 354
      • Miscellaneous Top Secret subject files, for the years 1954–1961, maintained by the Combined Policy Staff of the Office of Politico-Military Affairs.
    • G/PM Files: Lot 65 D 478
      • Files concerned with Air Force Technical Applications Center projects, base rights, and overflights for the years 1950–1961, maintained by the Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary for Atomic Energy Affairs.
    • INR Files
      • Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • INR-NIE Files
      • Files of National Intelligence Estimates, Special Estimates, and Special National Intelligence Estimates retained by the Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • Italian Desk Files: Lot 67 D 319
      • Files concerned with the Executive Review of Overseas Programs for Italy for the year 1965, with the South Tyrol for the years 1961–1963, and with San Marino for the years 1958–1964, maintained by the Officer in Charge of Italian Affairs, Office of Western European Affairs.
    • Italian Desk Files: Lot 68 D 436
      • Selected political, defense, and economic files for Italy for the years 1961–1965, maintained by the Officer in Charge of Italian Affairs, Office of Italy, Austria, and Switzerland Affairs.
    • Italian Desk Files: Lot 74 D 177
      • Files concerning the political and economic situation in Italy and Italian relations with the United States for the years 1968–1972, with some correspondence from 1955, maintained by the Officer in Charge of Italian Affairs, Office of Western European Affairs.
    • 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.
    • OEEC Files: Lot 62 D 46
      • Official documents issued by the Organization for European Economic Cooperation for the years 1958–1959, maintained by the Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs.
    • P/PG Files: Lot 60 D 661
      • Subject files of the Operations Coordinating Board containing National Security Council material for the years 1950–1959, maintained by the Policy Plans and Guidance Staff.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1957–1961.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and the heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
      • Complete chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversations with foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • Rome Embassy Files: Lot 64 A 532
      • Classified files maintained by the Embassy in Rome for the years 1956–1958.
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199
      • Chronological collection of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation and the Under Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • 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, 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, 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, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • S/S-S Files: Lot 69 D 150
      • Miscellaneous policy briefing books and situation chronologies on U.S.-European relations for the years 1958–1967, including documents on U.S. relations with France, 1958–1963, and on France and the NATO nuclear problem, 1961–1966, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
    • WE Files: Lot 61 D 30
      • Subject files of the Officer in Charge of French-Iberian Affairs, Office of Western European Affairs, for the years 1955–1959.
    • WE Files: Lot 72 D 441
      • Files concerning France’s relations with the United States under President de Gaulle for the years 1958–1967, maintained by the French Desk Officer, Office of Western European Affairs.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Cabinet Secretariat Records
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Cabinet Secretariat, 1953–1960.
    • Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959.
    • Herter Papers
      • Papers of Christian A. Herter, 1957–1961.
    • President’s Daily Appointments
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Special Assistant for Executive Appointments, 1952–1961. Daily appointment books for President Eisenhower.
    • Project Clean Up
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
    • Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray), 1952–1961.
    • Staff Secretary Records
      • From the White House Office Files, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, 1952–1961. Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell.
    • White House Office Files
      • Several White House Office collections, including Project Clean Up.
    • 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, DDE Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, NSC Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, the Administration Series, and the International File.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State
      • Conference Files: FRC 83–0068
        • Lot 64 D 559: Collection of documentation of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States; of major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State and the President; and of official visits by the President, the Secretary of State, and other principal Department of State officers to other countries for the year 1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
        • Lot 64 D 560: Collection of documentation of official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1958–1959, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • Current Economic Developments: FRC 72 A 6248
        • Lot 70 D 467: Master set of the Department of State classified internal publication Current Economic Developments for the years 1945–1969, maintained in the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
    • Record Group 218, Records of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
      • JCS Records
        • Records of the U.S. members of the Combined Chiefs of Staff and subsequently the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 1942.
    • Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
      • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 62 A 1698
        • Country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for the year 1958.
      • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2170
        • Country files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) for the year 1960.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
    • Record Group 84, General Records of the Department of State
      • OSS–State Intelligence Reports
        • Records of the Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services, and the Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State, 1941–1961.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers
      • Daily Appointment Books, 1953–1959.
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Published Sources

  • Documentary Collections and Periodicals
    • Bevans, Charles I., ed. Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776–1949. Washington, 1968.
    • Canada, House of Commons. Parliamentary Debates. Ottawa.
    • The Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog and microfiche. Woodbridge, Connecticut.
    • Major Addresses, Statements and Press Conferences of General Charles de Gaulle, May 19, 1958–January 31, 1964. New York, n.d.
    • Meissner, Boris, ed. Moskau Bonn, Die Beziehungen zwischen der Sowjetunion und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1955–1974: Dokumentation. Band III/I. Cologne, 1975.
    • OEEC Intergovernmental Committee on the Establishment of a European Free Trade Area. Negotiations for a European Free Trade Area: Documents Relating to the Negotiations from July 1956 to December 1958. London, 1959.
    • Royal Institute of International Affairs, Gillian King, ed. Documents on International Affairs, 1958. London, 1962.
    • ___. Gillian King, ed. Documents on International Affairs, 1959. London, 1963.
    • ___. Richard Gott, John Major, and Geoffrey Warner, eds. Documents on International Affairs, 1960. London, 1964.
    • U.K. House of Commons. Parliamentary Debates, 5th Series. London.
    • U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Atomic Energy Legislation Through 94th Congress, 2nd Session, Washington, 1977.
    • U.S. Department of State. American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1958, 1959, 1960. Washington.
    • ___. Department of State Bulletin. Washington.
    • ___. Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959. 2 volumes. Washington, 1960.
    • ___. Documents on Disarmament, 1960. Washington, 1961.
    • ___. Documents on Germany, 1944–1985. Revised edition. Washington, 1971.
    • ___. Foreign Ministers Meeting, May–August 1959, Geneva. Washington, 1959.
    • ___. Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS). Washington.
    • ___. United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST). Washington.
    • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958, 1959, 1960–61. Washington.
  • Memoirs

    Note: The Department of State takes no responsibility for the accuracy of these memoirs nor does it endorse their interpretations.

    • Adenauer, Konrad. Erinnerungen, 1955–1959. Hamburg, 1969.
    • Alphand, Hervé;. L’Etonnement d’etre: Journal, 1939–1973. Paris, 1977.
    • Couve de Murville, Maurice. Une Politique étrangère, 1959–1969. Paris, 1971.
    • De Gaulle, Charles. Mémoires d’espoir: Le renouveau, 1958–1962. Paris, 1970.
    • Diefenbaker, John G. One Canada: Memoirs of the Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, The Years of Achievement, 1957–1962. Toronto, 1976.
    • Eisenhower, Dwight D. The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956–1961. New York, 1965.
    • Eisenhower, John S. D. Strictly Personal. New York, 1974.
    • Heuss, Theodor. Tagebuchbriefe, 1955–1963. Tubingen, 1970.
    • Macmillan, Harold. Pointing the Way, 1959–1961. London, 1972.
    • ___. Riding the Storm, 1957–1959. London, 1971.
    • Spaak, Paul-Henri. Combats inachevés: De l’espoir aux déceptions, 1936–1966. Paris, 1969.
    • Sulzberger, C. L. The Last of the Giants. New York, 1970.
    • Walters, Vernon A. Silent Missions. New York, 1978.