Office of the Historian

Documents

In the course of preparing Toward “Thorough, Accurate, and Reliable,” Joshua Botts, author of the chapters covering recent decades, relied on many documents that had not yet been released to the public. All those documents have now been reviewed for declassification and approved for release; in some cases, documents were released with excisions. Over the coming year, the Office of the Historian will periodically post some of these records on this website. Check back occasionally for the latest additions.

63 documents, sorted by document date. (Sort by date posted.)

  1. Correspondence Between Richard Leopold and George Kennan, February-March 1957
  2. Memorandum From Bernard Noble to Melville Osborne, November 1958
  3. Transcript of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1959
  4. Transcript of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1958
  5. Transcript of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1960
  6. Clarence Berdahl Report on Consultantship in the Historical Office, August 1961
  7. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1961
  8. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1962
  9. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1963
  10. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1964
  11. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1965
  12. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1966
  13. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1967
  14. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1968
  15. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1969
  16. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1970
  17. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1971
  18. Memorandum From Arthur Kogan to William Franklin, September 1972
  19. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1972
  20. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1973
  21. Memorandum From Fredrick Aandahl Through William Franklin to Carol Laise, November 1973
  22. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1974
  23. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1975
  24. Annex to Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1975
  25. Memorandum From William Slany and Edwin Costrell to PA/HO Staff, October 1976
  26. Meeting Between Henry Kissinger and the HAC, November 1976
  27. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1976
  28. Action Memorandum From William Blair Through Lawrence Eagleburger to Henry Kissinger, November 1976
  29. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1977
  30. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1978
  31. Memorandum of Conversation Among HO and CIA Officials, September 1979
  32. Memorandum of Conversation Among HO and CIA Officials, August 1979
  33. Letter From John Glennon to Gale W. Allen, September 1979
  34. Letter From Gale Allen to David Baehler, October 1979
  35. Memorandum From David Trask to the Historical Advisory Committee, January 1980
  36. Letter From David Trask to Gale Allen, February 1980
  37. Letter From Thomas White to David Trask, July 1980
  38. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1980
  39. Memorandum From Francis Terry McNamara and David Trask to William Dyess, March 1981
  40. Memorandum From N. Stephen Kane Through Paul Claussen and William Slany to David Trask, March 1981
  41. Office of the Historian Research Project on Department of State Publication of Foreign Government Documents, June 1981
  42. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1981
  43. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1982
  44. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1983
  45. Report From William Slany to Congress, July 1984
  46. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1984
  47. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1985
  48. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1986
  49. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, January 1988
  50. William Slany Report on Informal HAC Meeting, January 1988
  51. Memorandum of Conversation Between Charles Redman and HAC Members, June 1988
  52. Information Memorandum From C. Edward Dillery to Ronald Spiers, August 1988
  53. Memorandum From Ronald Spiers to Charles Redman, November 1988
  54. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, December 1988
  55. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1989
  56. Letter From William Webster to David Boren, June 1990
  57. Summary of Unofficial Meeting Between HAC Members and Department Officials, July 1990
  58. Draft Letter From W. Lee Rawls to Richard Darman, October 1990
  59. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1990
  60. Memorandum From Kim Hoggard to Ivan Selin, December 1990
  61. Record of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, March 1991
  62. Minutes of Historical Advisory Committee Meeting, June 1991
  63. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State, August 2002