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Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions
(Record Group 43)1825-1972
Table of Contents
- 43.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
- 43.2 RECORDS OF U.S. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 1825-1961
- 43.2.1 Records relating to the Panama Congress
- 43.2.2 Records relating to the "Red Cross Conferences"
- 43.2.3 Records relating to the International Sanitary Conference
- 43.2.4 Records of the U.S. Commissioner to the International Prime Meridian Conference
- 43.2.5 Records relating to the Berlin Conference on West African Affairs
- 43.2.6 Records relating to the First and Second Samoan Conferences
- 43.2.7 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the First-Tenth International Conferences of American States
- 43.2.8 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the First and Second International Peace Conferences
- 43.2.9 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the International Opium Commission and Conferences
- 43.2.10 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the Thirteenth International Congress Against Alcohol and to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth International Anti-Alcoholic Congresses
- 43.2.11 Records of the Preliminary International Conference on Electrical Communications
- 43.2.12 Records relating to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament
- 43.2.13 Records relating to the U.S. Special Mission to the Lausanne Conference
- 43.2.14 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Central American Affairs
- 43.2.15 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Radiotelegraph Conference
- 43.2.16 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference for the Limitation of Naval Armament
- 43.2.17 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Telegraph Conference
- 43.2.18 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Second International Conference on Emigration and Immigration
- 43.2.19 Records of the Secretariat of the International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration
- 43.2.20 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea
- 43.2.21 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Pan American Trade- Mark Conference
- 43.2.22 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the London Naval Conference
- 43.2.23 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference for the Codification of International Law
- 43.2.24 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the first phase of the General Disarmament Conference
- 43.2.25 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Radio and Telegraph Conferences
- 43.2.26 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Monetary and Economic Conference
- 43.2.27 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Fifth Pan American Commercial Conference
- 43.2.28 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the London Naval Conference
- 43.2.29 Records relating to negotiations for a new general treaty between the Republic of Panama and the United States
- 43.2.30 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace
- 43.2.31 Records of the Third World Power Conference and the Second Congress on Large Dams
- 43.2.32 Records relating to international whaling
- 43.2.33 Records relating to the Capitulations Conference
- 43.2.34 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-American Radio Conference
- 43.2.35 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Telecommunications Conferences
- 43.2.36 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Fifteenth International Congress of Architects
- 43.2.37 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the first-third meetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics and to the successor fourth meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American States
- 43.2.38 Records of the Secretariat of the Eighth American Scientific Congress
- 43.2.39 Records relating to the Inter-American Technical Economic Conference
- 43.2.40 Records relating to the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace
- 43.2.41 Records relating to the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security
- 43.2.42 Records of the International Conference on Trade and Employment (International Trade Organization)
- 43.2.43 Records relating to the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information
- 43.2.44 Records of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conference
- 43.2.45 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Japanese Peace Conference
- 43.2.46 Records of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, relating to the Organization of American States (OAS)
- 43.2.47 Records of the U.S. Representatives to the meetings on preliminary arrangements for a Korean political conference
- 43.2.48 Records relating to the Bermuda Conference
- 43.2.49 Records relating to the Nine Power Conference
- 43.2.50 Records of U.S. delegations to other international conferences
- 43.3 RECORDS OF WORLD WAR II CONFERENCES (JANUARY 1942-JANUARY 1945) 1942-50 2 lin. ft.
- 43.3.1 Records of the post-Arcadia meetings of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
- 43.3.2 Records of the First Quebec Conference (Quadrant)
- 43.3.3 Records of the Third Washington Conference (Trident)
- 43.3.4 Records of the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers (Tripartite Conference)
- 43.3.5 Records of the Teheran Conference
- 43.3.6 Records of the Second Cairo Conference
- 43.3.7 Records relating to the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (Bretton Woods Conference)
- 43.3.8 Records of the Second Quebec Conference (Octagon)
- 43.3.9 Records of the Malta Conference
- 43.4 RECORDS OF WORLD WAR II AND POSTWAR CONFERENCES (FEBRUARY- DECEMBER 1945) 1944-48
- 43.4.1 Records relating to the Yalta Conference
- 43.4.2 Records relating to the Alexandria Conference
- 43.4.3 Records relating to the Potsdam Conference
- 43.4.4 Records relating to the Paris Conference on Reparations
- 43.5 RECORDS OF THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE 1946
- 43.5.1 Records of the plenary sessions
- 43.5.2 Records of the U.S. Delegation
- 43.5.3 Records of the General Commission
- 43.5.4 Records of the Commission on Procedures
- 43.5.5 Records of Economic Commissions
- 43.5.6 Records of Political and Territorial Commissions
- 43.5.7 Records of the Legal and Drafting Commission
- 43.5.8 Records of the Military Commission
- 43.6 RECORDS OF THE FIRST-SIXTH SESSIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS (CFM) 1910-50 (bulk 1945-50)
- 43.6.1 Records of the first session of the CFM
- 43.6.2 Records of the second session of the CFM
- 43.6.3 Records of the third session of the CFM
- 43.6.4 Records of the fourth session of the CFM
- 43.6.5 Records of the fifth session of the CFM
- 43.6.6 Records of the sixth session of the CFM
- 43.6.7 Miscellaneous records
- 43.7 RECORDS OF OTHER MEETINGS OF FOREIGN MINISTERS AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS 1945-53
- 43.7.1 Records relating to the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers meeting
- 43.7.2 Records relating to the Tripartite Foreign Ministers meeting
- 43.7.3 Records relating to informal meetings of the CFM
- 43.7.4 Records relating to Deputy Foreign Ministers (DFM) meetings
- 43.7.5 Records of a special CFM meeting
- 43.7.6 Records of a foreign ministers' meeting on Germany and the Ruhr
- 43.7.7 Records of the foreign ministers' meetings on the future of Germany
- 43.7.8 Records of a meeting of the foreign ministers of France, the United States, and the United Kingdom
- 43.7.9 Records relating to the "September Talks"
- 43.7.10 Records of CFM informal meetings on Austria
- 43.7.11 Records of meetings of the foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France
- 43.7.12 Records of DFM meetings
- 43.7.13 Records relating to a meeting of the foreign ministers of France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Federal Republic of Germany
- 43.7.14 Records relating to meetings of the foreign ministers of France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Federal Republic of Germany
- 43.7.15 Records relating to a meeting of the foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 43.7.16 Records relating to ministerial talks
- 43.7.17 Records relating to conversations between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
- 43.8 RECORDS OF DEPUTIES AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS FOR OCCUPIED COUNTRIES 1946-54
- 43.8.1 Records of meetings of the deputies for Germany and Austria
- 43.8.2 Records of meetings of the deputies for the former Italian colonies
- 43.8.3 Records of meetings of the deputies for Germany
- 43.8.4 Records of meetings of the deputies for Austria
- 43.9 RECORDS OF MEETINGS CONCERNING THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY 1948-51, 1954
- 43.9.1 Records of the Tripartite Military Governors Conference
- 43.9.2 Records of the meetings of the military governors of the three western zones
- 43.9.3 Records relating to the Quadripartite Meeting of the Berlin Commandants
- 43.10 RECORDS OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ON POSTWAR POLICY 1945-55
- 43.10.1 Records of the Austrian Treaty Commission
- 43.10.2 Records of Tripartite Talks on Germany and Bizonal Financial Talks
- 43.10.3 Records of the London Conference on Germany
- 43.10.4 Records of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Protection of Foreign Interests in Germany
- 43.10.5 Records of the tripartite discussions in London
- 43.10.6 Records of the International Authority of the Ruhr (IAR)
- 43.10.7 Records of the Jessup-Malik conversations
- 43.10.8 Records of discussions concerning a Swiss-Allied accord
- 43.10.9 Records of the United States-United Kingdom-Canadian financial talks
- 43.10.10 Records of the first meeting of the North Atlantic Council
- 43.10.11 Records of meetings of the U.S. ambassadors
- 43.10.12 Records of discussions in Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
- 43.10.13 Records relating to meetings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- 43.10.14 Records relating to the North Atlantic Council (NAC)
- 43.10.15 Records relating to the four power meeting, nine power meeting, and ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council
- 43.10.16 Records relating to meetings between President Harry S. Truman and foreign heads of state, Washington, DC
- 43.10.17 Records relating to bilateral talks
- 43.10.18 Records relating to tripartite conversations on Austria
- 43.10.19 Records relating to tripartite meetings (United States- United Kingdom-France)
- 43.10.20 Records relating to the Four Power Exploratory Talks
- 43.10.21 Records relating to the Indo-China Talks
- 43.10.22 Records relating to talks in Paris
- 43.10.23 Records relating to the Four Power Conference
- 43.10.24 Records relating to the Paris Talks
- 43.10.25 Records relating to visits to the United States by heads of state and foreign ministers
- 43.10.26 Miscellaneous records
- 43.11 RECORDS RELATING TO U.S. MEMBERSHIP ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 1871-1972
- 43.11.1 Records of the American Commissioners of the American- British Joint High Commission
- 43.11.2 Records of the Intercontinental Railway Commission (IRC)
- 43.11.3 Records of the International American Monetary Commission
- 43.11.4 Records relating to the Joint High Commission
- 43.11.5 Records relating to the Paris Peace Commission
- 43.11.6 Records relating to the Samoan High Commission
- 43.11.7 Records relating to the International Institute of Agriculture
- 43.11.8 Records maintained by the U.S. Section of the International High Commission
- 43.11.9 Records of the U.S. Commissioners of the American and Mexican Joint Commission
- 43.11.10 Records of the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to the Russian Railway Service Corps, and the Interallied Railway Committee (IARC)
- 43.11.11 Records of the U.S. unofficial delegation to the Reparations Commission
- 43.11.12 Records of the U.S. Electoral Mission in Nicaragua
- 43.11.13 Records of the U.S. Representative on the Lytton Commission
- 43.11.14 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Technical Commission of Aerial Legal Experts (Comite International Technique d'Experts Juridiques Aeriens, CITEJA)
- 43.11.15 Records relating to the third meeting of the International Technical Consulting Committee on Radio Communications (ITCCRC)
- 43.11.16 Records of the U.S. Committee of the Joint Economic Committees, United States and Canada
- 43.11.17 Records of the British-American Joint Patent Interchange Committee
- 43.11.18 Records of the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense
- 43.11.19 Records relating to the Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee (IAFEAC), and Subcommittee on Post- War Problems, 1942-45
- 43.11.20 Records relating to the European Advisory Commission (EAC)
- 43.11.21 Records of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (AACI) regarding Palestine
- 43.11.22 Records relating to the Allied Control Council for Germany
- 43.11.23 Records relating to the Far Eastern Commission (FEC)
- 43.11.24 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the US-USSR Joint Commission on Korea
- 43.11.25 Records relating to the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK)
- 43.11.26 Records relating to the South Pacific Commission
- 43.11.27 Records of the U.S. Element of the Allied Council for Japan
- 43.11.28 Records of the Four Power Commission of Investigation (Former Italian Colonies)
- 43.11.29 Records of the U.S. Section of the Joint Brazil-U.S. Technical Commission
- 43.11.30 Records of the U.S. Section of the International Refugee Organization (IRO)
- 43.11.31 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the inaugural meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
- 43.11.32 Records of the U.S. Section of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission and its successor, the Caribbean Commission
- 43.11.33 Records of the U.S. Section of the United States-Mexico Commission for Border Development and Friendship
- 43.11.34 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Paris Conference on Vietnam
- 43.12 RECORDS RELATING TO U.S. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS HELD OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 1857-1959
- 43.12.1 Records relating to the Universal Agricultural Prize Exhibition (Paris, 1856-57)
- 43.12.2 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris Universal Exposition (1867)
- 43.12.3 Records of the U.S. Commission, Vienna International Exposition (1873)
- 43.12.4 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris Universal Exposition (1878)
- 43.12.5 Records of the U.S. Commissions, Sydney (1879-80) and Melbourne (1880-81) International Exhibitions
- 43.12.6 Records of the U.S. Commission, International Exposition of Electricity (Paris, 1881)
- 43.12.7 Records of the U.S. Commission, Centennial International Exposition (Melbourne, 1888-89)
- 43.12.8 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris Universal Exposition (1889)
- 43.12.9 Records relating to U.S. participation in the Universal Exposition (Antwerp, 1894)
- 43.12.10 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris Universal Exposition (1900)
- 43.12.11 Records relating to the Exposition of Arts and History (Rome, 1911) and the Exposition of Industry and Labor (Turin, 1911)
- 43.12.12 Records of the U.S. Commission appointed for the proposed Grand Exhibition of Japan
- 43.12.13 Records of the U.S. Commission, Brazilian Centennial Exposition (Rio de Janeiro, 1922-23)
- 43.12.14 Records of the U.S. Commission, International Exposition (Seville, 1929-30)
- 43.12.15 Records of the U.S. Commission, International Colonial and Overseas Exposition (Paris, 1931)
- 43.12.16 Records relating to U.S. participation in the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition ("Brussels World's Fair," 1958)
- 43.12.17 Other records
- 43.13 RECORDS RELATING TO U.S. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES 1876-1964
- 43.13.1 General records
- 43.13.2 Records relating to the Centennial International Exhibition (Philadelphia, 1876)
- 43.13.3 Records relating to the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (New Orleans, 1884-85)
- 43.13.4 Records relating to the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)
- 43.13.5 Records relating to the Cotton States and International Exposition (Atlanta, 1895)
- 43.13.6 Records relating to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Nashville, 1897)
- 43.13.7 Records relating to the Pan American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901)
- 43.13.8 Records relating to the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition (Charleston, 1901-2)
- 43.13.9 Records relating to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis, 1904)
- 43.13.10 Records relating to the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (Portland, OR, 1905)
- 43.13.11 Records relating to the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (Hampton Roads, VA, 1907)
- 43.13.12 Records relating to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle, 1909)
- 43.13.13 Records relating to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco, 1915)
- 43.13.14 Records relating to the Sesquicentennial International Exposition (Philadelphia, 1920)
- 43.13.15 Records relating to the Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration (1933-34)
- 43.13.16 Records relating to the Seattle World's Fair (1962)
- 43.13.17 Records relating to the New York World's Fair (1964-65)
- 43.14 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
- 43.15 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
- 43.16 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
- 43.17 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1909-10 203 images
Finding Aids: H. Stephen Helton, comp., Preliminary Inventory ofthe Records of United States Participation in InternationalConferences, Commissions, and Expositions, PI 76 (1955); MarionM. Johnson and Mabel D. Brock, comps., "Preliminary Inventory ofthe Records of United States Participation in InternationalConferences, Commissions, and Expositions; Supplementary toNational Archives Preliminary Inventory No. 76," NC 95 (Feb.1965); supplement in National Archives microfiche edition ofpreliminary inventories.
