Office of the Historian

List of Sources

Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    • Central Files. An important source of documentation for this volume was the indexed central files of the Department of State. Many documents were selected from the following files:
      • 110.11: Secretary of State
      • 396.12: Conferences on international political relations
      • 397.5611: Conferences on atomic weapons
      • 600.0012: U.S. limitation of arms
      • 611.0012: U.S. arms control agreements
      • 611.3722: U.S. blockade of Cuba
      • 611.61: Political relations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
      • 611.6112: Arms limitation between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
      • 700.5611: Atomic weapons in the world
      • 711.5: U.S. national defense
      • 711.5611: Atomic weapons in the U.S.
      • 762.00: Political affairs and conditions in Germany
      • DEF 18: Defense affairs, arms control and disarmament
      • DEF 18-3 SWITZ (GE): Defense affairs, arms control and disarmament, organizations, and conferences relating to Geneva, Switzerland
      • DEF 18-3 USSR (MO): Defense affairs, arms control and disarmament, organizations and conferences relating to Moscow
      • DEF 18-4: Defense affairs, arms control and disarmament, agreements and treaties
      • DEF 18-6: Defense affairs, arms control and disarmament, control measures
      • DEF 18-9: Defense affairs, arms control and disarmament, demilitarized and nuclear-free zones
      • ORG 7 S: Organization and administration, visits
      • POL UK-US: Political affairs and relations between the U.K. and the U.S.
      • POL UK-USSR: Political affairs and relations between the U.K. and the U.S.S.R.
      • POL US-USSR: Political affairs and relations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
      • POL 7 US/Harriman: Visits and meetings of W. Averell Harriman
      • POL 7 US/Kennedy: Visits and meetings of John F. Kennedy
      • POL 15-1 USSR: Political affairs and relations between the heads of state of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
    • Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by documents from the lot files of the Department of State, 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 65 D 366
        • Documentation on official visits to the United States by heads of government and foreign ministers and on international conferences attended by the President, Secretary of State, and Under Secretary of State for 1961.
      • Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533
        • Documentation on official visits to the United States by heads of state and foreign ministers and on international conferences attended by the President, Secretary of State, and Under Secretary of State for 1962.
      • Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110
        • Documentation on international conferences attended by the President, Secretary of State, and other U.S. officials, May 1961-December 1964.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
        • Presidential exchanges of correspondence with heads of government for 1953-1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 72 D 204
        • Exchanges of correspondence between President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Macmillan for 1960-1962.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 76 D 435
        • Exchanges of correspondence between President Kennedy and Chairman Khru-shchev for 1961-1963.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163
        • Correspondence between Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the Chairman of the Soviet Union, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and President of France, 1961-1964.
      • Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
        • Complete chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversation with foreign visitors for 1956-1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
        • Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961-1969, including his memoranda of telephone conversations.
      • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330
        • Memoranda of conversation of the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State, 1961-1964.
      • S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548
        • Files of the Policy Planning Staff for 1961-1964.
      • S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121
        • Files of the Policy Planning Staff for 1961-1964.
      • S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199
        • Files of the Policy Planning Council for 1963-1964.
      • Special Group (CI) Files: Lot 68 D 451
        • Minutes and memoranda of the Special Group, Counterinsurgency, January 1962-December 1963.
      • S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
        • Master file of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 1961-1968, 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, 1947-1963, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • S/S-RD Files: Lot 71 D 171
        • Restricted data file maintained by the Executive Secretariat for 1957-1967.
  • National Archives and Records Administration
    • Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
      • JCS Records
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
      • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2382
        • Decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1961.
      • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 65 A 3501
        • Files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1962.
      • OASD/ISA Files: FRC 69 A 926
        • Files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1963-1964.
      • OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464
        • Subject decimal files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for 1961.
      • OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542
        • Subject decimal files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for 1962.
      • OSD Files: FRC 71 A 3470
        • Files of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara for 1961-1968.
      • OSD/AE Files: FRC 68 A 6453
        • Subject files of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy for 1950-1966.
      • OSD/AE Files: FRC 69 A 2243
        • Subject files of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy for 1961-1969.
    • Record Group 383, Records of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
      • ACDA/CSRC Files: FRC 77 A 59
        • Miscellaneous policy and position papers for 1953-1968.
      • ACDA/D Files: FRC 77 A 23
        • Files of Director William C. Foster for 1959-1966.
      • ACDA/D Files: FRC 77 A 80
        • Files of Director William C. Foster for 1958-1969.
      • ACDA/DD Files: FRC 77 A 17
        • Files of Deputy Director Adrian S. Fisher for 1961-1969.
      • ACDA/EX/C&R Files: FRC 77 A 8
        • Subject files for 1962-1963.
      • ACDA/EX/RIC/R Files: FRC 77 A 10
        • Subject files for 1963.
  • Central Intelligence Agency
    • DCI, ER Subject Files
    • DCI Memoranda
    • DCI Memos for Record
    • EA/DCI Chron
    • McCone Files
    • Meetings with President
    • Special Group 5412(1963)
  • National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
    • Taylor Papers
      • Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chief of Staff of the Army, 1955-1959; the President’s Military Representative, 1961-1962; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-1964.
  • John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Ball Papers
    • National Security Files
      • Bethe Report
      • Brubeck Series
      • Countries Series
      • Departments and Agencies Series
      • Kaysen Series
      • Meetings and Memoranda Series
      • Subjects Series
    • President’s Appointment Books
    • President’s Office Files
    • Sorensen Papers
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
    • National Security File
      • National Intelligence Estimates
      • Subject File
      • Vice President’s National Security File
  • Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
    • Harriman Papers
      • Special files of W. Averell Harriman, Public Service, Kennedy and Johnson administrations

