historical materials in the dwight d eisenhower · box 8 reading file, may 6, 1960 - sept. 6, 1960...

INTRODUCTION

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library is well known for its holdings relating to military history in

general and the history of World War II in particular because of Eisenhower’s prominent role as Supreme

Commander of Allied Forces in Europe. The early history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is also

documented in the Library’s holdings thanks in part to General Eisenhower’s retention in his papers

documentation relating to his role as the first Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) in 1951-52

when he played a significant role in planning the defense of Western Europe. In fact, Eisenhower was

primarily involved with European defense matters during the first two years of the Korean War.

Eisenhower’s connection with the Korean War is generally associated with the achievement of an armistice

during the seventh month of his presidency. This last phase of the Korean War is, indeed, documented in

depth at the Eisenhower Library. What may not be well known is that the Eisenhower Library holds

important collections that document the early phases of the War and even to a limited extent, its

background. More than 60 collections (over 10% of the Library’s holdings) contain information about the

Korean War, its background or immediate aftermath. Another 30 collections include material regarding

post-1954 U.S.-Korean relations with many collections documenting both the war and the years afterwards.

This guide is intended to facilitate research in the Eisenhower Library’s holdings on the Korean War

and on United States-Korean relations in general. Consequently, the guide includes information on Korea

dated as early as World War II and as recent as 1969. The bulk of the documentation falls into two periods

however: the Korean War and immediate aftermath (1950 through 1954) and post Korean War - 1954-

1960. Collections with material falling exclusively after 1954 have been so designated in the guide with

the notation: Post-1954 material only.

Collections listed herein are fully processed and available for research unless indicated otherwise.

Some documents relating to the Korean War and to U.S.- Korean relations afterwards are still security-

classified and will be unavailable for research until they can be declassified. Notations indicating that

portions of a given collection are security-classified are normally included with each collection entry.

Documents withdrawn from processed collections because of security-classification are listed on

withdrawal sheets that can be used by researchers to identify and request specific documents for

declassification review in accordance with the mandatory review provisions of Executive Order 12958.

Most information still classified concerning the Korean War or Korea relates either to intelligence or to

military defense and weapons systems.

This guide is intended to supplement but not replace the finding aids currently available for the

Library’s many collections. Because of the widely scattered nature of documentation, however, it should

not be considered absolutely definitive and pertinent materials may be found in locations not listed on the

guide. Researchers should still use finding aids in addition to this guide as they may well find headings not

included in the guide. Information on Korea can be found both in logical locations (i.e. file folders

entitled "Korea" or "Korean War") and in less clearly identified places such as, for example, within

chronologically arranged file series or under broad headings such as "Asia", "Far East" or "Military

Assistance".

While the Library holds rich documentation on the Korean War including materials many might not

expect to find here, its holdings do have limitations. For example, Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential files

contain little on casualty reporting; consequently accurate information on casualties must be sought

elsewhere. No records were apparently kept for many meetings held in the White House in 1953 and on

President-elect Eisenhower’s trip to Korea in December 1952. The Library holds no records of daily

intelligence briefings given the President during this period. The Military Liaison Officer during this

period, Paul T. Carroll, who undoubtedly dealt with many Korean War related matters, left little in the way

of records. Please also remember, these files record the United States Government’s actions and policies

but one must look elsewhere for documentation on the intentions and plans of the leaders of the North

Korean, Chinese and Soviet governments. (As an example, one can find in the Library a paper

trail documenting Dwight Eisenhower’s actions and thoughts regarding the achievement of the Korean

armistice. What is not shown here is what the North Korean, Chinese and Soviet leaders actually thought

about Eisenhower’s actions. Thus the picture is one-sided.) In spite of these limitations, the Library’s

holdings contain much documentation to support research on the Korean War and on U.S.-Korean

relations. It is hoped that this guide can help users find their way through the millions of pages of

documents as they search for nuggets of information.

For further information about information relating to the Korean War, U.S.-Korean relations or other

topics, please contact the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library staff. The address is:

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

200 S.E. 4th

Abilene, KS 67410-2900

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HISTORICAL MATERIALS IN THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY

RELATING TO THE KOREAN WAR AND TO UNITED STATES-KOREAN RELATIONS

AURAND, EVAN P.: Naval Aide to the President 1957-61; Commander, various antisubmarine warfare

forces, 1962-72. Papers. (Post-1954 material on Korea) (Portions may still be security-classified)

A. Naval Aide to the President Series, 1957-61 Box 8 Reading File, May 6, 1960 - Sept. 6, 1960 - Far East trip

Box 16 Far East Trip File 1960 B. Later Military Career Series, 1961-72

Box 8 Hagerty, Correspondence, 1962, 1969 - Pueblo Court of Inquiry

Box 12 Eisenhower File, 1961 to 1976 (1)-(5) - Korean Navy

Box 15 Sea of Japan Exercise, USN/ROKN, December 1965 - combined U.S.-South Korean

anti-submarine warfare exercise

AURAND, HENRY S.: Papers, 1873-1967. Lt. General Henry Aurand, a member of the graduating class

of 1915 at the United States Military Academy, along with General Eisenhower, specialized in military

logistics but held many different assignments. From 1949 to 1952 General Aurand was Commanding

General, United States Army, Pacific (USARPAC). Boxes 43 to 55 contain correspondence, minutes of

staff conferences, memoranda re an Army Commanders Conference in December 1950 and other materials

relating to the Korean War and its impact on his command. Of particular note here is Aurand’s

correspondence with such individuals as Carter Clarke, J. Lawton Collins, and David Wainhouse and

remarks by Karl Bendetsen at an Army Commanders’ Conference. Users should check most folders in

these boxes and particularly the following:

Box 43 General Correspondence 1950 A-E - includes correspondence between Aurand and Carter

Clarke re Korean War and racial integration of armed forces

Box 44 General Correspondence 1950 S-Z - correspondence between Aurand and David Wainhouse

regarding military and diplomatic aspects of Korean War

Box 45 General Correspondence T-Z - 1951 - includes Maxwell Taylor’s notes from Far East trip re

ROK, Japan, use of Negro troops, effects of rotation in Far East Command, equipment and

manpower; also correspondence between Aurand and David Wainhouse

Box 46 Official Correspondence, Office of the Chief of Staff - 1950 Aurand correspondence with

Matthew Ridgway re personal plans and war production; correspondence with Collins re

Regimental Combat Team, strength in USARPAC, shipments of personnel, return of troops

from Korea and Collins letter to Henry Luce re troops, replacements, equipments, and

weapons

Box 49 Subject File: Korea-Memos, June 1950 - re-briefing of USARPAC by Admiral Radford on

President Truman’s directive

Box 54 Subject File: Washington Trip (Army Commanders Conference) December 1950 - includes

remarks by Assistant Secretary of the Army Karl Bendetsen on the Korean War

Box 55 Subject File: Visit of President Truman, October 13-16, 1950 - re President’s meeting with

Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island

BEACH, EDWARD L.: Papers, 1935-1962. Edward L. Beach was a naval officer who served as Naval

Aide to the President from 1953-57 and later was Commanding Officer of the nuclear submarine USS

Triton. From 1949 to 1951 Beach was Naval Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and was

Commanding Officer of the USS Trigger II from 1951-1953.

Box 27 Pusan Reports - Series of informal reports on U.S. naval personnel social life in Korea but

also comments on political and social conditions in South Korea from November 1953 to

March 1954

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BEACH, EDWARD L. and EVAN P. AURAND: Naval Aides to the President: Records, 1953-61.

(Post-1954 material on Korea)

Box 8 President Eisenhower's Far East Cruise, June 1960 - Korea (1)-(7) - ceremonies, list of call

signs and code words, Korean response to Eisenhower proposed visit, Korean-Japanese

relations

BENEDICT, STEPHEN: Papers, 1951-1960. Stephen Benedict was research director of Citizens for

Eisenhower, 1951-1953, and kept in his papers drafts of Presidential campaign speeches plus

correspondence relating to the 1952 Presidential Campaign. Boxes 1-7 contain texts of campaign speeches,

many with references to the Korean War.

Box 1 9-15-51 Fort Wayne, Indiana - Korea

Box 1 9-15-52 Indiana Harbor, Indiana - Korea

Box 1 9-15-52 Joliet, Illinois - Korea

Box 1 9-15-52 Aurora, Illinois - Korea

Box 1 9-15-52 Ottawa, Illinois - Korea

Box 1 9-16-52 Owatonna, Minnesota - Korean War

Box 2 9-18-52 Davenport, Iowa - Korea

Box 2 9-18-52 Newton, Iowa - Korea

Box 2 9-22-52 Evansville, Indiana - Korea

Box 2 9-22-52 Louisville, Kentucky - need for South Koreans to defend themselves

Box 3 9-22-52 Cincinnati, Ohio (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 3 9-25-52 Frederick, Maryland - pay for soldiers; rotation and tours of duty for soldiers

Box 3 9-26-52 Richmond, Virginia - Korean War

Box 3 10-1-52 Flint, Michigan - Korean War

Box 4 10-2-52 Pekin, Illinois - Korea

Box 4 10-2-52 Peoria, Illinois - Korean War

Box 4 10-8-52 San Francisco, California (1)(2) - Korea

Box 5 10-10-52 Phoenix, Arizona - Korea

Box 5 10-13-52 Cheyenne, Wyoming - Korea

Box 6 10-14-52 San Antonio, Texas (1)(2) - Korea

Box 6 10-21-52 Location Unknown - "Seven Blunders...removal of U.S. troops from Korea

1949"

Box 7 10-23-52 Oneida, New York - Korea

Box 7 10-24-52 Detroit - This is the text of General Eisenhower’s speech in which he pledged to

go to Korea if elected

Box 7 10-27-52 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Korea

Box 7 10-27-52 Altoona, Pennsylvania - Korea

Box 7 10-29-52 Bronx, New York City - Korea

Box 7 10-30-52 Madison Square Garden, New York City - Korea

Box 7 10-31-52 Chicago, Illinois - Korea

Box 8 Notes on Speech Writing Session, 8-29-52 - peace

Box 8 Speech Suggestions (Mostly non-Staff) (1)-(3) - Korean War

Box 9 Taft Campaign-Material Collected by Research Division, Citizens For Eisenhower 1952 (1)-

(4) - Korean War

Box 10 Citizens for Eisenhower, Correspondence and Notes from Advance Men, October 1952 (1)(2)

- Stevenson on Korea; Chinese Communists

Box 14 Women, Notes for Talks to - Korea

BORTMAN, MARK: Papers 1956-67. (Post-1954 material on Korea) Mark Bortman was Chairman of

the Civic Committee of the People-to-People Program and a member of the People-to-People's National

Board of Directors. Documentation in this collection relating to Korea concerns sister-city affiliations

between cities in the United States and cities in South Korea.

Box 50 Korea

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Box 50 Chintu, Korea - Eugene, Oregon

Box 50 Chun Chon, Korea - Jefferson City, Missouri

Box 50 Chung'ju, Korea - Buena Park, California

Box 50 Inchon, Korea - Burbank, California

Box 50 Kang Nung, Korea - Waterloo, Iowa

BROWNELL, HERBERT, JR.: Papers, 1877-1988. Herbert Brownell is best known as Attorney

General under President Eisenhower from 1953 to 1957. He also was an adviser to General Eisenhower

during the 1952 Presidential Campaign.

Box 25 DR (1) - contains 1952 correspondence between John Foster Dulles and Brownell regarding

letter from Harold Stassen on Korea. Dulles commented on Eisenhower’s pledge to go to

Korea and on possible talks with Syngman Rhee. Stassen's letter mentioned President

Truman and POWs

CLARK, EDWIN N.: Papers, 1939-80. General Clark was a personal friend of Eisenhower and a

supporter during Eisenhower’s 1952 campaign for President. In 1952 Clark sent Eisenhower a

memorandum on Pacific policy stating Clark’s views on how the United States should conduct its foreign

policy in that area. Contains comments on Korea.

Box 8 Pacific Policy Memo (1)-(4) - Edwin Clark report to Eisenhower in 1952 regarding U.S.

policy in Far East including statements about Korea

CLARK, MARK W.: Papers, 1918-1966. (Microfilm copies; originals deposited at the Citadel in South

Carolina) Helped plan Operation TORCH and later commanded 5th U.S. Army and 15th Army Group in

World War II. At beginning of Korean War he was commander of U.S. Field Forces in United States.

From 1952-53 he was Commander in Chief, United Nations Command and Commander of the U.S. Far

Eastern Forces.

Microfilm Box 2, Reel 1950-1954 - contains hundreds of frames of documentation pertaining to

Korean War including reports on troop training in Camps McCoy and Ripley in U.S. Correspondence

with many people including Omar Bradley, J. Lawton Collins, Matthew Ridgway, Syngman Rhee and

messages to Kim Il Sung; considerable material on psychological warfare including efforts to induce

enemy pilots to defect with MIG fighters. Chronologies of Korean War developments; notes on

Korean Truce negotiations; report "The Communist War in POWs Camps", information on Koje Island

uprising, messages on Operation Smack, report entitled "Transcript of a conference at Pershing

Heights 8/8/53 re Problem of Narcotics and Drug Addiction in U.S. Forces in Far East", memorandum

analyzing effectiveness of Communist military command and memoranda on Korean recovery and the

American-Korean Foundation.

Box 2 Reel, Mark Clark Additional Papers, 1918-1966 also contain materials on Korea and Korean

Armistice

COCHRAN, JACQUELINE: Papers, 1932-75. Jacqueline Cochran was a cosmetics business executive;

a famous aviatrix; Director, Women Pilots, U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-45; and a political supporter of

Dwight Eisenhower.

A. General File Series

Box 27 American War Correspondents Association 1950-1951 - American War Correspondents

Association Bulletins re censorship and Korean War

Box 28 Aviation - Miscellaneous 1951 - booklet "Strategic Position of Air Transport Industry"

Box 244 Korea - re Cochran's visit with Syngman Rhee during stop in Korea on her fall, 1953 trip

to Far East

B. Air Force Series

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Box 6 Minutes of WAF Meeting, January 24, 1951- re training and use of women by armed

forces

C. Trips Series Box 4 Trip to Far East Oct. 1953

Box 11 Trip to Far East 1964

COLLINS, J. LAWTON: Papers, 1896-1975. After distinguishing himself as VII Corps commander

during World War II and earning the nickname "Lightning Joe", Collins became U.S. Army Chief of Staff

in 1949 and served in this post until 1953. His papers constitute a key source of documentation on the

Korean War and include correspondence, messages, memoranda of conferences, and reports pertaining to

many aspects of the war including operations in the summer of 1950, Douglas MacArthur’s plans for

amphibious assault at Inchon, references to possible use of atomic bombs, possibility of evacuation of UN

and ROK forces in early 1951, Matthew Ridgway’s efforts to improve UN Command fighting capability,

relief of Douglas MacArthur from Command, racial integration of armed forces, manpower and rotation

problems, POWs and truce negotiations. Also contain file of press clippings from 1949 to 1953. See

following folders:

Box 17 Clark, Mark W. 1950-1955 (1)(2)

Box 17 Ridgway, Matthew B. 1941, 1950-1953

Boxes 18-21 Press Clippings August 1949 to August 1953

Box 22 Air Support Papers 1951

Box 22 Korea-Air Interdiction Program, 1951-1952

Box 22 Korea File 1950-1953

Box 22 Racial Integration of Armed Forces

Box 23 Korea Trips July 1950-Jan. 1951

Box 23 Round-the World Trip, Oct. 2-Nov. 1951

Box 23 Trip to Far East Command, Jan. 24-31, 1953

Box 23 Trip to Far East Command, June 22-July 2, 1953

Boxes 48-50 War in Peacetime, Drafts including Correspondence

Box 72 Dillon, J.V. (Gen.) "The Genesis of the 1949 Convention Relative to the Treatment of

Prisoners of War", 1950

Box 75 Clippings, testimony of General J. Lawton Collins

Box 75 Clippings, MacArthur, Douglas

COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. 1941-45

Box 3 Terminal (Potsdam Conference July 1945) Contains limited discussion of U.S.-USSR

delineation of respective space for aerial operations in Far East including Korea in 1945

COOK, GILBERT R.: Papers, 1908-59. Major General Gilbert Cook saw service in World War II as a

division commander and Deputy Commander, Third U.S. Army. After World War II he served on a War

Department advisory board and as a consultant on various policies and programs.

Box 3 Correspondence 1950, 1952 - includes letters from Gilbert Cook to Generals Wade Haislip

and J. Lawton Collins in summer of 1950 re U.S. Army ground forces reaction time in Korea

and mobilization needs.

Box 3 Correspondence, 1954-1957 - Korea

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY: Small Manuscript Collections

Box 8 Samuel E. Anderson [copies of 1953 letters from Korean students, mayor of Taejon

Korea, and Citizens of Pusan, some addressed to General Anderson, some to President Eisenhower]

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Box 29 Greg Stephens (23) [Introduction to Korea, 1953]

Greg Stephens (25)-(30) [Korean Survey, 1955-September 1960]

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY MILITARY

RECORDS, 1918-50.

Series I Air University Studies - contain printed studies of air operations in Korea 1950-54

Box 18 Study #71 - U.S. Air Force Operations in the Korean Conflict, 25 June-1 Nov. 1950

(published 1 July 1952 by USAF Historical Division, Department of the Army)

Box 18 Study #72 U.S. Air For Operations in the Korean Conflict, 1 Nov. 1950-30 June 1952

(published July 1955 by USAF Historical Division, Air University)

Box 37 Study #127 U.S. Air Force Operations in the Korean Conflict, 1 July 1952-27 July 1953

(published 1 July 1956 by USAF Historical Division, Research Studies Institute, Air

University)

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY: MUSEUM MANUSCRIPTS TRANSFERRED TO THE

LIBRARY, 1967

A70-33, item #33 - Book of signatures with inscription: "Presented to President Eisenhower by the

Reverend Billy Graham on November 6, 1953." Each name in book is of man converted to

Christianity. Fingerprints were made in blood by each converted individual. These men were North

Korean POWs held by UN Command who refused repatriation back to North Korea. 46 pages. (See

also PPF 1052, Graham, Billy, Box 966, PPF, White House Central Files for correspondence relating

to this book.)

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY: REFERENCE COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS

DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS (Electrostatic Copies). This file, stored in the Library's Research

Room, consists of copies of documents obtained from sources outside of the Library such as the National

Archives, or documents from collections currently unprocessed. The latter category will eventually be

refiled into their parent collections when these are processed. For further information about this file, please

consult the Library's archives staff.

Folder: Planning Board Notes, NSC Notes Series from currently unprocessed series of the Records of

the White House Staff Secretary. 2/17/54 memo re discussion of Syngman Rhee proposal to send

troops to Indochina. 1/8/54 Planning Board discussion of Indo-China includes reference to South

Korea in context of possible U.S. actions in case of enemy attack. October 5, 1953 discussion of

Formosa and policy on Korea. July 30, 1953 discussion reference to continuing South Korean build

up.

Folder: JCS Documents Relating to Outline Plans in Event of Chinese Communist Aggression in Asia

(CS 347-54 and SPSM 11-54, April 17, 1954). Lay out JCS plans in case of Chinese aggression in

Korea and/or Indochina.

DULLES, ELEANOR LANSING: Papers, 1880-1984. Eleanor Lansing Dulles served in the Department

of State for almost 20 years and then taught at Duke University and Georgetown University. Most of her

State Department files pertain to her work on Germany, Austria and European affairs with some materials

on trips to Asia and Latin America. She retained copies of John Foster Dulles speeches and press

conference statements pertaining to Korea and kept a file of newsclippings, chronologies and notes

regarding Korea presumably for classroom teaching use.