Security-Classified Records: This record group may includematerial that is security-classified.
Related Records:General Records of the Department of State, RG 59.
Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations,RG 76.
Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State,RG 84.
Records of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, RG 256.
43.2 RECORDS OF U.S. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1825-1961
43.2.1 Records relating to the Panama Congress
History: Held in Panama, June 22-July 15, 1826, to plan forhemispheric defense.
Textual Records: General records, 1825-27.
Microfilm Publications: M662.
43.2.2 Records relating to the "Red Cross Conferences"
History: Held in Geneva, 1863, 1864, 1868, and 1906; Brussels,1874; and The Hague, 1904, to consider problems associated withcaring for sick and wounded soldiers in wartime. United Statesparticipated in the conferences of 1864, 1904, and 1906.
Textual Records: General records, 1863-1907.
43.2.3 Records relating to the International Sanitary Conference
History: Authorized by Joint Resolution 33 (21 Stat. 415), May14, 1880. Held in Washington, DC, January 5-March 1, 1881, toplan an international system of notification of contagious andinfectious diseases and to set up a uniform system of bills ofhealth.
Textual Records: Memorandums, 1880. Conference proceedings, 1881.
43.2.4 Records of the U.S. Commissioner to the International
Prime Meridian Conference
History: Conference authorized by an act of August 3, 1882 (22Stat. 217). Held in Washington, DC, October 1-22, 1884, to set asuitable meridian of longitude to be employed as a common zero oflongitude and a worldwide standard of time reckoning.
Textual Records: Letters received, 1884.
43.2.5 Records relating to the Berlin Conference on West African
Affairs
History: Held in Berlin, November 16, 1884-February 26, 1885, toregulate trade and commerce with West Africa, particularly in theCongo River Basin.
Textual Records: General records, 1884-85.
43.2.6 Records relating to the First and Second Samoan
Conferences
History: Held in Washington, DC, June 25-July 26, 1887, to adjustSamoan affairs and to determine the spheres of influence of theUnited States, the United Kingdom, and Germany; and in Berlin,April 29-June 14, 1889, to complete the work begun by the firstconference.
Textual Records: Protocols of the first conference, 1887.Dispatches by and instructions to U.S. delegates to the secondconference, 1889.
Related Records: Records relating to the Samoan High CommissionUNDER 43.11.6. Records of the Government of American Samoa, RG284.
43.2.7 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the First-Tenth
International Conferences of American States
History: First conference held in Washington, DC, October 1889-April 1890; second, Mexico City, October 22, 1901-January 31,1902; third, Rio de Janeiro, July 21-August 26, 1906; fourth,Buenos Aires, July 12-August 30, 1910; fifth, Santiago, March 25-May 3, 1923; sixth, Havana, January 16-February 20, 1928;seventh, Montevideo, December 3-26, 1933; eighth, Lima, December9-27, 1938; ninth, Bogota, March 30-May 2, 1948; and tenth,Caracas, March 1-28, 1954. Discussed hemispheric issues andproblems.
Textual Records: Records of the first conference, includingminutes of meetings, November 1889-April 1890; Spanish-languagestenographic notes of meetings, 1889-90; letters sent andreceived by William E. Curtis, conference executive officer,1889-90; records of appointment of delegates, 1889-90; andcorrespondence relating to the conference agenda andrecommendations, 1889-91. Records of the second conference,consisting of letters sent; letters and telegrams received; andprinted copies of conference resolutions, conventions, andtreaties, 1901-2. Records of the third conference, consisting ofgeneral records, administrative correspondence, copies ofprojects submitted to committees, and "Third InternationalAmerican Conference-Minutes and Documents," 1906. Records of thefourth conference, consisting of adopted conventions andresolutions, 1910. Records of the fifth conference, consisting ofgeneral files and informational material, 1923. Records of thesixth conference, including general records, 1927-28; andinstructions to delegates, telegrams, statements of LatinAmerican countries on "Conference Policy," and daily conferencereports ("Diario"), 1928. Records of the seventh conference,including general records, telegrams, daily conference reports("Diario"), recommended agenda topics, projects and proposalspresented to commissions, reference files, press releases, andaddresses and statements, 1933-34. Records of the eighthconference, including drafts of instructions, declarations, andresolutions; copies of conference documents; reference andclippings files; subject ("topic") files; committee records; andU.S. Delegation correspondence, 1938. Records of the ninthconference, consisting of conference files and U.S. Delegationrecords, 1948. Records of the tenth conference, includingpreparatory (preconference) records, 1952-54; subject file, 1954;numbered conference documents, 1953-54; minutes of meetings("Diario de le Decima Conferencia Interamerica"), 1954; and apostconference subject file, 1954-55.
Photographs (2 images): U.S. Delegation returning from fourthconference, shown with Peruvian Government officials in thePeruvian Foreign Office, 1910 (M, 1 image); and an unidentifiedprint, taken in El Salvador, 1910 (M, 1 image). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.2.8 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the First and Second
International Peace Conferences
History: Conferences held in The Hague at the initiative of theRussian Government, May 18-July 29, 1899, and June 15-October 18,1907.
Textual Records: Records of the first conference, consisting ofconference proceedings and reports of the U.S. Delegation, 1899.Records of the second conference, consisting of proceedings andprinted material, 1907.
43.2.9 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the International Opium
Commission and Conferences
History: International Opium Commission met in Shanghai at theinitiative of the United States, February 1-26, 1909, to studythe problems of opium traffic. Two International OpiumConferences held in The Hague at the initiative of the UnitedStates, December 1, 1911-January 23, 1912, and July 1-9, 1913, todraft an opium trade convention.
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1909-20. Lettersreceived relating to the Opium Commission, 1908-9. Correspondenceregarding appropriations for controlling the opium traffic, 1908-13, and regarding narcotics traffic control legislation, 1909-16.Memorandums, 1909. Correspondence relating to the first andsecond conferences, 1901-13. Memorandums and notes preparatory tothe second conference, 1913. Diplomatic correspondence relatingto the second and a proposed third conference, 1913-14. Reportsof the first and second conferences, 1911-13. Presidentialmessages, 1909-14. Reference material, 1909-13. Records ofDelegate Hamilton Wright, including correspondence relating tohis employment in the Federated Malay States, 1893-1914.
Subject Access Terms: Denman, William; Finger, Henry J.
43.2.10 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the Thirteenth
International Congress Against Alcohol and to the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth International Anti-Alcoholic Congresses
History: Congresses held in The Hague, September 11-16, 1911;Milan, September 22-28, 1913; and Washington, DC, September 21-27, 1920.
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1911, 1913, 1920.
43.2.11 Records of the Preliminary International Conference on
Electrical Communications
History: Held in Washington, DC, October-December 1920, todetermine the disposition of German cable lines that had beenceded to the Allies by the Treaty of Versailles (1919), and tostudy the problems of international communications.
Textual Records: Reports of conference proceedings, 1920, withsubject index. Minutes of meetings of the InternationalSecretariat, 1920. Correspondence of the Secretariat, 1920-21,with index. Card index to minutes and reports of committeemeetings, 1920. Correspondence relating to personnel of theSecretariat, 1920-21, with index. Minutes of informal meetings ofthe U.S. Delegation, 1919-20, with index. Correspondence of theU.S. Delegation's secretary, 1920-21. Miscellaneous recordsmaintained by Delegate Walter S. Rogers, 1920-21. Extracts, 1919-21. Informational materials, 1884-1922. Miscellaneouscorrespondence regarding disbursements, 1920-22.
43.2.12 Records relating to the Conference on the Limitation of
Armament
History: Held in Washington, DC, November 12, 1921-February 6,1922, to consider the limitation of armament and certainquestions relating to Pacific and Far Eastern areas.
Textual Records: Records of the Secretariat General, consistingof a classification manual, 1921; excerpts from conferencedocuments, 1921-22; general correspondence, 1921-22, with subjectindex; card file for personnel of the Secretariat, 1921-22; pressreleases, 1921-22; proceedings, 1922; and records relating to thereceipt and distribution of documents, 1921-22. Records of theU.S. Delegation, 1921-22, consisting of general records, withsubject index; minutes of meetings of the advisory committee tothe delegation; summaries of editorial comment; news summaries;special reports prepared by the advisory committee; daily summaryof foreign comment on the conference; reports on foreign presscomment; statements of delegates; informational memorandums;resolutions adopted on Pacific and Far Eastern questions, withsubject index; minutes of conference committee meetings, withsubject index; minutes of plenary sessions; minutes of meetingsof the Committee on Limitation of Armament and the Committee onPacific and Far Eastern Questions; "Current Estimate of theStrategic Situation of the World"; newspaper clippings; andeconomic reports prepared for the U.S. Delegation. MiscellaneousU.S. Delegation records relating to the Far East, 1914-22.Records, 1921-22, of U.S. Delegation Secretary A.H. Miles, and ofSenators Henry Cabot Lodge and Oscar W. Underwood.
