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See also National Archives and Records Administration below.
INR/IL Historical Files
S/S Files: Lot 68 D 451
S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 318 National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State Subject-Numeric Indexed Central Files AID PORT, Aid, general policy, plans, and coordination, Portugal AID (US) BIAFRA, general policy, U.S. aid to Biafra AID (US) LIBYA, general policy, U.S. aid to Libya AID (US) MOR, general policy, U.S. aid to Morocco AID (US) TUN, general policy, U.S. aid to Tunisia AID (US) 8 MOR, grants and technical assistance, U.S.-Morocco AID (US) 9 TUN, U.S. loans to Tunisia AID (US) 15 MOR, PL 480, Food for Peace Program, Morocco AID (US) 15-4 ALG, PL 480 agreements, U.S.-Algeria DEF 1-1 LIBYA, contingency planning, The Congo DEF 1-1 ZAMBIA, contingency planning, Zambia DEF 7 GHANA-US, visits and missions, Ghana-U.S. DEF 7 S AFR-US, visits and missions, South Africa-U.S. DEF 12 AFR, armaments, Africa DEF 12 TUN, armaments, Tunisia DEF 12-5 ETH, procurement and sale of armaments, Ethiopia DEF 12-5 GHANA, procurement and sale of armaments, Ghana DEF 12-5 NIGERIA, procurement and sale of armaments, Nigeria DEF 12-5 RHOD, procurement and sale of armaments, Rhodesia DEF 12-5 S AFR, procurement and sale of armaments, South Africa DEF 15 ETH-US, bases and installations, Ethiopia-U.S. DEF 15 LIBYA-UK, bases and installations, Libya-U.K. DEF 15 LIBYA-US, bases and installations, Libya-U.S. DEF 15 S AFR-US, bases and installations, South Africa-U.S. DEF 15-10 MOR-US, establishment, construction, and termination of bases DEF 15-4 LIBYA-US, agreements and leases, Libya-U.S. DEF 18-9 MEDIT, demilitarized and nuclear-free zones, Mediterranean DEF 19 US-ETH, military assistance, U.S.-Ethiopia DEF 19 US-MOR, military assistance, U.S.-Morocco DEF 19 US-TUN, military assistance, U.S.-Tunisia DEF 19-3 US-ETH, defense organizations and conferences, U.S.-Ethiopia DEF 19-6 USSR-SOMALI, Communist bloc assistance, U.S.S.R.-Somalia DEF 19-8 US-ETH, defense equipment and supplies, U.S.-Ethiopia DEF 19-8 US-MOR, military equipment and supplies, U.S.- Morocco DEF 19-8 US-PORT, defense equipment and supplies, U.S.-Portugal DEF 19-8 US-TUN, military equipment and supplies, U.S.-Tunisia FSE 12 GHANA, fuels and energy, electric power, Ghana FT 11-2 RHOD, foreign trade, boycotts, Rhodesia FT 18 S AFR, foreign trade, munitions control, South Africa FT 18 S AFR-US, foreign trade, munitions control, South Africa-U.S. installations IT 7-16 TANZAN-ZAMBIA, inland transport, highways, transportation network, Tanzania-Zambia ORG 7 S, organization and administration, visits OS 12-12 TANZAN, ocean shipping, movement of vessels, Tanzania PET 17-2 RHOD, petroleum imports, Rhodesia POL AFR, political affairs and relations, Africa POL AFR, political affairs and relations, Africa POL AFR-PORT, political affairs and relations, Africa-Portugal POL AFR-US, political affairs and relations, Africa-U.S. POL ALG-US, political affairs and relations, Algeria-U.S. POL ARAB-ISR, political affairs and relations, Arab-Israeli dispute POL BIAFRA-NIGERIA, political affairs and relations, Biafra-Nigeria POL ETH-SOMALI, political affairs and relations, Ethiopia-Somalia POL ETH-US, political affairs and relations, Ethiopia-U.S. POL GHANA-US, political affairs and relations, Ghana-U.S. POL LIBYA-US, political affairs and relations, Libya-U.S. POL MOR-US, political affairs and relations, Morocco-U.S. POL MOZ-TANZAN, political affairs and relations, Mozambique-Tanzania POL NIGERIA-US, political affairs and relations, Nigeria-U.S. POL PORT-US, political affairs and relations, Portugal-U.S. POL RHOD-UK, political affairs and relations, Rhodesia-U.K. POL RHOD-US, political affairs and relations, Rhodesia-U.S. POL RHOD-ZAMBIA, political affairs and relations, Rhodesia-Zambia POL SOMALI-US, political affairs and relations, Somalia-U.S. POL TUN-US, political affairs and relations, Tunisia-U.S. POL TUN-US, political affairs and relations, Tunisia-U.S. POL UK-US, political affairs and relations, U.K.