Box 42 John Foster Dulles Speeches 1953 - including speech on Korean problems

Box 42 John Foster Dulles Speeches 1954 - including statements re Korea and communist threat in

Asia

Box 43 John Foster Dulles Press Releases 1949-52 - including statements re Korea

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Box 43 John Foster Dulles Press Releases 1953 (1)-(3) - speeches, statements and press conference

remarks re Korea, POWs in Korea, and Americans in Soviet prison camps

Box 43 John Foster Dulles Press Releases 1954 (1)-(4) - Far East problems

Box 65 Notes re Korea, 1950, 1964 (1)-(3) - chronology, newsclippings, lists of headlines and notes

re Korea

DULLES, JOHN FOSTER: Secretary of State, 1953-59. Papers, 1951-1959. The John Foster Dulles

Papers are organized into eleven series. Boxes are numbered by series and must be identified by series as

well as numbers. Several of these series contain documentation relating to the Korean War, armistice

negotiations, questions involving POWs and MIAs, and post hostilities relations between the United States

and the Republic of Korea. Series likely to contain the most pertinent information are listed below. Some

items still security classified as of October 2000.

DULLES, JOHN FOSTER: Secretary of State, 1953-59. Papers, 1951-1959.

A. General Correspondence and Memoranda Series Box 1 Memos of Conversation - General - E through I (2) Dag Hammarskjold re UN and Far

East

Box 1 Memos of Conversation - General - S (1) Field Marshal Montgomery re Japanese-Korean

relations

Box 2 Strictly Confidential - A-B Ellis Briggs

Box 2 Strictly Confidential - C-D (2) Arthur Dean re Korea

Box 3 Strictly Confidential - Q-S (3) Walter Bedell Smith re Korea

Box 4 Miscellaneous Correspondence August 14, 1953-August 22, 1955 - Arthur Dean and

Korean negotiations

B. JFD Chronological Series

Box 1 Chronological-John Foster Dulles December 1952-January 1953 (1)-(4) Korea

Box 3 Chronological-John Foster Dulles May 1-31, 1953 (1)-(3) Korea

Box 3 Chronological-John Foster Dulles June 1, 1953 (1)-(9) China and Korea

Box 4 Chronological-John Foster Dulles July 1953 (1)-(6) Korea

Box 4 Chronological August 1953 (1)-(3) Arthur Dean and Korean political Conference

Box 5 Chronological September 1953 (1)-(4) Communist China and Korea

Box 5 John Foster Dulles Chronological October 1953 (1) (5) India and Korea; genocide

resolution; MIG pilot; Korea

Box 5 John Foster Dulles Chronological November 1953 (1)-(5) Nixon and Korea

Box 6 John Foster Dulles Chronological December 1953 (1)-(5) General Van Fleet and Korea

Box 7 John Foster Dulles Chronological March 1954 (1)-(4) Korea

Box 7 John Foster Dulles Chronological May 1954 (1)-(5) Korea

Box 8 John Foster Dulles Chronological June 1954 (1)-(6) Korea

Box 8 John Foster Dulles Chronological July 1954 (1)-(7) Syngman Rhee

Box 9 John Foster Dulles Chronological August 1954 - Korean currency

Box 10 John Foster Dulles Chronological November 1954 (1)-(6) Korea

Box 10 John Foster Dulles Chronological January 1955 (1)-(6) imprisoned U.S. airmen

Box 12 John Foster Dulles Chronological July 1955 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 12 John Foster Dulles Chronological September 1955 (1)-(3) Japan and Korea

Box 16 John Foster Dulles Chronological April 1958 (1)-(4) Korea

C. JFD-JMA Chronological Series Box 3 Chronological John Foster Dulles January 1952 (1)-(5) General Douglas MacArthur

D. Personnel Series

Box 1 Evaluation of Chiefs of Mission (1)-(3) Ellis Briggs - Korea

Box 1 Name File (Strictly Confidential ) A-B (1) (4) Ellis Briggs

Box 1 Name File Strictly Confidential D-F - Downey and Fecteau - U.S. personnel downed in

China

Box 1 Name File Strictly Confidential L-Ambassador William Lacy, Syngman Rhee and Korea

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Box 2 Subject File Strictly Confidential Chiefs of Mission Discussion - selection of

Ambassador to Korea

Box 3 Subject File C - urgent problems for ambassadorships including Korea

Box 5 Bre-But (1)(2) Ellis Briggs - background

Box 7 Lab-Law (1)(2) - William Lacy and Korea

Box 12 Chronological File August 1953 (1)-(3) UN Ad Hoc Commission on Prisoners of War

Box 12 Chronological File November-December 1953 (1) (4) - William Lacy and Korea

Box 13 Chronological File December 1954 (1)-(4) Ellis Briggs and Syngman Rhee

E. Gerard C. Smith Series Box 1 Material From Gerard C. Smith’s Files 1957 (1)-(3) - East Germany and choice given

27,000 communist soldiers at end of Korean War between communism and Free World

Box 1 Material From Gerard C. Smith’s Files 1958 (1)-(7) - Far East Chiefs of Mission meeting

including Korea

F. Special Assistants Chronological Series

Box 1 Chronological O'Connor & Hanes February 20-27, 1953 (1)-(4) - General Bradley’s

speech on Korea

Box 2 Chronological O'Connor and Hanes March 2-18, 1953 (1)-(7) - Korea and Japan;

economic advisor to Syngman Rhee

Box 2 Chronological O'Connor and Hanes March 19-31, 1953 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 2 Chronological- O'Connor and Hanes April 1-31, 1953 (1)-(8) - Korean prisoners of war

Box 3 Chronological O'Connor and Hanes June 1-30, 1953 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 4 O'Connor-Hanes Chronological October 1953 (1)-(4) - Korea and repatriation of

prisoners

Box 5 O'Connor-Hanes Chronological June 1954 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 6 O'Connor-Hanes Chronological July 1954 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 7 O'Connor-Hanes Chronological December 1954 (1)-(5) - Krishna Menon re Communist

China and Prisoners of War

Box 7 O'Connor-Hanes Chronological January 1955 (1)-(4) - Americans imprisoned in Red

China

Box 12 Greene-Peacock Chronological January 1958 (1)-(3) - Communist China and American

prisoners

G. Subject Series Box 8 Classified Material [please note: despite title, most of the material is now declassified]

Selwyn Lloyd re Korea UN and Korea

Box 8 U.S.S. Helena notes

Box 8 Korea - General Douglas MacArthur’s plan to end Korean War; Dulles memos to DDE,

Confidential Memos and Letters (1)-(3) - Lew Douglas re prisoners of war. Australia and

Douglas MacArthur

Box 10 Korea Armistice Matters - Mar.-Dec. 1953 (1)-(7)

Box 10 Phone Conversation re Korea July-October 1953

Box 10 Korea Polit Conf Geneva 1954 Jan.-July (1)-(4)

Box 11 Wang-Johnson Talks, Prisoners of War 1955 (1)-(6)

H. Telephone Conversations Series

Box 1 Telephone Memoranda (excepting to or From White House) January 1953-April 1953

(1)-(4) exchange of POWs in Korea; Korea; Walter Judd re Far Eastern and Asian policy;

psychological warfare

Box 1 Telephone Memoranda May-June 1953 (1)-(2) - Syngman Rhee; Korean armistice; Korea

Box 1 Telephone Memoranda July-October 31, 1953 (1)-(5) - wife of POW defector; Korea

Box 2 Telephone Memoranda November 1, 1953-Dec. 31, 1953 (1) missing POWs in Korea

Box 2 Telephone Memoranda Jan. 1, 1954-Feb. 1954 (1)-(2) prisoners of war

Box 2 Telephone Memoranda March 1954 to April 30, 1954 - Van Fleet trip to Far East

Box 2 Telephone Memos May 1, 1954 to June 30, 1954 (2) Chinese prisoners of war in U.S.

custody and Americans held by Chinese communists

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Box 2 Telephone Memos July 1, 1954-August 31, 1954 (1)-(5) Secretary Wilson re Korea;

Korea

Box 3 Telephone Memos September 1, 1954-Oct. 30, 1954 (2) Syngman Rhee

Box 3 Telephone Conversation Jan. 3, 1955 Feb. 18, 1955 (3) U.S. personnel imprisoned in

Red China

Box 4 Telephone Conversations May 2, 1955-Aug. 31, 1955 (3) (4) (5) Chinese Communists

and American fliers; Chinese held POWs

Box 10 White House Telephone Conversations January to April 1953 - Taft and Korean

armistice; exchange of sick and wounded POWs

Box 10 White House Telephone Conversations May-December 1953 (1) (3) Korea; Korean

armistice

Box 10 White House Memos - Telephone Conversations July 1, 1954-October 30, 1954 (2)

Korean Armistice; Syngman Rhee

Box 10 Telephone Conv. White House Nov. 1, 1954-February 18, 1955 - communist China and

Captive Americans

Box 10 Telephone Conv. March 7, 1955 to Aug. 29, 1955 (1) - China and American civilians

Box 11 Memoranda of Tel Conv. W. House January 3, 1956 to August 31, 1956 (3) civilian

prisoners in Red China

I. White House Memoranda Series Box 1 White House Correspondence 1953 (3) - economic pressure on Communist China

Box 1 Meeting with President 1953 - $100,000 MIG; Korea

Box 1 Meeting with President 1954 (1) - U.S. flyers imprisoned in Communist China

Box 3 White House Correspondence - General 1955 (2) talks with Communist Chinese

Box 3 Meetings with the President 1955 (3) General Douglas MacArthur re DDE and General J.

Lawton Collins

Box 8 General Foreign Policy Matters (3) Korea

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Papers, Pre-Presidential, 1916-1952. A few months after the outbreak of

hostilities in Korea, President Truman designated General Eisenhower to be the first commander of NATO

ground and air forces with the title Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR). Although his papers

for the Korean War period emphasize his duties in Europe, they do contain correspondence regarding the

Korean War. A select list of folders known to contain pertinent information follows:

Box 1 Alf-Allen (Misc.) Ltr, Dean Alfanage to Senator Irving Ives, November 1950 re Korean

War

Box 22 Clark, Mark W. (1) - Clark letter re impact of Korean War manpower needs on divisions

trained for service under Eisenhower in Europe

Box 25 Collins, J. Lawton (1)(2) - Collins report on his world trip in 1951 includes remarks on

Korea and Far East

Box 28 Council on Foreign Relations (1)-(3) - Paper by Lindsay Rogers 2/23/51 assessing civil-

military relations with reference to General MacArthur and Korea; Paper 1/3/51

comments on Dean Acheson’s "defensive perimeter" speech and on Korea;. (3) - Paper

lists UN member nations responses in terms of assistance to Korea; other papers focusing

on rearmament of Europe mention Korean War

Box 55 Harriman, W. Averell (1)-(4) - Averell Harriman frequently mentioned the Korean War,

Douglas MacArthur and the "Great Debate" in his letters to General Eisenhower

Box 74 MacArthur, Douglas (1)(2)

Box 108 Slessor, John includes report by RAF observer on conduct of air operations in Korea and

assessment of reasons for UN Command defeat in North Korea in November 1950

Box 116 Truman, Harry S. (1) - President Truman's letters contain comments about Douglas

MacArthur

Box 198 Trips Apr.-July 1946 - contain a few references to Dwight Eisenhower’s Pacific trip

which included a stop in Korea on May 15, 1946. For more information on this trip see

Louis Galambos, Editor, The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: The Chief of Staff:

VII, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978 , pp. 1061-63.

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Other references to Eisenhower and Korea during his tenure as U.S. Army Chief of Staff

can be found elsewhere in these volumes

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Papers as President (Ann Whitman File) 1952-1961. This high level

body of presidential papers contains documents originated or seen by the President or that reflect his

participation in meetings. Material on most major issues of the Eisenhower Presidency can be found here.

Many series focus heavily on foreign and national security policies and include heads of state

correspondence, summaries of National Security Council discussions, correspondence with Cabinet and

other Administration officials, minutes of Cabinet meetings, diary entries and reports. This is an important

source for studying the last phase of the Korean War and for post-armistice U.S.-Korean relations. Some

materials remain security classified as of June 2000.

A. Administration Series

Box 1 Air Bases - Outside U.S.A. 1953

Box 4 Atomic Energy Commission 1953-54 (1)-(6) - deployment and custody of atomic weapons

Box 10 Clark, General Mark - Korea

Box 12 Dodge, Joseph M. - Korea war costs

Box 20 Hull, Gen. John - Korea

Box 25 MacArthur, General Douglas - Korean War

Box 27 Nash Report - U.S. Overseas Military Bases 1957 - including base facilities in Korea

Box 35 Statement-Korean Armistice

Box 37 Van Fleet, General James

Box 39 Wilson, Charles E. 1953 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 40 Wilson, Charles E. 1953 (4)-(6) - Korea and rations for POWs

B. ACW Diary Series

Box 1 ACW Diary Aug.-Sep.-Oct. 1953 (4) - rehabilitation of Korea

Box 1 ACW Diary Nov.-Dec. 1953 (4) - Korea

Box 1 ACW Diary January 1954 (2) - Korea

Box 2 ACW Diary April 1954 (3) - America-Korea Foundation

Box 2 ACW Diary June 1954 (3) - DDE-Nixon conversation on politics and U.S. Asian policy

Box 3 ACW Diary August 1954 - Korea

Box 5 ACW Diary June 1955 (4) - Krishna Menon re Red China and American POWs

Box 6 ACW Diary July 1955 (6) - Korea, turncoat GIs

C. Cabinet Series This series consists of typed minutes of Cabinet meetings plus cabinet information and

discussion papers and cabinet records of action. This series should be used in conjunction with the Cabinet

Series in the Records of the White House Staff Secretary where Arthur Minnich's handwritten notes are

filed. These notes often contain details not found in the typed minutes and this is true for discussions on

Korea.

Box 2 Cabinet Meeting of March 20, 1953 - surplus foodstuffs to Korea

Box 2 Cabinet Meeting of May 29, 1953 - Korean truce negotiations (see also Cabinet Series in

Records of Staff Secretary for details of this discussion)

Box 2 Cabinet Meeting of June 19, 1953 - Korea (see also Staff Secretary Cabinet Series) Cabinet

Meeting of August 27, 1953 - John Foster Dulles report includes Korea

Box 2 Cabinet Meeting of November 12, 1953 - Nixon's Far East Trip

Box 4 Cabinet Meeting of March 11, 1955 - Dulles report on trip to Far East

D. Campaign Series Box 7 Foreign Policy and Korea

Box 8 Eisenhower on Korea

Box 8 Eisenhower on MacArthur

Box 9 Foreign Policy - letter from Dulles to Eisenhower re Korea

Box 13 Crumpacker-Cullman - questions for DDE on Korea

E. DDE Diary Series Box 3 DDE Diary Dec. 52-July 53 (1)-(4) - assistance to Korea and POWs

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Box 3 DDE Diary Aug.-Sept. 1953 (1)(2) - $100,000 MIG; aid to Korea

Box 3 DDE Diary October 1953 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 4 DDE Diary December 1953 (1)(2) - Psychological Warfare Board and Korea

Box 4 Phone Calls - Feb.-June 1953 (1)(2) - Korean peace; Van Fleet and Korea

Box 5 Phone Calls - July-Dec. 1953 (1)(2) - Van Fleet & Rhee; Walter Judd and Communist

Treatment of POWs

Box 5 Phone Calls - Jan-May 1954 (1)-(3) - Rhee and Korea

Box 9 Diary Copies of DDE Personal 1953-54 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 23 Apr. '57 Staff Memos (1)(2) - Korean defense

Box 26 August - 1957 Memo on Appts (1) - DDE and Mary Downey re son held prisoner by Chinese

Box 49 Telephone Calls April 1960 - Syngman Rhee's resignation

F. Dulles-Herter Series

Box 1 Dulles, John F. Prior Inauguration - Sen. Flanders and Korea

Box 1 Dulles, John F. April 1953 Korea and sick and wounded prisoners

Box 1 Dulles, John F. May 1953 Nehru and Korea

Box 1 Dulles John F. June 1953 (1)(2) - Korea; Syngman Rhee

Box 1 Dulles, John F. July 1953 - Korea

Box 1 Dulles, John F. September 1953 - $100,000 MIG

Box 1 Dulles, John F. Oct. 1953 - India and Neutral Nations Commission

Box 2 Dulles, John F. Nov. 1953 - letter to Syngman Rhee

Box 2 Dulles, John F. Dec 1953 - Communist China and UN

Box 2 Dulles, John F. March 1954 (1) - Korea

Box 2 Dulles - April 1954 (2) - Korean armed forces; Korean unification

Box 3 Dulles, John Foster May 1954 (1) (3) - Communist China and Korea; Korea

Box 3 Dulles John Foster June 1954 (4) - Korea

Box 3 Dulles, John Foster July 1954 (1) - Syngman Rhee

Box 5 Dulles, John Foster Mar. 1955 - Australia and Korea

Box 5 Dulles, John Foster July 1955 - Americans imprisoned in Red China

Box 6 Dulles, John Foster Mar. '56 - Korea

Box 8 Dulles, Foster Dec. '56 - Chinese prisoners in U.S. prisons

Box 8 Dulles, John Foster Feb. '57 (2) - Syngman Rhee

Box 12 Herter, Christian January 1960 - Korea

G. International Series Box 10 Formosa (China 1952-57) (1)-(7)

Box 18 The President Churchill - Volume I & II January 20, 1953 to October 14 1953

Box 19 President-Churchill (Volume III) October-December 1953

Box 28 India Miscellaneous 1953-56 (1)-(3)

Box 29 India, P.M. Nehru 1953-55 (1)-(3)

Box 35 Korea, 1952 trip

Box 35 Korean 1953 (1)-(3)

Box 36 Korea 1954 and folders 1955-57 and 1960

Box 36 Korea Top Secret

Box 36 Dulles/Korea/Security Policy

Box 37 Rhee, Syngman 1953-57 (1)-(4)

Box 37 Rhee, Syngman, President 1958-60 (1)-(3)

H. International Meetings Series

Box 1 Bermuda-State Dept Rept. Top Secret - memos of conversations December 1953 including

discussion of Far East and Korean armistice

Box 1 Bermuda-Hagerty Notes

I. Legislative Meetings Series This Series contains Arthur Minnich's typed notes of Legislative Leaders

meetings, Bipartisan Leaders meetings, many typed "Supplementary Notes" on specific items discussed but

for many meetings only cut and dried aides memoirs summarizing in most general terms topics discussed.

This series should be used in conjunction with Legislative Meetings Series, Records of White House Staff

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Secretary where Minnich's handwritten notes are filed. There are more details kept there and for many of

the early meetings, perhaps the only detailed notes retained.