Maps and Charts (199 items, in Washington Area): Organizationcharts, floor plans of the conference rooms and buildings, andmaps of various parts of the world, 1921-22. SEE ALSO 43.14.
43.2.13 Records relating to the U.S. Special Mission to the
Lausanne Conference
History: Conference held in Lausanne, Switzerland, at theinitiation of the United Kingdom, France, and Italy, November 20,1922-February 4, 1923, and April 23-July 24, 1923, to draw up atreaty of peace between Turkey and Greece.
Textual Records: Records relating to the first phase of theconference, 1922-23, consisting of general records; a register ofcommunications sent; and telegrams, with register. Recordsrelating to the second phase of the conference, consisting ofgeneral records, 1923, with subject index and register ofcorrespondence; telegrams, 1923; and conference documents, 1922-23.
43.2.14 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on
Central American Affairs
History: Conference held in Washington, DC, December 4, 1922-February 7, 1923, to exchange views and make recommendationsregarding the preservation of peace and stability in CentralAmerica.
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1922-23. Proceedings of theplenary sessions and the committee of the whole, 1922-23. Copiesof treaty, protocol, and conventions, 1922-23. Miscellaneousconference documents and reference material, 1922-23.
43.2.15 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International
Radiotelegraph Conference
History: Conference held in Washington, DC, October-November1927, to amend and update the International RadiotelegraphConvention signed in London, July 5, 1912.
Textual Records: General records, 1927, with subject indexes.Proposals relating to the telecommunications convention, 1927.Committee documents, 1927. Minutes, reports, and other documentsof conference committees, 1927, including bound documents andlists of documents. Copies of State Department records used bythe U.S. Delegation, 1927. Records maintained by theadministrative officer, 1927. Card file on persons attending theconference, 1927.
43.2.16 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference for the
Limitation of Naval Armament
History: Conference held in Geneva, at the initiative of theUnited States, June 20-August 4, 1927, to discuss ways ofcompleting work on the limitation of naval armament begun by theWashington conference of 1921-22 (SEE 43.2.12); and to conclude,if possible, additional agreements covering types of ships notincluded in earlier agreements.
Textual Records: General records, 1927. Memorandums ofconversations with other delegations, 1927. Telegrams received,1927. Conference documents, 1927. "Records of the Conference forthe Limitation of Naval Armament," 1927.
43.2.17 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International
Telegraph Conference
History: Conference held in Brussels, September 10-12, 1928, toconsider the use of code language.
Textual Records: Conference proceedings, 1928.
43.2.18 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Second
International Conference on Emigration and Immigration
History: Conference held in Havana, March 31-April 17, 1928, todiscuss technical and nonpolitical questions regarding emigrationand immigration.
Textual Records: General records, 1928.
43.2.19 Records of the Secretariat of the International
Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration
History: Conference held in Washington, DC, December 1928-January5, 1929, pursuant to a resolution of the Sixth InternationalConference of American States (SEE 43.2.7).
Textual Records: General records, 1928-29. Conferenceproceedings, 1929.
43.2.20 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International
Conference on Safety of Life at Sea
History: Conference held in London, April 16-May 31, 1929, torevise the international convention of 1914 relating to safety oflife at sea.
Textual Records: General records, 1929. Committee reports, 1929.Copies of newspapers, 1929.
Related Records: Records of Rear Adm. George H. Rock, a member ofthe U.S. Delegation, in RG 19, Records of the Bureau of Ships.
43.2.21 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Pan American Trade-
Mark Conference
History: Conference held in Washington, DC, February 11-20, 1929.
Textual Records: General records, 1929.
43.2.22 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the London Naval
Conference
History: Conference held in London, January 21-April 22, 1930, tocontinue the work of the Washington conference of 1921-22 (SEE43.2.12).
Textual Records: General records, 1929-30, with subject index.Memorandums of press conferences, 1929-30, and of conversations,1930. Telegrams, 1930. Records maintained by the U.S. Delegationsecretary, 1930. Conference documents, 1930. Informationalmaterial, 1929-30.
43.2.23 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference for the
Codification of International Law
History: Conference held in The Hague at the initiation of theCouncil of the League of Nations, March 13-April 12, 1930.
Textual Records: General records, 1930. List of conferencedocuments, 1930.
43.2.24 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the first phase of the
General Disarmament Conference
History: Conference held in Geneva, February 8-July 23, 1932.
Textual Records: Memorandums of U.S. Delegation meetings, 1931-32. Telegrams exchanged between the State Department and U.S.embassies in Europe, 1931-32.
43.2.25 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International Radio
and Telegraph Conferences
History: Conferences held in Madrid, simultaneously butseparately, September 3-December 9, 1932, to revise the radio andtelegraph conventions and regulations that had resulted fromearlier conferences.
Textual Records: Conference documents, 1933. Proposals for theconferences, 1932. Opinions of the International ConsultingCommittee on Radio, 1931. Copies of conventions, 1927-32. U.S.Delegation report, 1932. Telegrams exchanged with the Secretaryof State and the State Department, 1932. Minutes of conferencemeetings, 1932. Miscellaneous communications, 1931-33.
43.2.26 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Monetary and
Economic Conference
History: Conference held in London, June 12-July 27, 1933, toconsider the adoption of monetary measures to effect a worldwideeconomic recovery.
Textual Records: General records, 1933, with subject index.Telegrams exchanged with the State Department and U.S. embassiesand legations, 1933. Journal and program of the conference, 1933.Reports and statements of the Economic Commission, 1933.Summaries of foreign press comment, 1933. Special memorandumsprepared by the U.S. Delegation, 1933. Press releases, 1933.
43.2.27 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Fifth Pan American
Commercial Conference
History: Conference held in Buenos Aires, May 26-June 19, 1935,pursuant to a resolution of the Seventh International Conferenceof American States, 1933.
Textual Records: General records, 1935. Minutes of the meetingsof the conference and its commissions, 1935. Informationalmaterial, 1934-35.
43.2.28 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the London Naval
Conference
History: Conference held in London, December 9, 1935-March 25,1936, pursuant to provisions of the Washington and London navaltreaties of 1922 and 1930.
Textual Records: Telegrams, 1934-36. Conference documents, 1935-36.
43.2.29 Records relating to negotiations for a new general treaty
between the Republic of Panama and the United States
History: Negotiations addressed Panama Canal protection andtolls, railroad company rights, troop maneuvers, and U.S.Government support facilities.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1934-36, with subjectindex.
43.2.30 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-American
Conference for the Maintenance of Peace
History: Conference held in Buenos Aires, December 1-22, 1936.
Textual Records: General records, 1936-37. Telegrams, 1936-37.Conference proceedings, 1937. Newspaper clippings and reports onpress comment, 1937. State Department press releases, 1936-37.
43.2.31 Records of the Third World Power Conference and the
Second Congress on Large Dams
History: Held in Washington, DC, September 7-12, 1936, to discussthe trends in power and energy resource development and regionalplanning efforts in the participating countries.
Textual Records: General records of the American NationalCommittee, 1935-37. Card index to correspondence, 1935-36.Letters sent, 1935-37. Transactions of the Third World PowerConference and of the Second Congress on Large Dams, 1938.Newspaper clippings, 1936. Accounting records, 1936. Card record,1935-36, of delegates and members, and of tours.
Maps (4 items, in Washington Area): Maps of the United States,showing routes covered by each of the four official conferencetours, 1936. SEE ALSO 43.14.
Motion Pictures (2 reels): U.S. power resources, 1936. SEE ALSO43.15.
43.2.32 Records relating to international whaling
History: International Whaling Conference (IWC) held inWashington, DC, November 20-December 2, 1946, to considerproblems relating to conservation of whale stocks. Signed aninternational convention establishing permanent InternationalWhaling Commission.
Textual Records: General subject and reference files, 1937-48.Minutes of meetings and background information papers of theState Department's Informal Inter-agency Committee on theRegulation of Whaling, which organized the IWC, 1946. Workingpapers of the IWC, 1946. Working papers of the InternationalWhaling Commission, 1948-49.
Photographs (29 images): IWC delegates signing the finalconvention, 1946 (IWC). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.2.33 Records relating to the Capitulations Conference
History: Held in Montreux, Switzerland, April 12, 1937, toterminate the capitulatory or extraterritorial rights that thegovernments and nationals of the United States and 11 othercountries enjoyed in Egypt.
Textual Records: General records, 1937.
43.2.34 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-American
Radio Conference
History: Conference held in Havana, November-December 1937, todiscuss North American broadcasting and to reach agreementsconcerning the application of radio to inter-Americancommunications.
Textual Records: General records, 1937.
43.2.35 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International
Telecommunications Conferences
History: Conferences held in Cairo, February 1-April 4, 1938, torevise the telegraph, telephone, and radio regulations annexed tothe International Telecommunications Convention that had beensigned at Madrid in 1932 (SEE 43.2.25).
Textual Records: Documents of the International Radio Conferenceand of the International Telegraph and Telephone Conference,1938. Administrative records, 1938. French-language version, withsome English-language translations, of regulations appended tothe approved conventions ("Blue and Green Sheets"), 1938."Proposals for the International Radio Conference of Cairo,1938," 1937.
43.2.36 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the FifteenthInternational Congress of Architects
History: Scheduled to meet in Washington, DC, September 24-30,1939. Postponed indefinitely, September 8, 1939, because of theoutbreak of World War II.
Textual Records: General records, 1939.
43.2.37 Records of the U.S. Delegations to the first-thirdmeetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the AmericanRepublics and to the successor fourth meeting of the Ministers ofForeign Affairs of the American States
History: First meeting, Panama, September 21, 1939, discussedmeasures to preserve peace and neutrality in the Americas.Second, Havana, July 21-30, 1940, considered ways to preventtransfer of colonial possessions from defeated European nationsto Germany. Third, Rio de Janeiro, January 15-28, 1942, discussedcooperative actions against the Axis Powers, including breakingof diplomatic relations. Fourth, Washington, DC, March 26-April7, 1951, considered the threat of communism in the WesternHemisphere.
Textual Records: Records of the first meeting, consisting ofgeneral records and telegrams sent and received, 1939. Records ofthe second meeting, consisting of general records and telegramssent and received, 1940. General records of the third meeting,1942. Records of the fourth meeting, consisting of preparatoryrecords, 1951; numbered documents, 1951; and general records,1951-52.
43.2.38 Records of the Secretariat of the Eighth American
Scientific Congress
History: Congress held in Washington, DC, May 10-18, 1940, todetermine a medium for the exchange of scientific information andto pay tribute to the Pan American Union.
Textual Records: General records, 1939-41. Minutes of sectionmeetings, 1940. Lists of delegates, 1940. List and abstracts ofpapers, 1940. Proceedings, 1940. Completed questionnaires, 1940.Correspondence with authors, 1940-41. Record of receipt, 1940.Registration cards, 1940. Miscellaneous documents, 1939-40.
43.2.39 Records relating to the Inter-American Technical Economic
Conference
History: Scheduled to meet in Rio de Janeiro, March 15, 1945, butpostponed to November 15, 1945, again to April 15, 1946, andfinally indefinitely. Conference was replaced by the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace andSecurity, Rio de Janeiro, 1947 (SEE 43.2.41).
