Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1980-1993 (Creation)
- 1947-1985 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
31 reels and 7 published detailed guides
Scope and content
Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1985 are microfilmed copies of memoranda, policy papers, directives and records of actions undertaken by the US National Security Council, 1947-1985. Document material relates to US policy with respect to Japan, the Soviet Union, China, 1948-49; military assistance to non-communist nations, 1948-49; US policy on atomic warfare, 1948; the Berlin Blockade; the United Nations decision to introduce military forces to Palestine, 1948; US policy towards Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe, 1949; US courses of action with respect to the Republic of Korea, 1950-53; responsibilities of the Central Intelligence Agency with respect to guerrilla warfare, 1952; US policy and courses of action to counter possible Soviet or satellite action against Berlin, 1952; US objectives and actions to exploit the unrest in the Soviet satellite states, 1953; US courses of action with respect to Latin America, Iran and South Asia, 1953-85; covert operations, 1954-75; nuclear attack warning channel and procedures for civilians, 1955-65; the political implications of Afro-Asian military take-overs, 1959; US policy towards Cuba, 1959-60; US strategic nuclear forces capabilities, 1960-85; US military, political and psychological operations in South East Asia, 1961-74; US training objectives for counterinsurgency, 1962-85; the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT); US policy on arms transfers, 1975-85; the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; US policy towards Cuba and Central America, 1982; the US approach to the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), 1982-85. Policy papers and progress reports relate to all European nations, the Soviet Union and its satellites, Canada, Latin America, Japan, The Middle East, the People's Republic of China, South East Asia, Angola, North Africa, 1947-1985.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following sections: National Security Council Policy Papers (NSCPP); National Security Council Background Documents; 'P' Files; 'Mill' papers; National Security Council Actions; National Security Action Memoranda; National Security Study Memoranda; National Security Decision Memoranda; Presidential Directives; National Security Study Directives; National Security Decision Directives; National Security Directives; NSC Intelligence Directives. Memoranda, correspondence, directives, documents, policy recommendations and position papers are then arranged chronologically therein. Microfilm reels are numbered in order of accession and the numbers have been added to the published guides, which should be consulted first.
General Information
Repository
Custodial history
University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with published fully indexed guides 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. The following published guides are available in the Reading Room: Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977 (University Publications of America, 1980), and 6 subsequent supplements, 1981-1993
Existence and location of originals
National Security Council Files, Record Group 273, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
Related materials
Note
Compiled Jul 1999
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Arms control
- Berlin Wall
- Boundaries
- Central government
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Disarmament
- East West relations
- Foreign relations
- Government
- International conflicts
- International instruments
- International law
- International relations
- International tensions
- Military engineering
- Military equipment
- Nuclear warfare
- Nuclear weapons
- Peace
- Public administration
- Rights of states
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) (1972-1979)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 1992-1999
- Territorial rights
- Warfare
- Weapons
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.