Office of the Historian

List of Sources

  • Department of State
    • Decimal and Subject-Numeric Indexed Central Files: One of the principal sources of documentation for this volume was the indexed central files of the Department of State. Many of the documents were selected from the following files:
      • 375: NATO
      • 375.800: West European regional questions
      • 396.1: International conferences
      • 611.41: U.S.-U.K. relations
      • 611.42: U.S.-Canadian relations
      • 611.51: U.S.-French relations
      • 611.53: U.S.-Portuguese relations
      • 611.65: U.S.-Italian relations
    • In February 1963 the Department of State changed to a subject-numeric system. Under this system, the most significant files for West Europe and Canada are:
      • DEF (MLF): U.S. policy toward the Multilateral Force
      • DEF NATO: U.S. policy toward NATO
      • ECIN EEC: U.S. policy toward the Common Market
      • NATO: NATO meetings and organizational questions
      • POL 7 US/Merchant: trips of Ambassador Merchant
      • POL W EUR: Political developments in Western Europe
    • Lot Files: Documents from the centralized files have been supplemented by materials from decentralized office files, the lot files of the Department of State. A list of the major lot files used or consulted for this volume follows:
      • Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366
        • Collection of documentation on official visitis by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences by the Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State for 1961 maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110
        • Collection of documentation on official visitis by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences by the Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State for 1961–1964 maintained by the Executive Secretariat. This lot includes records of the President’s trips to Europe in 1961 and 1963.
      • G/PM Files: Lot 69 D 258
        • Papers and documents of the Office of Political-Military Affairs for 1961–1963.
      • Italian Desk Files: Lot 68 D 436
        • Papers and documents of the Italian Desk of the Bureau of European Affairs for 1961–1963.
      • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
        • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1957–1961.
      • PPS Files: Lot 69 D 121
        • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for 1962.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
        • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and the Secretary of State with the heads of government and foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and certain other countries for 1953–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 476
        • Correspondence of the Presidents with various heads of state for 1961–1966.
      • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163
        • Correspondence of the Presidents with the Chairman of the Soviet Union and other high officials of the two countries for 1961–1969.
      • Presidential Memoranda of Conversations: Lot 66 D 149
        • Memoranda of the President’s conversations for 1956–1964.
      • Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
        • Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk including texts of speeches and public statements, miscellaneous correspondence, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversation for 1961–1969.
      • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330
        • Memoranda of the Secretary’s and Under Secretary of State’s conversations for 1961–1964.
      • S/S–NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265
        • Master set of papers pertaining to National Security Council meetings including policy papers, position papers, and administrative documents, but not the minutes of the meetings themselves, for 1961–1966, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
      • S/S–NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
        • Master files of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs) for 1961–1968.
      • S/S–S Files: Lot 66 D 219
        • Miscellaneous records of the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State for 1961–1963.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
      • McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470
        • Files of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara for 1961–1968.
  • National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
    • Lemnitzer Papers
      • Papers of General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff of the Army, 1959–1960; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1960–1962.
    • Taylor Papers
      • Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, Military Adviser to the President, 1961–1962; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962–1964.
  • John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts
    • National Security Files
    • President’s Office Files
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
    • National Security File
    • Rusk Appointment Books
    • Vice Presidential Security File
  • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Bowles papers