Textual Records: General records, 1945-46.
43.2.40 Records relating to the Inter-American Conference on
Problems of War and Peace
History: Held in the castle of Chapultepec near Mexico City,February 21-March 8, 1945, to discuss the Argentina problem andthe problems of collective security in the Americas.
Textual Records: Background files of the U.S. Delegation, 1944-45. Conference records, 1945. Committee and commission files,1945. Exhibits and appendixes, 1945.
43.2.41 Records relating to the Inter-American Conference for the
Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security
History: Held in Petropolis, Brazil (near Rio de Janeiro), August15-September 2, 1947, to discuss a regional defense plan.
Textual Records: General records, 1947.
43.2.42 Records of the International Conference on Trade and
Employment (International Trade Organization)
History: Preparatory Committee established by the United NationsEconomic Council, February 1946, to develop an agenda andproposals for an international conference on trade andemployment; met in London, October 5-November 26, 1946, andGeneva, April 10-October 30, 1947. Drafting Committee,established to prepare a charter for the proposed InternationalTrade Organization (ITO), met in Lake Success, NY, January 20-February 25, 1947. International Conference on Trade andEmployment held in Havana, November 17, 1947-March 24, 1948, withdiscussions resulting in the signing of ITO charter. PreparatoryCommittee met in Geneva, April-October 1947, to prepare agendafor negotiations leading to the General Agreement on Tariffs andTrade (GATT).
Textual Records: ITO subject file, 1933-50. Records, includingsubject files, relating to the first and second meetings of thePreparatory Committee, 1946-47. Records relating to the DraftingCommittee, 1946-47. U.S. Delegation file, 1946-47. Records of theITO Conference at Havana, consisting of general records, 1947-48;subject file, 1947-48; and records relating to the InterimCommission of the ITO, 1948-49. Records relating to GATT,consisting of records of GATT sessions at Havana, 1947-48;Geneva, 1948, 1950; Annecy, France, 1949; and Torquay, UnitedKingdom, 1950-51. Records relating to tariff negotiations withLatin American countries, 1937-52.
Sound Recordings (1 item): Statement of Winthrop G. Brown on theestablishment of ITO, October 3, 1947. SEE ALSO 43.16.
43.2.43 Records relating to the United Nations Conference on
Freedom of Information
History: Held in Geneva, April 21-24, 1948, to consider measuresto facilitate the gathering and free flow of information,including the news.
Textual Records: Administrative records, 1947-48. Telegrams,1948. Memorandums of conversation, 1948. Records of the U.S.Delegation, 1948-49.
43.2.44 Records of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conference
History: Held in Washington, DC, January 26-February 8, 1949, topromote international conservation of fishery resources in theNorthwest Atlantic.
Textual Records: Verbatim minutes of executive committeemeetings, 1949. Administrative records, 1947-48. Outgoingtelegrams, 1948. Memorandums of conversation, 1948. Records ofthe U.S. Delegation, 1948.
43.2.45 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Japanese Peace
Conference
Textual Records: Administrative subject files, 1951. Minutes ofplenary sessions, 1951. Working papers, 1951.
43.2.46 Records of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,Department of State, relating to the Organization of American States (OAS)
History: OAS charter adopted at the Ninth InternationalConference of American States, held at Bogota, 1948 (SEE 43.2.7).Ratified by the United States, 1951.
Textual Records: Subject files relating to the Pan AmericanUnion, 1947; the OAS Council, 1948-49; and the OAS, 1949-61.
43.2.47 Records of the U.S. Representatives to the meetings on
preliminary arrangements for a Korean political conference
History: Meetings of representatives of the United States, theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea, and the People's Republicof China were held October 26-December 12, 1953.
Textual Records: General records, 1953-54.
43.2.48 Records relating to the Bermuda Conference
History: The President of the United States, the Prime Ministerof the United Kingdom, and the President of France, accompaniedby their foreign ministers, met in Bermuda, December 4-7, 1953.An earlier conference had been canceled due to the illness ofPrime Minister Winston Churchill.
Textual Records: General records, December 1953. Records relatingto the canceled conference, June 1953.
43.2.49 Records relating to the Nine Power Conference
History: Held in London, September 28-October 3, 1954.
Textual Records: General records, September-October 1954.
43.2.50 Records of U.S. delegations to other international
conferences
Textual Records: Records of U.S. delegations to the InternationalConference on Status of Forces, 1955-57; the InternationalConference on High Frequency Broadcasting, 1948-49; and theInternational Conference on Marine Aids to Navigation, 1947.
43.3 RECORDS OF WORLD WAR II CONFERENCES (JANUARY 1942-JANUARY
1945)
1942-50
43.3.1 Records of the post-Arcadia meetings of the Combined
Chiefs of Staff
History: Conference (codenamed Arcadia) between PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, inWashington, DC, December 22, 1941-January 14, 1942, resulted in adecision to develop strategy for an Allied landing in NorthAfrica, and the establishment of Allied command structures in thePacific and Far East. Following Arcadia, U.S. and British chiefsof staff, known as Combined Chiefs of Staff, held 20 meetings inWashington, DC, January 23-May 19, 1942, to coordinate the wareffort.
Textual Records: Minutes, 1942.
43.3.2 Records of the First Quebec Conference (Quadrant)
History: Held in Quebec, August 10-25, 1943, to plan operationsin the Pacific and in Europe, and to discuss operations againstItaly.
Textual Records: Papers and minutes of meetings, 1943. Log of thePresident's visit to Canada, 1943.
43.3.3 Records of the Third Washington Conference (Trident)
History: U.S. and British Delegations held eight meetings at theWhite House, May 12-25, 1943, to discuss the conduct of the war,combined planning efforts, and the invasion of the Europeancontinent.
Textual Records: Papers and minutes of meetings, 1943.
43.3.4 Records of the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers
(Tripartite Conference)
History: The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, the UnitedStates, and the Soviet Union met in Moscow, October 1-November10, 1943, to discuss the war situation and wartime cooperation.
Textual Records: General records, 1943.
43.3.5 Records of the Teheran Conference
History: President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, andSoviet Union leader, Marshal Joseph Stalin, met in Teheran, Iran,November 28-December 1, 1943, to discuss the projected UnitedStates-United Kingdom invasion of Western Europe and thecoordination of that assault with the Soviet offensive againstGermany.
Textual Records: General records, 1943. Minutes of meetings,1943.
43.3.6 Records of the Second Cairo Conference
History: President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, andTurkish President Ismet Inonu met in Cairo, December 4-6, 1943,to affirm the alliance between the United Kingdom and Turkey, andto discuss the possibility of Turkey's entry into the war.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1943.
43.3.7 Records relating to the United Nations Monetary and
Financial Conference (Bretton Woods Conference)
History: Representatives of 44 nations met in Bretton Woods, NH,July 1-22, 1944, to establish an International Monetary Fund forthe stabilization of national currencies and the fostering ofworld trade, and to set up an International Bank forReconstruction and Development.
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1944-45. Correspondenceconcerning publication and distribution of conference documentsand proceedings, 1944-50. Press releases, 1944. Press clippingsand transcripts of press conferences, 1944. Certified copy of theFinal Act of the Conference, 1944.
43.3.8 Records of the Second Quebec Conference (Octagon)
History: Held in Quebec, September 11-16, 1944, to considerstrategic plans for final victory over Germany and Japan.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, and papers offered fordiscussion, 1944. Log of the President's inspection trip to thePacific, 1944.
43.3.9 Records of the Malta Conference
History: Preparatory to the Yalta Conference (SEE 43.4.1),Combined Chiefs of Staff met in Malta, January 1945, to plan thefinal campaign against Germany and to discuss the demarcation ofoccupation zones in case of a German collapse or early surrender.
Textual Records: Administrative records, 1945.
43.4 RECORDS OF WORLD WAR II AND POSTWAR CONFERENCES (FEBRUARY-
DECEMBER 1945)
1944-48
43.4.1 Records relating to the Yalta Conference
History: President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, andMarshal Stalin met at Yalta, USSR, February 1945, to discuss thefinal stage of the war in Europe, Soviet entry into the waragainst Japan, and probable postwar issues.
Textual Records: General records, 1945. Background and referencematerials, 1944-45. Log of the President's trip, 1945. Minutes,notes, and conference documents, 1945.
43.4.2 Records relating to the Alexandria Conference
History: President Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz al Saud of SaudiArabia met on board the U.S.S. Quincy in Alexandria Harbor,Egypt, February 14, 1945, to discuss Jewish-Arab relations andthe situation in the Near East.
Textual Records: General records, 1945.
43.4.3 Records relating to the Potsdam Conference
History: President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Churchill, andMarshal Stalin met in Potsdam, near Berlin, July-August 1945, toplan for the occupation and control of Germany and the settlementof various European problems.
Textual Records: General records, 1945. Minutes and papers ofmeetings, 1945. Telegrams, 1945. Messages exchanged by heads ofstate, 1944-45.
43.4.4 Records relating to the Paris Conference on Reparations
History: Eighteen-power conference held in Paris, November 9-December 21, 1945, at the invitation of the governments of theUnited States, the United Kingdom, and France as the powersoccupying the western zones of Germany, to discuss arecommendation for the adoption of the Paris Agreement onReparations, which established policies and procedures for thedivision of German assets among the 18 governments.
Textual Records: General subject file, 1944-48. Numbereddocuments, 1945. Background material, 1944-45. Telegrams betweenDelegate James W. Angell and the State Department, 1945-46.Angell's final report, 1946.
43.5 RECORDS OF THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
1946
History: Held in Paris, July 29-October 15, 1946, with 21 nationsparticipating. Purpose was to provide Allied nations other thanthe "Big Five" (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union,China, and France) with the opportunity to express their views onthe draft peace treaties with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,and Finland.
43.5.1 Records of the plenary sessions
Textual Records: Numbered documents and verbatim records of theplenary sessions, 1946. Numbered peace conference documents,1946. Numbered documents of and notes by the Secretariat, 1946.Speeches, 1946. Miscellaneous records, 1946.
43.5.2 Records of the U.S. Delegation
Textual Records: Memorandums, 1946. Journals, 1946. Orders of theday, 1946. Press releases, 1946. Digests of U.S. newspapers,1946. Miscellaneous administrative records, 1946.
43.5.3 Records of the General Commission
Textual Records: Numbered documents, 1946.
43.5.4 Records of the Commission on Procedures
Textual Records: Numbered documents, 1946. Record of decisions,1946. Minutes of meetings, 1946.
43.5.5 Records of Economic Commissions
Textual Records: Records of the Economic Commission for theBalkans and Finland, and the Economic Commission for Italy andits Sub-Commission on Reparations, 1946, consisting of numbereddocuments, records of decisions, agendas, and minutes ofmeetings.
43.5.6 Records of Political and Territorial Commissions
Textual Records: Records of the Political and TerritorialCommissions for Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy (including theSub-Commission on the Statute of the Free Territory of Trieste),and Romania, consisting of numbered documents, a record ofdecisions, agendas, and minutes of meetings, 1946.
43.5.7 Records of the Legal and Drafting Commission
Textual Records: Commission records, 1946, consisting of agendas,minutes of meetings, numbered documents, and a record ofdecisions. Records of the Draft Sub-Commission, 1946, includingagendas, numbered documents, and a record of decisions.
43.5.8 Records of the Military Commission
Textual Records: Agendas, minutes of meetings, numbereddocuments, and a record of decisions, 1946.
