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Guide to Material at the LBJ Library Pertaining to Africa LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON L I B R A R Y & M U S E U M www.lbjlibrary.org Revised December 2009 MATERIAL AT THE JOHNSON LIBRARY PERTAINING TO AFRICA [Note: The following related guides are also available: the Middle East; and Foreign Aid, Food for Peace and Third World Economic Development -- Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The United Arab Republic is not included in this guide. Anyone interested in the U.A.R. should consult the guide on the Middle East.] INTRODUCTION This guide lists the principal files at the Johnson Library that contain material on Africa, but it is not exhaustive. 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.lbjlib.utexas.edu, and others can be sent by mail or electronically. Researchers interested in Africa 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 which may be accessed at the “Related Links” button, under the “Research” button on the Johnson Library web site, www.lbjlib.utexas.edu. NATIONAL SECURITY FILE This file was the working file of President Johnson's special assistants for national security affairs, McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow. Documents in the 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.lbjlib.utexas.edu. NSF, Country File The country file is arranged by geographic area and thereunder alphabetically by country. Memos, cables, intelligence reports, correspondence, and special studies were originally bound into heavyweight gray folders arranged in chronological order within each country. Each folder was assigned a volume number. The files have been refoldered and in most cases each volume is now in two folders labeled "Cables" and "Memos". Box # Africa 76-77 Africa, East 77 Africa, Union of South 78-79 2 Algeria 79 Angola 79 Botswana 80 Burundi 80 Cameroon 80 Box # Central African Republic 80 Chad 80 Congo 81-87 Dahomey 88 Ethiopia 88 Gambia 89 Gabon 89 Ghana 89-90 Guinea 90 Ivory Coast 91 Kenya 91 Lesotho (Basutoland) 92 Liberia 92 Libya 92-93 Malagasy 93 Malawi 94 Mali 94 Mauritania 94 Mauritius Islands 94 Morocco 94-95 Mozambique 95 Niger 95 Nigeria 96 Nyasaland 96 Rhodesia 97 Rwanda 98 Rwanda/Burundi 98 Senegal 98 Sierra Leone 98 Somalia 99 Somali Republic 99 Sudan 99 Swaziland 99 Tanganyika 100 United Republic of Tanganyika/ Zanzibar 100 United Republic of Tanzania 100 Tunisia 101 Togo 101 Uganda 101 Upper Volta 102 Zambia 102 Zanzibar 103 [The Country Files on Portugal (box 203) and the United Kingdom (boxes 206 through 216), include scattered material concerning Africa, especially Angola and Rhodesia. The files have been processed and are arranged chronologically.] 3 NSF, Country File, Vietnam “Special Intelligence Material (Codeword) 1967” [Africa general, Congo, Angola] 201 NSF, Head of State Correspondence: Included are formal and informal correspondence with Box # heads of state and heads of government arranged by country and thereunder chronologically. Congo 2 Dahomey 2 Libya 5 Sudan 6 Uganda 7 Upper Volta 11 NSF, Special Head of State Correspondence Algeria 2 Botswana 5 Burundi 7 Cameroon 7 Central African Republic 9 Chad 9 Congo 11-12 Dahomey 13 Equatorial Guinea 15 Ethiopia 15 Gabon 16-17 Gambia 17 Ghana 19 Guinea 20-21 Ivory Coast 29 Kenya 32 Lesotho 35 Liberia 35 Libya 35 Malagasy 36 Malawi 36 Mali 37 Mauritania 37 Mauritius 37 Morocco 39-40 Niger 42 Nigeria 42-43 OAU -- Organization of African Unity 43 Rhodesia 47 Rwanda 47 Senegal 49 Sierra Leone 49 Somali 50 South Africa 50 South West Africa People's Organization 50 Sudan 51 Swaziland 51 Tanzania 52 Togo 53 4 Tunisia 53-54 Uganda 54 Upper Volta 55 Zambia 61 Zanzibar 61 NSF, International Meetings and Travel File: Briefing material, memos, and cables are included on President Johnson's foreign travel, the travel of other administration officials, and international meetings. Box # “Africa, President's Proposed Trip (Adroit), 8/68” 25 “Africa, Vice President's Trip, Vol. I, 1/68” 27 “Africa, Vice President's Trip, Vol. II, 1/68” 27 “Africa, Harriman Trip, 3/64” 31 “Non-Aligned Nations, Conference in Cairo, 10/64” 33 NSF, Speech File: The chronologically-arranged file of speeches by President Johnson, mostly on foreign policy issues from 1964 to 1966, include