Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1980 (Creation)
- 1949-1953 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
5 reels and one published guide
Scope and content
Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 are microfilmed copies of the minutes of conversations and meetings of Dean Acheson during his tenure as Secretary of State during the Truman administration, 1949-1953. Material includes minutes for meetings and conversations with Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg concerning the Rhodes negotiations on the future of Palestine, 1949; Foreign Service employee George Frost Kennan relating to US-Soviet relations, 1949-1950; Rt Hon Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the US, concerning the former Italian colonies, the western mark for Berlin and the North Atlantic Pact, 1949; the US National Security Council relating to the re-training of the Austrian Army, Palestine, and the appointment of a military commander in Germany, 1949; President Harry S Truman concerning the Military Assistance Program, atomic energy, Palestine, British finances and the revolutionary situation in the Caribbean, 1949; Muhammad Riza Pahlevi, Shah-an-Shah of Iran, relating to financial assistance to Iran, 1949; Professor Hans Joachim Morgenthau concerning Cold War international relations; President Truman concerning the Korean crisis, 1950; US Department of Defense representatives concerning the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1950, and the war in Korea, 1951-1953; US Gen George Catlett Marshall relating to the Economic Recovery Program (Marshall Plan).
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
General Information
Repository
Custodial history
University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with fully indexed guide edited by Paul Kesaris.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies may be printed off the microfilm/microfiche for research purposes and are charged at cost.
Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to University Publications of America Inc.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
This collection level description. Further finding aids may be available in the Reading Room.
Existence and location of originals
Harry S Truman Library, Independence, Missouri; Dean Acheson Collection, Yale University Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Note
Compiled Jul 1999
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Alliances
- Central government
- Colonial countries
- Decolonization
- Development aid
- Diplomacy
- East West relations
- Economic aid
- Financial aid
- Foreign policy
- Foreign relations
- Government
- International conflicts
- International instruments
- International law
- International organizations
- International politics
- International relations
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Organizations
- Political systems
- Public administration
- War
- Wars (events)
People and Organisations
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.