43.6 RECORDS OF THE FIRST-SIXTH SESSIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF
FOREIGN MINISTERS (CFM)
1910-50 (bulk 1945-50)
43.6.1 Records of the first session of the CFM
History: CFM, established during the Potsdam Conference (SEE43.4.3), and composed of the foreign ministers of the "Big Five"(United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, and France),met in London, September 11-October 2, 1945, to prepare draftpeace treaties with Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, andItaly, and to propose settlements of outstanding territorialquestions.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1945. Numbered documents,1945. Document registration book, 1945-46. Subject index todocuments, 1945. Biographical sketches of delegates, 1945.
43.6.2 Records of the second session of the CFM
History: Held in Paris, April 25-May 16 and June 15-July 12,1946, to work on the contents of the draft treaties of peace withItaly, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Finland, and to plan for alarger peace conference.
Textual Records: General records of the U.S. Delegation, 1946.Records of the commissions and committees, 1946. Minutes ofmeetings, 1946. Numbered documents, 1946. Record of decisions,1946. Miscellaneous records, 1946.
43.6.3 Records of the third session of the CFM
History: Held in New York, November 4-December 12, 1946, toresolve issues concerning the draft treaties of peace.
Textual Records: General and administrative records, 1946.Minutes of meetings, 1946. Numbered documents, 1946-47. Record ofdecisions, 1946-47. Records of the U.S. Delegation, 1946,consisting of administrative records, minutes of meetings, andpress releases.
43.6.4 Records of the fourth session of the CFM
History: Held in Moscow, March-April 1947, at the urging of theUnited States, in an attempt to resolve differences between themajor powers regarding the draft treaties for Germany andAustria.
Textual Records: Administrative records, 1947. Numbereddocuments, 1947, with subject index. Minutes of CFM formal andinformal meetings; meetings of the Coordinating SpedialCommittee; and meetings of the deputies for Trieste, 1947.British record of the meetings of the German Assets Committee,1947. Record of decisions, 1947. Briefing papers for the U.S.Delegation, 1947. Final status reports, 1947.
43.6.5 Records of the fifth session of the CFM
History: Held in London, November 25-December 15, 1947, to dealfurther with postwar problems, particularly those concerning theGerman peace settlement and the future status of Germany.
Textual Records: Subject files, 1946-48. Agendas, 1947.International conference file, 1947. Records of London meetingsof the U.S., British, and French foreign ministers following theCFM session, 1947-48. U.S. Delegation position papers, 1947.Reports on economic matters, 1947. CFM numbered documents, 1947.CFM papers, 1946-48. Minutes and records of decisions, 1947.British record of meetings, 1947. Minutes of the U.S. Delegation,1947. Provisional record of decisions, 1947. Country files, 1946-48. Austrian Treaty Commission cables, 1947. Telegraphic reports,1947. Telegrams, 1947. Working papers, 1947. Files, 1947, ofLeonard Ungar, International Secretary of the Trieste Commissionof Inquiry; and of Benjamin Cohen, Legal Counselor to the U.S.Delegation of the CFM. Minutes of Tripartite Conversations, 1947.Records of the Balkan Committee and the Treaty Committee, 1946-48.
43.6.6 Records of the sixth session of the CFM
History: Held in Paris, May 23-June 20, 1949, to deal with thecontinuing problem of Germany in the wake of the Berlin Blockadeand the creation of a Federal Republic of Germany in the WesternZone.
Textual Records: General records, 1949. Administrative records,1949. Subject file, 1949. Staff papers, 1949. Numbered documents,1949. Minutes and record of decisions, 1949. Verbatim minutes,1949. Proceedings, 1949. Record of decisions, 1949. Britishplenary minutes, 1949. Summary of meetings, 1949. Minutes ofmeetings of delegation secretaries, 1949. Proposals of the U.S.,British, and French Delegations, 1949. General records, minutesof meetings, working papers, and miscellaneous records of theU.S. Delegation, 1949. Research reports, 1950. Miscellaneousrecords, 1949. Indexes, 1949. Records of the InternationalConference Division, 1949, consisting of organization files,personnel and other administrative records, and U.S. Delegationadministrative records, 1949.
Textual Records: Records relating to the first three sessions ofthe CFM (SEE 43.6.1-46.6.3) and of the Paris Peace Conference(SEE 43.5), consisting of a country file, 1945-46; a subjectfile, 1945-46; telegrams, 1945; and working papers, 1945-46.Records of meetings held after the CFM sixth session, consistingof general files, 1949; country files, 1949; telegrams, 1949; andtelegram registers, 1945-49.
Maps (195 items): Annexes to study materials and proposalsrelating to Italian boundaries and colonies, the Italo-Yugoslavboundary, the Austro-Italian frontier, the Dodecanese Islandsmaritime frontier, the Greek-Bulgarian frontier, the Soviet-Romanian frontier, and the Czechoslovak-Hungarian frontier, 1910-47 (140 items). Annexes to memorandums on frontiers andterritorial claims of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, andthe Netherlands, 1947 (21 items). Annexes to draft treaties withBulgaria, Finland, and Hungary, 1946-47 (11 items). Maps relatingto the peace treaty with Italy, with accompanying charts andtables, 1910-46 (23 items). SEE ALSO 43.14.
43.7 RECORDS OF OTHER MEETINGS OF FOREIGN MINISTERS AND DEPUTY
FOREIGN MINISTERS
1945-53
43.7.1 Records relating to the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers
meeting
History: Foreign ministers of the "Big Four" (United States,United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China) met in Washington, DC,April 1945, to discuss the Polish question and the forthcomingSan Francisco Conference.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1945.
43.7.2 Records relating to the Tripartite Foreign Ministers
meeting
History: At the urging of the United States, the foreignministers of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union met withSecretary of State James F. Byrnes in Moscow, December 1945, totry to resolve the impasse that had developed at the firstsession of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), September-October 1945 (SEE 43.6.1).
Textual Records: General records, 1945.
43.7.3 Records relating to informal meetings of the CFM
History: Held by the "Big Four" during the Paris PeaceConference, August 29-October 14, 1946, to discuss relations withGermany, the Franco-Italian frontier, and procedures for thepeace conference plenary session.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1946.
43.7.4 Records relating to Deputy Foreign Ministers (DFM) meetings
History: Held in London, January-December 1946, in the intervalsbetween formal CFM sessions, to consider the "understandings" reached by the CFM in its first plenary session in London,September 11-October 2, 1945 (SEE 43.6.1).
Textual Records: Minutes of CFM and DFM meetings, 1945-46.Summary minutes of meetings of the Subcommittee on the Balkans,1946. Numbered documents, 1945-46. Records of decisions, 1946.Records of the Division of International Conferences relating toDFM meetings, 1945-46.
43.7.5 Records of a special CFM meeting
History: Held in Paris, September 1948, to deal with the finaldisposition of the former Italian colonies.
Textual Records: General records, 1948. Record of decisions,1948.
43.7.6 Records of a foreign ministers' meeting on Germany and the
Ruhr
History: Held in Paris, November 19, 1948.
Textual Records: Minutes, 1948.
43.7.7 Records of the foreign ministers' meetings on the future
of Germany
History: Held in Washington, DC, March 31-April 30, 1949, toestablish the basis for a German federal republic.
Textual Records: General records, 1949. Numbered documents, 1949.Minutes, 1949. Position papers, 1949.
43.7.8 Records of a meeting of the foreign ministers of France,
the United States, and the United Kingdom
History: Held in Washington, DC, September 17, 1949, to discussreparations, security, plant dismantling in Germany, the Austriantreaty, and attitudes toward Germany.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1949. Memorandums ofconversations, 1949.
43.7.9 Records relating to the "September Talks"
History: Meetings held in Washington, DC, September 1949, withthe foreign ministers of several nations friendly to the UnitedStates, to discuss various aspects of U.S. foreign policy,including the North Atlantic Treaty and the use of uranium.
Textual Records: General records, 1949.
43.7.10 Records of CFM informal meetings on Austria
History: While in New York for the United Nations GeneralAssembly meeting, May 26-October 6, 1949, CFM met informally todiscuss the deadlock of the CFM deputies for Austria on anAustrian peace treaty.
Textual Records: Minutes of the U.S. and United Kingdomdelegations, 1949.
43.7.11 Records of meetings of the foreign ministers of the
United States, the United Kingdom, and France
History: Held in Paris, November 9-22, 1949, to discuss problemsof common interest connected with the Federal Republic ofGermany, the Organization of European Economic Cooperation, andthe Council of Europe. Held in London, May 11-13, 1950, todiscuss the German and Austrian situations, internationalmonetary problems, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.Held in New York, September 12-18, 1950, followed by a specialmeeting of foreign and defense ministers, also in New York,September 22-23, 1950. Held in Brussels, December 19, 1950, todiscuss various aspects of the situation in Germany, includingchanges in the occupation statute and the charter of the AlliedHigh Commission. Held in Washington, DC, September 10-14, 1951;and London, October 16-18, 1953.
Textual Records: Records of the Paris meeting, 1949, includingadministrative records; U.S. Delegation minutes of meetings;briefs on the current German situation; the official communique;working file of Assistant Secretary of State for European AffairsGeorge W. Perkins; and notes of Special Assistant to theSecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacques J. Reinstein.General records of the London meeting, April-May 1950; the NewYork meeting (including also a defense ministers meeting),September 1950; the Brussels meeting, December 1950; theWashington meeting, September 1951; and the London meeting,October 1953.
43.7.12 Records of DFM meetings
History: Held in Paris, January-June 1951, to prepare an agendafor the next CFM meeting.
Textual Records: Synopses of meetings, 1951. Telegraphic reports,1951.
43.7.13 Records relating to a meeting of the foreign ministers ofFrance, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the FederalRepublic of Germany
History: Held in Paris, November 22, 1951.
Textual Records: General records, November 1951. Records relatingto the Steering Group on Possible U.S.-U.K. Talks, November 1951.Records relating to Tripartite Conversations, November 1951.
43.7.14 Records relating to meetings of the foreign ministers of
France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Federal
Republic of Germany
History: Foreign ministers of the United States, the UnitedKingdom, and France met in London, February 17-19, 1952. Inaddition to meeting among themselves, the three foreign ministersmet, February 18-19, 1952, with the foreign minister of theFederal Republic of Germany.
Textual Records: Records relating to discussions of the status ofGermany at the foreign ministers' meetings in London, February13-19, 1952, and Lisbon, February 20-26, 1952. Records of NorthAtlantic Treaty Council preparations, Lisbon, February 1952.
43.7.15 Records relating to a meeting of the foreign ministers of
the United States, the United Kingdom, and France with the
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
History: Held in Bad Godesberg, Germany, May 1952.
Textual Records: General records, May 1952.
43.7.16 Records relating to ministerial talks
History: Held in London, June 1952.
Textual Records: General records, June 1952.
43.7.17 Records relating to conversations between Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden
History: Discussions held while both parties were in New York fora session of the United Nations, March 1953.
Textual Records: Briefing papers, March 1953.
43.8 RECORDS OF DEPUTIES AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS FOR
OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
1946-54
43.8.1 Records of meetings of the deputies for Germany and
Austria
History: Four deputies for Germany and four for Austria wereappointed pursuant to CFM meeting, December 1946. Deputies metjointly in London, January 1947, and separately in Moscow, March1947.
Textual Records: Records of the deputies for Germany, consistingof numbered documents, 1946; and minutes of meetings, a record ofdecisions, and reports, 1947. Records of the deputies forAustria, consisting of numbered documents, 1946; and minutes ofmeetings and a record of decisions, 1947. U.S. Delegation minutesof joint meetings of the deputies for Germany and Austria, 1946.U.S. Delegation minutes of meetings of the deputies for Austriaconcerning economic matters, 1947. Minutes of the German AssetsCommittee, 1947.
