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Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume V, Vietnam 1967 Released by the Office of the Historian
Sources Sources for the Foreign Relations Series The Foreign Relations statute requires that the published record in the Foreign Relations series include all records needed to provide comprehensive documentation on major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant U.S. diplomatic activity. It further requires that government agencies, departments, and other entities of the U.S. Government engaged in foreign policy formulation, execution, or support cooperate with the Department of State Historian by providing full and complete access to records pertinent to foreign policy decisions and actions and by providing copies of selected records. Most of the documents consulted in the preparation of this volume have been declassified and are available for review at the National Archives and Records Administration or the Johnson Presidential Library. The editors of the Foreign Relations series have complete access to all the retired records and papers of the Department of State: the central files of the Department; the special decentralized files ("lot files") of the Department at the bureau, office, and division levels; the files of the Department's Executive Secretariat, which contain the records of international conferences and high-level official visits, correspondence with foreign leaders by the President and Secretary of State, and memoranda of conversations between the President and Secretary of State and foreign officials; and the files of overseas diplomatic posts. All the Department's indexed central files for these years have been permanently transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration at College Park, Maryland (Archives II). Almost all of the Department's decentralized office (or lot) files covering this period, which the National Archives deems worthy of permanent retention, have been transferred from the Department's custody to Archives II. The editors of the Foreign Relations series also have full access to the papers of President Johnson and other White House foreign policy records. Presidential papers maintained and preserved at the Presidential libraries include some of the most significant foreign affairs-related documentation from the Department of State and other Federal agencies including the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The editor of this volume also had access to the records of the Department of Defense, key records at the Central Intelligence Agency, the intelligence records at the National Security Council, and the official records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sources for Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume V In preparing this volume, the editor made extensive use of presidential papers and other White House records at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. The extensive Vietnam Country File within the National Security File represents the single most used collection. Among the other component parts of the National Security File, the Intelligence File provides information on U.S. interest and role in elections, and the Files of Walt Rostow are generally valuable for all topics related to Presidential interest and decisions. Memos to the President, Meeting Notes File, and National Security Council Meetings File all provided records of key decisions. A crucial file at the Johnson Library, outside of the National Security File, is the Tom Johnson Notes of Meetings, which provided invaluable records of key meetings that took place after July 1967. Other Johnson Library collections less cited but still with significant documents were the Paul C. Warnke Papers/John McNaughton Files and the Westmoreland Papers. The transcripts of President Johnson's recorded telephone conversations prepared by the editor add important depth to the record and constitute material never before released. Second in importance only to the White House records at the Johnson Library were the central files of the Department of State. Those relating to the various peace initiatives, POL 27-14 VIET/SUNFLOWER, POL 27-14 VIET/PENNSYLVANIA, and POL 27-7 VIET/BUTTERCUP, were of great value. Files relating to the elections in South Vietnam for President and then for the National Assembly are in POL 14 VIET S. Basic reporting and recommendations on important developments in South Vietnam were often put in POL 27 VIET S, the file reserved for military operations but used as a catchall. POL 15 VIET S and POL 15-1 VIET S contains important material on relations with President Thieu. Of the Department of State lot files, most of which are now at the National Archives, the files of Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy, Lot 85 D 240 and the Files of Ambassador at Large Averell Harriman, Lot 71 D 461, were the most useful. Of the records of the Department of Defense, which are at the Washington National Records Center, the McNamara/OSD Files, FRC 330 71 A 3470, 330 72 A 0075, and 330 77 A 2468, were most useful. In addition, the records of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam at the Institute for Military History and the Westmoreland Papers at the U.S. Army Center for Military History were important. Harriman's papers at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division were the most useful private collection. For intelligence issues, DCI (Helms) Files and the Files of DCI's Special Assistant for Vietnam, George Carver, at the Central Intelligence Agency, were important. The National Security Council's Intelligence Files provided invaluable