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JOHN FOSTER DULLES PAPERS PERSONNEL SERIES The Personnel Series, consisting of approximately 17,900 pages, is comprised of three subseries, an alphabetically arranged Chiefs of Mission Subseries, an alphabetically arranged Special Liaison Staff Subseries and a Chronological Subseries. The entire series focuses on appointments and evaluations of ambassadors and other foreign service personnel and consideration of political appointees for various posts. The series is an important source of information on the staffing of foreign service posts with African- Americans, Jews, women, and individuals representing various political constituencies. Frank assessments of the performances of many chiefs of mission are found here, especially in the Chiefs of Mission Subseries and much of the series reflects input sought and obtained by Secretary Dulles from his staff concerning the political suitability of ambassadors currently serving as well as numerous potential appointees. While the emphasis is on personalities and politics, information on U.S. relations with various foreign countries can be found in this series. The Chiefs of Mission Subseries totals approximately 1,800 pages and contains candid assessments of U.S. ambassadors to certain countries, lists of chiefs of missions and indications of which ones were to be changed, biographical data, materials re controversial individuals such as John Paton Davies, Julius Holmes, Wolf Ladejinsky, Jesse Locker, William D. Pawley, and others, memoranda regarding Leonard Hall and political patronage, procedures for selecting career and political candidates for positions, discussions of “most urgent problems” for ambassadorships in certain countries, consideration of African-American appointees, comments on certain individuals’ connections to Truman Administration, and lists of personnel in Secretary of State’s office. Approximately 40 pages in this subseries remained security-classified after review (much of this pertains to Ambassador Lacy and Korea) and about 35 pages remain closed in accordance with the donor’s deed of gift. The Special Liaison Staff Subseries consists of just under 5,000 pages of correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of individuals. This subseries includes information both on ambassadors or candidates for ambassadorships as well as candidates for other positions such as members of U.S. delegations to the United Nations and various commissions and boards. It documents the work of the Special Candidates Staff (or Special Liaison Staff) working within the Office of the Secretary of State in maintaining political liaison with the Republican National Committee, Congress, the White House and other individuals having political clout. The Special Liaison Staff also developed and maintained lists of Republicans qualified for top level assignments, and supervised recruitment of persons from these lists. The staff also attempted to place politically acceptable and qualified persons within the Department of State where they could be effective and oversaw the mechanics of top level presidential functions. Consideration of African Americans for positions appears in these materials and the work of Val Washington as Director of Minorities within the Republican National Committee can be seen in this file as well as elsewhere within this series. The third subseries, the Chronological File covers the period from August 1953 to December 1959 and consists of approximately 11,300 pages of carbons of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to personnel matters ranging from chiefs of mission appointments to candidates for various boards and commissions. It too is a source of information on political patronage, appointment of minorities, lobbying of various political constituencies, and connections between these matters and foreign relations. CONTAINER LIST Box No. Contents CHIEFS OF MISSION SUBSERIES 1 Evaluation of Chiefs of Mission (1)-(3) [ Evaluations of Ambassador Karl Rankin- Taiwan; Frederick Alger- Belgium; Robert Guggenheim - Portugal; Robert Scotten - New Zealand; Arthur Gardner - Cuba; Roy Tasco Davis - Haiti; Rudolph Schoenfeld - Colombia with comments on Guatemala; James Kemper - Brazil; Jesse Locker - Liberia and issue of Black ambassadorial appointments; Joseph Simonson - Ethiopia; Ellis Briggs - Korea with comments on service in Czechoslovakia; ambassadors in Philippines, Indochina; Thailand and Indonesia; Loy Henderson - Iran; Jefferson Caffery - Egypt; Angus Ward - Afghanistan; Horace Hildreth - Pakistan; William Sebald - Burma; Raymond Spruance - Philippines; Julian Harrington - Hong Kong; Henry Byroade evaluation of ambassadors in Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, South Asia and Africa; John Cabot evaluation of ambassadors in Latin America; groupings of ambassadors and recommendations