43.8.2 Records of meetings of the deputies for the former Italian
colonies
History: CFM deputies met in London, October 1947-July 1948,pursuant to provisions of the Treaty of Peace with Italy,February 10, 1947, to determine the final disposition of Italy'sformer territories in Africa. The deputies created the Four PowerCommission of Investigation (Former Italian Colonies).
Textual Records: Deputies' records, 1947-48, includingadministrative records, numbered documents, a record ofdecisions, and verbatim minutes. Records of the Four PowerCommission of Investigation (Former Italian Colonies), 1947-48.
Related Records: Main body of records of the Four PowerCommission of Investigation (Former Italian Colonies) UNDER43.11.28.
43.8.3 Records of meetings of the deputies for Germany
History: Held in London, November 1947, to discuss procedures forthe German treaty and the structure of a central government forthe German state.
Textual Records: Administrative records, 1947. Numbereddocuments, 1947. Record of decisions, 1947.
43.8.4 Records of meetings of the deputies for Austria
History: Met periodically, 1948-53, in an effort to resolve majorpoints of dispute between the Soviet Union and the Western Alliesover the future of Austria.
Textual Records: General records, 1951-54. Administrativerecords, 1948-50. Numbered documents, 1948-49. Record ofdecisions, 1947-49. Minutes of meetings, 1948-50. Copies ofBritish records of the meetings, 1949. Telegraphic reports, 1948,1951.
43.9 RECORDS OF MEETINGS CONCERNING THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF
GERMANY
1948-51, 1954
43.9.1 Records of the Tripartite Military Governors Conference
History: Held in Berlin during the recess of the LondonConference on Germany (SEE 43.10.3), June-July 1948, to implementthe decisions of that conference.
Textual Records: General records, minutes, and memorandums, 1948.Records relating to working parties established by theconference, 1948, including working parties' papers and finalreports; U.S. briefs on the reports; and general records of thepolitical working party on the implementation of the Londondecisions, 1948. Numbered documents, memorandums, and minutes ofmeetings of the military governors and ministers president of thethree western zones on the future of Germany's politicalorganization, 1948. Records relating to the occupation statutefor Germany, 1948-51.
43.9.2 Records of the meetings of the military governors of the
three western zones
History: Held March 4-September 15, 1949, to deal with thecontinuing German political and economic problems referred tothem by various higher level conferences, including the BerlinBlockade, the status of Berlin, and the future politicalorganization of Germany.
Textual Records: Numbered documents; military governors'decisions; memorandums; and verbatim transcripts of the meetingsof deputy military governors and of special experts, 1949.
43.9.3 Records relating to the Quadripartite Meeting of the
Berlin Commandants
History: Held January 7-17, 1954.
Textual Records: General records, January 1954.
43.10 RECORDS OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ON POSTWAR POLICY
1945-55
43.10.1 Records of the Austrian Treaty Commission
History: Established at the CFM meeting in Moscow, April 24, 1947(SEE 43.6.4). Met, May 12-October 11, 1947, to consider thequestion of German assets, Austrian frontiers, a new AustrianGovernment, and economic problems of the Austrian state; and toexamine concrete claims cases. Austrian State Treaty signed inVienna, May 15, 1955.
Textual Records: Subject file; numbered documents; minutes ofmeetings; verbatim record; record of decisions; minutes of theCommittee of Experts; industrial surveys; summary of issues;studies and reports; and studies on Austrian oil, 1947. AustrianTreaty file, 1945-55.
Maps (96 items, in Washington Area): Oil fields, oil explorationsites, oil concessions, refining facilities, and existing andproposed pipelines, 1947. SEE ALSO 43.14.
43.10.2 Records of Tripartite Talks on Germany and Bizonal
Financial Talks
History: The Tripartite Talks among the United States, the UnitedKingdom, and France, August 1947; and the Bizonal Financial Talksbetween the United States and the United Kingdom, October 1947,laid the foundations for the unification of the western zones ofGermany.
Textual Records: Records of the Tripartite Talks, 1947,consisting of general records, minutes of meetings, verbatimtexts of proceedings, and numbered documents. Records of theBizonal Financial Talks, including general records, 1946-49; U.S.Delegation minutes and documents, 1947; and conference minutes,with summary record and documents, 1947.
43.10.3 Records of the London Conference on Germany
History: After the failure to arrive at any quadripartiteagreement and the adjournment of the London CFM meeting in 1947(SEE 43.6.5), a tripartite meeting was held in London, February-May 1948, to deal with pressing problems of Germany leftunresolved.
Textual Records: General records, 1948. Subject file, 1948.Administrative records, 1947-48. U.S. position papers for theresumption of Germany talks, 1948. U.S. Delegation minutes, 1948.Papers prepared for the London conference by the Office ofMilitary Government for Germany (U.S.) [OMGUS], 1948. Britishrecords of meetings, 1948. Numbered documents, 1948. Telegraphicreports, 1948. Records relating to German western frontiers,1948-52; and the Saarland, 1946.
43.10.4 Records of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the
Protection of Foreign Interests in Germany
History: Met in Paris, October 25-November 11, 1948, to considermeasures to safeguard the holdings, in the future German state,of the nationals of United Nations members.
Textual Records: Minutes, 1948.
43.10.5 Records of the tripartite discussions in London
History: Held December 1948-January 1949, to deal withreparations problems and plant dismantling.
Textual Records: General records, 1948-49.
43.10.6 Records of the International Authority of the Ruhr (IAR)
History: Established at the London Conference on the Ruhr,November 11-December 24, 1948, to assure the disarmament anddemilitarization of Germany and to promote European recovery andeconomic association.
Textual Records: Subject files, 1945-53. Telegrams and airgrams,1948-52. Records of the Interdepartmental Preparatory Committeeon the Ruhr Coal Talks with the British, 1947. Records of theLondon Conference on the Ruhr, 1948-49. Records relating to theIAR meetings, 1946-52. Records of the IAR Council, 1949-53; thePermanent Financial Committee, 1949-52; the Secretary General,1949-53; IAR working parties, 1949-52; and the Informal WorkingGroup on International Control of the Ruhr, 1949-50. Workingfiles of U.S. delegate Wayne Jackson, 1948-49.
43.10.7 Records of the Jessup-Malik conversations
History: Conversations held, March-May 1949, between PhillipJessup, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Delegation to the UnitedNations, and Yakov A. Malik, Soviet Ambassador to the UnitedNations, led to an agreement of May 4, 1949, lifting the BerlinBlockade and opening Berlin to the Western Powers.
Textual Records: Summaries of the conversations, 1949. Text ofJessup-Malik agreement, 1949.
43.10.8 Records of discussions concerning a Swiss-Allied accord
History: Held in Washington, DC, May-June 1949, to deal with thequestion of German assets in Switzerland.
Textual Records: Summaries of discussions, 1949. Official reportof the U.S. Delegation, 1949.
43.10.9 Records of the United States-United Kingdom-Canadian
financial talks
History: Held in Washington, DC, September 7-12, 1949, to seek asolution to sterling dollar difficulties and other mutualeconomic problems.
Textual Records: Records relating to planning and preparation forthe talks, 1949, including a subject file, records of the Tradeand Commercial Policy (TCP) Committee, and records of the workinggroup on Britain. Records of the U.S. Delegation, 1949, includinggeneral records, minutes, and numbered documents of both the U.S.Delegation and the TCP Committee.
43.10.10 Records of the first meeting of the North Atlantic
Council
History: Held, September 17-October 4, 1949, to implement theNorth Atlantic Treaty.
Textual Records: General records, 1949.
43.10.11 Records of meetings of the U.S. ambassadors
History: Held in Paris, October 21-22, 1949, and London, October24-26, 1949, to discuss problems of Western European cooperationand to make recommendations on U.S. policy toward Eastern Europe.Held in Rome, March 22-24, 1950, to discuss the establishment ofa permanent tripartite (United States, United Kingdom, andFrance) Council of Foreign Ministers. Held in Frankfurt, February1951; and London, September 1952, June 1954. Planned forFrankfurt, July 1950, but not held.
Textual Records: General records, 1949. General records, Romemeeting, 1950. General records, Frankfurt meeting (planned),1950. General records, Frankfurt meeting (held), February 1951.General records, London meeting, September 1952. Summary minutesof the London meeting, June 1954.
43.10.12 Records of discussions in Bonn, Federal Republic of
Germany (FRG)
History: Secretary of State Dean Acheson met with FRG leaders,November 13, 1949, to discuss the German position and to requestGerman cooperation with the Allied High Commissioners inforthcoming discussions.
Textual Records: General records, 1949. Summaries of thediscussions, 1949.
43.10.13 Records relating to meetings of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
History: NATO established by the North Atlantic Treaty (signed,April 4, 1949; entered into force, August 14, 1949) as analliance for the collective defense of Western Europe and NorthAmerica, particularly against the Soviet bloc. Consistedinitially of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy,Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UnitedKingdom, and the United States. Expanded to include Greece andTurkey, 1952; Federal Republic of Germany, 1955; and Spain, 1982.
Textual Records: Records relating to the NATO meeting, New York,September 1950. General records relating to NATO ministerialmeetings in Paris, December 1952, April 1953, and April 1954.
43.10.14 Records relating to the North Atlantic Council (NAC)
History: NAC, with headquarters in Brussels, established byarticle 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty to set and coordinate NATOpolicies.
Textual Records: Records concerning the seventh session of NAC,Ottawa, September 1951. Records dealing with preparations for aNAC meeting, Rome, November 1951. Records relating to aministerial meeting of NAC, Paris, December 14-16, 1953.
43.10.15 Records relating to the four power meeting, nine power
meeting, and ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council
History: Meetings held in Paris, October 20-23, 1954.
Textual Records: Records of the Steering Group on the Results ofthe London Conference, October 1954. Preparation papers for theParis meetings, October 1954.
43.10.16 Records relating to meetings between President Harry S.
Truman and foreign heads of state, Washington, DC
Textual Records: Records relating to meetings with British PrimeMinister Clement Attlee ("Truman-Attlee Conversations"), December1950. Records relating to meetings with French Premier RenePleven ("Truman-Pleven Talks"), January 1951. Records relating tomeetings with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ("Truman-Churchill Talks"), January 1952.
43.10.17 Records relating to bilateral talks
Textual Records: Minutes of U.S.-French talks, New York, October1950. Records relating to U.S.-French political talks,Washington, March 1953; U.S. conversations with Italian PrimeMinister Alcide De Gasperi, Washington, September 1951; U.S.-British political talks, Washington, March 1953; discussionsinvolving French Premier Rene Mayer and French Foreign MinisterGeorges Bidault ("Mayer-Bidault Talks"), Washington, March 1953;U.S.-German political talks, Washington, April 1953; and U.S.-French conversations, Paris, April 1953.
43.10.18 Records relating to tripartite conversations on Austria
History: Conversations between State Department representativesand personnel of the British and French embassies in Washingtonconcerning the situation in Austria, July 23-August 5, 1950.
Textual Records: General records, 1950.
43.10.19 Records relating to tripartite meetings (United States-
United Kingdom-France)
Textual Records: Records relating to tripartite talks, Paris-Rome, November-December 1951. Records concerning talks involvingBritish Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, French Foreign MinisterRobert Schuman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson, New York,November 1952. Records dealing with tripartite talks, Paris,April 1953; Washington, July 1953; and Paris, October-December1953.
43.10.20 Records relating to the Four Power Exploratory Talks
History: Held in Paris, March 5-June 21, 1951, amongrepresentatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, France,and the Soviet Union.
