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LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON L I B R A R Y & M U S E U M www.lbjlibrary.org Revised December 2010 FOREIGN AID, FOOD FOR PEACE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND LATIN AMERICA INTRODUCTION This guide lists the principal files at the Johnson Library that contain material on foreign aid (excluding military assistance programs), food for peace, and economic development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, but it is not exhaustive. Researchers should also consult the regional guide for additional materials on the geographic areas in which they are interested. While most of the collections listed in the guide have been processed and are available for research, some files may not yet be available. Researchers should consult the Library’s finding aids to locate additional material and to determine whether specific files are available for research. Some of the finding aids are on the Library’s web site, www.lbjlibrary.org, and many others can be sent by mail or electronically. Researchers interested in the topics covered by this guide should also consult the Foreign Relations of the United States. This multi-volume series published by the Office of the Historian of the Department of State presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and diplomatic activity of the United States government. The volumes are available online at the Department of State web site, http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments. NATIONAL SECURITY FILE (NSF) This file was the working file of President Johnson’s special assistants for national security affairs, McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow. Documents in this file originated in the offices of Bundy and Rostow and their staffs, in the various executive departments and agencies, especially those having to do with foreign affairs and national defense, and in diplomatic and military posts around the world. More than two-thirds of the National Security File has been processed. Consult the finding aid in the Reading Room or borrow a copy by mail by writing to the Supervisory Archivist, LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78705. Portions of the NSF finding aid, including the finding aid for the NSF, Country File, are available on the Johnson Library web site, www.lbjlibrary.org. NSF, Agency File: Material on aid and economic development can be found scattered throughout large parts of this collection, particularly in the files of the Department of State (boxes 43 through 64) and the United Nations (boxes 66 through 72). Consult the finding aid for a complete folder title list. Also see the following boxes: Box # AID 1-3 Agriculture, Department of 3 Alliance for Progress 3-4 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 29 NSF, Committee File: Boxes 11 and 12 contains material on the White House Conference on International Cooperation. NSF, Country File: Material on regional economic relations is found throughout the Country File. The Country File for India is a particularly rich source of material on foreign aid and food for peace. In addition, some folders in the Country File have titles which refer specifically to economic topics. Researchers should request the Country Files for the countries in which they are interested. Consult the finding aid for a complete folder title list. NSF, Head of State Correspondence File and Special Head of State Correspondence File There are two head of state correspondence files. The first, “Head of State Correspondence File,” was maintained as a regular part of the National Security File. The second, “Special Head of State Correspondence File,” was maintained by Dorothy P. Territo of the Johnson White House staff but has been included as part of the National Security File since December 1987. Included in these collections are formal and informal correspondence with heads of state and heads of government arranged by country and thereunder chronologically. Material on regional economic relations is found throughout these files. Researchers should request the files for the countries in which they are interested. Consult the finding aid for a complete folder title list. NSF, Name File: The Name File is composed primarily of folders on the members of the National Security Council staff during the Johnson administration. The file also contains folders on some presidential aides, senators, and former presidents. “Bator Memos” [1964-1967] [foreign aid] 1 “Bowdler Memos” [1965-1968] [1966 aid bill] 1 “Brubeck Memos” [1964] [1964 foreign aid bill] 1 “Califano Memos” [1966-1967] [foreign aid] 1 “Chase, G.” [1964-1966] [PL 480] 1 “Senator Fulbright” [1966-1967] [economic development loans] 3 “Hamilton Memos” [1965-1968] [ADB, World Bank, aid] 3 “Vice President, Vol. 1” [Latin American agriculture] 4 “Vice President, Vol. 2” [PL 480] 4 “Komer Memos, Vol. 1” [1/63-8/65] [foreign