Box 1 Meeting of January 26, 1953 - stand-by controls

Box 1 Notes on Legislative Leadership Meeting, April 30, 1953 - national security and budget

Box 1 Meeting of May 12, 1953 - stand-by controls

Box 1 Meeting of May 19, 1953 - Supplementary notes- Korea

Box 1 Meeting of June 24, 1953 - Korea

Box 1 Meeting of July 14, 1953 - supplementary notes on Korea

Box 1 Bipartisan Legislative Meeting January 5, 1954 - Korea

Box 1 Bipartisan Meeting of June 23 - Walter Bedell Smith on Geneva Conf , some comments on

Korea

Box 2 Bipartisan Legislative Meeting March 22, 1956 - Korea

J. Miscellaneous Series Box 2 Foreign Policy - Miscellaneous Memoranda - material re Korea

Box 5 President's Committee on International Information Activities, Report to the President June

30, 1953 - report covers psychological warfare and is relevant to study of Korean War period

Box 5 Press Coverage of President's Far East Trip June 1960 (1)-(3)

K. NSC Series This is one of the most important series in Dwight Eisenhower's Papers for studying

overall foreign and national security policy. The series consists of Records of NSC Actions in boxes 1-3

that are cut and dried records indicating decisions made with detailed summaries of NSC discussions found

in Boxes 4-13. There are occasional briefing notes or other documents related to NSC discussion items

found in this series as well. Many , but by no means all, of the NSC Summaries of Discussion (SODs) are

printed in the Department of State's Foreign Relations of the United States Series. Because individual

SODs often covered several different geographical and functional topics, one may find parts of some SODs

printed in a number of the FRUS volumes. To help users sort this out, a volunteer checked each SOD with

the FRUS volumes and inserted sheets indicating which agenda items were printed in which volumes and if

so, indicated if printed in full or in part. If not found at all, the sheets indicate that as well. One point to

remember, many SODs were printed in FRUS volumes published during the 1980s or early 1990s. Some

of these documents were denied publication, at least in part. Within the last few years previously denied

information has been released so users should check each SOD carefully. This is certainly true for the

discussions of Korea in 1953. Some information in this series remains security classified as of June 2000.

Box 4 131st Meeting February 11, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 137th Meeting, March 18, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 Special Meeting of NS, March 31, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 139th Meeting of NSC April 8, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 140th Meeting of NSC April 22, 1953 - DDE Chance For Peace Speech - comments re Korea

Box 4 141st Meeting of NSC April 28, 1953 - Chance For Peace Speech

Box 4 143rd Meeting - Korea

Box 4 144th Meeting May 13, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 145th Meeting May 20, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 148th Meeting of NSC June 4, 1953 - Korea


Box 4 151st Meeting of NSC June 25, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 152nd Meeting of NSC July 2, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 153rd Meeting of NSC July 9, 1953 - Korea

Box 4 154th Meeting of NSC July 14, 1953 - Korea


Box 4 168th Meeting of NSC October 29, 1953 - Korea

Box 5 171st Meeting of NSC November 19, 1953 - Korea

Box 5 172nd Meeting of NSC November 23, 1953 - Korea

Box 5 173rd Meeting of NSC December 3, 1953 - Korea

Box 5 175th Meeting of NSC December 15, 1953 - Korea

Box 5 177th Meeting of NSC December 24, 1953 - Vice President's trip including Far East

Box 5 179th Meeting of NSC January 8, 1954 - Korea


Box 5 181st Meeting of NSC January 21, 1954 - Korea

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Box 5 187th Meeting of NSC March 4, 1954 - Korea

Box 5 192nd Meeting of NSC April 6, 1954 - Korea

Box 5 193rd Meeting of NSC April 13, 1954 - Korea; military forces; Far East


Box 5 209th Meeting of NSC August 5, 1954 - post-Geneva Asia

Box 5 210th Meeting of NSC August 12, 1954 - Far East

Box 6 211th Meeting of NSC August 18, 1954 - Far East


Box 6 235th Meeting of NSC February 3, 1955 - Korea


Box 6 245th Meeting of NSC April 21, 1955 - Korea

Box 6 248th Meeting of NSC May 12, 1955 - Korea


Box 7 262nd Meeting of NSC October 20, 1955 - Korea




Box 8 297th Meeting of NSC September 20, 1956 - Korea

Box 8 304th Meeting of NSC November 15, 1956 - Korea




Box 9 334th Meeting of NSC August 8, 1957 - Korea


Box 10 371st Meeting of NSC July 3, 1958 - Korea


Box 11 406th Meeting of NSC May 13, 1959 - Korea



Box 12 442nd Meeting of NSC April 28, 1960 - Korea

Box 12 443rd Meeting of NSC May 5, 1960 - Korea



L. Name Series

Box 6 Clark, Edwin Norman (1)(2) - U.S. Asian policy

Box 8 Donovan, Bob - rehabilitation of Korea

Box 32 Stevenson, Adlai - world trip including Far East 1953

Box 33 Truman, Harry S. (1)-(4)

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Papers as President (Ann Whitman File) 1952-1961 (cont.)

M. Press Conference Series This series includes memoranda of President and staff discussing possible

issues. These pre-press conference notes contain frank comments on many issues. Also printed statements

and transcripts of press conferences

Box 1 Press Conference 4/2/53 - statement on exchange of sick and wounded POWs

Box 1 Press Conference 2/10/54 - return of divisions from Korea

Box 3 Press Conference 5/31/55 - return of four fliers by Red Chinese

Box 4 Press Conference 7/6/55 - pre-press conference notes include info on turncoat GIs

Box 4 Press Conference 8/4/55 - release of flyers

Box 5 Press Conference 4/3/57 - Korean defense

Box 10 Press Conference 4/27/60 - briefing papers include Korea

Box 10 Press Conference 5/11/60 - Korea

Box 10 Press and Radio Conference 9/7/60 - Japanese-Korean relations

N. Speech Series Boxes 1-2 Contain texts of DDE Campaign speeches. Some of these refer to Korean war

Box 3 Farming Discussion 8/22/52 - discussion covered variety of matters including Korea

Box 4 Plea For Korean Relief 6/2/53

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Box 4 Korean Armistice Speech July 26, 1953

Box 5 CMH Presentation 10/27/53 - Congressional Medals of Honor presentation

Box 8 Toasts, Pres. Rhee Dinner 7/26 and 7/28/54

Box 34 Far East Trip 6/12 thru 6/26/60 Korea

Box 35 To Korean Employees American Embassy in Seoul, Korea 6/20/60

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Papers, Post-Presidential, 1961-69

A. DDE Appointment Books Series

Box 3 Calls and Appointments 1968 (1)(2) - synopses of conversations including information re

Pueblo incident

B. Augusta-Walter Reed Series Box 1 Goodpaster 1968 - memo of telephone conversation re Pueblo Incident

Box 1 Goodpaster Briefings (4) (February 17, 1965) Memorandum of conversation between

President Lyndon Johnson and General Eisenhower regarding Vietnam. General Eisenhower

explained to LBJ how he believed he had achieved an armistice in Korea in 1953

Box 2 Memoranda of Conferences 1961-63 (2) - May 13, 1962 memcon between General

Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense McNamara, DCI John McCone, Chairman, JCS, General

Lemnitzer re Laos. Eisenhower discussed Korean armistice and how he thought he achieved

it during this briefing on Laos.

Box 5 Drafts (7) - Korea

C. "Special Name" Series Box 3 Cutler, Robert 1968. Lebanon, Vietnam and Korea 1953-61

Box 14 Nixon, Richard M. 1968 (1) - Pueblo incident

Box 19 Strauss, Lewis 1968-69 Pueblo incident

D. Speech Series

Box 2 December 7, 1961 Century Association - reminisces about Pearl Harbor and Korean War

E. Principal File 1964 Series Box 45 Mi (1)-(4) Korea 1953

Box 53 Sm (1)-(3) Korea 1953

Box 56 Vi - Korean War

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: RECORDS AS PRESIDENT (WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES,

1953-1961). The White House Central Files is the largest body of presidential papers in the Eisenhower

Library and totals approximately 6,500,000 pages. Portions are unprocessed at present. Unless indicated

below, however, series listed here are available for research.

A. Confidential File Series This series totals approximately 100,000 pages with a high percentage of this

pertaining to foreign relations and national security matters. Some materials remain security-classified as

of June 2000 and 21 boxes of cross reference sheets are unprocessed.

Box 4 American-Korean League

Box 34 Korean Emergency (1)(2) - includes material re Operation SMACK

Box 37 Mutual Security and Assistance 1953 - Korea

Box 45 National Security (1)-(4) Korea and General MacArthur

Box 50 President's Committee on International Information Activities - Korean conflict and POWs

Box 58 President's Trip to Russia, Japan and Far East 1960 - Briefing Book-Korea

Box 61 Prisoners of War - 13 held by Chinese Communists

Box 61 Psychological Strategy Board

Box 61 Psychological Warfare

Box 67 State, Department of (thru Sept. 1953 ) (1)-(11) - public opinion poll on Korea and Indochina

Box 77 State Department of Jan-Aug 1959 (1)(2) - aid to Korea

Box 99 United States Information Agency (1) - MIG-15 from North Korea

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B. Official File Series

Box 84 OF 3-M Courts Martial Cases "D" - correspondence re Corporal Edward L.

Dickenson and his conduct as POW in Korea

Box 87 OF 3-R-2 - Deceased Members of Armed Forces

Box 87-88 OF 3-R-3 - Missing Members of Armed Forces - estimated 130 pages of

correspondence from relatives of personnel missing in action during Korea and

during Cold War reconnaissance activities

Box 90 OF 3-R-9 - Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces

Box 92 OF 3-PP - Defense Advisory Committee on Prisoners of War

Box 130 OF 8-B - Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid

Box 134 OF 8-F - Ambassadors and Ministers - Briggs, Ellis G.

Box 135 OF 8-F - Dowling, Walter

Box 136 OF 8-F - Lacy, William S.

Box 137 OF 8-F - McConaughy, Walter F.

Box 137 OF 8-F - Mucchio, John

Box 224 OF 62 - Civil Aeronautics Board - Korea-United States

Box 289 OF 85, United Nations 1952-53

Box 293 OF 85-M - United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

Box 294 OF 85-U-1 - Korean Political Conference

Box294 OF 85-V - Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission

Box 497 OF 116-H-7 - Geneva Convention

Box 561 OF 133-H - National Emergency

Boxes 561-64 OF 133-K - Universal Military Service Act Draft

Box 570 OF 133-M - Psychological Warfare

Box 570 OF 133-M-1 - President's Committee on International Information Activities

Box 686 OF 154-G - Korean Emergency through 154-G-4 - Korean Armistice

Box 686-687 OF 154-H - Prisoners of War through 154-K - atrocities

Box 687 OF 154-M - Germ Warfare-Chemical Warfare

Box 727 OF 196 - Korea (Government and Embassy of)

Box 737 OF 230 - Psychological Strategy Board

C. Official File Cross Reference Sheet Series Sheets filed under headings such as OF 196 - Korea, refer

to items scattered in various locations in the White House Central File. Information filed in unusual or

unexpected places can sometimes be found by using cross reference sheets in this series and corresponding

series in GF, PPF and in the largest body of White House Central Files Cross Reference sheets - the

Alphabetical File Series, all to be listed below.

Box 18 OF 3-R-2 and 3-R-3 - Deceased and Missing members of Armed Forces

Box 18 OF 3-R-9 - Code of Conduct for Members of Armed Forces

Box 18 OF 3-PP - Defense Advisory Committee on Prisoners of War

Boxes 38-39 OF 8-F - Ambassadors, see Ellis Briggs, Walter Dowling, William Lacy, Walter

McConaughy, and John Mucchio

Box 62 OF 85 - United Nations 1952-53

Box 63 OF 85 - M U.N. Korean Reconstruction Agency

Box 63 OF 85-U-1 - Korean Political Conference

Box 109 OF-133-M - Psychological Warfare

Box 133 OF 154-G - Korean Emergency

Boxes 133-134 OF 154-H - Prisoners of War through OF 154-H-3

Box 144 OF 196 Korea through OF 196-F

D. General File Series This series contains correspondence from the public, Congress and sometimes the

President and White House staff on major issues. Although it does not contain as much high level

documentation as the Confidential File and Official File, it is a source of useful information on many

topics.

Box 198 GF 9-B - Korea and Korea Endorsement

Box 227–228 GF 11-H-1 - Missing Members of the Armed Forces

Box 230 GF 11-H-6 - Deceased Members of the Armed Forces

Box 232 GF 11-H-9 - Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces

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Box 254 GF 12-E - Army Court Martial Cases 1958 re Major Ronald Alley and behavior

while POW in Korea

Boxes 427-428 GF-72 - Selective Service System

Boxes 243-445 GF 80 - Veterans Administration \Box 454- GF 105 United Nations 1952-53, 54,

1955, etc.

Box 461 GF 105N - United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

Boxes 820-821 GF 122 - Korea

Box 836 GF 122-A - Heads of Foreign Countries and Foreign Diplomats - Korea

Box 869 GF 122-H-3 - Foreign Aid-Rehabilitation or Relief - American Relief for Korea

Box 875 GF 122-L - Political Prisoners U.S. Citizens Held by Foreign Countries

Boxes 927-929 GF 125-F - Wars and War Veterans - Korean Emergency, Veterans, President

Eisenhower’s Post Election Trip to Korea, "Operation SMACK", Cease Fire Truce,

Korean Armistice

Box 935 GF 125-R - War Atrocities

Box 937 FG 125-U - Prisoners of War

Box 938 GF 125-V - Germ Warfare

Box 1175 GF 150 - National Defense and Internal Security-National Security Preparedness

Military and National 1952-53

Box 1184 GF 150-E - Psychological Warfare 1952-53

E. President’s Personal File Series

Box 26 PPF 1-F - Trips- Pre-Inaugural Eisenhower Itineraries

Box 824 PPF 47 - Korea Society, Inc.

Box 928 PPF 58-G - Wars - Korean Emergency

Box 930 PPF 67 - Clark, General Mark W.

Box 933 PPF 146 - Rosenberg, Mrs. Anna

Box 941 PPF 308-C - Truman, Harry S.

Box 953 PPF 572 - Collins, General J. Lawton

E. President’s Personal File Series Box 953 PPF 587 - Ridgway, General Matthew B.

Box 957 PPF 743 - Stratemeyer, Lt. General George E.

Box 957 PPF 747 - Vandenberg, Gen. Hoyt S.

Box 962 PPF 894 - Rhee, His Excellency Syngman

Box 966 PPF 1052 - Graham, Billy {re trip to Korea and conversions of Korean POWs to

Christianity} [See also DDEL Collection of Museum manuscripts (A70-33) for actual

document with signatures in blood]

F. Legal Case File Series Box 1 1952 OF 154-G - analysis of U.S. press coverage of Korean war

Box 8 1953 OF 196C - private aid to Korea

G. Alpha File Series Consists primarily of cross reference sheets by names of individuals or subjects with

occasional copies of correspondence, speech texts or other materials. As name indicates, this series is

arranged alphabetically by name. Much of the series is unprocessed. File folders for individuals are

reviewed by request. The number of reviewed folders will continue to increase indefinitely as reviewing

proceeds. Inquiries concerning names of individuals or subjects associated with the Korean War or U.S.-

Korean relations should be conveyed to the Library’s archives staff. The titles listed below are reviewed

and are available for research.

Box 1629 Joy C. Turner (Admiral)

Boxes 1730-1731 Korea and Korean War Only January 1953 - August 1953 and following

Box 1731 Korea - A thru Z (23 folders)

Boxes 2503-2504 Prisoner and Prisoners (Only) - primarily re Korean War POWs

Box 2672 Rosenberg, Anna

Box 3148 Truman, Harry

Box 3197 Van Wees, Mrs. Rita (only) re Korean War MIA

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FINUCANE, CHARLES: Papers, 1954-58. (Assistant Secretary and Under Secretary of the Army, 1954-

1958 (Post 1954 material on Korea)

Box 11 Overseas European & Far East - 3 May thru June 5, 1957. Finucane visited Korea on May 29,

1957. This folder includes itinerary plus correspondence with Korean Minister of National

Defense Young-woo Kim re modernization of ROK forces with other correspondence with

Isaac White, Charles Palmer, and General Sun Yu Pak.

FITZGERALD, DENNIS A: Papers, 1945-1969. Dennis FitzGerald, an agricultural economist and food

consultant, was a key administrative official in the agencies conducting the United States Government’s

economic assistance programs after World War II through the early 1960s (Economic Cooperation

Administration-ECA, the Mutual Security Agency-MSA, the Foreign Operations Administration-FOA, the

International Cooperation Administration–ICA, and the Agency for International Development–AID). His

papers contain numerous memoranda of telephone calls and other memoranda regarding economic

assistance programs for Korea following the Armistice and continuing through the Eisenhower

Administration.

Box 20 Telephone Conversations June 27-July 31, 1953 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 21 Telephone Conversations August 1-Sept. 30, 1953 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 21 Telephone Conversations October 1-December 30, 1953 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 21 Telephone Conversations January 1, March 31, 1954 (1)-(4) - Korea; Korean flour

Box 21 Telephone Conversations June 14-Sept. 30, 1954 (1)-(6) - Korea and exchange problem;

Korea

Box 22 Telephone Conversations October-December 1954 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 22 Telephone Conversations January 1-March 25, 1955 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 22 Telephone Conversations March 26-April 29, 1955 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 22 Telephone Conversations May-June 1955 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 22 Telephone Conversations July-August 1955 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 22 Telephone Conversations September-October 1955 (1)-(5) Korea

Box 23 Telephone Conversations November-December 1955 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 23 Telephone Conversations January 1956 (1)(2) - Korea

Box 23 Telephone Conversations February 1956 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 23 Telephone Conversations March 1956 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 24 Telephone Conversations August 6-August 31, 1956 - Korea

Box 24 Telephone Conversations September-October 1956 (1)-(6) - Korea

Box 24 Telephone Conversations November 1956 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 25 Telephone Conversations December 1956-January 1957 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 25 Telephone Conversations February-March 1957 (1)-(4) - Korea and Indochina

Box 25 Telephone Conversations June 3-July 31, 1957 (1)-(6) - Korea

Box 26 Telephone Conversations August-September 1957 (1)-(6) - Korea

Box 26 Telephone Conversations December 1957-February 1958 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 26 Telephone Conversations March-April 1958 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 26 Telephone Conversations May 1958 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 27 Telephone Conversations October-December 1958 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 27 Telephone Conversations January 1959 (1)-(2) - Korea

Box 27 Telephone Conversations February 1959 (1)(2) - Korea

Box 27 Telephone Conversations April 1959 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 28 Telephone Conversations July 1959 (1)(2) - Korea

Box 28 Telephone Conversations August 1959 (1)(2) - Japanese and Korean fertilizer

Box 28 Telephone Conversations September 1959 (1)(2) - Korea

Box 28 Telephone Conversations January, February and March 1960 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 28 Telephone Conversations May 1960 (1)(2) - Korea

Box 29 Telephone Conversations June 1960 (1)-(3) - Korea


Box 29 Telephone Conversations September-October 1960 (1)-(4) - Korea; Korean aid

Box 29 Telephone Conversations November-December 1960 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 30 Telephone Conversations January-February 1961 (1)-(4) - Korean fertilizer

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Box 30 Telephone Conversations March 1961 (1)-(3) - Korean fertilizer; administration of aid in

Bolivia, Korea and Vietnam

Box 30 Telephone Conversations April 1961 (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 30 Telephone Conversations May 1961 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 30 Telephone Conversations June 1961 (1)-(4) - Korea


Box 31 Telephone Conversations September 1961 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 31 Telephone Conversations October 1961 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 34 Reading File August 1, 1953-September 30, 1953 (1)- (3) - Korea; Korea and tobacco

Box 34 Reading File October 1, 1953-December 30, 1953 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 35 Reading File January 1, 1954-March 31, 1954 (1)-(4) - Korean economic development

Box 35 Reading File April-June 11, 1954 (1)-(3) - Japanese relations with Korea

Box 35 Reading File June 14, 1954 through 12/30/54 (1)-(7) - Korea

Box 35 Reading File 7/1/55-12/30/55 (1)-(6) - FOA operations in Korea; Korean economy

Box 35 Reading File 1/5/56-6/30/56 (1)-(7) - Korea

Box 36 Reading File 7/1/56-12/30/56 (1)-(6) - Korean exchange rate


Box 36 Reading File 1/5/58-6/30/58 (1)-(5) - Korea; Sen. Sparkman and Korea




Box 37 Reading File 7/1/60-12/30/60 (1) (4) - Korea

Box 40 Agriculture - PL 480 - 1956-1958 (1)-(5) - Korea

Box 42 Germany, Austria and Latin America Hoover Missions 1946 - Herbert Hoover visited Korea

during a world trip he took in 1946 to survey food and famine conditions. This report

includes remarks by General Hodge on relations with the USSR and on general conditions in

Korea at this time.

