Office of the Historian

Sources

Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    • Central Files. See National Archives and Records Administration below.
    • Lot Files.
      • INR/IL Historical Files:
      • Files of the Office of Intelligence Coordination, including records of the 303 Committee, from the 1950s through the 1970s, maintained by the Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State.
  • National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland
  • Record Group 59, Department of State Records
  • Subject—Numeric Central Files. The subject—numeric system is divided into broad categories: Administration, Consular, Culture and Information, Economic, Political and Defense, Science, and Social. Within each of these divisions are subject subcategories. For example, Political and Defense contains four subtopics: POL (Politics), DEF (Defense), CSM (Communism) and INT (Intelligence). Numerical subdivisions further define the subtopics. The following are the principal files consulted for this volume:
    • AID IRAN: general aid policy, Iran
    • DEF 1 IRAN: defense plans and policy, Iran
    • DEF 6 IRAN: armed forces, Iran
    • DEF 6–3 IRAN: air force, Iran
    • DEF 12–5 IRAN: procurement and sale of armaments, Iran
    • DEF 4 IRAQ-USSR: collective defense pacts and alliances, Iraq-U.S.S.R.
    • DEF 15 IRAQ-USSR: bases and installations, Iraq-U.S.S.R.
    • DEF 1 NEAR EAST: defense plans and policy, Near East
    • DEF PERSIAN GULF: defense affairs, Persian Gulf
    • DEF US-IRAN: military assistance, U.S.-Iran
    • DEF 19–8 US-IRAN: defense equipment and supplies, U.S.-Iran
    • DEF 19–9 US-IRAN: advisory and training assistance, U.S.-Iran
    • DEF US-NEAR E: defense affairs, U.S.-Near East
    • DEF USSR-IRAQ: defense affairs, U.S.S.R.-Iraq
    • E 5 IRAN: economic development, Iran
    • FN IRAN: finance, Iran
    • INCO DRUGS: industries and commodities, drugs
    • ORG 7 U: organization and administration, Under Secretary’s visits
    • PET 6 IRAN: petroleum companies, Iran
    • PET 17 IRAN-US: trade, Iran-U.S.
    • PET 6 IRAQ: petroleum companies, Iraq
    • PET 15–2 IRAQ: nationalization and expropriation, Iraq
    • PET NEAR EAST: petroleum affairs, Near East
    • PET 3 OPEC: petroleum organizations and conferences, OPEC
    • POL ARAB-IRAN: political affairs and relations, Arabs-Iran
    • POL 27 ARAB-ISR: military operations, Arab-Israel
    • POL IRAN: political affairs and relations, Iran
    • POL 7 IRAN: visits and meetings, Iran
    • POL 13–2 IRAN: students and youth groups, Iran
    • POL 15 IRAN: Iranian government
    • POL 15–1 IRAN: Head of State, Iran
    • POL 23 IRAN: incidents and disputes, Iran
    • POL 23–8 IRAN: demonstrations, riots, and protests, Iran
    • POL 23–9 IRAN: rebellions and coups, Iran
    • POL IRAN-IRAQ: political affairs and relations, Iran-Iraq
    • POL 33 IRAN-IRAQ: waters, boundaries, Iran-Iraq
    • POL 17 IRAN-US: diplomatic and consular representation, Iranian leaders in U.S.
    • POL 17–5 IRAN-US: arrival and departure, Iranian leaders in
    • U.S. POL IRAQ: political affairs and relations, Iraq
    • POL 2 IRAQ: general reports and statistics, Iraq
    • POL 7 IRAQ: visits and meetings with Iraqi leaders
    • POL 12 IRAQ: political parties, Iraq
    • POL 13–3 IRAQ: ethnic and national minorities, Iraq
    • POL 14 IRAQ: elections, Iraq
    • POL 15–1 IRAQ: Head of State, Iraq
    • POL 23–9 IRAQ: rebellions and coups, Iraq
    • POL 29 IRAQ: arrests and detentions, Iraq
    • POL IRAQ-NEAR E: political affairs and relations, Iraq-Near East
    • POL IRAQ-US: political affairs and relations, Iraq-U.S.
    • POL 1 IRAQ-US: general policy, Iraq-US
    • POL IRAQ-USSR: political affairs and relations, Iraq-U.S.S.R.
    • POL NEAR EAST: political affairs and relations, Near East
    • POL 2 NEAR EAST: general reports and statistics, Near East
    • POL NEAR E USSR: political affairs and relations, Near East-U.S.S.R.
    • POL PERSIAN GULF: political affairs and relations, Persian Gulf
    • POL 33 PERSIAN GULF: waters and boundaries, Persian Gulf
    • POL 33–3 PERSIAN GULF: international canals, Persian Gulf
    • POL 7 UK: visits, meetings with British leaders
    • POL UK–US: political affairs and relations, U.K.–U.S.
    • POL 7 US/CONNALLY: visits and meetings of John B. Connally
    • POL US-IRAN: political affairs and relations, U.S.-Iran
    • POL US-IRAN/IRAQ: political affairs and relations, US-Iran/Iraq
    • POL 17 US-IRAQ: diplomatic and consular representation, U.S. in Iraq
    • POL 7 US/KISSINGER: visits and meetings of Henry A. Kissinger
    • POL 7 US/Nixon: visits and meetings of Richard M. Nixon