Textual Records: General records, 1950-51. Records relating toexploratory talks with the Soviets, March-June 1951. Recordsconcerning tripartite conversations in Washington between theU.S. ambassador-at-large and the French and British ambassadors,February 1951. Records dealing with tripartite and quadripartiteconversations, Paris, March 1951.
43.10.21 Records relating to the Indo-China Talks
History: Held in Paris, March 9-13, 1953.
Textual Records: Miscellaneous documents of the American-FrenchWorking Group, March 1953.
43.10.22 Records relating to talks in Paris
History: Held April 1953.
Textual Records: General records, April 1953.
43.10.23 Records relating to the Four Power Conference
History: Held in Berlin, January 25-February 18, 1954, withrepresentatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, France,and the Soviet Union participating.
Textual Records: General records, January-February 1954.
43.10.24 Records relating to the Paris Talks
History: Held July 13-14, 1954.
Textual Records: General records, July 1954.
43.10.25 Records relating to visits to the United States by heads
of state and foreign ministers
Textual Records: Records concerning visits by French PresidentVincent Auriol, March 1951; Jean Monnet, president of the HighAuthority of the European Coal and Steel Community, June 1953;Herbert Blankenhorn, political director of the German ForeignOffice, June 1953; and British Prime Minister Winston Churchilland Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, June 1954.
43.10.26 Miscellaneous records
Textual Records: Records relating to a visit to the United States(February 1951) of six members of the Bundestag of the FederalRepublic of Germany, 1950-53. Records concerning the German StudyMission of a special subcommittee of the House Foreign AffairsCommittee, November 1951. Records pertaining to signingceremonies in Europe, May 1952. Records concerning a visit ofSecretary of State John Foster Dulles and Mutual SecurityAdministrator Harold Stassen to several European capitals,February 1953. Records dealing with proposed talks with theSoviets, September 1953. Records relating to possible tripartiteor bilateral discussions in Berlin, January 1954.
43.11 RECORDS RELATING TO U.S. MEMBERSHIP ON INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
1871-1972
43.11.1 Records of the American Commissioners of the American-
British Joint High Commission
History: American-British Joint High Commission established by anagreement reached through exchange of notes, January 26 and 30,and February 1 and 3, 1871, to consider the question of fishingrights along the coast of British possessions in North Americaand other questions affecting the relationship between the UnitedStates and British possessions in North America.
Textual Records: Credentials, appointment letters, and otherrecords of the American Commissioners, 1871.
43.11.2 Records of the Intercontinental Railway Commission (IRC)
History: Created as the result of a report of the Committee onRailway Communication adopted by the First InternationalConference of American States, held in Washington, DC, 1889-90(SEE 43.2.7), to survey a railroad route that would connect theexisting systems of the United States and Mexico with those ofCentral and South America.
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1890-99. Minutes of meetings,1891-98. Telegrams and cablegrams, 1891-99. Commission reports,1891-98. Field notes of survey corps, 1891-93. Memorandumsrelating to the survey, 1887-92. Newspaper clippings, 1890-98.Reference material pertaining to Central and South Americancountries, 1891-97. Aneroid profile computation notebooks, 1891-92. Sketch books, 1891-92. Meteorological observations, 1892-93.Triangulation and topographical station observations, 1892.
Maps and Charts (1,259 items): Manuscript and printed maps, fieldsheets, elevation profiles, and a few panoramic views preparedfor the Intercontinental Railway Survey, 1890-98 (1,045 items).Estimated cost charts, n.d. (8 items). Plotted sheets of railroadelevations and distances in Nicaragua, n.d. (85 items). Tabularcharts, 1891-92 (6 items). "Railroad System of Argentina," n.d.(112 items, in Washington Area). Miscellaneous maps, 1891-93 (3items). SEE ALSO 43.14.
Photographs (533 images): Guatemala (376 images), El Salvador (2images), Nicaragua (25 images), Ecuador (76 images), Costa Rica(13 images), Peru (9 images), Colombia (29 images), and Panama (3images), taken by IRC field parties (engineer corps), 1890-99(IRC). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.11.3 Records of the International American Monetary Commission
History: Met in Washington, DC, January 7-April 4, 1891, at theinvitation of the United States, to consider the creation of aninternational monetary unit.
Textual Records: Minutes of meetings, 1891. Records relating tomeetings, 1891. Reports of committees, 1891. Papers regardingappointments to the commission, 1890-91.
43.11.4 Records relating to the Joint High Commission
History: Established pursuant to a conference betweenrepresentatives of the United Kingdom and the United States heldin Washington, DC, May 25-30, 1898, to consider questions thathad arisen between the United States and Canada concerning theAlaskan boundary, the boundary between the United States andCanada, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean fisheries, naval vessels onthe Great Lakes, commercial reciprocity, alien labor laws, thetransit of merchandise across boundaries, mining rights, and furseals.
Textual Records: Printed materials furnished by ReciprocityCommissioner of the United States John A. Kasson, 1892-98.
43.11.5 Records relating to the Paris Peace Commission
History: Established pursuant to an agreement signed byrepresentatives of the United States and Spain, August 12, 1898,to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace between the twocountries.
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1897-98. Dispatches, 1895-98.Miscellaneous letters and reports, 1898-99. Protocols of thecommission, 1898. Instructions of the U.S. commissioners, 1898.Telegrams, 1898. Department of State circulars, 1898.Miscellaneous and German newspaper clippings relating to the warwith Spain, 1898. Report on the Federated Malay States, ca. 1897.Naval reports concerning the Philippine Islands, 1879-98. Printedmaterials relating to Spanish possessions and the war with Spain,1892-98.
Microfilm Publications: T954.
43.11.6 Records relating to the Samoan High Commission
History: Established, April 1898, pursuant to an agreementbetween the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany, torestore peace and order through a provisional government and toconsider a plan for the future government of the Samoan Islands.
Textual Records: Newspaper clippings relating to Samoa and thecommission, 1898-99.
Photographs (104 images): Commission members, and Samoa, 1898-99(S). SEE ALSO 43.17.
Related Records: Records of the First and Second SamoanConferences UNDER 43.2.6. Records of the Government of AmericanSamoa, RG 284.
43.11.7 Records relating to the International Institute of
Agriculture
History: Established at a conference held in Rome, May-June 1905.Began operations as a clearinghouse for agricultural informationon a worldwide level, 1908.
Textual Records: Institute reports, 1909.
43.11.8 Records maintained by the U.S. Section of the
International High Commission
History: International High Commission established in accordancewith a resolution of the First Pan American Financial Conference,1915, to bring about uniformity in the commercial law andadministrative regulations of the American republics, as well asmore stable financial relations between the United States andLatin America. First met in Buenos Aires, April 1916. U.S.Section authorized by an act of February 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 8), tostudy the legislation of various countries and to compile andanalyze their provisions. U.S. Section ceased to function, July1, 1933, upon expiration of final appropriation.
Textual Records: General records, 1915-26. Records relating tothe commission's programs, 1915-33. Registers of letters sent,1918-33. Minutes of meetings of the Executive Council and theU.S. Section, 1915-23. Reports prepared for the Central ExecutiveCouncil, 1915-33. Speeches and articles relating to thecommission, 1916-21. Administrative correspondence of the U.S.Section, 1926-33. Memorandums and letters sent by the Secretaryof the Pan American Committee on Standardization, 1924-33. Cardrecords of inter-American conventions, projects, and resolutions,1924-28. Foreign language booklets, glossaries and catalogs,1925-32. Statistics on trade and finance, 1900-17. Lists ofmembers of group committees, ca. 1921.
43.11.9 Records of the U.S. Commissioners of the American and
Mexican Joint Commission
History: American and Mexican Joint Commission established, 1916,to develop means of reducing depredations on American life andproperty in Mexico; and to arrange for the compensation of pastlosses, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Mexico, and thepacification of the international border. First meeting held inNew York, NY, September 4, 1916, with subsequent meetings in NewLondon, CT, Atlantic City, NJ, and again in New York. Lastmeeting held January 15, 1917.
Textual Records: Memorandums furnished by the State Department,1916. Dispatches, radiograms, and telegrams of SpecialRepresentatives of the State Department in Mexico, John R.Sillman, 1914-15; and James Lewis Rodgers, 1916.
43.11.10 Records of the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to
the Russian Railway Service Corps, and the Interallied Railway
Committee (IARC)
History: Advisory Commission created, June 1917, to advise andassist the Russian Government in solving its railway problems.IARC established by an interallied railway agreement, 1918, toprovide general supervision of the railways in those regionswhere Allied troops were operating. IRC ceased to function whenthe last foreign military forces were withdrawn from Siberia,October 1922.
Textual Records: Records of the Chairman of the AdvisoryCommission of Railway Experts to Russia, 1917-18. General recordsof the IARC, 1918-22. Registers of letters of the IARC, 1919-22.Minutes of meetings of the Interallied Technical Board, 1919-22.General and "confidential" records and correspondence of thePresident of the Interallied Technical Board, 1919-22. Operatingfinancial statements for the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1921-22.Minutes of the meetings of the Interallied MilitaryTransportation Board, 1920-22. General records and minutes ofmeetings of the Interallied Purchasing Commission, 1919-22.Records of and relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps(RRSC), including administrative records, 1917-20; recordsconcerning railroad operations, 1919-20; general records of theRRSC commander and commanding officer, and of the chief inspectorof the Technical Board, 1919-22; records of district inspectors,1920-22; records of the Division of Inspectors, 1919-22; subjectindex to records of the Division of Inspection for the USSURIRailway, 1919-22; records of the telegraph and telephoneinspector, 1919-20, and the dental surgeon, 1919-20; records ofthe Accounting Department Inspector, 1917-22, and the MechanicalInspector, 1918-20, for the Chinese Eastern Railway; records ofthe Quartermaster Corps at Vladivostok and Harbin, 1918-23;records of the Washington office, 1917-22; and records relatingto RRSC accounts, 1917-22.
43.11.11 Records of the U.S. unofficial delegation to the
Reparations Commission
History: Reparations Commission established by the Treaty ofVersailles, 1919, to determine the amount of damages for whichcompensation was to be made by Germany to the Allied andAssociated governments; to draw up a schedule of payments to bemade by Germany; and to interpret provisions of the treatyrelating to the entire reparations problem. The United States didnot ratify the Treaty of Versailles, but maintained an unofficialdelegation to the Reparations Commission.
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1920-24. Minutes ofmeetings of the Reparations Commission, 1920-31. Annexes, 1920-31. Press clippings, 1919-21. Minutes of meetings of theOrganization Committee, 1925-26. Minutes of meetings of thePermanent Managing Committee, 1925-26, with annexes. Records ofthe Committee of Guarantees, 1921-24. Records of the FinanceService, 1920-30. Records of the Legal Service, 1920-27. Recordsof Col. James A. Logan, U.S. member of the Financial Committee ofthe Reparations Commission, 1919-23. Records of the AustrianSection, 1920-27; Hungarian Section, 1921-26; and MaritimeSection, 1920-30. Records of the Section of Reparations andRestitutions in Kind, 1919-30. Records of the ReparationsConferences, 1920-30. Records of the Hague Conference, 1929-30.Records of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, 1932-35. Recordsof the Reparations Committee for Dyestuffs, 1919-22.
43.11.12 Records of the U.S. Electoral Mission in Nicaragua
History: Supervised elections under the Nicaraguan Constitution,1928, 1930, and 1932, in accordance with an agreement between thePresidents of Nicaragua and the United States.