Box 43 Telephone Calls Mr. Stassen (1)-(4) - Korea; Korea and Rhee

FLEMMING, ARTHUR S.: Papers, 1939-75. Arthur Flemming was Secretary of Health, Education and

Welfare from 1958 to 1961. He also served in federal government positions involving manpower,

government organization and defense mobilization. He was also President of Ohio Wesleyan University

and the University of Oregon and was active in the National Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC) (Post

1954 reference to Korea)

Box 99 Chronological File - August 1959 (1) - Letter from Arthur Flemming to Syngman Rhee dated

August 24, 1959 re Foundry Methodist Church and Flemming’s previous meeting with Rhee

FRANCIS, CLARENCE: Papers, 1933-73. Clarence Francis was a business executive with expertise on

food and food manufacturing. He also periodically served the United States Government as a consultant

and during the Eisenhower Administration was Special Consultant with responsibility for government

agricultural surplus disposal. In 1951-52 Francis served on the Citizens committee for the Defense

Department and the Citizens Advisory Commission on Manpower Utilization with the latter body

established to advise the Secretary of Defense on the adequacy of U.S. military training installations and to

recommend ways to improve them. Clarence Francis toured Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine training

posts and reported on his findings. He retained in his papers correspondence, memoranda and reports on

military personnel, training policies, morale issues and the motivation of military personnel. Included in

his correspondence are comments on medical facilities and casualty rates in Korea as compared with those

in World War II. He corresponded with Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg on military

manpower issues. This documentation is found in the file folders indicated below.

Box 2 Citizens Committee For Defense Department (six folders, February 1951 to February 1952)

Box 2 Citizens Advisory Committee on Manpower Utilization (2 folders June to December 1952)

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FURNAS, CLIFFORD C.: Papers, 1918-1969. Dr. Clifford Furnas was an engineer and an Assistant

Secretary of Defense for Research and Development. He was associated with Defense Department

research and development from 1952 to 1969. His papers include a file of material concerning the Army

OrdnanceAdvisory Committee in 1952-53. This file contains approximately 25 pages of memoranda and

correspondence regarding an Air Force project "Gun Val" that was concerned with testing in combat in

Korea small arms automatic weapons on aircraft to determine if weapons meet Air Force air-to-air gunnery

requirements.

Box 1 Army Ordnance Advisory Committee 1952-53 - contains the Project Gun Val material

GILLEM, ALVAN C., JR: Collection of documents re Gillem Board and Negroes in the Armed Forces

1945-51. Lt. General Alvan Gillem served as Chairman, Board of Officers on Utilization of Negro

Manpower in the Post-War Army. His small file consisting of a few hundred pages includes reports,

testimony and other data with conclusions and summaries of experiences that are relevant to studies of the

integration of the U.S. Armed forces in Korea.

Box 1 Report of War Department Special Board on Negro Manpower

Box 1 Briefs and Memoranda on Negro Manpower

Box 1 The President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces,

1949

Box 1 Pamphlets and Press Releases on Negro Manpower

Box 1 Conference, Command and General Staff School, May 1951

GINDER, PHILIP DE WITT: Papers, 1927-68. General Philip Ginder commanded the U.S. 45th

Infantry Division in Korea in 1953 and his papers contain personal correspondence with comments on his

experiences in Korea during this period.

Box 1 (A-71-74) "A" contains 1951 letters from X Corp Commander General Edward Almond

Box 2 Letters from General Ginder to Jean Dalrymple (5) (6) personal correspondence with

comments on Ginder's service with 45th Infantry Division in Korea. Also a few samples of

propaganda leaflets directed at North Korean soldiers.

Box 3 45th Division News (two items)

Box 2 (A73-19) Ft. Riley, Kansas 1954-55 - correspondence regarding 45th Division during Korean

War

GLICK, EDWARD M.: Papers, 1953-1957. Edward Glick as Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of

State in 1951-53 wrote speeches on U.S. foreign policy, the Korean War and the United Nations. Drafts of

his speeches are found in his papers.

Box 1 Speech Drafts Sept. 3, 1953-Sept. 17, 1953 (3) - Korean War; United Nations

Box 1 Speech Drafts September 20, 1953-Nov. 22, 1953 (4) - UN accomplishments

GRAY, GORDON: Papers, 1946-76. Gordon Gray, with a background in publishing and broadcasting,

served every President from Harry Truman to Gerald Ford. He is known for his service to President

Eisenhower as Special Assistant For National Security Affairs, 1958-61. During the Truman

Administration he served on the White House staff and as Secretary of the Army. He also was director of

the Psychological Strategy Board. One item specifically regarding the Korean War has been identified in

his papers plus material on the organization and functioning of the Psychological Strategy Board.

Box 3 PSB Chronological File August-October 1951 (1)-(4) - Korean settlement; PSB problems

Box 3 PSB Chronological File November-December 1951 and folders entitled "President Truman -

Psychological Strategy Board.

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GRUENTHER, ALFRED M.: Papers, 1941-83. General Alfred Gruenther, a personal friend of Dwight

Eisenhower, held various commands during World War II and the post-war period. In 1949-50 he was

Deputy Army Chief of Staff and from 1950-53 was Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commanders,

Europe, Dwight Eisenhower and Matthew Ridgway before becoming Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

(SACEUR) in 1953 and serving until 1956. Although the bulk of his papers pertain to European matters,

his papers do contain materials regarding the Korean War. These include letters from Major General

Edward Almond regarding the situation in Korea in 1950, a paper by George Kennan, then Counselor in the

State Department, assessing the Soviet Union and risks incurred by bombing operations over military

targets in Korea close to the Soviet border. Other correspondence refer to CIA cooperation in the Far East

and medical procedures in Korea.

A. Eisenhower Correspondence Series Box 1 Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1941-51 - Korea

Box 1 Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1955 (1)(2) - Korea

B. General Correspondence Series Box 1 Almond, E. M.

Box 4 Clarke, Carter W.

Box 9 Hume, Edgar Erskine - medical procedures in Korea

Box 11 MacArthur, Douglas, General of the Army

Box 15 Ridgway, Matthew B. - Korea

C. NATO Series 1949-1956 Box 1 TOP SECRET correspondence (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 1 CONFIDENTIAL Correspondence (1)-(3) - shipment of NATO materials to Korea

Box 1 Clark, Mark W. - battlefield illumination

HAGERTY, JAMES C.: Papers 1953-74. James Hagerty was Press Secretary to President Eisenhower

from January 1953 to January 1961 and participated actively in General Eisenhower's presidential

campaign in 1952. His papers include diary entries, notes and memoranda of meetings, press conference

materials, press conference transcripts, correspondence and printed material.

Box 1 & 1-A Hagerty Diary - see entries for July 26 & 27, August 4 and December 2, 1954 and

February 5, 1955 regarding Korea

Box 2 Bi-Partisan Leaders Meetings, 1954-JCH Notes - Korea

Box 2 Bi-Partisan Leaders Meetings, 1956-JCH Notes - Korea

Box 3 Miscellaneous Notes JCH 1954 - meeting between DDE, Rhee and Dulles, July 27,

1954 re U.S.-Korean relations, Korean-Japanese relations

Box 4 Miscellaneous Notes JCH - Undated (1) U.S. servicemen held in China

Box 6 Korea File 1952-53 - press coverage, plans re DDE visit in 1952

Box 8 The President Drafts (1)(2) - Korean armistice statement

Box 10 State Department - transcript of 5/5/59 press conference on Korean war veterans still

missing

Box 11 Korean Trip - 1952 - includes cables between DDE and Douglas MacArthur.

Hagerty's detailed letters to his wife containing his observations on conditions in

Korea as well as comments and anecdotes about various aspects of the trip

Box 31 Far Eastern Trip - General (6/12-6/26/60)

Box 32 Korea - two folders - press briefing material, plans, information about DDE, tourist

information

Box 59 Press Conference Material - check folders for February 17, June 17, and July 1, 1953

HARLOW, BRYCE: Records, 1953-61. Bryce Harlow was Special Assistant, Administrative Assistant

to the President and then became Deputy Assistant to the President for Congressional Affairs. He wrote

speeches, conducted congressional liaison functions, particularly in connection with military matters and

rendered political advice.

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A67-56 Box 3 Mutual Security 1958-1959 (1)-(5) - military assistance for Korea

Box 6 National Security Council (Korean War) 1953-54 - ammunition supply;

duration of war; NSC recommendations

Pre-Accession-Box 13 Memorial Day 1958 - final internment of two Unknown Soldiers of WWII

and Korean Conflict

Box 22 Survivor Benefits - 1955 - for armed forces and veterans

Box 23 Veterans Affairs

Box 24 Speech - July 26, 1953 - Korean Armistice Message

HERTER, CHRISTIAN A.: Papers, 1957-1961. (entirely post-1954) This collection documents

Herter’s tenure as Under Secretary of State and Secretary of State.

Box 1 Chronological File March 1957 (3) - defense support program for Korea

Box 3 Chronological File November 1957 (2) - reduction of forces in Korea

Box 3 Chronological File December 1957 (4) imprisoned Americans in Communist China

Box 3 Chronological File January 1958 (1) - Korea

Box 5 Chronological File September 1958 (2) American prisoners in Red China

Box 6 Chronological File November 1958 (1) Korean students and government transportation

Box 9 Miscellaneous Memoranda 1957 (1) - reduction of forces in Korea

Box 13 CAH Telephone Calls 9/1/60 to 1/20/61 (2) - 1960 Campaign reference to Dean Acheson &

Korea

HODGES, COURTNEY H.: Papers, 1904-65. General Courtney Hodges is best known as Commander

of the First United States Army in 1944-45 during World War II. By the time the Korean War broke out in

1950, General Hodges had retired from active military service. His papers do, however, contain a history

of the X Corps in Korea and letters to General Hodges from Lt. Colonel G.P. (Patrick) Welch from

September to December 1950. These report Colonel Welch’s observations as an officer in the 7th Infantry

Division in Korea and include comments on combat operations.

Box 21 1949-1956, Welch, Lt. Col. G.P. (Patrick), Letters from - letters re combat situation in Korea

September to December 1950

Box 22 1954 Big X Korea, History of (1 May) approximately 30 pages of narrative, maps, lists, and

campaign citation awarded by Korean President Syngman Rhee

HUMPHREYS, ROBERT: Papers, 1925-1965. Robert Humphreys served as public relations director

and campaign director for the Republican National Committee during the 1950s. His papers contain

correspondence and other material re General Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War as a political issue

in the 1952 Presidential Campaign.

Box 5 MacArthur, Douglas General -1948-1952 - film by RNC on Korea. Joseph Martin letter to

MacArthur

Box 5 Martin, Joseph W. Jr. 1948-1951 - Douglas MacArthur letter re Korea and China - the "No

Substitute for victory" letter

Box 9 1949-1952 - National Republican Congressional Committee - Public Relations Director (1)(2)

- Script - "Korea-The Price of Appeasement"

Box 17 Robert Humphreys - Materials on China - 1945-1949

JACKSON, C.D.: Papers, 1931-1967. C.D. Jackson, publishing executive for Time Incorporated, was

involved in information, propaganda and psychological warfare during much of his career including World

War II and the Cold War. He served on the White House staff in 1953-54 as Special Assistant to the

President and periodically served on presidential committees, wrote speeches or otherwise consulted with

President Eisenhower during his administration. Jackson retained in his papers information about the

Korean War, especially the Korean armistice and information on General Eisenhower’s "I shall go to

Korea" speech given during the 1952 Campaign.

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Box 28 Adams, Sherman, Book & Life Neg. (1)-(3) - Jackson memo re background of Eisenhower’s

1952 campaign pledge to go to Korea

Box 31 Barrett, Edward W. (1)(2) - Korean War propaganda

Box 33 Benton, William - U.S. propaganda operations 1952

Box 35 Berlin-Restricted Session Transcripts - include information or comments on Korea

Box 40 Carroll, Pete - Korea

Box 45 Crossman, R.H.S. (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 45 Cutler, General Robert - Korea

Box 49 Dulles, John Foster (3) (4) - Korea

Box 49 E-Misc. (1)(2) - Korean War

Box 50 Eisenhower, Dwight D. - Correspondence 1952 - trip to Korea, December 1952

Box 50 Eisenhower, Dwight D. - Correspondence, 1953 (1)(2) - Soviet germ warfare

Box 51 Fr-Misc. (1)(2) - Korean War

Box 56 Gr-Misc. - readiness of military for Korea

Box 59 U.S.S. Helena (1)(2)

Box 59 propaganda re U.S. in Korea

Box 68 Log 1953 (1)-(3) - Korean POW matter & Syngman Rhee; Korean negotiations

Box 68 Log 1954 (3) - Korea

Box 69 Log 1957 (4) - Korea

Box 69 Log 1959 (1) - 1952 Campaign and decision on Korea speech

Box 70 Luce, Henry R. & Clare 1955 (1) - POWs

Box 73 McClure, Robert A. Brig Gen. (1)-(4) - Korean War psychological warfare leaflets

Box 90 Radio Free Europe (1)(2) - Korea

Box 90 Refugees (1)-(3) UN Refugee Emergency Fund

Box 92 Sh-Misc. - Korean War

Box 101 Speech Texts 1950 (1)-(7) - comments on Korea

Box 104 Speeches-Background Material (9)-(11) - 1950 speeches by Sec. Acheson re U.S.

foreign policy

Box 105 Stokes, Anson re Truman and Acheson, 1951

Boxes 106-107 UN Misc. 9th General Assembly 1954 (1)-(7) - U.S. airmen on trial in China and acts

of aggression by U.S.

Box 109 V-Misc. (1)(2) - Gen. James A. Van Fleet and 1956 report on trip to Korea, Japan

and Formosa

Box 110 "War By Cease Fire" - communist truce violations in Korea, Indochina and China

JACKSON, C.D.: Records, 1953-54. This body of records documents C.D. Jackson’s activities as

Special Assistant to the President, February 16, 1953 to March 31, 1954 with the emphasis on

psychological warfare. Much of this material pertains to Psychological Strategy Board (PSB) and

Operations Coordinating Board (OCB) matters. These records constitute an important source of

information on the Korean truce and on Korean War POW issues.

Box 1 PSB-American Infantry in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia - actually material on Soviet

participation in Korean War

Box 1 PSB-Korean Contingency Plan

Box 1 PSB Miscellaneous Memos

Box 1 OCB Miscellaneous Memos (1)-(4)

Box 1 OCB Miscellaneous Memoranda (1)-(3)

Box 1 OCB Plan to Exploit BW Hoax, Mistreatment, Atrocities

Box 2 "Brainwashing"

Box 2 Cutler, Robert

Box 3 F - Senator Flanders and Korea

Box 4 Korea (1)-(3) - radio broadcasts; Korean war settlement; POWs refusing repatriation

Box 4 Lodge, Amb. Henry Cabot - communism and human rights

Box 5 P - Korean POWs

Box 5 Prisoner Exchange - Korean and American POWs; Schnur case

Box 6 Rostow, Walter W. (1) - China, Korea

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KANSAS CITY STAR: Collection of clippings re Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1942-1967. (microfilm copies

of material in Kansas City Star Library)

Envelope No. 2 Ike Stays Out of It - re MacArthur-Truman controversy

Envelope Nos. 336 through 344 - Korea, Korea truce, Korea War, Visit to War area, etc.

Envelopes No. 362 & 363 - MacArthur, MacArthur Dismissal Statement

LAMBIE, JAMES M., JR: Records, 1952-61. James Lambie served as a Special Assistant to the

President in charge of the White House advertising liaison office. This office’s function was to coordinate

government claims for use of Advertising Council for public service campaigns. These records include

material regarding the American-Korean Foundation and re recruitment of personnel for the armed forces

during the Korean War era.

Box 2 Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid - including material on American-Korean

Foundation in 1953

Box 3 Defense 1953 - materials re Army and Air Force recruiting programs - Truman

Administration

Box 9 Women in the Services 1952-53 (three folders) including correspondence with Anna

Rosenberg

LARSON, ARTHUR: Papers, 1932-88. (Post-1954 material on Korea only) Arthur Larson served as

an Under Secretary of Labor and as a Special Assistant to the President during the Eisenhower

Administration. He later became director of the World Rule of Law Research Center at Duke University.

Box 11 Volume VIII September 1965-June 1967 (5)-(9) - population control in Korea

LODGE, HENRY CABOT: Campaign manager for Dwight Eisenhower, 1952, Senator from

Massachusetts, 1946-53 and U.S. Representative to the United Nations and the UN Security Council.

Selected papers, 1942-52 (microfilm copies of papers deposited in Massachusetts Historical Society).

1 Reel Contains material re conduct of the Korean War along with 1952 Campaign documentation

MASTERSON, CHARLES F.: Special Assistant in the White House Office: Records, 1953-56. Charles

Masterson was involved in political and public relations activities aimed at informing the public, Cabinet

departments, agencies and the Republican National Committee about Eisenhower Administration policies,

programs and problems.

Box 1 Withdrawal of troops - news clippings re withdrawal of two divisions from Korea in 1953

McCARDLE, CARL W.: Papers. Carl McCardle served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

from 1953-57 and handled press matters for Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.

Box 1 Korean Truce Negotiations - includes a memorandum of telephone conversation between

McCardle and Andrew Berding of State Department regarding POWs and 944 personnel

believed to be in communist hands. Also contains text of agreement on repatriation of POWs,

background briefing for press and other press related material concerning Korean armistice

Box 1 Korean Political Conference Geneva April 26,1954 - interview with Syngman Rhee, press

conferences and other press materials relating to Korea, POWs, and Indochina

Box 3 Asian Trip-March 1956 (8) - briefing material for Secretary Dulles’ visit to Seoul, Korea on

March 17-18, 1956

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McELROY, NEIL.: Papers. (Post-1954) Neil McElroy was Secretary of Defense from 1957 to 1959.

His papers contain McElroy’s journal of his world trip taken in the fall of 1958 with a stop in Korea in

October. His journal includes comments on Syngman Rhee and Korea.

Box 3 Around-the-World Trip, September 27-November 5, 1958 (1)

MITCHELL, JAMES P.: Secretary of Labor, 1953-61. Papers.

Box 58 Bureau of Labor Statistics General July-December (1) - report on labor situation in South

Korea (report dated 1955 and includes historical background)

MORGAN, GERALD D.: Records, 1953-61. Gerald Morgan service on the White House staff included

congressional liaison activities, providing legal advice to the President, and work as Deputy to the Assistant

to the President (Sherman Adams and Wilton Persons).

Box 19 (Pre-Accession and A67-57) Narcotics, Interdepartmental Committee on (1)(2) - includes

September 29 Briefing Report by Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Far East on narcotics use

in Far East, including Korea by U.S. military personnel as well as nationals of Korea and

other countries. Also includes other reports with comments on narcotics use in Far East.