Published Sources

  • Government Publications and Documentary Collections
    • U.K. Foreign Office. Documents relating to Disarmament and to the Establishment of the 18-Nation Committee, Miscellaneous No. 12 (1962), Cmnd. 1964 (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, April 1962)
    • ————. Further Documents Relating to the Conference of the 18-Nation Committee on Disarmament (Session March 14, 1962 to June 15, 1962), Miscellaneous No. 22 (1962), Cmnd. 1792 (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, July 1962)
    • ————. Further Documents Relating to the Conference of the 18-Nation Committee on Disarmament (Session July 16, 1962 to September 8, 1962), Miscellaneous No. 32 (1962), Cmnd. 1857 (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, November 1962)
    • U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Documents on Disarmament, 1961, 1962, 1963 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office)
    • U.S. Congress, Senate. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963)
    • ————. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963)
    • ————. Military Aspects and Implications of Nuclear Test Ban Proposals and Related Matters: Hearings Before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964)
    • ————. Investigation of the Preparedness Program: Interim Report by Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Under the Authority of S. Resolution 75, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session, on the Military Implications of the Proposed Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964)
    • U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency. Operation Dominic—1962, DNA-6040F (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983)
    • U.S. Department of Energy. Announced United States Nuclear Tests: June 1945 Through December 1990 (DOE/NV-209 (Rev. 11)
    • U.S. Department of State. American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1961, 1962, 1963 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office)
    • ————. Department of State Bulletin, 1961, 1962, 1963 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office)
    • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, 1962, 1963 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office)
    • ————. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-64 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964)
    • Yearbook of the United Nations, 1962 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1964)
  • Memoirs, Diaries, and Histories by Participants
    • Garthoff, Raymond L. “Banning the Bomb in Outer Space,” International Security, V (Winter 1980/81), pages 25-40
    • Macmillan, Harold. At the End of the Day (London: Macmillan, 1973)
    • Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965)
    • Seaborg, Glenn T. Journal of Glenn T. Seaborg (Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 1989-1992), Pub-625, Volumes 1-7, Appendix (Volume 26), and Press Clippings
    • ————. Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981)
    • Sorensen, Theodore C. Kennedy (New York: Harper & Row, 1965)