memos, speech drafts, press releases, and a compilation of 1964 campaign speeches. See the President’s Speech on the Third Anniversary of the Organization for African Unity in Washington, 5/26/66, in box 5. NSF, Name File: The NSF 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 who were involved in national security issues. This series includes memos from the President's national security staff, arranged by author, and correspondence with a few other individuals on national security matters. "Brubeck Memos" [1964] [CAB international air rights for Air Afrique] 1 “Chase, G.” [1964-1966] [Rhodesia] 1 “Eisenhower, Dwight D., General” [1954-1969] [Rhodesia] 2 "Hamilton Memos" [1965-1968] [Africa general] 3 "Haynes Memos" [1965-1966] [Africa general] 3 ”[Humphrey] "Vice President, Vol. II" [Morocco] 4 "Komer Memos, Vol. I" [Africa general] 6 "Komer Memos, Vol. II" [Africa general] 6 "Saunders Memos" [1965-1968] [Africa general] 7 “Wriggins Memos, 1967” [Algeria] 8 NSF, Intelligence File: “303 Committee” [Congo, Sudan, Bechuanaland, Kenya] 2 "CIA Report, 'Restless Youth' 9/68" [200-page CIA report on student unrest throughout 3 the world. Includes sections on the Congo, Ethiopia, Senegal, and the Arab world] “Codeword Material, Volume 1” [Ghana, the Congo, Africa general] 6 “Codeword Material, Volume 2” [Algeria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Burundi] 7 “Codeword Material, Volume 3” [Africa general, Congo, Sudan] 7 “Codeword Material, Volume 4” [Tanzania, Congo] 8 NSF, National Intelligence Estimates File: National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) and Special National Intelligence Estimates (SNIEs) were originated by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board. Material is arranged by the numerical-subject index applied to the documents at the time of origin. Folders contain from one to several estimates. “36.5, Libya” 6 “60/70, Africa” 8 “60, North and West Africa” “62, Algeria” 5 “64.1, Ghana” “64.2, Nigeria” “65, Congo” “69, Rwanda and Burundi” “70, South and East Africa” Box # “71, Angola and Mozambique” 8 “72, Rhodesia” “73, South Africa” “75/76, Horn of Africa” “76.1, Ethiopia” “78, Sudan” NSF, National Security Action Memorandums File: “NSAM 232 Follow-up on King Hassan's Visit, 4/5/63” 1 “NSAM 291 Libya Base Rights, 3/20/64” 3 “NSAM 295 U.S. Policy Toward South Africa, 4/24/64” 4 “NSAM 356 Implementation of Korry Report on Development Policies and Programs 9 in Africa (10/5/66)” NSF, National Security Council Meetings File: This two-box collection contains notes of meetings, attendance lists, agendas, briefing papers, and papers discussed at meetings. “Vol. 1, tab 7, Various topics, 4/3/64” [includes the Congo, Ghana and Libya] 1 “Vol. 3, tab 21, Congo, 8/11/64” “Vol. 3, tab 23, Congo, Cyprus, South Vietnam, 8/25/64” “Vol. 3, tab 43, Southwest Africa, 7/14/66” 2 “Vol. 4, tab 49, Southern Rhodesia, 1/25/67” “Vol. 4, tab 50, North Africa; bombing of North Vietnam, 2/8/67” “Vol. 4, tab 54, African Problems, 7/13/67” “Vol. 5, tab 73, The 23rd UN General Assembly, 9/25/68 [includes material on Biafra] NSF, Files of the Special Committee of the NSC: The Special Committee of the NSC was established by President Johnson on June 7, 1967, to coordinate the handling of the Middle East Crisis. McGeorge Bundy served as Executive Secretary. The Special Committee ended its formal work in August 1967. “Algeria” 3 “Libya” 6 “Morocco” 6 “Sudan” 6 “Tunisia” 7 NSF, National Security Council Histories: Compiled by the NSC staff in 1968, these collections of documents deal with twenty-one international crises or issues during the Johnson administration. The histories consist mainly of photocopies of key documents from the National Security File and other files, usually arranged in chronological order. Most of the histories also include introductory and background material, such as chronologies, document lists, and brief narrative overviews. President's Speech on Third Anniversary of Organization of African Unity 5/26/66 14 Congo C-130 Crisis, July 1967 15 NSF, Agency File: Material on Africa will be scattered throughout this collection; consult the finding aid for a complete folder title list. The following folders are known to contain relevant material: “State, Dept.
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