    • SOC 11–5 ECOSOC: traffic in narcotics, United Nations Economic and Social Council
    • SOC IRAN: social conditions, Iran
    • SOC 11–5 IRAN: traffic in narcotics, Iran
    • SOC IRAN/IRAQ: social conditions, Iran/Iraq
    • SOC 14 IRAQ: human rights, Iraq
  • Lot Files
    • NEA/ARN Files: Lot 72D4
    • Records relating to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, 1968–1972, maintained by the Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
    • NEA/ARN: Lot 75D16
    • Records Relating to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, 1968–1972, maintained by the Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
    • NEA/ARN: Lot 75D442
    • Records Relating to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, 1968–1972, maintained by the Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
    • NEA/IRN Files: Lot 75D351
    • Iran Subject Files for 1965–1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
    • NEA/IRN Files: Lot File 75D365
    • Iran Subject Files for 1965–1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
    • NEA/IRN Files: Lot 75D410
    • Iran Subject Files for 1965–1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
    • NEA/IRN Files: Lot 76D470
    • Iran Subject Files for 1965–1975, maintained by the Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
  • Nixon Presidential Materials
    • National Security File
      • Country File
        • Iran
        • Iraq
      • Alexander Haig Chronological File
      • Harold Saunders Files—Middle East Negotiations
      • Henry Kissinger Office Files
        • Middle East
        • Iran
        • Kurds
      • NSC Secretariat
      • Presidential Correspondence
        • Iran
        • Shah of Iran
      • Presidential/Henry Kissinger Memorandums of Conversation
      • President’s Daily Briefings
      • President’s Trip Files
        • 1972 Summit Briefing Material
      • Subject Files
        • National Security Study Memoranda
        • National Security Briefing Memoranda
      • VIP Visits
    • National Security Council Institutional Files (H-Files)
      • Senior Review Group Minutes
      • National Security Council Meeting Minutes
      • National Security Study Memorandums
      • National Security Decision Memorandums
      • National Security Decision Memorandums Policy Papers
    • White House Central Files
      • Country Files
    • White House Special Files
      • Annotated News Summaries
      • President’s Office Files
      • President’s Personal Files
    • White House Tape Recordings
  • Central Intelligence Agency
    • Files of the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Richard M. Helms, (1966–1973)
      • Executive Registry Files, Job 80–B01086A
      • Executive Registry Files, Job 80–B01285A
    • National Intelligence Council Files, Job 79–R01012A
    • Office of Current Intelligence Files, Job 79–T00832A
    • Office of Research and Reports Files (Office of Transnational Issues), Job 79–T00935A
    • Office of Research and Reports Files, Job 80–T01315A
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
    • Records of the Secretary of Defense
      • OSD Files: FRC 330–75–0089
      • Secret Subject Decimal Files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1969
      • OSD Files: FRC 330–76–0067
      • Subject Decimal Files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1970
    • Records of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
      • OASD Files: (C) (A), FRC 330–77–0094
      • Subject Decimal Files of the Secretary of Defense, 1972
    • Records of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
      • DASD/ISA Files: FRC 330–73A1975 Secret Files of the Office of International Security Affairs, 1970
      • DASD/ISA Files: FRC 330–74–0083
      • Secret Subject Decimal Files of the Office of International Security Affairs, 1971
      • DASD/ISA Files: FRC 330–75–0125
      • Secret Subject Decimal Files of the Office of International Security Affairs, 1972
  • Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC
    • Kissinger Papers
      • Iran
      • National Security Memoranda
    • Kissinger Telephone Conversations
      • Iran
      • Iraq

Published Sources

  • U.S. Government Documentary Collections
  • U.S. Department of State. Department of State Bulletin, 1969–1972. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969–1972.
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973).
  • U.S. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)
  • Memoirs
  • Kissinger, Henry A. Years of Renewal (New York: Simon &Schuster, 1999)
  • Nixon, Richard M. RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978)