Most material is dated 1955 but may include background information covering prior periods.

Box 29 Veterans Administration - includes Veterans Administration announcement in 1955 re ending

of certain veterans benefits associated with service during Korean War

Box 49 Korea - re legislation for Korean relief and rehabilitation

MOSS, EDWARD K.: Papers 1938-1970. Edward K. Moss served as Director of Public Information for

the National Production Authority and Information Office of the Defense Production Administration from

1950-53. His papers contain memoranda, orders, charts, agency policy statements, speeches and

newsclippings that reflect economic changes in U.S. industry resulting from the U.S. involvement in the

Korean War. Information in these papers relate to public relations aspects of industrial mobilization during

the Korean War.

Box 5 DPA/NPA, Office of Public Information, Org. and Functions 1951-52

Box 5 DPA/NPA, Office of Public Information, Policy and Programs, 1950-1952

Box 5 DPA/NPA, Office of Public Information-Scrapbook, 1950-1952 (1)-(3)

Box 5 DPA/NPA, Personnel 1950-53

Box 5 DPA/NPA, Speeches 1951 (1)-(3)

Box 5 DPA/NPA, Speeches 1952 (1)(2)

Box 6 DPA/NPA, Speeches, 1952 (3) (4)

Boxes 6-7 DPA Bulletins and Reports - 1951-53

MUELLER, FREDERICK H.: Papers. Frederick Mueller was Assistant Secretary of Commerce from

1955-58 and Secretary of Commerce, 1959-61. (Post-1954)

Box 2 1959 Trip File-Far East (Dec.). Mueller kept a diary of his trip to several Asian countries in

December 1959. Although he did not visit Korea, the section of his diary recording his visit

to Japan contains a few remarks about riots in Japan over repatriation of North and South

Koreans.

NEW YORK STATE CITIZENS FOR EISENHOWER: Clippings pertaining to the 1952 Presidential

Campaign sent by the New York State Citizens for Eisenhower Organization.

Box 25 MacArthur-General

Box 25 MacArthur’s Campaign and Speeches

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Box 25 Editorials on MacArthur

Box 27 Eisenhower in Detroit - Speeches

Box 27 Editorials on Ike in Detroit

Box 27 Ike in Detroit

NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON BUREAU: Clippings re Dwight D. Eisenhower and some of his

Contemporaries, 1912-60.

Box 9 Eisenhower - Korea

Box 10 Eisenhower - MacArthur, Douglas

Box 14 Eisenhower - Prisoners of War

Box 15 Eisenhower - Rhee, Syngman

Box 25 Eisenhower - Korea August and September 1952

Box 25 Eisenhower - Korea October 1952

Box 25 Eisenhower - Korea November 1952

Box 25 Eisenhower - Korea December 1952

NORSTAD, LAURIS: Papers. Although best known as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR)

from 1956 to 1962, General Norstad was no stranger to the Far East, having served during World War II as

Chief of Staff of the Twentieth Air Force where he helped plan bombing missions against Japan. From

October 1947 through October 1950 Norstad was Acting Vice Chief of Staff for Operations of the Air

Force before being assigned duty in Europe as Commander in Chief, United States Air Force in Europe.

While still in Washington in 1950, General Norstad received intelligence information on the Korean

situation and on August 8, 1950 attended a meeting in General MacArthur’s office where he recorded

General MacArthur’s presentation on his planned Inchon operation. General Norstad also retained in his

papers memoranda of telephone conversations regarding air operations in North Korea, memoranda

regarding an attack on Rashin, 17 miles south of the Soviet border, a memorandum re use of leaflets,

material regarding Chinese protest alleging U.S. attacks on Chinese civilians and messages containing data

on combat missions and aircraft losses in Far Eastern Air Force.

Box 20 Far East Command - Spot Intelligence Reports on military situation in Korea, August 1950 –

includes memorandum of MacArthur presentation on Inchon operation

Box 21 Memorandums for the Record - Korea

Box 21 Military Forces in the Far East 1949

Box 22 Official File 1949-1950 (1)-(4) - Korea

Box 37 Incoming and Outgoing Dec. '50 Thru Dec. '51 (1)-(9) - Korea including data on FEAF

combat missions and aircraft losses

PARKS, FLOYD L.: Papers. Parks saw service in World War II with the 69th Infantry Division and with

the First Allied Airborne Army. From 1949 to 1953 General Parks was Chief of Information for the

Department of the Army in Washington, DC. His personal correspondence with his family includes widely

scattered comments about press briefings, reporting of casualties, censorship, and other aspects of press

relations during the Korean War.

Box 6 Correspondence 1950 - comments re press briefings and Korean War, references to General

MacArthur, also comments on Drew Pearson, press relations and reporting of casualties

Box 6 Correspondence 1951

Box 6 Correspondence 1952 - trip to Korea and Far East

Box 6 Correspondence 1953

Box 7 Correspondence 1956 - Army public relations in Korea

PUSEY, MERLO J.: Papers. Merlo Pusey, Associate Editor of the Washington Post was author of

Eisenhower the President (1956). His papers contain newspaper clippings, mainly from the Washington

Post many which are arranged by subject.

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Box 19 Korean War

PYLE, HOWARD: Records, 1953-59. Howard Pyle was Deputy Assistant to the president for Inter-

Governmental relations, 1955-59. His records contain newsclippings, statements and press releases

concerning the Korean armistice in 1953 and Korea in 1954.

Box 47 Korea

RANDALL, CLARENCE B.: Journals, 1953-61. (Post-1954) Clarence Randall was Special Consultant

to President Eisenhower from 1954-56 and Chairman, Council on Foreign Economic Policy and Special

Assistant to the President from 1956-61. In December 1956, Randall travelled to Asia and conferred with

U.S. officials regarding economic and political conditions in various Asian countries including Korea.

Box 2 Washington, 1955, Volume III (March 8-24, 1955) Formosa and Korea

Box 3 Council on Foreign Economic Policy, 1956, Volume II, September 25-October 23,1956 -

reports on Iraq, China and Korea

Box 3 Council on Foreign Economic Policy, 1956, Volume II (October 24-December 7, 1956)

Korea

Box 7 Tokyo-Bangkok-Manila-Hawaii, December 25-30, 1956 - travelogue, discussions held re

several countries including Korea

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN (Leonard W. HALL):

Records, 1953-57. These files contain letters expressing public opinion on the Korean War and Armistice,

newsclippings, and Leonard Hall’s replies to the correspondence.

Box 5 Armed Forces (Veterans) 1953-5A

Box 5 Armed Forces (Veterans) 1954-A

Box 5 Armed Forces (Veterans) 1955-5A

Box 5 Armed Forces 1953-5B (U.M.T. and Draft)

Box 5 Armed Forces 1954-5B (U.M.T. and Draft)

Box 64 Foreign Policy 1953-20C Korea



Box 65 Foreign Policy 1953-20E United Nations

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE: News Clippings and publications, 1932-65. This

collection consists primarily of newsclippings and other printed materials collected by the Republican

National Committee for reference purposes and to assist in compiling political literature.

Box 49 MacArthur, Douglas - speeches/clippings 1942-53

Box 114 Ambassadors: South Korea-Berger, Samuel D.

Box 116 Ambassadors: Dowling, Walter (Korea)

Box 117 Ambassadors: Jessup (Philip C.) U.S. Ambassador at Large, Far East

Box 246 Foreign Aid: Korea

Box 254 Foreign Relations: China Manchuria

Box 255 Foreign Relations: Red China - Prisoners of War 1955-60

Box 278 Foreign Relations: Korea - seven folders

Box 279 Foreign Relations: Korea - Army Rotation System through Peace (11 folders)

Box 280 Foreign Relations: Korea Peace

Box 280 Foreign Relations: Korea - Prisoners of War, Missing, Atrocities (10 folders)

Box 281 Foreign Relations: Korea South Korea Army thru War Warnings (7 folders)

Box 282 Foreign Relations: Korea - Korean War 6/25/50-July 1, 1954

Box 282 Foreign Relations: Korea - 1958-60

Box 287 Foreign Relations: POWs - 11 Released Flyers

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Box 300 Foreign Relief: Korea - 1953-60

Box 314 Acheson, Dean: Texts Jan. 1944-Dec. 30, 1951

Box 409 Ridgway, Matthew (five folders)

Box 427 Truman: Texts June-July 31, 1950

Box 466 National Defense: Army, Clark (Gen. Mark W.) Jan. 1952-1953

Box 466 National Defense: Army - Dean Maj. Gen. William P.

Box 468 National Defense: Army - Van Fleet, Lt. Gen. James A. (3 folders)

Box 469 National Defense: Army - Willoughby, Gen. Charles

Box 621 United Nations: Genocide

Box 621 United Nations: Germ Warfare

Box 694 Korea (1)-(3)

ROBINSON, WILLIAM E.: Papers 1935-1969. William Robinson was a newspaper executive with the

New York Evening Journal and the New York Herald Tribune as well as president and chairman of the

Board of Coca-Cola Inc. Robinson was a close personal friend of Eisenhower and was an early supporter

of Eisenhower as a presidential candidate.

Box 8 Election of 1952 (1951) includes Eisenhower letter with comments on Douglas MacArthur

Box 9 Robinson-Notes for Book (DDE) including memo of February 11, 1952 conversation between

William Pawley and Eisenhower in which Pawley expressed his opinion on how to obtain

victory in the Korean War.

SCHAEFER, J. EARL.: Papers. J. Earl Schaefer was an executive with the Boeing Airplane Company in

Wichita and was a personal friend of Eisenhower’s. He took an active interest in Republican Party politics

and his papers contain correspondence regarding the 1952 Campaign. Some of this correspondence

pertains to Douglas MacArthur and suggests possibility of MacArthur’s accompanying General Eisenhower

on his trip to Korea in December 1952.

Box 1 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (File II) (2) - correspondence from Schaefer and others regarding

possibility of an Eisenhower-MacArthur reconciliation. Several comments concern Korea in

late 1952.

SCHOOLEY, C. HERSCHEL: Papers. C. Herschel Schooley served as Director of the Office of Public

Information, Department of Defense, 1953-58. Schooley’s papers contain correspondence re casualties in

Korea, a draft press release regarding American servicemen still held by the Communists, and information

on censorship during the Korean Conflict.

Box 1 Green Chronological File 28 June-30 Sept. 1954 (2) - correspondence re Virginia casualties in

Korean War and draft press release re American personnel still held by Communists

Box 1 Green Chronological File 1 January-31 March 1955 (1) - correspondence re individual killed

in action in Korea

Box 2 Green Chronological File 1 January-31, March 1956 (1)-(4) - correspondence re news

censorship during Korean Conflict

Box 3 Press Conference Transcripts September-December 1953 (1)-(7) - Secretary Wilson’s press

conferences

SEATON, FRED A.: Papers. Fred Seaton was an advisor in General Eisenhower's Presidential Campaign

in 1952, was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 1953-55, served briefly on the

White House staff in 1955 and became Secretary of Interior in 1956, serving until January 1961.

A. Congressional Series Box 3 S.2421 - First War Powers Act, extend to 1953 5-12-52

Box 3 S.2530 - Merchant Marine, medals for outstanding service 3-24-52

Box 5 S.2594 - Defense Production act, amendments 1952 - hearings and reports 6-12-52

Box 6 S.2728 - Armed Forces, Korea, United Nations Forces, Free Postage 4-2-52

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Box 10 S. Res. 306 - Bridges - Steel Strike, Presidential authority 4-16-52

Box 13 S.1808 - Butler - American citizens serving in allied forces - Prisoners of War

7-6-51

Box 26 H.R.7656 - Veterans' education and training, Korean 6-27-52

Box 27 H.J. Res. 481 - Emergency Powers Continuation Act 6-13-52

Box 27 H.J. Res. 490 - Emergency Powers Continuation Act 6-28-52

B. FAS Only Series

Box 1 Classified - statement re non-repatriated American ex-prisoners of war ; also South Korea

1955-56

C. Speeches Series, Speech Material Subseries Box 4 Speech Material Korean War Chronology

D. Subject Series Box 10 DOD Code of Conduct Program Second Progress Report 1956 (See file on this in Box 2,

Special Assistant's Series Subject Series, Records of White House Office of the Special

Assistant For National Security Affairs)

SMITH, JAMES H.: Papers. (Post 1954) James Smith served as Secretary of the Navy for Air from

1953-1956 and Director of the International Cooperation Administration from 1957 to 1959.

Box 4 Addresses, 1957-1958 - remarks by Vice President Nixon with references to Korea

Box 6 Scrapbook, 1956 (1)-(3) - Far East trip-Syngman Rhee

SMITH, WALTER BEDELL: Papers. Walter Bedell Smith served in many military and civilian

positions in the United States government during his career. During World War II he was Chief of Staff to

General Eisenhower in the combined Allied operational commands, Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ)

and Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). He also was U.S. Ambassador to the

Soviet Union from 1946 to 1949. He was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1953,

covering most of the Korean War period. Smith's files as Director of Central Intelligence are presumably

held by the CIA. Smith's personal papers, though largely routine in nature, do contain scattered items of

substance relating to the Korean War as well as to other issues. Specifically identified information is listed

below.

Box 13 Personal Correspondence (CIA) C - letter from Brigadier General Carter Clarke dated

December 5, 1950 re Chinese objectives in Korea; also 11/10/50 letter commenting on

Japanese

Box 14 1950 Personal Correspondence (CIA) J - correspondence between Smith, Lt. General John

Hodge and Dr. Philip Jaison, a U.S. citizen of Korean birth re efforts to bring thinking more

liberal than that of Syngman Rhee into Korea

Box 17 1951 Personal Correspondence (CIA) A - memorandum of conversation between General

Douglas MacArthur and Major General Julius Ochs re universal military training and re

Korea

Box 22 Personal Correspondence (CIA) K - case file with correspondence between Julius Klein and

Anna Rosenberg with references to Korean War plus Julius Klein speech with comments on

Korea

Box 24 1953 Personal Correspondence W - letter from General Wyman re Korean truce talks

Box 26 Correspondence of Military and/or Historical Significance) (1) - reference to Korea

SNYDER, HOWARD McCRUM: Papers. General Snyder was Dwight Eisenhower's personal physician

at the end of World War II and again through Eisenhower's two terms as President. He maintained close

ties with General Eisenhower after Eisenhower left office and collected material documenting Dwight

Eisenhower's medical history.

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Box 9 Medical Diary re DDE 1 May 1960 - 31 Aug 1960 (1)-(4) - DDE's Far East trip

Box 11 Draft on DDE - 1949-50 - section of Snyder's book draft with references to Eisenhower,

General Omar Bradley and the Korean War

STEPHENS, THOMAS E.: Records 1944-61. (Post 1954) Thomas Stephens participated in Dwight

Eisenhower's presidential campaign in 1952 and served as Appointments Secretary and Special Counsel to

the President on political matters during the Eisenhower Administration.

Box 39 Trip File - June 1960 - Seoul, Korea

Box 40 Korea (Telegrams)

Box 40 Korea

SUMMERFIELD, ARTHUR E.: Papers, 1942-72. Arthur Summerfield was Chairman, Republican

National Committee in 1952-53 and served as Post-Master General from 1953 to 1961.

A78-19 - Series I: Political Correspondence 1947-52

Box 5 General MacArthur (1)(2)

Box 13 Campaign Material (Veterans)

Box 70 Emergency Defense Activities Handbook June 1951

U.S. ARMY, UNIT RECORDS: The U.S. Army Unit Records consist of 1500 archives boxes of records

of U.S. Army units serving in most major theaters of operation during World War II. Many of these units

maintained records of occupation duties conducted after the end of hostilities. The 6th and 7th Infantry

Divisions served on occupation duty in Korea from September 1945 until early 1949 when they were

withdrawn. The records of both units contain G-2 Periodic reports that document the tense political

situation in Korea during these years. These reports indicate that the potential for conflict in Korea was

present throughout these occupation years and offer useful information for studying the background of the

Korean War.

Boxes 796-798 (6th Infantry Division) G-2 Periodic Reports Oct 20-Nov 21, 1945 through January

5-31, 1946

Box 799 G-3 Weekly Periodic Report Jan 26, 1946

Box 799 G-4 Journals Dec. 17, 1945 through Jan. 13, 1948

Box 802 (7th Infantry Division) G-2 Periodic Reports Jan. 2-March 31, 1947 through

December 17, 1948

U.S. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY: Records, 1954-61 (Post 1954 for Korea)

President Eisenhower established the Council on Foreign Economic Policy in December 1954 to coordinate

the United States Government's foreign economic policy. The records contain minutes of Council

meetings, working papers, policy papers, correspondence, memoranda and printed matter pertaining to

most regions of the world. There is much in these records on the Far East in general so users should check

these Far East related materials for references to Korea.

A. Policy Papers Series

Box 2 CFEP 503 An Asian Economic Grouping (1)-(5)

Box 7 CFEP 536 Future U.S. Economic Assistant For Asia (1)(2)

Box 11 CFEP 562 Asian Regional Economic Development and Cooperation (1)-(7)

B. Reports Series Box 1 Asian Regional Economic Development and Cooperation (1)-(4)

U.S. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY, OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN: (Joseph M.

Dodge and Clarence B. Randall, Records 1954-61). (Post-1954 for Korea) These records contain

materials similar to those in the Records of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy with considerable

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duplication. The Records of the Office of the Chairman document trips taken by the Chairmen including a

trip to the Far East by Clarence Randall in the fall of 1956. Randall was briefed on economic, political and

military conditions in several Asian countries including Korea. Again, users should search within the

headings for Asian economic assistance for possible references to Korea.

A. CFEP Papers Series

Box 1 Asian Regional Economic Development Committee

Box 4 CFEP 562 Asian regional economic development

B. Dodge Series, Subject Subseries Box 1 Asia Economic Program

Box 3 Japan-Shigemitsu Visit Briefing Papers (2) - Japan and Korea

C. Randall Series, Trips Subseries Box 1 Far East December 1956

Box 2 Far East Trip December 1956 (4) (5) - Korea

Box 2 Far East Trip December 1956 Background Papers (2)-(5) - ICA programs in Far East; Status

of Far East Command

Box 2 Far East Trip December 1956 Final Report

D. Special Studies Series Boxes 3-4 Committee on Asian Regional Economic Development Subseries

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Condolence Books and Messages (Record Group 59) 1969. This

collection consists largely of condolence books containing names of foreign citizens signing books to

indicate their sympathy at President Eisenhower's death. Some messages from foreign officials are

included in these records. (Post-1954)

Box 16 Korea Message

Box 16 Korea Seoul

U.S PRESIDENT'S CITIZEN ADVISORS ON THE MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM (Fairless

Committee): Records, 1956-57. (Post-1954 Korean materials) The Fairless Committee was established

by the President to study and make recommendations on the scope and operation of the United States

government's foreign military, economic and technical assistance programs. Benjamin Fairless chaired the

Committee.

Box 2 Summaries of Testimony and Briefings - statements by John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and

others with references to many regions and countries of the world including Korea

Box 9 Mr. Reid - Notes of briefing from In-Country Teams including information on Korea

Box 11 Voluntary Agencies

Box 15 Korea - MAAG briefing, political developments, Bureau of Budget report on Korea; notes on

electric power system

U.S. PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION ACTIVITIES ABROAD

(SpragueCommittee): Records, 1959-61. (Post-1954 materials regarding Korea) The President's

Committee on Information Activities Abroad was established to review the findings and recommendations

of the Committee on International Information Activities (Jackson Committee) set up in 1953. (See next

entry below ) The Committee was chaired by Mansfield Sprague. Its records include correspondence,

Minutes of Committee meetings, memoranda of conversations, briefing summaries, reports, press releases

and printed material. The documentation reflects the Eisenhower Administration's interest in psychological

warfare and information activities (these terms are easily blurred together and are subject to varying

interpretations and definitions}.

