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Eisenhower Parkway ￭ P.O Box 1346 ￭ Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 ￭ USA ￭ Tel: 734.461.4700 ￭ Toll-free 800-521-0600 ￭ www.proquest.com A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Confidential U.S. State Department Special Files KOREA First Supplement, 1951-1966 Confidential U.S. State Department Special Files KOREA First Supplement, 1951-1966 LOT FILES CINCFE Korean Situation File Maintained by H. Freeman Matthews, 1951-1954, Lot Files 53-D-413 and 55-D-107 Deputy Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Memoranda concerning proposed U.S. and South Korea Troop Withdrawals and Reductions in South Korea, 1962-1963, Lot File 67-D-244 Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, General Records of the Country Director for Korea, 1952-1966, Lot Files 66-D-503 and 69-D-54 Project Editor Robert E. Lester Guide Compiled by James Shields Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Confidential U. S. State Department special files. Korea. First supplement, 1951-1966 [microform]: lot files/project editor, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels "CINCFE Korean SituationFile maintained by H. Freeman Matthews, 1951-1954,LotFiles53D413 and 55D107. Deputy Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Memoranda concerning proposed U.S. and South Korea Troop Withdrawals and Reductions in South Korea, 1962-1963, Lot File 67D244. Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, General Records of the Country Directorfor Korea, 1952-1966, LotFiles 665503 and69D54." Accompanied by a printed guide, compiled by James Henry Shields. ISBN 1-55655-890-2 1. United States--Relations--Korea (South)--Sources. 2. Korea (South)--Relations--United States--Sources. 3. Korea (South)--Politics and government--1948-1960--Sources. 4. Korean War, 1950-1953--Sources. I. Title:Korea. First supplement, 1951-1966. II. Lester Robert. III. Shields, James Henry. IV. United States. Dept. of State. V. University Publications of America (Firm) E183.8.K6 016.951904'22--dc22 2003066019 CIP TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note v Note on Sources vii Editorial Note vii Abbreviations ix Reel Index Reels 1-6 CINCFE Korean Situation File Maintained by H. Freeman Matthews, 1951-1954, Lot Files 53-D-413 and 55-D-107 1 Reels 7-11 Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, General Records of the Country Director for Korea, 1952-1966, Lot Files 66-D-503 and 69-D-54 6 Reel 12 Deputy Undersecretary for Political Affairs, 1962-1963, Lot File 67-D-244 15 Subject Index 17 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Maintained by various offices, bureaus, individuals, and committees in the U.S. Department of State, the Special Files contain a vast amount of information on a variety of foreign policy subjects. Originally, the Special Files were to contain only reference copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, position papers, briefing materials, studies, and other nonrecord material maintained for convenience in office or individual files. Official copies of all permanently valuable State Department records were supposed to be included in the Central Files of the department. World War II and the subsequent cold war, however, put a heavy strain on the record-keeping system at the department. Also, officials became more reluctant to send particularly sensitive or important records to the more general Central Files. As a result, many original documents, record copies, working papers, drafts, informal notes, and annotated copies of memoranda were incorporated into the Special Files. The Special File number comprises the last two digits of the year in which the file was retired or deactivated by the originating office or individual, a letter designation (D for department origination, F for origination at a Foreign Service post, and M for a special mission), and a final number that simply indicates the sequence in which a particular collection was retired. For example, Special File 53-D-413 refers to file deactivated in 1953, originating at the Department of State, which was the 413th file retired that year. It should be noted, however, that not all files that have been retired are still in existence. Some have been consolidated with similar material or have been destroyed because of a lack of permanently valuable records. Lot Files 53-D-413 and 55-D-107: CINCFE Korean Situation File Maintained by H. Freeman Matthews, 1951-1954 These records consist of Top Secret-designated U.S. Army and Air Force telegrams furnished to the State Department by the Defense Department Liaison Office and maintained in the office of Deputy Undersecretary of State H. Freeman Matthews. The telegrams relate primarily to U.S. proposals for an armistice and the prolonged armistice negotiations. There are also telegrams pertaining to the changing military and political situation in Korea and UN support. Lot Files 66-D-503 and 69-D-54: Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, General Records of the Country Director for Korea, 1952-1966 These records consist of formerly Top Secret documents relating to such topics as the Korean Armistice, President Syngman Rhee, the Korean internal security situation, U.S. national security policy, the Korean army and its capabilities, the South Korean economy, and export controls. Documents highlight general economic conditions, relationships with other nations, military affairs, UN matters, U.S. aid programs, investment, health, education, defense, strategic trade controls, economic development plans, and cultural exchanges. Lot File 67-D-244: Deputy Undersecretary for Political Affairs, 1962-1963 These records cover the proposed U.S. and South Korea troop withdrawals and reductions in South Korea. Documents detail U.S. intervention for the return of passengers from the hijacked Korean National Airlines plane in 1958. NOTE ON SOURCES The materials microfilmed for this publication are reproduced from Record Group 59 located at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. EDITORIALNOTE The Department of State's files in Record Group 59 are composed of Central Files, records originating from various embassies and consulates, other agencies, and within the State Department itself; and "Special Files" or Lot Files, records maintained by various offices, bureaus, individuals, and committees in the department. The records microfilmed for this publication are reproduced from three Special Files. University Publications of America made its selection of which files to microfilm after an extensive search of archival indexes for records relating to Korea and its role in the Korean War and U.S. policy during the 1960s. These records were microfilmed in their original archival order as filed by the State Department. As a result, while most of the documents within each folder are filmed in reverse chronological order, some are filmed in chronological sequence. ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations are used frequently in this guide. AID Agency for International Development CARE Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere CINCFE Commander in Chief, Far East FAO United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross MAC Military Armistice Commission NNRC Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission NNSC Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission POW Prisoner of war ROK Republic of Korea UN United Nations UNC United Nations Command UNCURK United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNKRA United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency REEL INDEX The following is a listing of the folders that compose Confidential U.S. State Department Special Files: Korea, First Supplement, 1951-1966. The four-digit number on the far left is the frame at which a particular file folder begins. This is followed by the file title, the date(s) of the file, and the total number of pages. Substantive issues are highlighted under the heading Major Topics. Reel 1 Frame No. CINCFE Korean Situation File Maintained by H. Freeman Matthews, 1951-1954, Lot Files 53-D-413 and 55-D-107 0001 Telegrams from Ridgway (Miscellaneous), July 19-August 3, 1951. 17 pp. Major Topics: Matthew Ridgway; Syngman Rhee; military demarcation line; C. Turner Joy; John Muccio; UN; cease-fire negotiations between United States and Chinese and North Korean Communists; Shigeru Yoshida; Japanese peace treaty; ICRC. 0018 Korea, General Conference Telegrams (from Ridgway), Part I, July 19-September 20,1951. 143 pp. Major Topics: Matthew Ridgway; Kim Il Sung; Peng Teh-Huai; armistice negotiations between United States and Chinese and North Korean Communists; UN investigation of detainment of Korean soldiers in the Kaesong neutral zone; UNC; Kaesong zone neutrality agreement; Communist charges regarding Kaesong neutrality violations; military engagements; military demarcation line; Hyong Keun Lee; C. Turner Joy; A. J. Kinney; Communist propaganda;