records and papers submitted to the 303 Committee. Almost all of this documentation has been made available for use in the Foreign Relations series thanks to the consent of the agencies mentioned, the assistance of their staffs, and especially the cooperation and support of the National Archives and Records Administration. The following list identifies the particular files and collections consulted in the preparation of this volume. The declassification and transfer to the National Archives of the Department of State records is in process, and many of those records are already available for public review at the National Archives. The declassification review of other records is going forward in accordance with the provisions of Executive Orders 12958 and 13142, under which all records over 25 years old, except file series exemptions requested by agencies and approved by the President, should be reviewed for declassification by 2003. Unpublished Sources Department of State Subject-Numeric Central Files. See National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 59, below. Lot Files. These files may be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration at College Park, Maryland, Record Group 59. INR/IL Historical Files INR/REA Files: Lot 90 D 99 INR/REA/SA Files: Lot 75 D 352 INR/REA/SA Files: Lot 75 D 378 INR/RSB Files: Lot 90 D 320 National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State Subject-Numeric Indexed Central Files. The Department of State's 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 were the most important files consulted for this volume: AID (US) VIET S, U.S. aid to South Vietnam Lot Files. The Department of State Lot Files are the special decentralized files at the bureau, office, and division levels; the Executive Secretariat files, and the files of overseas diplomatic posts. Bundy Files: Lot 85 D 240 Bunker Files: Lot 74 D 417 Bunker Files: Lot 77 D 146 DS/IM Files: Lot 92 D 306 EA Files: Lot 71 D 10 EA Files: Lot 72 D 33 EA Files: Lot 74 D 246 EA/ACA Files: Lot 69 D 412 EA/ACA Files: Lot 69 D 128 EA/ACA Files: Lot 69 D 111 EA/ACA Files: Lot 69 D 277 EA/VN Files: Lot 69 D 74 EA/VN Files: Lot 71 D 31 EA/VN Files: Lot 71 D 87 EA/VN Files: Lot 71 D 88 EA/VN Files: Lot 72 D 207 EA/VN Files: Lot 72 D 219 EA/VN Files: Lot 73 D 141 EA/VN Files: Lot 73 D 461 EA/VN Files: Lot 74 D 51 EA/VN Files: Lot 75 D 167 EA/VN Files: Lot 75 D 303 HARVAN Files: Lot 93 D 82 Katzenbach Files: Lot 74 D 271 Kohler Files: Lot 71 D 460 Komer Files: Lot 69 D 303 Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192 S-AH Files: Lot 71 D 461 S-AH Files: Lot 84 D 161 S/S-Executive Secretariat Files: Lot 70 D 48 S/S-I Files: Lot 72 D 316 S/S-I Files: Lot 72 D 318 S/S-S Files: Lot 67 D 586 S/S-S Files: Lot 68 D 475 S/S-S Files: Lot 70 D 207 S/S-S Files: Lot 68 D 453 S/S-S Files: Lot 70 D 48 S/S-S Administrative History and Transition Books: Lot 69 D 217 Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Saigon Embassy Files Files of Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, 1967-1973 Record Group 200, Records of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara Record Group 273, Records of the National Security Council National Security Action Memorandums Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson National Security File Agency File Office Files of the White House Aides George Christian Files Special Files Meeting Notes File White House Central Files Confidential File Other Personal Papers Clark Clifford Papers George Elsey Papers Morton Halperin Papers Tom Johnson's Notes of Meetings William Jorden Papers Dean Rusk Papers, Personal Appointment Books Paul C. Warnke Papers, John McNaughton Files William C. Westmoreland Papers Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia Colby Files, Job 80-M01009A DCI (Helms) Files, Jobs 80-R1580R, 80-B01721R, 80-R01720R, 80-M01044A, 80-B01285A DDI Files, Job 80-B01721R DDO/ISS Files, Jobs 78-32, 78-06425A, 78-0064235A Executive Registry Subject Files, Jobs 80-R51580R, 80-R01284A SAVA (Carver) Files, Jobs 80-R01284R, 80-R012850R, 80-R01720R Department of Defense Official Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Southeast Asia Files, 1966-1968 National Security Council Intelligence Files Records of the 303 Committee Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470 OSD Files: FRC 71 A 4546, 72 A 2467, 72 A 2468 OSD/General Counsel Files: FRC 75 A 0062 OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 71 A 4919 McNamara Vietnam Files: FRC 77-0075 Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. W. Averell Harriman Papers National Defense University, Washington, D.C. Andrew Goodpaster Papers Lyman Lemnitzer Papers Maxwell Taylor Papers U.S. Army Center for Military History, Washington, D.C. Creighton Abrams Papers William Colby Papers DepCORDS/MACV Files Robert Komer Papers Thomas Thayer Papers U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania Army Chiefs of Staff Collection Creighton Abrams Papers William DePuy Papers Richard Gard Papers Harold K. Johnson Papers Bruce Palmer Papers John Paul Vann Papers William C. Westmoreland Papers Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Headquarters Files Douglas Pike Collection Published Sources Documentary Collections The Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog and microfiche. Woodbridge, CT, 1975 onwards. Herring, George, ed., The Secret Diplomacy of the Vietnam War: The Negotiating Volumes of the Pentagon Papers. Austin, Texas, 1983. Pike, Douglas, ed., The Bunker Papers: Reports to the President From Vietnam, 1967-1973. 3 vols. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1990. 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