Box 1 Radio and Television (1)-(16) - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service; Korea

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Box 5 Voluntary Foreign Aid #20

Box 8 Military #28 - military personnel abroad

Box 9 Asia #30

Box 13 Committee Reports - Col. J. F. Twombly III - Armed Forces Radio Services

Box 20 PCIAA #2 (1)-(3) - International Radio & Television activities of U.S. Government

Box 20 PCIAA #A10 The collateral Effects of Training Foreign Military Personnel

Box 22 PCIAA #20 The Psychological Impact of American Voluntary Foreign Aid

Box 22 PCIAA #26 Radio Broadcasting and Television

Box 23 PCIAA #30 Asia

Box 27 Minutes (1)-(14) - Minutes of Committee meetings

U.S. PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES

(Jackson Committee): Records, 1950-53. On January 24, 1953, President Eisenhower appointed the

Jackson Committee to study the U.S. Government’s information policies, especially as they related to

international relations and national security. In summary, the committee was to study psychological

warfare activities and make recommendations concerning them. William H. Jackson chaired the

President’s Committee on International Information Activities. After examining documents and

interviewing over 250 witnesses, the Committee presented a security-classified report to the President on

June 30, 1953. This report has since been declassified in part with portions remaining classified as of July

2000. Portions of the report are printed in the Department of State’s Foreign Relations of the United States,

1952-54: Volume II, Part II National Security Affairs. Information on U.S. Army and Air Force

psychological warfare programs conducted during the Korean War is contained in some of the Jackson

Committee numbered documents in Boxes 11-12.

Box 2 Correspondence - B (1)-(8) - Korea

Box 6 Correspondence - J (1)-(3) - U.S. military personnel and foreign nationals

Box 11 Jackson Committee Numbered Documents (1)-(2)

Box 12 Jackson Committee Numbered Documents (3)-(11)

U.S. PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(Draper Committee): Records, 1958-1959. (Post-1954 material on Korea) In November 1958

President Eisenhower selected William H. Draper to chair this committee that was directed to study the

military assistance aspects of the United States Government’s mutual security program. The Committee

looked at assistance to less developed countries, particularly those threatened by communism, and at the

modernization of free world military forces. Korea was one of the countries examined by the Draper

Committee. Documentation includes minutes of Committee meetings, reports, correspondence, studies and

other materials. The folders below are identified as clearly or probably containing information relating to

Korea. It is recommended that other general headings be examined as well since references to Korea may

appear throughout this collection.

Box 2 Committee Meetings - Sixth-February 24-26, 1959 (1)-(2) - Korea grain imports

Box 7 Committee Mailings - (50) - (59) Military Assistance Program for Far East

Box 8 III. Letter to Admirals Jerauld Wright and H.D. Felt, Reply Interim of Each - Military

Assistance in Asia, evaluation by CINCPAC

Box 9 XXX. Letter to C. Douglas Dillon, January 27, 1959; Reply of February 25, 1959 - costing

studies for several areas including Korea, Far East

Box 10 XXXIII. Letter from Carter B. Magruder, Deputy Chief of Staff of Logistics, March 10, 1959

Far East military assistance program

Box 10 XLIV. Letter from General G.H. Decker, Commander, U.S. Army in Korea, May 7, 1959 -

military assistance program in Korea

Box 17 Category V - Central Files - Military Assistance - January 1959 (1)-(3) Korea

Box 18 Category V - Central Files - Military Assistance - July-August 1959 - Far East area study

Box 19 Study on Korea

Box 19 Model Military Plan, 1959-1964 - Korea

Box 19 Costing Studies - PACOM

Box 20 Local Currency Exchange Rate Briefing Materials - Korea

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Box 20 Far East Programs - economic and technical assistance

Box 20 Overseas Internal Security Program

Box 22 Category V - Central Files Unclassified Economic Assistance (1)(2) - Korean grain imports

Box 22 Category V - Central Files Unclassified - Committee Organization January - February 1959

(1)(2) Problems in Asia

U.S. PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON VETERANS PENSIONS (Bradley Commission): Records,

1954-58. President Eisenhower appointed General Omar N. Bradley to chair this commission that was

instructed to examine questions involving the role of veterans in American society and their needs for

compensation through pensions, educational benefits, vocational training and other programs. Information

on questions regarding the influx of veterans of the Korean War into American society can be found by

diligently searching these records. A few selected folder titles are listed below.

Boxes 17-21 Meetings - Minutes 1955-1956

Box 67 Defense Dept. on effect of GI Bill

Box 77 GI Bill Extension

Box 79 Defense Dept. GI Bill Extension

Box 81 History of Vet. Benefits

Box 82 Prisoner of War Report [Code of Conduct Program - see OSANSA file above]

Box 86 Veteran Population - Korean Conflict

Box 107 Military Career Service and Veterans Survivor Benefits

U.S. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM: Issuances, 1948-72. These Records consist of duplicate copies

of bound sets of U.S. Selective Service System issuances during the period 1948-1972. These include three

bound volumes of Operations Bulletins, 5 volumes of State Directors Advices, and 2 volumes of Local

Board Memoranda. These bound volumes contain directives reflecting U.S. Government policy on drafting

of manpower during the Korean War as well as later and can be readily used as a source of information on

this topic.

U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION UNIT

(EISENHOWER): (Record Group 87) Records, 1953-60. This body of records document United States

Secret Service procedures in accompanying and protecting President Eisenhower during trips outside of the

White House. Typical documents include U.S. Secret Service Protective Survey Reports covering each trip

with data on posting personnel, routes, schedules, individuals seeing the President and other information

pertaining to the Presidential Protection Unit's responsibilities. These are official records, subject to the

Provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and individual files will be reviewed upon request. As of

the summer of 2000 these records remain largely unprocessed including files on Trip No. 100 - Trip to the

Far East, 1960 - Korea in box 44. The following file pertaining to President-elect Eisenhower's trip to

Korea in December 1952 has been processed with the contents released in part with redactions made in

accordance with United States Secret Service guidelines.

Box 49 The President-Elect Trip to Korea 1953 [sic - was in 1952] (1)-(9) - details of General

Eisenhower's schedule during his visit to Korea in December 1952

U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT, OPERATIONS DIVISION: Diary, 1941-46 These are duplicates of

Operations Division diaries that were sent to the Eisenhower Library in 1966 and 1968 with the originals

deposited in the National Archives. These consist of daily summaries of reports from military commands

in various theaters of operation during World War II and continuing into the immediate post-war period.

Summaries falling into the period from late 1945 until April 1946 when they ended, report on

developments in Korea including the establishment of the Joint U.S.-USSR Commission intended to form a

Korean government. The summaries include General John Hodge's messages regarding U.S.-Soviet

friction over the nature of the government in Korea.

Box 18 Diary, Operations Division, 1 May-30 September 1945

Box 18 Diary, Operations Division, October 1, 1945-December 31, 1945

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Box 18 Diary, Operations Division, January 1, 1946-March 15, 1946

Box 18 Diary, Operations Division, March 16, 1946-May 31, 1946

WAUGH, SAMUEL C.: Papers. Samuel Waugh served as Assistant Secretary of State, 1953-55, Deputy

Under Secretary of State in 1955 and President and Chairman of the Board, Export-Import Bank, 1955-61.

(Post-1954 material on Korea) Those wanting to use this collection may find synopses of Export-Import

Bank transactions concerning Korea by searching the folders entitled "Eximbank—Daily Reports" in boxes

1-3 and the folders entitled "Alphabetical Record of Callers" in Boxes 3-4.

WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH: Records 1930-70. (A component

of Record Group 220) (Post 1954 material )

Box 193 Department of Defense - contains 1959 Department of Defense pamphlet entitled

"Manual on Intercountry Adoption" with Korea mentioned as one of the countries with

adoptable children

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF: Papers. 1948-61. This is a

major source of documentation on the Korean War and on post-war U.S.-Korean relations. For POW/MIA

issues and psychological warfare, it may be the best single source of documentation in the Eisenhower

Library's holdings. There are materials hidden in obscure places such as folders entitled "Special" in the

Executive Secretary's Subject File Series. Some of these refer to Korean War questions early in the war.

Listed below are series with selected box numbers and folder titles. Because some topics were so broad

and cover many countries, it is not feasible to list all folders conceivably containing information on Korea.

Researchers are recommended to examine this collection carefully because it offers much potentially rich

information on Korea. Portions of this collection remain security-classified as of the summer of 2000.

Much of the security-classified information pertains to intelligence matters.

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF: Papers. 1948-61 (cont.)

A. CFEP Series (entirely post-1954). This series is not as important a source on Korea as are many

other series in this collection but does contain information on the Far East including Clarence Randall's trip

to the Far East in 1956.

Box 1 CFEP-Chron. Jan/57 to Dec/57 (1)-(3) - Clarence Randall's Far East trip

Box 12 CFEP-Randall Trip to Far East

B. Executive Secretary's Subject Series. One can find a few interesting items relating to intelligence on

Chinese intentions in Korea and other early Korean War related items in the files entitled "Special " in

Boxes 16-17.

Box 1 #1 Miscellaneous (File #1) (1)-(7) - Korea (questions re possible use of atomic bombs in

Korean War)

Box 11 Intelligence 1953-1957 - Korean armistice

Box 12 Korea-Annex F-New Paper (1959)

Box 16 Special (File #1) (1)-(6) - includes memorandum from Walter Bedell Smith, Director of

Central Intelligence in October 1950 regarding Chinese intentions

Box 17 Special (File #1) (7)-(9) 1952

Box 17 Special Assistant (Cutler) Memoranda 1953 (1)-(8) - Korea

Box 17 Special Assistant (Cutler) Memoranda 1954 (1)-(10) - Korea

Box 19 Vice President, Material for the (1)(2) 1953 - Korea

C. Disaster File Series (Should be cross-checked with the NSC Series, Policy Papers Subseries in the

Records of the White House Office of the Special Assistant For National Security Affairs), listed following

the listing for the NSC Staff Papers). This Disaster File was named because it was established as a

duplicate set of NSC papers to use in case a disaster wiped out the working files). It contains a run of NSC

policy papers beginning with NSC 8 "The Position of the United States With Respect to Korea", dated

April 2, 1948 and continuing through the period of the Korean War and through the post-Korean War

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period to NSC 6018 "U.S. Policy Toward Korea" dated November 28, 1960. Many of these papers are

duplicated in the Files of the White House Office of the Special Assistant For National Security Affairs and

many have been printed at least in part in the Department of State's Foreign Relations of the United

States series. However, some of these papers have been printed only in part so they should be checked

against the appropriate FRUS volume(s) carefully. A copy of Henry Tasca's report to the President

"Strengthening the Korean Economy" dated June 15, 1953 is found in the Disaster File Series but not

elsewhere in the Library's holdings.

Box 6 Basic National Security Policy (Miscellaneous Papers ) (1)(2) - Nixon trip to Far East

1953

Box 7 NSC 68 (1)(2) and NSC 68/1, 68/2, 68/3, and 68/4 - The text of the key Cold War

document, NSC 68 can be found here along with various revisions. This paper was a

foundation document in the development of the Truman Administration's strategic

posture vis-à-vis the Soviet Bloc and the outbreak of hostilities in Korea gave impetus to

the implementation of NSC 68. Other papers in the Basic National Security Policy

segment that outline Truman and Eisenhower Administration strategic posture policies

can be found here in boxes 7-19 including NSC 162/2, the document associated with the

Eisenhower Administration's "New Look" policy in Box 11

Box 31 Hostilities (1) - (5)

Box 31 International Affairs - United Nations

Boxes 32-33 Internal Security - Foreign Constabulary Forces (1)-(3) - re NSC 1290-d. Korea was one

of the countries included in this program that began in 1955

Box 35 Military Programs - Limited Military Operations (1)-(7) - Eisenhower Administration

conducted studies of limited war with hypothetical scenarios involving several countries

including Korea. The studies were done in 1958 and 1960 (See also the OSANSA file

for partially declassified study on limited warfare)

Boxes 39-40 Project Solarium - (strategic posture study conducted in summer of 1953 leading to

development of Eisenhower Administration's "New Look" policy)

Box 40 Psychological and Informational Programs (1)-(12) - decline of U.S. prestige abroad

Box 53 Far East and Asia (1)-(3)

Box 54 Far East & Asia (4)

Box 59 Korea 1948-49 (1)(2)

Box 60 Korea 1950 (1)-(3)

Box 60 Korea 1951-52 (1)-(2)

Box 60 Korea Jan.-Apr. 1953 (1)-(4)

Box 60 Korea May-Aug. 1953 (1)-(5)

Box 61 Korea Sept.-Dec. 1953 (1)-(3)

Box 61 Korea 1954 (1)(2)

Box 61 Korea 1955 (1)(2)

Box 61 Korea 1956

Box 61 Korea 1957

Box 61 Korea 1958

Box 61 Korea 1959 (1)(2)

Box 62 Korea 1960-61 (1)(2)

D. NSC Registry Series. This series holds several categories of intelligence documents not found

elsewhere in the Library's holdings plus a body of Psychological Strategy Board (PSB) documents that

should be used in conjunction with the PSB Central Files Series also a part of this collection. Some of the

headings for intelligence files are quite general in nature and the contents of many of these folders may still

be largely security-classified. Nevertheless, these general folders such as "CIA Telegrams" or "Special

Estimates" in box 4 should be checked.

Box 3 National Intelligence Estimates 5-14 (1)-(7)

Box 4 Special Estimates 5-15 (1)-(6)

Box 4 CIA Telegrams 5-018 (1)-(4)

Box 4 Intelligence Advisory Committee 5-19 (1)-(9) - contains memoranda re U.S. personnel

still listed as missing in action

Boxes 14-17 PSB Documents, Master Book of. These boxes contain a set of minutes of PSB Meetings

from 1951-53 plus numerous papers produced by the PSB on Korea including "PSB J-19-

d Emergency Plan re Break-Off of Korean Armistice Negotiations" September 18, 1951,

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PSB D-7/c "Psychological Operations Plan Incident to Korean Cease-Fire Negotiations,"

October 25, 1951, a PSB Staff Study on Repatriation of Prisoners of War in Korea, dated

October 18, 1951, PSB D-41 "Suggested Guidance for Public Aspects of U.S. Position on

Korean Prisoner of War Talks" dated April 3, 1953 and PSB D-42 "Suggested Guidance

for Conduct of Negotiations for the exchange of Sick and Wounded from Viewpoint of

Psychological and Propaganda Problems Involved", April 3, 1953. Also found here are

status reports such as PSB D47 "Status Report on the National Psychological Effort as of

June 30, 1953," and "Progress Report of the Psychological Strategy Board" dated July 29,

1953.

E. Operations Coordinating Board Series. This large file (129 boxes) begins in late 1953 where the

Psychological Strategy Board left off and continues to about May 1957. The OCB Central Files for the

period from June 1957 to the end of the Eisenhower Administration is part of Record Group 273 in the

National Archives at College Park (Archives II). The OCB dealt with a plethora of foreign relations and

national security issues and was particularly concerned with the psychological impact of NSC actions and

policies and produced reports on the implementation of NSC numbered policy papers. Working groups

were established to thrash out procedures for developing these progress reports or for reporting on specific

problem areas. Consequently, the OCB Central Files Series contain reports, drafts of reports, memoranda

of working group meetings, correspondence and other materials. Boxes 110-112 consist of Daily

Intelligence Abstracts that are comprised of 1-2 page memoranda, each containing paragraphs reporting

developments regarding countries around the world. Korea and post-Korean war issues including

POW/MIA matters can be found in these intelligence abstracts but one must search for them.

Information on Korea can be found throughout the OCB Central Files so the folder listing is selective and

cannot be considered comprehensive. Particular attention should be given to the files "OCB 383.6

Prisoners of War - Korean War" in Boxes 117-118, PCB 387.4 Korea Armistice in Box 121, OCB 702.5 -

"Brainwashing and Psychological Examination" and OCB 729.2 "Biological Warfare 1953" in Box 124 and

OCB 091. "Korea" in Boxes 49-50.

Boxes 2-4 OCB 000.77 Radio Broadcasts - esp. Country papers - contain

paper on Korea

Boxes 17-18 OCB 014.12 Internal Security [NSC 1290-d] program on overseas

internalsecurity; Korea was one of about 20 countries involved in

this program. References to Korea can be found scattered

throughout many reports prepared on this subject]

Box 49 OCB 091. Korea (File #1) (1)-(3) - Sept. 1953-June 1955

Box 50 OCB 091. Korea (File #1) (4)-(11) June 1955-March 1956

Box 50 OCB 091. Korea (File #2) (1)-(10) March 1956 - May 1957

Box 50 OCB 091. Korea (File #3) May-June 1957

Box 59 OCB 091.3 Economics (File #2) (1-12) Jan 1955-Sept 1956 -

Overseas understanding of U.S. Aid

Box 59 OCB 091.3 Economics (File #3) (1)-(7) Sept.-Dec. 1956 Working

Group on Overseas Understanding of U.S. Aid

Boxes 60-61 OCB 091.3 Economics Asia (Files 1-2) Dec. 1954-May 1957 -

scattered references to Korea

Boxes 64-66 OCB 091.4 Asia January 1954-June 1957

Box 69 OCB 091.4 Far East (File #1) (1)-(10) - Vice President Nixon

report on trip to Far East 1953

Box 70 OCB 091.4 Far East File #2 & #3

Boxes 110, 111A,111B and 112 OCB 350.05 (Files #1-4) Daily Intelligence Abstracts November

1953-June 1957 - These consist of daily reports typically

consisting of 2-3 page memos with paragraph reports on individual

countries world wide. Numerous references to Korea, Korean War

POWs, and the Far East can be found scattered throughout these

abstracts but considerable searching is required.

Boxes 117-118 OCB 383.6. Prisoners of War-Korean War (Files #1-2) October

1953-July 1956. Working Group memoranda and reports on

Korean War POW/MIA issues; January 31, 1955 memo reporting

Soviet defector's account of U.S. personnel captured in Korea

being transported to Siberia; non-repatriated Chinese and North

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Korean prisoners and related Korean War issues. This is an

important file for this topic.

Box 121 OCB 387.4 Korea Armistice (File #1 & 2) Nov 1953-April 1956

Box 124 OCB 702.5- Brainwashing and Psychological Examination

Box 124 OCB 729.2 Biological Warfare 1953

F. OCB Secretariat Series This series contains OCB, PSB and related material from 1945 (Edward

Lilly's History of Psychological operations covers period 1945-51) through end of the Eisenhower

Administration. This series contains the most complete set of minutes of OCB meetings in the Library's

holdings (Boxes 11-17) and OCB Activity Reports from 1957 to 1961 (Boxes 8-11) as well as historical,

organizational and administrative material relating to the OCB and to some extent, the PSB. Thus, this

series documents the overall functioning of the OCB. References to Korea may be found scattered within

the minutes and under broad headings such as "Doctrinal Warfare". The folders listed below are merely

those in which information on Korea has clearly been identified.

