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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1961-1963, Volume I Vietnam, 1961 Department of State Washington, DC

List of Sources

A. Unpublished Sources

Department of State

Central Files
Decimal files of the Department of State.

Bundy Files: Lot 85 D 240
Files of William P. Bundy for the 1960's.

Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366
Collection of documentation on official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.

G/PM Files: Lot 64 D 354
Miscellaneous top secret subject files maintained by the Combined Policy Staff of the Office of Politico-Military Affairs for 1954-1961

INR-NIE Files
Files retained by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research containing copies of the National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates including NlE's and SNIE's for 1961.

Johnson Files
Subject files of U. Alexis Johnson for various positions held in the 1960's. Scheduled for transfer to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
Exchanges of correspondence between the President and the heads of foreign governments for 1953-1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.

Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 476
Correspondence of the President with various heads of state, 1961-1966.

Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163
Correspondence of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson with the Chairman of the Soviet Union, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and the President of France, 1961-1964.

Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961-1969, including texts of speeches and public statements, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversations.

S/P Files: Lot 67 D 548
Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for1957-1961

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265
Master set of papers pertaining to National Security Council meetings, including policy papers, position papers, administrative documents, but not minutes of the meetings themselves, for 1961-1966, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.

S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
Master file of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 1961-1968.

S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council documentation, including NSC Records of Action as maintained by the Executive Secretariat for 1947-1963

Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330
Memoranda of the Secretary's and Under Secretary's conversations, 1961-1964.

Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 66 D 193
Files of the interagency Vietnam Working Group, 1960-1962.

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Record Group 46, Records of the U.S. Senate

SFRC Files
Records of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

Record Group 84, Records of Foreign Service Posts of the United States

Saigon Embassy Files: FRC 66 A 335
Classified files pertaining to U.S. Information Agency activities of the Embassy at Saigon, 1959-1961, formerly Lot 65 F 42.

Saigon Embassy Files: FRC 66 A 878
Classified files of the Embassy at Saigon, 1959-1961, formerly Lot 65 F 115.

Saigon Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5159
Top secret files of the Embassy at Saigon, 1955-1963, formerly Lot 66 F 89.

Record Group 306, Records of the International Communication Agency

USIA/TOP Files: FRC 67 A 222
Subject files of the Office of Policy, 1963-1965.

USIA/IAF Files: FRC 68 A 1415
Files of the Office of the Director of the U.S. information Agency, 1961-1962; action copies retained by the Assistant Director for the Far East, 1963-1964.

Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Lansdale Files: FRC 63 A 1803
Subject and country files of Edward G. Lansdale, Deputy Assistant and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations), 1957-1961.

McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470
Files of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968.

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2382
General and country files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for 1961.

OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3078
Miscellaneous files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, their aides, and the Administrative Secretary to the Secretary of Defense, 1953-1963, and personal files of Donald A. Quarles predating his service as Deputy Secretary of Defense (prior to August 15, 1955).

OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542
Records of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and their Special Assistants, 1962.

OSD Files: FRC 71 A 6489
Miscellaneous records of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their assistants, 1951-1966.

OSD Files: FRC 77-131
Miscellaneous records pertaining to Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Berlin, Soviet weapons, and the Republic of China, 1962-1972.

Record Group 333, Records of International Military Agencies

SEATO Registry Microfilm.

Record Group 334, Records of Interservice Agencies

MAAG/Vietnam Files: FRC 64 A 2424
Records of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, 1960-1961.

National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.

Lemnitzer Papers
Papers of General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff of the Army, 1959-1960;

Chairman of the loins Chiefs of Staff 1960-1962

Taylor Papers
Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chief of Staff of the Army, 1955-1959; Military Adviser to the President, 1961-1962; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1962-1964.

Naval Historical Center, U.S. Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.

Anderson Papers
Papers of Admiral George W. Anderson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-1963.

Burke Papers
Papers of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, 1955-1961.

CINCPAC Message Files
Files of the Commander in Chief. Pacific.

United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania

Kraemer Papers

John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts

National Security Files (NSF)

Bromley Smith Series.
Departments and Agencies Series.
Meetings and Memos Series.
Regional Security Series.
Trip and Conference Series.
Vietnam Country Series.
President's Appointment Books
President's Office Files (POF)
Schlesinger Papers
Sorenson Papers

Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas

Rusk Appointment Books

Vice Presidential Security Files

University of Montana, Missoula, Montana

Mansfield Papers

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Bowles Papers

Hoover Institution Archives, Palo Alto, California

Williams Papers
Private Collection of W. Averell Harriman, Washington, D.C.

Harriman Papers

Papers of W. Averell Harriman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. 1962

Private Collection of Eugene A. Staley, Palo Alto, California

Staley Papers

B. Published Sources
(with short titles in parentheses)

Memoirs, Diaries, and Reminiscences

Ball, George, The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. (Ball, Past Has Another Pattern)

Galbraith, John Kenneth, Ambassador's Journal: A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1969. (Galbraith, Ambassador's Journal)

_____A Life in Our Times: Memoirs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981.

(Galbraith, Life in Our Times)

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. (Schlesinger, Thousand Days)

Sorensen, Theodore C., Kennedy. New York: Bantam Books, 1966. (Sorensen, Kennedy)

Taylor, Maxwell D., Swords and Plowshares. New York: W. W. Norton, 1972. (Taylor, Swords and Plowshares)

Documentary Collections and Periodicals

The Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog. 1975. Washington: Carrollton Press, Inc., date. (Declassified Documents, 1975)

The Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of United States Decision-making on Vietnam [The Senator Gravel Editon], 4 vols. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971. (Pentagon Papers: Gravel Edition)

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F Kennedy, 1961. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1962.

U.S. Department of Defense, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967 [The Pentagon Papers], 12 vols. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. (United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967)

U.S. Department of State, Department of State Bulletin, January 1961-December 1963.

_____American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1950-1955, 2 vols. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1957. (AFP: Basic Documents)

_____American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1961. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. (AFP: Current Documents, 1961)

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