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THE SOVIET UNION February 1963–1966 Part 1: Political, Governmental, and National Defense Affairs A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files THE SOVIET UNION February 1963–1966 Part 1: Political, Governmental, and National Defense Affairs A UPA Collection from Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files THE SOVIET UNION February 1963–1966 PART 1: POLITICAL, GOVERNMENTAL, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AFFAIRS Subject-Numeric Categories: AID, CSM, DEF, INT, and POL Project Coordinator Robert E. Lester Guide compiled by Daniel Lewis A UPA Collection from 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Confidential U.S. State Department central files. The Soviet Union, February 1963–1966 [microform] : subject-numeric categories—AID, CSM, DEF, and POL / project coordinator, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Daniel Lewis. ISBN 1-55655-875-9 (pt. 1) 1. Soviet Union—Foreign relations—1953–1975—Sources. 2. Soviet Union—Foreign relations—United States—Sources. 3. United States—Foreign relations—Soviet Union— Sources. 4. World politics—1955–1965. 5. United States. Dept. of State—Archives. I. Title: Soviet Union, February 1963–1966. II. Lester, Robert. III. Lewis, Daniel, 1972– IV. United States. Dept. of State. V. University Publications of America (Firm). DK282 327.47'009'046—dc22 2004046533 CIP The documents reproduced in this publication are among the records of the U.S. Department of State in the custody of the National Archives of the United States. No copyright is claimed in these official records. Compilation © 2004 LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-875-9. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note ......................................................................................................... v Source Note............................................................................................................................. vii Editorial Note .......................................................................................................................... vii State Department Records Classification System, February 1963–July 1973 ..................... ix Subject File Outlines (with Secondary File Designations) .............................................. xv Country Abbreviations ....................................................................................................... xvii Sample Reel Index Entries ..................................................................................................... xxvii Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................... xxix Reel Index Reel 1 Aid [Foreign Economic Assistance] (AID) ........................................................................ 1 Communism (CSM) .......................................................................................................... 6 Defense Affairs (DEF) ...................................................................................................... 7 Reels 2–4 Defense Affairs (DEF) cont. ............................................................................................. 8 Reel 5 Intelligence (INT) ..............................................................................................................18 Political Affairs and Relations (POL) ................................................................................ 19 Reels 6–33 Political Affairs and Relations (POL) cont. ....................................................................... 20 Subject Index .......................................................................................................................... 81 iii SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The U.S. State Department Central Files are the definitive source of American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments throughout the world in the twentieth century. This edition consists of the Central Files for the Soviet Union for the period between February 1963 and 1966. The files are arranged according to the State Department Records Classification System, February 1963–1973. The subjects from the classification system included in this edition are AID (Foreign Economic Assistance), CSM (Communism), DEF (Defense Affairs), INT (Intelligence), and POL (Political Affairs and Relations). The files consist of cables and letters sent and received by U.S. diplomats and embassy personnel; reports on meetings between U.S. and foreign government officials and leaders; newspaper clippings and translations from journals and newspapers; transcripts of speeches; and reports and observations on political, military, and social affairs. This edition of Central Files for the Soviet Union begins with a brief series of items from the AID category. These files consist of correspondence and other items pertaining to economic assistance from the Soviet Union to other countries. Among the countries discussed are Yugoslavia, Turkey, United Arab Republic, Iraq, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ghana, Cambodia, and Bulgaria. There are also several pages covering U.S. economic assistance to the Soviet Union. The majority of the CSM file (Reel 1, frames 0300–0848) pertains to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and international Communist party conferences in Moscow. Other materials pertaining to Communism and the CPSU can be found under Political Parties (POL 12) and in the Government category (POL 15). In the DEF category, the two major topics are arms control and disarmament, including the nuclear test ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union, and military assistance from the Soviet Union to other nations. Other subjects covered in this category are flight clearances and overflights, military bases and installation, and military policy and plans. The DEF category begins on frame 0849 of Reel 1 and continues to the end of Reel 4. Materials in the INT category cover the Sino-Soviet conflict, jamming of U.S. radio broadcasts to the Soviet Union, changes in the KGB, and other v information and observations gathered by U.S. embassy officials while traveling in the Soviet Union. POL is the largest category in this edition. POL documents begin on frame 0258 of Reel 5 and continue through to the end of the collection on Reel 33. Relations between the Soviet Union and the United States are covered in substantial detail in this section. Among the major topics of Soviet–U.S. relations discussed are Soviet reaction to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the war in Vietnam, the status of Berlin and Germany, the Cuban missile crisis, and the nuclear test ban treaty. Another major topic covered in this category is the ouster of Nikita S. Khrushchev from his posts as secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU and Soviet premier and his replacement by Leonid I. Brezhnev. Joint Weeka Reports (POL 2-1) are weekly reports written by U.S. diplomatic personnel that provide brief summaries of both internal developments and foreign developments. These summaries are based on observations of U.S. officials and translations from newspapers and periodicals. Internal affairs mentioned in the Weeka Reports in this edition are assesments of Josef Stalin, Khrushchev’s ouster, space exploration, agriculture, and the CPSU. Foreign developments in Weeka Reports pertain to relations between the Soviet Union and other countries, or Soviet reaction to important international events, including almost weekly updates on Sino- Soviet relations, and events in Vietnam, Southeast Asia, and Germany. The POL category also includes many files on Soviet diplomatic and consular representation throughout the world; brief biographies of Soviet diplomatic personnel and CPSU leaders; and reports on foreign visits and meetings by Nikita S. Khrushchev, Aleksei Kosygin, Andrei Gromyko, Anastas Mikoyan, Leonid Brezhnev, and other Soviet leaders. Other topics covered in the POL category include incidents between U.S. and Soviet fishing boats in Alaskan waters, Jews in the USSR, travel controls, the location of the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C., and elections in Soviet republics. These and other subjects are listed in alphabetical order in the subject index of this guide. vi SOURCE NOTE Microfilmed from the holdings of the National Archives, College Park, MD, Record Group 59: Records of the Department of State, Subject-Numeric Files for the period February 1963–1966. The Subject-Numeric File categories included in this publication are Economic, and Political and Defense. All available original documents have been microfilmed. The documents reproduced in this publication are among the records of the U.S. Department of State in the custody of the National Archives of the United States. EDITORIAL NOTE UPA has microfilmed all available original documents as they are arranged at the National Archives. Only exact duplicate copies of documents have been excluded from this micropublication. In a small number of instances, some documents have been misfiled or misclassified by the Department of State. UPA has included, in brackets, corrected subject citations. UPA has microfilmed these documents as they are arranged in the original collection. Only the Economic, and Political and Defense Subject-Numeric file categories are included in this publication. vii viii STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, FEBRUARY 1963–JULY 1973 Essential to the effective administration of the State Department
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