Box 1 Assistance, Overseas (1)-(3) Armed Forces assistance to Korea (AFAK)

Box 4 Lodge's Human Rights Project (1)(2) 1953

Box 6 Overseas Internal Security (1)(2) - Korea

G. PSB Central Files Series The Psychological Strategy Board was established by President Harry

Truman in 1951 and was terminated in September 1953 and replaced by the Operations Coordinating Board

(OCB). This series contains much documentation relating to the Korean War, particularly POW/MIA and

psychological warfare issues for which it is one of the Library's key sources of information. The PSB

Central Files Series should be used in conjunction with the file of PSB material in Boxes 14-17 of the NSC

Registry Series (See description above) where minutes of PSB meetings and numbered PSB papers are

found. The PSB Central Files Series also contain PSB numbered papers but also memoranda of working

groups, other memoranda and correspondence, and daily intelligence abstracts. Because the PSB

conducted operations involving intelligence activities portions of this series remain security-classified as of

the summer of 2000.

Box 2 PSB X - 091 Korea (Cross Reference sheets)

Box 7A PSB 383.6 - POWs

Box 7A PSB 387.4 - Korea

Box 10 PSB 032.3 - Vice President's world trip

Box 13 PSB 091. - Korea

Box 15 PSB 091.4 - Far East

Box 18 PSB 095 "H" information re Korea

Box 18 PSB 095 "P" - information on prisoners of war

Box 22 PSB 334 POC (Psychological Operations Coordinating Committee) - memoranda

summarizing POC meeting Jan. to April 1953 with information on Korea

Box 23 PSB 334 UN (1)-(7) Henry Cabot Lodge project on publicizing communist vulnerabilities on

human rights during 8th UNGA

Box 24 PSB 334 UN (8) (9)

Box 24 PSB 334 UN (File #2) (1)-(7)

Box 24 PSB 337- check folders for luncheon meetings, staff meetings and minutes

Box 25 PSB 350.05 Intelligence Abstracts - These cover developments around the world during 1953

and continue in the OCB Central Files for the period from late 1953 to mid 1957

Box 26 PSB 383.6 Prisoners of War (1)-(7) - issues involving U.S. POWs during Korean War

Box 26 PSB 383.6 Prisoners of War (File #2) (1)-(6) - both sets of folders constitute an important

source of information on Korean War POWs

Box 28 PSB 387.4 Korea (1)-(7)

Box 29 PSB 702.5 (1)(2) - Brainwashing during Korean War

Box 29 PSB 729.2 (1)(2) - biological warfare propaganda

H. Special Staff Series This series consists primarily of briefing notes used in preparing agenda items for

discussion at National Security Council meetings. Some of these summarize discussions and briefings at

NSC Planning Board meetings.

Box 4 Korea (1)-(3)

Box 7 Special Staff Memos (1)-(3) - Korea

Box 8 U.N. Action to stop Aggression

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Box 9 Memos for the Vice President (1)-(5) - Korea

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR NATIONAL

SECURITY AFFAIRS (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray): Records, 1952-1961.

The Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, held by Robert Cutler in 1953-55, and

again in 1957-58, Dillon Anderson in 1955-56 and Gordon Gray from 1958 to January 1961, prepared

items for discussion at National Security Council meetings, engaged in long range planning on many

national security topics, supervised the National Security Council staff, and related boards and committees,

and provided advice to the President on broad national security policy and specific issues. These records

contain the numbered policy papers stating official policy toward specific countries, regions or on various

functions, briefing memoranda and notes used to prepare agenda items for NSC discussion, semi-annual

status of NSC projects reports (broken down by major function - defense, psychological, foreign assistance,

international information, defense mobilization, intelligence, etc.), correspondence, memoranda and reports

pertaining to the Operations Coordinating Board, memoranda of conversations, and reports and studies.

This collection is one of the Library's most important bodies of national security related documentation and

contains information on the Korean War as well as post hostilities U.S.-Korean relations. Portions of this

collection remained security-classified as of the summer of 2000.

A. FBI Series Contains correspondence and memoranda from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to the

Special Assistant for National Security Affairs primarily regarding communism and subversive activities,

groups and individuals. Also found here are FBI reports on the Communist Party U.S.A. and on specific

topics.

Box 3 "S" (1) - 14 pages of FBI memoranda reporting on repatriated U.S. POWs in Korea and

allegations of involvement with Communist propaganda. See "Schur, Frederick" and "Stell"

B. NSC Series: Administrative Subseries Box 4 Chronological - Richard L. Hall 1954 (6) - Korea

C. NSC Series: Briefing Notes Subseries This series contains a fairly diverse body of materials

including briefing memoranda used in preparing items for NSC discussion but also including reports and

studies such as the lengthy study of Limited War conducted in 1958 and 1960.

Box 3 Asian Economic Development and Cooperation 1957

Box 11 Korea, Reimbursement for U.S. Logistic Support to other UN forces (1)(2)

Box 11 Korea (South), U.S. Policy toward, 1953, 1957-60

Box 12 Limited War (1)-(3) 1957-61 - contains partially declassified study (1960 on limited war

using hypothetical scenarios for conducting limited war in several geographic regions

including Korea

Box 18 USSR 1954-60 - lists of aircraft incidents including shoot downs involved with USSR. Some

may have been connected with or in area of Korea

D. NSC Series, Policy Papers Subseries This series contains the numbered NSC policy papers with

several on Korea along with related memoranda. Many papers in this series are duplicated in the Disaster

File Series of the NSC Staff Papers Collection described above. Since, however, both series may contain

unique materials they both should be used and cross-checked. Many of these papers are printed in part or

in full in the Department of State's Foreign Relations of the United States series.

Box 1 NSC 85 - U.N. Actions to Stop Aggression

Box 2 NSC 118/2 - Korea - includes JCS paper outlining alternate courses of possible military action

Box 4 NSC 147 - Courses of Action in Korea (1)(2)

Box 4 NSC 148 - Far East

Box 5 NSC 154 - U.S. Tactics Immediately Following an Armistice in Korea

Box 5 NSC 156/1 - Strengthening the Korean Economy

Box 6 NSC 157 - U.S. Objectives with Respect to Korea Following an Armistice

Box 7 NSC 170/1 Korea

Box 10 NSC 5416 - Strategy for Developing Position of Military Strength in the Far East - expansion

of Korean armed forces; use of Korean troops in Indochina

Box 12 NSC 5429/5 - Policy Toward the Far East (1)-(3)

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Box 13 NSC 5434/1 - Military Assistance Program - including use of constabulary forces in countries

threatened by subversion (NSC 1290-d - Overseas Internal Security Program) Korea was one

of the countries included in the 1290-d program

Box 15 NSC 5514 - U.S. Policy Toward Korea

Box 18 NSC 5610 - Report by Interdepartmental Committee on Certain U.S. Aid Programs -

including Korea

Box 19 NSC 5702/2 - U.S. Policy Toward Korea (1)(2)

Box 25 NSC 5817 - Policy Toward Korea

Box 27 NSC 5907 - Korea

Box 27 NSC 5913 - Far East

Box 29 NSC 6018 - U.S. Policy Toward Korea

E. NSC Series: Status of Projects Subseries The semi-annual numbered NSC Papers entitled "Status of

U.S. National Security Programs" (i.e. NSC 142, NSC 161, etc.) contain pertinent information on the

Korean War and its aftermath.

Box 3 NSC 142 Status of U.S. National Security Programs on December 31, 1952 -military

programs

Box 3 NSC 142 - the mutual security program

Box 3 NSC 142 - the psychological program

Box 3 NSC 161, Vol. I Status of U.S. National Security Programs on June 30, 1953 - (1) -

Relations with the Free World

Box 3 NSC 161, Vol. I (2) - the military program

Box 3 NSC 161, Vol. I (3) - the mutual security program

Box 3 NSC 161, Vol. I (4) - mutual security program (DOD Annex)

Box 4 NSC 161, Vol. II (3) - the psychological program

Box 4 NSC 5407, Status of U.S. National Security Programs on December 31, 1953 (1)

Relations with the Free World; the military program

Box 4 NSC 5407, (2) (3) the mutual security program

Boxes 5-9 Contain similar semi-annual reports for remainder of 1954 through June 30, 1960

F. NSC Series, Subject Subseries Box 1 Atomic Energy - Miscellaneous (2) (3) - custody of atomic weapons; transfer and deployment

of nuclear weapons. (May relate to Eisenhower Administration effort to demonstrate military

strength during Korean armistice negotiations}

Box 2 Base Rights - Nov. 1957 Nov. 1960 - include U.S. base in Korea

Box 4 Legislative Program and Congressional Relations (2) - June 1953-June 1957 - Korea

Box 5 Limited Military Operations 1960 - study of U.S. capabilities for limited military operations

depicting possible scenarios in various regions, one being Korea

Box 6 Overseas Internal Security Program - April 1958-May 1959

Box 9 Project Solarium Report to NSC - Task Forces A, B & C - (major studies of alternate U.S.

strategy on strategic posture)

G. OCB Series, Administrative Subseries (Should be cross-checked with OCB Secretariat Series in

NSC Staff Papers Collection, described above) Contains chronological correspondence, minutes of OCB

Meetings (most complete set appear to be found in OCB Secretariat Series, however) and general

information on OCB organization, personnel and structure.

Box 1 Chronological - Karl Harr April-July 1958 (4) - Korea

Box 2 Chronological - Karl G. Harr, July-December 1959 (2) Far East

Box 2 Operations Coordinating Board - General (3) - Frederick Dearborn's notes from Far East Trip

Box 3 OCB Luncheon Meetings 1954-60 - may want to check for possible references to Korea

H. OCB Series, Subject Subseries This series consists primarily of materials created after 1954.

Box 2 Far East

Box 2 Far East Trip - by Christian Herter and Frederick Dearborn in August-Sept. 1957

Box 3 Korea - popular uprisings; relationship between U.S. missions; warehousing in Korea; book

Captives of Korea; coordination of U.S. programs in Korea

Box 5 Overseas Internal Security

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I. Special Assistant Series, Chronological Subseries Consists of official memoranda and

correspondence by Dillon Anderson, Robert Cutler and Gordon Gray. Begins in April 1955. Pre-1955

Robert Cutler correspondence and memoranda can be found in Boxes 17-18 of Executive Secretary's

Subject Series, NSC Staff Papers (See above).

Box 1 April 1955 (4) (6) (7) - Korea

Box 2 October 1955 (5) - Korea

Box 4 January 1957 (4) - Korea

Box 4 April 1957 (1) - Korea

Box 5 June 1957 (3) - Korea

Box 5 July 1957 (3) (5) - Korea

Box 6 June 1958 (2) - Korea

Box 6 July 1958 – Korea

J. Special Assistant Series: Name Subseries Box 4 W-General (2) 1957-58 - material re William L. White's book Captives of Korea

K. Special Assistant Series, Presidential Subseries

Box 1 President's Papers 1953 (5) (8) - Korea

Box 2 President's Papers 1954 (7) - Korea

Box 2 President's Papers 1954 (8)-(15) - Report of the Van Fleet mission to the Far East with section

on Korea

Box 2 President's Papers 1955 (7) - Korea

Box 4 Meetings with the President June- December 1959 (5) - Korea (Memoranda of Gordon Gray's

conversations with the President on many national security topics found in this file entitled

"Meetings with the President", 1958-1961 in Boxes 3-5

Box 5 1960 Meetings with the President—Volume 2 (1)(2) - Korea

L. Special Assistant Series: Subject Subseries Box 2 Code of Conduct Program (Defense) (1)-(5) - Report by Secretary of Defense Advisory

Committee on Prisoners of War (August 1955). Relates to experiences of U.S. personnel

captured during the Korean War. This is an important file for studying the development of

the Defense Department's Code of Conduct program with reports on implementation of the

program.

Box 3 Department of Defense (6) - medium tanks in Korea

Box 8 Soldier Voting 1952-55 (1)-(3) - re enactment of federal legislation facilitating ability of U.S.

military personnel to vote

Box 10 Vice President (1) - January 1954-April 1957 - trip to Asia

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Joseph Winslow, John Carroll, Rocco Siciliano, and Eugene

Lyons): Records, 1953-61. These records pertain to U.S. government personnel, primarily civilian, but

information relating to civilian and military personnel overseas. Information on U.S. Government

personnel in Korea as well as employment of Korean nationals can be found scattered within file on

Government employment overseas in Boxes 92-121. Much of this material relates to overall programs and

policies but occasional specific references to Korea can be found. Pertinent information has been identified

in file folders listed below but other folders may be worth checking if interested in U.S. Government

personnel in Korea. (Post 1954 Information on Korea)

Box 108 Overseas Housing - Extracts from Reports re Civilian Employees in Far East

Box 113 Employees Overseas - geographic distribution of U.S. citizen employees by country

Box 119 Personnel - comments on trip to Japan, Korea and Pacific, December 1957

Box 120 Report on Overseas Conditions - Oct-Nov Trip to Far East including Korea by Joseph

Winslow

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE STAFF SECRETARY (Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J

Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich and Christopher H. Russell): Records, 1952-61. This is a major

national security related collection weighed heavily during the period from late 1954 on when Andrew

Goodpaster served as White House Staff Secretary. The Office of the White House Staff Secretary was

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involved in daily management, liaison with agencies, briefings, trip planning and crisis management.

There is not so much material on long term National Security Council planning as will be found in the

Records of the Special Assistant For National Security Affairs or the NSC Staff Papers. The Staff

Secretary Records do document the role of Andrew Goodpaster and his assistants, L. Arthur Minnich, John

S.D. Eisenhower, and Christopher Russell in the conduct of day-to-day policy. Topics covered particularly

well in these records include intelligence activities, intelligence briefings of the President (1958 to 1961),

liaison with the Department of Defense, major crises, particularly those involving short term movement of

military personnel such as those in Lebanon and Berlin but also the Little Rock school desegregation crisis,

international trips, and foreign relations with many countries. These records should be used in conjunction

with President Eisenhower's Papers as President (Ann Whitman File) since there are many documents

duplicated in both collections. Also, however, some materials found in the Whitman File are enhanced by

additional documentation in the Records of the White House Staff Secretary. For example, the Cabinet and

Legislative Leaders Meetings Series in the Whitman File should be used in conjunction with the

handwritten notes taken by Arthur Minnich and filed in the Records of the Staff Secretary. Details on

events early in the Administration such as the Korean War can be found in these handwritten notes but not

necessarily in the typed summaries found in the Whitman File. In summary, this is a rich, high level body

of documentation that ranks close to the Whitman File in terms of its contents of historically significant

materials. Portions remain security-classified as of the summer of 2000.

A. Cabinet Series Until a revised finding aid for this series is prepared, users should consult the finding

aid to the Cabinet Series in Dwight D. Eisenhower's Papers for subjects covered in this series but also

consult the index to Cabinet and Legislative Leaders meetings found in the L. Arthur Minnich Series

described below. Please note that Dr. Minnich's handwritten notes of Cabinet meetings contain details of

discussions of many topics not included in the typed summaries found in the Cabinet Series of the Whitman

File.

Box 1 C-2 (1) Cabinet meeting of 2/12/53 - notes on discussion of decontrol actions. Brief reference

to Korea suggestive of atmosphere of uncertainty

Box 1 C-3 (1) Cabinet meeting of March 20, 1953 - discussion of how to hold Korea atthe "waist",

funding, manpower, foodstuffs

Box 1 C-3 (2) Cabinet meeting of March 27, 1953 - some comments on Korea

Box 1 C-5 (1) Cabinet meeting of May 29, 1953 - considerable discussion of Korean truce

negotiations

Box 1 C-5 (1) Cabinet meeting of June 5, 1953 - discussion of world situation, especially Indochina

with references to Korea

Box 1 C-5 (2) Cabinet meeting of June 19, 1953 - discussion of Korea and Syngman Rhee

Box 1 C-6 (3) Cabinet meeting of July 17, 1953 - discussion of Korean armistice and Syngman Rhee

Box 1 C-7 (1) Cabinet Meeting of August 27, 1953 - John Foster Dulles briefing on Korea and other

international developments. Portions of discussion security-classified as of August 2000

Box 1 Misc. 2 (3) Governors White House Conference May 4, 1953 - some comments on Korea

B. International Series This series contains heads of state correspondence , memoranda, memoranda of

conversations, briefing papers and other documentation reflecting conduct of foreign policy. Series is

arranged alphabetically by country and is weighted heavily toward period 1957-January 1961. This series

should be cross checked with International Series in Ann Whitman File for duplication. There is high level

documentation found here that is not in the Whitman File, however.

Box 8 Korea (1)-(4)- July 1958 to January 1961

C. International Trips and Meetings Series (1955-1961) This series is in a sense a companion to the

International Series with the focus on Presidential trips and conferences.

Box 12 Far East Trip, June 1960

Box 12 President’s Far East Trip, Chronology (1)(2) June 12-18, 1960

Box 13 President’s Far East Trip, Chronology, Korea-Honolulu (1)(2) June 19-27, 1960

Box 13 President’s Far East Trip, June 1960 Memoranda of Conversations

D. L. Arthur Minnich Series As Assistant Staff Secretary, Dr. L. Arthur Minnich prepared official

Minutes of Cabinet meetings, and notes on Legislative Leaders and White House staff meeting. He also on

occasion prepared brief memos for the record containing information on meetings, anecdotes, human

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interest and Eisenhower’s comments on various topics. These memoranda are found in Box 1. Selected

folders are listed below.

Box 1 Miscellaneous - B (1) - memo on Bipartisanship 1/5/54 contains comments on Syngman Rhee

and Korea

Box 1 Miscellaneous - C (1) - Memo on Congressional Relations 2/19/53 - summarized first

briefing of Congressional leaders. Covered Korean situation. Memo general in nature

Box 1 Miscellaneous - C (3) - Memo re leadership meeting on March 6 with DDE commenting on

President Truman and Korea, claiming Truman Administration practically invited

Communists into Korea

Box 1 Miscellaneous - H - Human Interest memo of 6/20/53 - DDE commented on trying 48 hour

period - June 19-20 with Syngman Rhee release of prisoners of war and Rosenberg Case

reaching a crisis

Box 1 Miscellaneous - K - USIA information paper re Korean Truce; 1/5/54 memo on Korea; 8/6/53

memorandum summarizing President’s thinking during final stages of Korean truce

negotiations

Box 23 Index to Cabinet and Legislative Meetings - Approximately 60 index sheets with synopses of

discussions of Korea primarily at Cabinet and Legislative meetings. Over half are for 1953

and 2/3 for 1953 and 1954 with remainder from 1955 to 1960. These contain summaries of

Presidential decisions and comments at meetings other than Cabinet and Legislative

Leadership. These should be checked for bits of information not necessarily found elsewhere

in the Library’s holdings on the Korean War

E. Legislative Meetings Series This series consists of L. Arthur Minnich’s handwritten notes of the

President’s meetings with Congressional leaders. Normally, the meetings were with Republican leaders in

the House and Senate but the series includes notes on bipartisan meetings as well. Contain details not

found in the typed meeting summaries and supplementary notes found in the Legislative Meetings Series,

Ann Whitman File.

Box 1 L-1 (1) Meeting of January 26, 1953 - includes President’s comments on Korea

Box 1 L-1 (1) Meeting of February 9, 1953 - contains comments on draft and deferments

Box 1 L-1 (3) Meeting of March 16, 1953 - comments on veterans

Box 1 L-3 (2) Meeting of April 30, 1953 - discussion of national security including comments on

Korea, military preparedness, ammunition shortage, and Syngman Rhee

Box 1 L-3(4) Meeting of May 19, 1953 - remarks re Korean negotiations

Box 1 L-4(4) Meeting of June 24, 1953 - discussion of draft and manpower, Korean truce

negotiations and Syngman Rhee

F. Subject Series, Alphabetical Subseries This series contains a variety of high level materials

documenting intelligence, weapons systems, arms control, military planning and foreign relations.