-U.S. POL 1 AFR-US, general policy and background, Africa-U.S. POL 1 ALG, general policy and background, Algeria POL 1 ANG-US, general policy and background, Angola-U.S. POL 1 ETH-US, general policy and background, Ethiopia-U.S. POL 1 GHANA, general policy and background, Ghana POL 1 GHANA-US, general policy and background, Ghana-U.S. POL 1 MOR-US, general policy and background, Morocco-U.S. POL 1 NIGERIA-US, general policy and background, Nigeria-U.S. POL 1 PORT-US, general policy and background, Portugal U.S POL 1 S AFR-US, general policy and background, South Africa-U.S. POL 1 US-VIET S, general policy and background, U.S.-South Vietnam POL 2 ETH, general reports and statistics, Ethiopia POL 3 OAU, regional alignments and groupings, Organization of African Unity POL 7 ALG, visits and meetings with Algerian officials POL 7 ETH, visits and meetings with Ethiopian officials POL 7 GHANA, visits and meetings with Ghanaian officials POL 7 LIB, visits and meetings with Liberian officials POL 7 LIBYA, visits and meetings with Libyan officials POL 7 MOR, visits and meetings with Moroccan officials POL 7 NIGERIA-US, visits and meetings, Nigerian-U.S. officials POL 7 RWANDA, visits and meetings with Rwandan officials POL 7 S AFR, visits and meetings with South African officials POL 7 SOMALI, visits and meetings with Somali officials POL 7 TUN, visits and meetings with Tunisian officials POL 7 US/BALL, visits and meetings of George W. Ball POL 7 US/HARRIMAN, visits and meetings of W. Averell Harriman POL 7 US/HUMPHREY, visits and meetings of Vice President Humphrey POL 7, NIGERIA, visits and meetings with Nigerian officials POL 9 ALG-US, intervention, Algeria-U.S. POL 9 EUR W-TANZAN, intervention, Western Europe-Tanzania POL 10 PORT, colonialism and imperialism, Portugal POL 10 PORT/UN, colonialism and imperialism, Portugal-U.N. POL 12 ANG, political parties, Angola POL 12 GHANA, political parties, Ghana POL 12 THE CONGO, political parties, The Congo POL 13 AFR, political organizations in Africa POL 13 ETH, non-party blocs, Ethiopia POL 15 NIGERIA, Government, Nigeria POL 15 PORT, Government, Portugal POL 15 SOMALI, Government, Somalia POL 15-1 GHANA, Ghanaian Head of State, Executive Branch POL 15-1 LIBYA, head of state and executive branch, Libya POL 15-1 MOR, Head of State and Executive Branch, Morocco POL 15-1 NIGERIA, Head of State and Executive Branch, Nigeria POL 15-1 SOMALI, Head of State and Executive Branch, Somalia POL 15-1 TUN, Head of State and Executive Branch, Tunisia POL 15-1 US/JOHNSON, visits and meetings of President Johnson POL 16 ALG, independence and recognition, Algeria POL 16 CHICOM, recognition, People's Republic of China POL 16 GHANA, independence and recognition, Ghana POL 16 RHOD, independence and recognition, Rhodesia POL 16 RHOD/UN, independence and recognition, Rhodesia-UN POL 17 ETH-US, diplomatic and consular representation, Ethiopia-U.S. POL 17 LIBYA-US, diplomatic and consular representation, Libya-U.S. POL 17 MOR-US, diplomatic and consular representation, Morocco-U.S POL 17 US-AFR, diplomatic and consular representation, U.S.