aid] 6 “Komer Memos, Vol. 2” [9/65-5/66] [World Bank, aid] 6 “Ropa Memos” [1965-1967] [aid to Asia; aid debates] 7 2 “Rostow Memos” [1966-1968] [foreign aid] 7 “Saunders Memos” [1965-1968] [AID] 7 “Wriggins Memos, 1966” [food aid] 8 “Wriggins Memos, 1967” 8 Box # NSF, National Security Action Memorandums (NSAMs): The folders listed below contain material on foreign assistance. Other folders dealing with specific countries can be found on the appropriate regional guide, or researchers can consult the finding aid for a folder title list. This collection contains both the NSAMs and supporting material. NSAMs from the Johnson administration can be found on the Johnson Library website. “159, Methods for Improving the Coordination of Economic 1 and Military Aid Programs” [5/31/62] “276, Distribution of Foreign Aid Cuts” [12/26/63] 2 “329, Task Force on Southeast Asian Economic and Social 6 Development” [4/9/65] “338, Policy re US Assistance in Development Foreign 7 Communications Satellite Capabilities” [9/15/65] “342, US Assistance in the Early Establishment of 7 Communications Satellite Service for Less-Developed Nations” [3/4/66] “349, Development of the Frontiers of South America”[5/31/66] 8 “350, Loans for Foreign Assistance Programs” [6/8/66] 8 NSF, National Security Council Histories: Prepared by the NSC staff in 1968, these histories are extremely useful. There are three NSC Histories dealing with foreign aid and economic development. All three histories include introductory material, such as chronologies and lists of documents, as well as photocopies of relevant documents from the National Security File. OAS Summit Meeting, April 1967 12-13 President’s Speech on 3rd Anniversary of Organization for 14 African Unity, 5/26/66 Indian Famine, August 1966-February 1967 25-26 NSF, National Security Council Meetings: The folders listed below contain material on foreign assistance. Other folders dealing with specific countries or regions can be found on the appropriate regional guide, or researchers can consult the finding aid for a folder title list. “Vol. 1, Tab 7, Various Topics 4/3/64” [Brazil, Africa, 1 Indonesia] “Vol. 3, Tab 44, The World Food Problem, 7/19/66” 2 “Vol. 4, Tab 58, Discussion of US Food Aid, 10/11/67” 2 “Vol. 4, Tab 59, Economic Aspects of Middle East Settlement” 2 “Vol. 5, Tab 63, Conte/Long and Symington Amendments to 2 Foreign Assistance Act, 2/7/68” “Vol. 5, Tab 65 Inter-American Objectives & Problems 3/6/68” 2 3 “Volume 5, Tab 67, Eastern Europe 4/24/68” 2 NSF, Subject File: There is material on aid and economic development in the following: 3 folders on communications, COMSAT, etc. 6 “Cultural Exchanges” 8 Box # 2 folders on desalting 8-9 folders on educational TV, food aid, and food for peace 15 7 folders on foreign aid and assistance 16-17 folders on the IBRD and the Internat’l Cooperation Year 20 folders on the OECD and the OAS 36 folders on PL 480 and population 38 4 folders of Presidential Determinations re AID 39-40 “…National Committee for International Development” 41 “Transition Papers:…the Future of Foreign Aid” 50 folders on Water for Peace, educational TV, and world 51 education folders on population and foreign aid 53 NSF, Memos to the President: This chronologically arranged series consists of memoranda (with attachments) to the President from his national security advisors, McGeorge Bundy (11/63-2/66) and Walt W. Rostow (4/66-1/69). Material on foreign aid is scattered throughout this 44-box collection. NSF, Files of McGeorge Bundy: McGeorge Bundy served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 1963 through February 1966. In addition to the folders listed below, there is scattered material on foreign aid in boxes 1- 14, Bundy’s chron file. “Cabinet Committee on Aid” 15 “Foreign Aid (1965 Clifford Task Force)” 15 “Non-Committee” 15 “Aid Meeting—Thursday” 16 “Southeast Asia Regional Development” 17 “President’s Consultants on Foreign Affairs (Peace Panel)” 18 “Non-Committee (on Foreign Aid) Reports & Letters 12/17/65” 19 “Daily Regional Staff Report to the President” 19 “Luncheons with the President, Vol. 1 2/4/64-10/7/65” 19 NSF, Files of Francis M. Bator: Bator came to the NSC staff in April of 1964 and was appointed Deputy Special Assistant to the President and senior NSC staff member in 1965. His areas of responsibility included European affairs and foreign economic policy. This collection has not been processed as of December 2010. See also the Papers of Francis Bator in the “Personal Papers” section of this guide. “Advisory Committee on Economic Development – AID” 2 “Latin Summit – 1967 (OAS)” 9 4 “Asian Development Bank” 11 “Foreign Aid 1965 and 1966” 12 “Asian Development Bank Act” 14 Box # NSF, Files of Gordon Chase: Chase was detailed from the Department of State in 1962 to the NSC staff. In 1965 he accepted a regular appointment on the NSC staff where he worked until January 1966.
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