Box 2 Army Vol. I (3) - Korea

Box 14 Intelligence Briefing Notes Vols. I & II - June 1958-January 1961 - synopses of Intelligence

reported to the President covering various parts of world. Search for information on Korea

Box 14 Intelligence Briefing Notes (Sensitive) similar format but mostly security-classified as of

summer of 2000

G. Subject Series, Department of Defense Subseries

Box 2 Department of Defense, Vol. IV (5) - DDE’s Far East Trip

Box 6 Military Planning 1954-1955 91) - U.S. command structure in the Far East

Box 11 Security Plan May 1955 (1)(2) - regional chapters of DOD International Security Plan Section

on Far East and Pacific area

H. Subject Series, Department of State Subseries

Box 1 State Department - 1956 July-September (2) - Korea

Box 2 State Department - 1957 August-October (3) - Korea

Box 2 State Department - November 1957-January 1958 (6) - Korea

Box 3 State Department - 1959 February-April (5) - Korea

Box 4 State Department - 1960 June-July (2) DDE’s Far East Trip

Box 4 State Department - Far East Trip - Misc. June-August 1960

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WHITE HOUSE OFFICE: Records Officer Reports to the President on Pending Legislation:

Records, 1953-61. This collection consists of copies of legislation that reached the President for his

approval or disapproval, congressional committee prints, and agency correspondence regarding each bill.

Listed below are files for legislation relating to Korea, the Korean War or its aftermath.

Box 1 Appr. 3/23/53 To amend the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950…continues program of

providing Government financial assistance to dependents of military personnel including

those serving in Korea

Box 1 Appr. 3/23/53 To Amend the Act of July 12, 1950 as amended which authorizes Free Postage

for members of the Armed Forces of the U.S. in specified areas. H.R. 2466 - continued

mailing privileges to U.S. military personnel stationed in Korea and other combat zones or

hospitalized as result of service in Korea

Box 1 Appr. 3/31/53 To extend until July 1, 1953 the time limitation upon the effectiveness of

certain statutory provisions…H.J. Res. 226 - continued appointment of officers and warrant

officers determined to be in status of missing, interned, captured

Box 3 Appr. 6/6/53 Requesting and authorizing President of U.S. to proclaim June 7-14, 1953 as

"AID TO KOREA WEEK" S.J. Res. 80

Box 4 Appr. 6/29/53 To amend UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING & SERVICE ACT - re

certain medical, dental and allied specialist categories (continuation of authority granted in

Doctors Draft Act of September 1950 to cover needs for specialist personnel n Korea)

Box 5 Appr. 6/30/53 H.R. 2347 re continuation of exercise of powers relating to preference in

transportation of passengers and freight (relates to continued emergency stemming from

Korean War)

Box 5 Appr. 6/30/53 H.R. 4233 - Naturalization of persons serving in Armed Forces of U.S. after

6/24/50

Box 5 Appr. 6/30/53 Amend Act of 1/12/51 to continue provisions of Title II of First War Powers,

Act. H.R. 2557

Box 5 Appr. 6/30/53 H.R. 2313 re Inspection and Audit of plants, books and records of defense

contractors for duration of national emergency

Box 6 Appr. 7/16/53 S. 1684 To facilitate Civil Service appointment of persons who lost opportunity

because of service in Armed Forces after 6/30/50

Box 7 Appr. 7/27/53 For Relief of Lee Kwang Nong (George Clifford Roeder) - 3 year old boy born

in Korea of Korean mother and unknown American serviceman. Legal son of Clifford

Roeder, a U.S. citizen

Box 7 Appr. 7/29/53 H.J. Res. 228 - Permit entry of 500 eligible orphans under 10 years of age,

adopted abroad or to be adopted in U.S. by U.S. citizens serving abroad in U.S. Armed

Forces or employed abroad by U.S. Government - authorizes granting of special nonquota

immigrant visas to these minor aliens

Box 8 Appr. 7/29/53 For the Relief of...(2) H.R. 1886 For Relief of Paul Myung Ha Chung - native

of Korea- overcome quote restrictions to grant permanent residence immigration status

Box 8 Appr. 7/31/53 S. 1981 Continue in effect provisions relating to military traffic in time of war

during duration of national emergency proclaimed 12/16/50

Box 8 Appr. 7/31/53 For the Relief of (1) - S.486 for Relief of Che Kil Bok - an 11 year old Korean

orphan in custody of Lt. Col. Rae Donaldson who desires to bring orphan to U.S. for adoption

Box 8 Appr. 8/1/53 H..R. 2561 - Amend Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945 by extending time

for filing claims. This measure would add "armed conflict" to law as additional basis for

waiving limitation period for filing claims

Box 9 Appr. 8/7/53 H.R. 4152 - Extend time for exemption from income taxes certain members of

Armed Forces for compensation received for active service in combat zones

Box 12 Appr. 8/3/53 For Relief of (1) - H.R. 684 For Relief of Kim Jung Soo - 12 year old Korean

orphan in care of Methodist Mission and being released to American citizens for adoption

Box 13 Appr. 8/14/53 H.R. 4151 - Provide wage credits for military service before 7/1/55 and to

extend time for filing application for lump-sum death payments re certain individuals dying in

service

Box 14 Appr. 1/30/54 H.R. 7209 Continue effectiveness of Missing Persons Act extended until 7/1/55

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Box 15 Appr. 2/27/54 S. 296 - conferring U.S. citizenship posthumously upon Henry Litmanowitz

(Litman), a citizen of Germany, killed while serving in U.S. Armed Forces in Korea in

September 1952

Box 17 Appr. 4/1/54 S. 179 For Relief of Insun Lee - native of Korea who spent three years in

American Army Hospital at Kimpo Air Base Korea

Box 18 Appr. 5/8/54 S.2247 To authorize certain members of Armed Forces to accept and wear

decorations of foreign nations - allow U.S. personnel who participated with UN Command in

Korea to accept foreign decorations

Box 19 Appr. 5/17/54 H.R. 858 For relief of Kim Mi Hae - Korean fiancée of member of U.S. Air

Force permit her to enter country if she marries serviceman within three months

Box 52 Appr. 6/30/55 S. 2266 - continue effectiveness of Missing Persons Act to provide pay and

allowances to military and Federal personnel determined to be missing, missing in action,

captured by enemy etc.

Box 55 Appr. 7/26/55 H.R. 5792 to amend Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 to extend

time for filing claims for mustering out payments - aimed at veterans of Korean War

Box 55 Appr. 7/26/55 H.R. 4946 to amend title IV of Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act - re

veterans filing for unemployment compensation benefits provided by Title IV

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, SOCIAL OFFICE: Records, 1952-61. (Only portions processed as of

Summer, 2000) Materials listed below are from the A.B. Tolley Series of the Records of the White House

Social Office. Types of documentation include invitations and lists of attendees to luncheons, dinners, teas

and other events plus correspondence, including occasional background memoranda and correspondence.

Box 9 5-27-53 Veterans Garden Party (1)-(4)

Box 31 5-11-54 Women's National Committee, The American-Korean Foundation - Tea (1)(2)

Box 32 5-11-54 Women's National Committee, The American-Korean Foundation - Tea (3)-(5) -

Includes background information and memoranda re Korean Children's Choir

Box 36 6-29-54 American-Korean Foundation - Luncheon

Box 37 7-26-54 President of Korea and Mrs. Rhee - dinner includes Department of State biographical

sketches of President and Mrs. Rhee and other Korean Government officials

Box 47 4-5-55 American Korean Foundation - Stag Luncheon

Box 50 5-25-55 Veterans Garden Party (1)-(4)

Box 73 5-13-58 American War Mothers - Tour

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE: Staff Research Group (Albert Toner and Christopher Russell): Records

1956-61. (Post-1954 materials on Korea) These records consist of short memoranda submitted to the

White House staff for inclusion in the White House Staff Notes or Toner Notes that were prepared on a

daily basis for the President during the years 1956 to the end of the Administration in January 1961. An

estimated 80% of the data contained in these agency notes was included in the Toner Notes (See DDE

Diary Series, Dwight D. Eisenhower's Papers as President for these notes arranged by month). The file of

submissions from the Department of Defense and the Department of State should be examined for

memoranda relating to Korea. Some items may still be security-classified, especially those involving

weapons systems.

Boxes 4-8 Defense 1-100 through 873-879

Boxes 16-20 State Department 1-50 July-Dec 1956 through 861 - Nov. 1960 to Jan. 1961

Box 31 Operations Coordinating Board Intelligence Notes May 1957-April 1959

Box 31 Operations Coordinating Board Foreign Broadcast Information Service

Boxes 31-32 Operations Coordinating Board Misc. (1)-(4)

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Records, 1953-61. This collection consists of

telegrams sent by the public to the White House on various issues. The collection is largely unprocessed

and materials may be used for statistical purposes only but no direct quoting from individual telegrams.

Box 86 Pro Formosa and Korea

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Box 89 For Repatriation of Prisoners and Peace in Korea March 1953

Box 95 Stay in Korea June 1953

Box 95 Pro of Taft - Korea June 1953

Box 95 Stop War in Korea

Box 97 Con Korean Treaty June 1953

Box 98 Con of Taft - Korea June 1953

Box 100 Congratulations on Korean Truce July 1953

Box 100 Congratulations on Korean Truce and Speech July 1953

Box 101 Stay in Korea July 1953

Box 101 Get Out of Korea July 1953

Box 102 Con of Korean Treatment of POWs Aug 1953

Box 104 Mothers to Korea Oct. 1953

WORLD WAR II PARTICIPANTS AND CONTEMPORARIES: Papers. This collection consists

primarily of correspondence, memoirs, memorabilia and artifacts received by the Eisenhower Library from

military personnel and civilians as well, documenting their experiences during World War II. The

collection is arranged alphabetically by name of donor with a finding aid providing brief descriptions of

each donor’s materials. At least two files in this collection contain information on the Korean War. These

are listed below.

Avery, Thelma, Nurse, 20th Hospital Train, Europe. Her file contains a brief history of the hospital

ship, USS HAVEN (AH 12). This brief history outlines the role of the HAVEN as a commissioned

hospital ship during the Korean War, giving totals of patients served during operations at Inchon and

Pusan. The HAVEN brought back the first repatriated American prisoners of war freed by the

Communists. 2 pages

Kotzur, Germanus P., served with 12 Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division in Europe. He

remained in the United States Army after World War II and served for over 33 years. He was assigned to

Battery A, 25th Infantry Division in the Korean War. He wrote memoirs of his military career and included

a section in his memoirs entitled "The Korean War 25 June 1950-26 July 1953: Let us tell it like it was".

Sergeant Kotzur expressed his opinions on military developments during the Korean War, included

statistics on casualties, force levels, and awards. He also commented on such aspects of military life in

Korea as Christmas, mail, beer for the troops, the draft, military doctors and nurses, plus profiles of

Douglas MacArthur and Joseph Stalin. 20 pages

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library holds transcripts of oral history

interviews with many members of the Eisenhower Administration, military associates, personal friends, and

other public officials. The Library’s collection contains interviews produced by the Columbia University

Oral History Program, a small number donated to the Library by various other institutions and individuals,

55 oral history interviews conducted by the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, the University

of California (pertaining primarily to California politics) and a sizeable number of interviews produced by

the Eisenhower Library staff. Restrictions vary with some interviews requiring permission from the donors

to read or to cite, quote or copy. Users are therefore urged to read the restriction statement applicable to

each interview and to consult with the Library staff if uncertain about any interview’s status. Interview

transcripts containing information on the Korean War or on U.S.-Korean relations in general are listed

below.

Adams, Sherman (OH-162) 270 pages. Interview #2 contains remarks about DDE’s "I shall go

to Korea" speech. (Permission required to cite or quote; no copying or interlibrary loan)

Allen, George V. (OH-280) 138 pages. Interview #1 contains comments on India’s soldiers and

prisoner exchanges at end of Korean War. (Permission required from Columbia University to cite or

quote)

Beach, Edward (OH-128) 473 pages. Interview #2 contains discussion of dismissal of General

Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander Far East. (Permission required to cite or quote)

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Benedict, Stephen (OH-210) 137 pages. Part II contains comments on Korea including

discussion regarding Eisenhower taking Douglas MacArthur with him to Korea. (Permission required

to cite or quote)

Bennett, Charles (OH-129) 19 pages. Contains remarks on General Douglas MacArthur.

(Permission from Columbia Oral History Project required to cite or quote)

Briggs, Ellis (OH-172) 139 pages. Interview #1 contains comments on his experience as

Ambassador to Korea. Interview #2 includes his views on President-elect Eisenhower’s trip to Korea

in 1952 and on the Korean Armistice negotiations. (Permission required from Columbia University

Oral History Project to cite or quote)

Brownell, Herbert (OH-157) 347 pages. Interview #2 contains comments re Eisenhower’s Korea

speech during 1952 campaign and on Eisenhower’s relationship with Douglas MacArthur.

(Permission required to cite or quote)

Burke, Arleigh A. (OH-284) 249 pages. Interview #3 contain Burke’s comments on United

States handling of problems in Asia including the Korean War. (Permission required to cite or quote)

Clark, Mark W. (OH-131) 92 pages. General Mark Clark was Commander-in Chief, U.N.

Command, Korea, 1952-53. Discussed in his interview Korea and Korean War including political

pressure and its impact on military operations; Dwight Eisenhower’s visit in 1952; Syngman Rhee;

armistice negotiations; veiled threat to use atomic weapons. (Permission required to cite or quote)

Cochran, Jacqueline (OH-42) 257 pages. Interview #2 contains recollections of meeting with

Syngman Rhee in 1953. (Open)

Darby, Harry (OH-72). Contains comments on Eisenhower’s pledge to go to Korea in 1952.

(Permission required to read, cite or quote)

Dulles, Eleanor Lansing (OH-70) 977 pages. Interview # 13 mentions start of Korean War and

impact of Korean War on German economy. (Permission from Columbia University Oral History

Project required to cite or quote)

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (OH-14) 56 pages. Eisenhower recalled his meeting with Douglas

MacArthur concerning Korea shortly after the presidential election in 1952. (Open)

Eisenhower, John S.D. (OH-291) 146 pages. John Eisenhower talked about his service in the

Korean War, Dwight Eisenhower’s trip to Korea in 1952 and the ending of the war in 1953.


FitzGerald, Dennis A. (OH-387) 42 pages. Comments on aid to Korea. (Open)

Goodpaster, Andrew J. (OH-37) 137 pages. Interview #3 contains comments on Korea.

(Permission required from Columbia University Oral History Project to cite or quote)

Hagerty, James C. (OH-91) 572 pages. Interview #1 contains comments on Eisenhower’s

Korean trip, its aftermath, Eisenhower and the Korean problem, Eisenhower meeting with MacArthur

on Korea; Interview #5 includes remarks re Eisenhower’s relationship with Syngman Rhee and the

Korean people. (Permission required from the Columbia University Oral History Project to cite or

quote)

Hauge, Gabriel (OH-190) 132 pages. Interview #1 contains remarks re Eisenhower’s "Korea"

speech.

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Judd, Walter H. (OH-196) 149 pages. Comments on disposition of Chinese POWs in Korea and

on Communists testing Eisenhower in Korea as well as in other areas. (Permission required to cite or

quote)

Kendall, David (OH-142) 87 pages. Discusses Eisenhower’s "I will go to Korea" speech in

Detroit in October 1952. (Permission required from Columbia Oral History Project to cite or quote)

Lacy, William S. B. (OH-200) 21 pages. Lacy was U.S. Ambassador to Korea in 1955. His

interview contains his recollections of Korean President Syngman Rhee and problems Lacy

encountered as U.S. Ambassador to Korea. (Open)

Lee, J. Bracken (OH-98) Governor of Utah, 1949-1957, (70 pages). Contains comments on

defeat of governors’ resolution on Korea in 1953. Mentions Douglas MacArthur. (Permission from

Columbia University Oral History Project to cite or quote)

Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (OH-301) 64 pages. Talks about Korean armistice negotiations and

compares Korean situation with that of Viet Nam. (Permission required to cite or quote)

Murphy, Robert D. (OH-224) 45 pages. Comments re Korean War. (Permission from Columbia

University Oral History Project required to cite or quote)

O’Connor, Roderic L. (OH-307) 144 pages. Roderic O’Connor was Special Assistant to

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles from 1953-55, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional

Relations, 1955-57 and Administrator, State Department Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs,

1957-58. Part II contains anecdote regarding Dulles and Syngman Rhee. Part II includes discussion of

Dulles and Syngman Rhee including Korean settlement problem and question of using atomic bomb.

(Permission required to read, cite or quote)

Pyle, Howard K. and Masterson, Charles (OH-120) 134 pages. Part I (Pyle includes

comparison of Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur including accomplishments.


Reid, Ralph W.E. (OH-229) 51 pages. Includes anecdotes about administration of Agency for

International Development (AID) and Reid’s visits to AID missions in Korea. (Permission required

from Columbia University Oral History Project to cite or quote)

Robertson, Walter (OH-121) 194 pages. Assistant Secretary of State for the Far East, 1953-59.

Interview #1 contains discussion of Korean armistice. (Permission required from Columbia University

Oral History Project to cite or quote)

Roosa, Robert (OH-267) 155 pages. Federal Reserve Bank official. Part II includes comments

on Federal Reserve’s role in restoring Korean economic stability. (Permission required to cite or

quote)

Sherrod, Robert Lee (OH-237) 54 pages. Far East correspondent of the Saturday Evening Post.

Contains anecdote regarding Eisenhower hearing of President Truman’s removal of General Douglas

MacArthur from command. Also anecdotes about Eisenhower’s visit to Korea in 1952 as well as

DDE’s pledge to go to Korea and arrangements for trip. (Permission required to cite or quote)

Stassen, Harold E. (OH-123) 68 pages. Active in Eisenhower campaign, 1952, later director of

Mutual Security and Foreign Operations Administration and Special Assistant to President for

Disarmament. Contains information about the Korean War issue during 1952 Campaign including

Eisenhower’s speech pledging to go to Korea. (Permission required to read, cite or quote)

Stassen, Harold E. (OH519) 28 pages. Contains Stassen’s views on recognition of both Koreas.

(Open)

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Wainhouse, David W. (OH-278) 34 pages. State Department official with responsibilities for

international organization and United Nations political affairs. Interview description indicates general

UN and foreign relations information only. For Wainhouse’s views on Korea see his correspondence

in the Papers of Henry S. Aurand. (Permission from Columbia University Oral History Project to cite

or quote)

AUDIOVISUAL HOLDINGS

The Eisenhower Library holds over 300,000 still photographs, more than 500 motion picture films, and

numerous video and audio tapes. These materials have been received from private individuals, private

organizations as well as government agencies. The still photograph holdings contain several photographs

documenting President-elect Dwight Eisenhower’s trip to Korea in December 1952. In addition, the

collection contains photographs taken in Korea at the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945. There are

photographs depicting Korean refugees and Syngman Rhee’s visit to the United States in 1954 is also

covered as is President Eisenhower’s visit to Korea in June 1960. The collection unfortunately contains

little coverage of Korean armistice negotiations. Lt. General Henry Aurand ‘s collection of photographs

contain numerous photos of General Aurand and staff when he was Commanding General, U.S. Army,

Pacific, including photos of President Truman and Admiral Radford during their visit to General Aurand’s

headquarters in October 1950. The Library’s audio-visual holdings may be searched by name (i.e. Douglas

MacArthur, Matthew Ridgway, etc.), date, and location. For more specific information, please contact the

Library’s audiovisual archives staff.