-Africa POL 17 US-ALG, U.S. diplomatic representation in Algeria POL 17 US-S AFR, diplomatic and consular representation, U.S.-South Africa POL 19 ANG, government of dependencies, Angola POL 19 PORT, government of dependencies, Portugal POL 19 PORT/UN, government of dependencies, Portugal/U.N. POL 19 RHOD, government of dependencies, Rhodesia POL 19 SW AFR, government of dependencies, South West Africa POL 19 SW AFR/UN, government of dependencies, South West Africa/UN POL 23 ALG, internal security and counter-insurgency, Algeria POL 23 TUN, internal security and counter-insurgency, Tunisia POL 23-8 ALG, demonstrations, riots, and protests, Algeria POL 23-9 ALG, rebellions and coups, Algeria POL 23-9 GHANA, rebellions and coups, Ghana POL 23-9 MOZ, rebellions and coups, Mozambique POL 23-9 NIGERIA, rebellions and coups, Nigeria POL 24 S AFR, sanctions, South Africa POL 25 ALG, demonstrations and protests, Algeria POL 27 ARAB-ISR, Arab-Israeli military operations POL 27 BIAFRA-NIGERIA, military operations, Biafra-Nigeria POL 27 VIET S, military operations, South Vietnam POL 29 S AFR, political prisoners, South Africa POL 29 SW AFR, political prisoners, South West Africa POL 29 SW AFR/UN, political prisoners, South West Africa/U.N. POL 30 MOR, defectors and expellees, Morocco POL 30-2 ANG, exile political activities, Angola POL 30-2 ETH, exile political activities, Ethiopia POL 30-2 MOZ, exile political activities, Mozambique POL 31-1 ETH-SOMALI, air disputes and violations, Ethiopia-Somalia POL 32-1 ALG-MOR, Algerian-Moroccan boundary disputes POL 32-1 ANG-ZAMBIA, Angola-Zambia boundary disputes POL 32-1 ETH-SOMALI, Ethiopia-Somalia boundary disputes POL 32-1 KENYA-SOMALI, Kenya-Somalia boundary disputes SOC 14 S AFR/UN, human rights, race relations, South Africa-U.S. SOC 14-1 S AFR, South Africa general policy in human rights SOC 14-1 S AFR/UN, general policy, human rights and race relations, South Africa/UN SP 15 S AFR-US, space vehicle tracking, South Africa-U.S. STR 6-3 MOR, Presidential determinations, Morocco Lot Files
Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
S/P Files: Lot 72 D 139
S/S Files: Lot 65 D 330
S/S Files: Lot 70 D 217
S/S Files: Lot 67 D 262
S/S Files: Lot 70 D 263
S/S Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110
S/S Conference Files: Lot 66 D 347
S/S Conference Files: Lot 67 D 586
S/S Conference Files: Lot 68 D 453
S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265
S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
Williams Records Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C. DCI/McCone Files: Job 80-B01285A ODDI Registry of NIEs and SNIEs: Job 79-R01012A Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
Harriman Papers Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 842/534 (12 Sep 68) TR 5077, Sec. 1 9118.3 (25 Jan 65) 9118.4 (16 Feb 66) IR 5630, Sec. 1A Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 306
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 4023
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 3717
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 71 A 4546
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 72 A 1499
OSD Files: FRC 69 A 7425
OSD Files: FRC 70 A 1266
OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4443
OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4662
OSD Files: FRC 71 A 6489
OSD Files: FRC 72 A 2467
OSD Files: FRC 72 A 2468
OSD Files: FRC 73 A 1250 Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson
Other Personal Papers George Ball Papers Tom Johnson's Notes of Meetings Franklin H. Williams Papers [end of document]
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