A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg The Confidential File of the Eisenhower White House, 1953–1961 Part 1: Confidential Subject Files A UPA Collection from Cover: Portrait courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg The Confidential File of the Eisenhower White House, 1953–1961 Part 1: Confidential Subject Files Project Editor Robert E. Lester Guide compiled by Michael Karns and Alice Chen A UPA Collection from 7500 Old Georgetown Road • Bethesda, MD 20814-6126 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The confidential file of the Eisenhower White House, 1953–1961 [microform] / project editor, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels. — (Research collections in American politics) “The documents reproduced in this publication are from the Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the custody of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, National Archives and Records Administration. Former President Eisenhower donated his literary rights in these documents to the public.” Includes index. Contents: pt. 1. Confidential subject files—pt. 2. Presidential trips and conferences. ISBN 1-55655-959-3 (pt. 1) — ISBN 0-88692-630-0 (pt. 2) 1. United States—Politics and government—1953–1961—Sources. 2. United States—Foreign relations—1953–1961—Sources. 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library—Archives. I. Lester, Robert. II. United States. National Archives and Records Administration. III. LexisNexis (Firm) IV. Series. E835 973.921—dc22 2004046529 CIP Copyright © 2005 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-959-3. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note ......................................................................................................... v Source Note ............................................................................................................................... ix Editorial Note ............................................................................................................................ ix Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................... x Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ xi Reel Index Reels 1–4 “A” ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Reel 5 “A” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 7 “B” ...................................................................................................................................... 7 “C” ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Reels 6–7 “C” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 8 Reel 8 “C” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 10 “D” ...................................................................................................................................... 11 “E” ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Reel 9 “E” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 12 “F” ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Reel 10 “F” cont. .............................................................................................................................. 13 “G” ...................................................................................................................................... 14 “H” ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Reel 11 “H” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 15 “I” ....................................................................................................................................... 15 “J” ....................................................................................................................................... 16 “K” ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Reel 12 “K” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 16 “L” ...................................................................................................................................... 16 “M” ..................................................................................................................................... 16 iii Reels 13–18 “M” cont. ............................................................................................................................ 18 Reel 19 “M” cont. ............................................................................................................................ 26 “N” ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Reel 20 “N” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 27 “O” ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Reel 21 “O” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 29 Reel 22 “O” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 30 “P” ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Reels 23–24 “R” ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Reel 25 “R” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 35 “S” ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Reel 26 “S” cont. .............................................................................................................................. 37 Reel 27 “S” cont. .............................................................................................................................. 38 “T” ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Reels 28–39 “T” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 39 Reel 40 “T” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 53 “U” ...................................................................................................................................... 54 Reel 41 “U” cont. ............................................................................................................................. 55 “V” ...................................................................................................................................... 55 “W” ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Reels 42–43 “W” cont. ............................................................................................................................ 56 Correspondents Index ............................................................................................................ 59 Subject Index ............................................................................................................................ 73 iv SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This edition of the confidential files of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration contains a variety of communications, documents, background materials, and minutes of meetings and conferences that provide insight into the inner workings of the Eisenhower White House and its approach to the important issues of Eisenhower’s presidency. The collection consists of forty-three reels, organized alphabetically by topic. The documents cover the entire Eisenhower presidency, which lasted from 1953 to 1961, along with some attachments from the previous administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman that likely served as background material for Eisenhower and his policy makers. Most of the material in the reels was produced in Washington, D.C., but covers topics and events occurring worldwide.