for changes at certain posts] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [A - B] (1)(2) [Frederick Alger, including political background; George Allen and Middle East; Dillon Anderson; Norman Armour and Guatemala; Bryton Barron and Donald Dozer Cases; Max Bishop; James Black; Frances Bolton; Dudley Bonsal; Owen Brewster and Maine politics; Ellis Briggs; George Brownell; David Bruce; Wiley Buchanan and Luxembourg; Harry Bullis; Prescott Bush, the Republican Platform and Israel; W. Walton Butterworth and career; Henry Byroade, the Middle East, Senator William Jenner and China] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [C] (1)(2) [Jefferson Caffery; Julius Cahn and International Telecommunications Comm. Cavendish Cannon, Yugoslavia and Greece; Frank Carlson; I.W. Carpenter; Lewis Clark; Ben Cohen, Loy Henderson and Iran; Charles Coolidge; James Conant and Germany; John Sherman Cooper, India and Clare Boothe Luce as possible replacement; Philip Crowe and Ceylon; William Culbertson and Finland] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [D - F] [John Paton Davies’ separation from Foreign Service; Roy Tasco Davis and Haiti; Douglas Dillon; William Donovan and Thailand; Walter Dowling; Downey and Fecteau (US personnel downed in China) and uniforms worn when captured; Donald Dozier; Governor Driscoll; Angier Biddle Duke; Allen Dulles’ son; Milton Eisenhower; Burke Elbrick; Homer Ferguson] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [G - J] (1)(2) [Arthur Gardiner, Cuba and his political views; Guy Gillette; Franklin Gowen; Ambassador Guggenheim, Portugal and political contributions; Loy Henderson; Robert Hendrickson and New Zealand; Horace Hildreth and Pakistan; Robert Hill and Costa Rica; Paul Hoffman and India; Henry Holland and Latin America; Julius Holmes, Morocco, Sherman Adams and controversy over Holmes’ involvement in tanker transactions; John Hollister; Roy Howard; John C. Hughes; William Jackson; Joseph Jacobs; Howard Jones and work at Taipei] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [K] (1)(2) [James Kemper, Brazil and politics; David McKendree Key; Jeffrey Kitchen and memorandum of conversation with Dean Acheson regarding John Foster Dulles and 1952 Campaign; Frances Knight and Passport Office, Department of State; Foy Kohler] Name File (Strictly Confidential [L] (1)(2) [Harry Labouisse; Ambassador William Lacy, Syngman Rhee and Korea; Wolf Ladejinsky case and Departments of Agriculture and State; John Leddy, Special Assistant position and economic matters; Herve L’eureux and immigration matters; E. Allan Lightner, Jr. Ambassador Jesse Locker, Liberian President Tubman and Liberia; John D. Lodge and political activities of ambassadors; Clare Boothe Luce, India, Italy, Tito and Yugoslavia, Sherman Adams and position of ΑAssistant to President] 2 Name File (Strictly Confidential) [M] [William Macomber; Mr. Mahoney and Blacks as nominees to UN Delegation; Robert McIlvane; Robert McLean and East-West contacts; Elias McQuaid and European Regional Public Affairs Adviser; Antonio Mucic and Deputy Administrator, Refugee Relief ; Abbot Low Moffat and experience as Chief of Division of Southeast Asian Affairs, 1944-47, Greece and ECA; Douglas Moffat and Greece; Ambassador John Muccio] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [N - P] [Fritz Nolting; Albert Nufer, Milton Eisenhower and Argentina; Henry Parkman and Berlin; William D. Pawley, assessment of his usefulness, and brief reference to Guatemalan assignment; Amos Peaslee and Harold Stassen; George Perkins; P. Kenneth Peterson and Palestine Refugee Survey Group; Val Peterson, Nebraska politics and India; Ambassador Peurifoy and Embassy staff in Guatemala; William Pheiffer, Ecuador, Santo Domingo and other possible posts; Christopher Phillips; Howard Pyle and FOA survey of Near Eastern Refugees] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [R] [Whitlaw Reid; Ambassador Riddleberger; Ambassador to Burma; Nelson Rockefeller and Italy; Roy Rubottom as Deputy Assistant Secretary for ARA] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [S] (1) [General Julius Klein re Harold Stassen and Western Europe, Stassen-Dulles relationship, and German assets; Charles Saltzman; Howland Sargeant and political activities with previous administration; Walter K. Scott; Robert Scotten, his career and New Zealand; Ambassador Sebald, Burma and possible assignments; Dulles-Eisenhower conversation re Geneva Conference, Italy, Mexican floods and diplomatic appointment for Jock Whitney; Henry Shattuck; Sherman Adams, Gov. Allen Shivers and Venezuela] Name File (Strictly Confidential) [S] (2) [Amb. Joseph Simonson and Ethiopia; John L. Simpson; Gerard Smith as consultant to State Dept.; Walter Bedell Smith and position in State Department; Robert Sproul; Harold Stassen, Asia, Europe and liquidation of FOA; Thomas Stephens and Caribbean