Textual Records: Records of the 1928 mission, including generalrecords, with indexes; records of the chairman; minutes ofmeetings of the National Board of Elections; reports of U.S. andNicaraguan members of local election boards; lists of personsagainst whom orders of arrest were outstanding; and notes,drafts, and correspondence concerning the "McCoy Law," 1928.Records of the 1930 mission, including general records; recordsof the chairman; minutes of National Board of Elections, withindex; documents considered by the National Board of Elections;electoral mission log; correspondence regarding complaints ofelection irregularities; and reports of departmental chairmen,1930. Records of the 1932 mission, including general records,records of the chairman, reports of departmental chairmen, listsof personnel for the departmental election boards, reports ofelection results, and records of the Intelligence and LegalSections, 1930; newspaper clippings, 1931-32; and copies of LaGaceta, 1927-32.
43.11.13 Records of the U.S. Representative on the Lytton
Commission
History: Commission, chaired by the 2d Earl of Lytton (V.A.G.R.Bulwer-Lytton), was established pursuant to League of Nationsresolution, December 10, 1930, to investigate the dispute betweenmember nations China and Japan resulting from the Japaneseinvasion of Manchuria, September 1930. Commission submittedreport, September 1932, censuring both disputants. Japansubsequently withdrew from League of Nations.
Textual Records: Documents compiled by the U.S. Representative,Gen. Frank McCoy, 1930-32.
43.11.14 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the International
Technical Commission of Aerial Legal Experts (ComiteInternational Technique d'Experts Juridiques Aeriens, CITEJA)
History: CITEJA established by a resolution adopted at the FirstInternational Conference on Private Air Law, which met in Paris,October 27, 1925, to establish a program for the study of privateaerial law, prepare texts of international conventions, andelaborate a single international code for Aerial Law.
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1935-48. Documents of the First,Second, Third, and Fourth Commissions, 1928-48; and a collectionof published commission documents, 1919-46.
43.11.15 Records relating to the third meeting of theInternational Technical Consulting Committee on RadioCommunications (ITCCRC)
History: ITTCCRC established as a result of the InternationalRadiotelegraph Conference held in Washington, 1927 (SEE 43.2.15),and reestablished by the International Radio and TelegraphConferences held in Madrid, 1932 (SEE 43.2.25), to study andprovide opinions on technical radio questions submitted to it bygovernment regulatory bodies and radio operating companies. Thirdmeeting held in Lisbon, September 22-October 10, 1934, to reviewopinions.
Textual Records: Reports on radio questions, 1934.
43.11.16 Records of the U.S. Committee of the Joint Economic
Committees, United States and Canada
History: Joint Economic Committees established by the UnitedStates and Canada, June 17, 1941, to explore the possibilitiesfor greater economic cooperation. Dissolved by agreement of bothgovernments, May 14, 1944.
Textual Records: General records, 1941-44. Generalcorrespondence, 1941-44. Minutes of meetings, 1941-43.Memorandums, 1941. Records relating to an aviation project, 1943;and the North Pacific Planning Project, 1941-44.
43.11.17 Records of the British-American Joint Patent Interchange
Committee
History: Established in accordance with the British-AmericanPatent Interchange Agreement, August 24, 1942, providing for theinterchange of patent rights, inventions, technical information,designs, and processes between the governments of the UnitedStates and the United Kingdom for war production purposes.Terminated, April 8, 1946.
Textual Records: Subject file, 1941-46. Agendas, minutes, andreports, 1941-46.
43.11.18 Records of the Emergency Advisory Committee for
Political Defense
History: Established at the third meeting of the Ministers ofForeign Affairs of the American Republics, Rio de Janeiro,January 1942 (SEE 43.2.37), to assist member nations in providingfor defense against subversion by Axis agents.
Textual Records: Subject file, 1942-47. Country file, 1942-47.Miscellaneous records of the U.S. Representatives, 1946-57.
43.11.19 Records relating to the Inter-American Financial andEconomic Advisory Committee (IAFEAC), and Subcommittee on Post-War Problems, 1942-45
History: IAFEAC was created at the first meeting of the Ministersof Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, Panama, September1939 (SEE 43.2.37), to promote closer commercial, financial, andeconomic relations among the republics of the Western Hemisphere.Subcommittee on Post-War Problems was created, 1942, to help planthe transition from a wartime to a peacetime economy in thehemisphere.
Textual Records: General records, 1942-45.
43.11.20 Records relating to the European Advisory Commission
(EAC)
History: Created at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers,October 1943 (SEE 43.3.4), to study European problems connectedwith the termination of World War II.
Textual Records: Records of Philip E. Mosely, chief of theDivision of Territorial Studies, State Department, in hiscapacity as adviser to John G. Winant, U.S. Representative to theEAC, 1943-45.
43.11.21 Records of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
(AACI) regarding Palestine
History: Created at the invitation of the British Government,December 10, 1945, to examine the situation of Jewish survivorsin Europe and the problem of resettlement in Palestine.
Textual Records: AACI reports, 1945-46. Reference files, 1938-46.Evidence submitted to the committee, 1945-46. Transcripts ofhearings, 1946. General records of the Anglo-American CabinetCommittee, 1946-48.
43.11.22 Records relating to the Allied Control Council for
Germany
History: Established, June 5, 1945, pursuant to agreement of the"Big Three" (United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union) atthe Yalta Conference (SEE 43.4.1), to administer Germany afterthe war.
Textual Records: Records of the European Advisory Commissionrelating to the establishment of the Allied Control Council,1944-45. Allied Control Council documents, 1945-49. Documents ofthe informal policy committee on Germany, 1945. Weeklyintelligence reports, 1949-50.
43.11.23 Records relating to the Far Eastern Commission (FEC)
History: Established at the Tripartite Foreign Ministers meetingin Moscow, December 1945 (SEE 43.7.2), to control Japan duringthe Allied occupation after World War II. Succeeded the FarEastern Advisory Commission (FEAC), established early 1945 torecommend, to the United Nations, postsurrender policies andobjectives with regard to Japan.
Textual Records: Records of the FEAC, consisting of numbereddocuments, 1945-46, with index, 1946; memorandums forinformation, 1945-46; confidential minutes, 1945; and records ofthe working committees, 1945-46. Records of the FEC, consistingof numbered policy documents, 1946-52; U.S Delegation subjectfile, 1945-52; subject file on the Secretariat General, 1945-52;reference subject files, 1945-51; French- , Russian- , andChinese-language translations of minutes and documents, 1946-49;memorandums for information, 1946-52; orders and directives ofthe Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), 1945-52, withindexes; miscellaneous directives of SCAP, 1940-49; directives toSCAP from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1945-52; miscellaneousrecords of SCAP, 1945-49; and records of SCAP sections, 1945-48.Records of the following FEC committees: I (Reparations), 1946-50; II (Economic and Financial Affairs), 1946-50; III(Constitutional and Legal Reform), 1946; IV (Strengthening ofDemocratic Tendencies), 1946; V (War Criminals), 1946-49; VI(Aliens in Japan), 1946-50; VII (Disarmament of Japan), 1946-47;and the Joint Committee on Labor, 1949. General records of theAllied Council for Japan, 1946-52; Inter-Allied Trade Board forJapan, 1946-50; and Reparations Technical Advisory Committee,1947-50.
Related Records: Records of the U.S. Element of the AlliedCouncil for Japan UNDER 43.11.27.
43.11.24 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the US-USSR Joint
Commission on Korea
History: US-USSR Joint Commission established as a result of theMoscow Agreement reached at the Tripartite Foreign Ministersmeeting, December 27, 1945 (SEE 43.7.2), to provide for theestablishment of a Joint Commission on Korea to consider long-range political and economic problems, including the making ofrecommendations on the formation of a provisional government forall of Korea.
Textual Records: General records, 1946-47. Minutes of themeetings of the Joint Conference, 1946; the Joint Commission,1946-47; and the U.S. Delegation, 1947. Reports of meetings,1946. Transcripts of meetings, 1946-47. Joint communiques andbulletins, 1946-47. Decisions of the Joint Commission, 1946-47.U.S. Delegation records, consisting of general records, 1945-47;numbered papers, 1947; telegrams, 1945-47; minutes of meetings ofa joint Korean-American conference, 1946; State-War-NavyCoordinating Committee (SWNCC) documents, 1945-47; and report ofthe U.S. Delegation, 1947. Records of Subcommissions I, 1946-47;II, 1946-47; and III, 1947.
Microfilm Publications: M1243.
43.11.25 Records relating to the United Nations Temporary
Commission on Korea (UNTCOK)
History: Established by the United Nations General Assembly,November 14, 1947, to try to break the impasse between the SovietUnion and the United States on matters concerning Koreanunification. Superseded by the United Nations Commission onKorea, pursuant to a General Assembly resolution, December 12,1948, declaring that a lawful government had been established inSouth Korea.
Textual Records: General records, 1947-48. Subject files, 1947-48. Telegrams, 1947-48. Summary of the verbatim record of UNTCOKmeetings, 1948. General records of Subcommittee I, 1947.
Microfilm Publications: M1243.
43.11.26 Records relating to the South Pacific Commission
History: In September 1946, the United States was invited toparticipate in a conference of governments having administrativecontrol over "non-self-governing territories" in the SouthPacific region. Conference, known as the South Seas Conference,convened in Canberra, Australia, January 28, 1947. South PacificCommission established by an agreement, February 6, 1947, andratified by the United States, July 29, 1948.
Textual Records: Records relating to the South Seas Conference,1946-48; the Preparatory Conference, 1947; and the establishmentof the South Pacific Commission, 1947-48. Records relating to thesessions of the South Pacific Commission, consisting of subjectfiles, 1948-60; correspondence of the U.S. Delegation, 1947-53;telegrams, 1950-53, press releases, 1949-53; progress reports,1949-61; working committee files, 1948-50; U.S. Commissioner'sfiles, 1948-62; records relating to the South PacificConferences, 1950-59, and South Pacific Commission ReviewConference, 1957; records relating to budget matters, 1948-60;and technical assistance files, 1949-60. Records of the SouthPacific Commission Research Council, 1948-61.
43.11.27 Records of the U.S. Element of the Allied Council for
Japan
History: Allied Council for Japan, established at the TripartiteForeign Ministers meeting in Moscow, December 1945 (SEE 43.7.2),was an international body charged with advising the SupremeCommander Allied Powers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on theoccupation of Japan in accordance with the surrender terms.
Textual Records: General records, 1945-52.
Related Records: Records relating to the Far Eastern CommissionUNDER 43.11.23.
43.11.28 Records of the Four Power Commission of Investigation
(Former Italian Colonies)
History: Established by the Council of Foreign Ministers inaccordance with the terms of the Treaty of Peace with Italy,February 10, 1947, to investigate conditions in Italy's formerAfrican colonies. Dissolved July 31, 1948.
Textual Records: Official commission documents, 1947-48.Hearings, 1947-48. Commission accounts, 1947-50. Records relatingto commission field tours, political and ethnic organizations,and other matters in Eritrea, 1944-48; and in Somaliland, 1945-48. Records of the U.S. Delegation, 1947-48.
Related Records: Additional commission records UNDER 43.8.2.
43.11.29 Records of the U.S. Section of the Joint Brazil-U.S.
Technical Commission
History: Established as a result of 1947 conversations betweenPresident Truman and President Dutra of Brazil, to analyzefactors in Brazil that tended to promote or retard economicdevelopment, and to make broad recommendations on programs thatwould encourage the flow of private capital to Brazil. Members ofU.S. Section arrived in Rio de Janeiro, September 7, 1948; andfinal report was approved by the commission, February 7, 1949.
Textual Records: Subject files, 1947-48.
43.11.30 Records of the U.S. Section of the International Refugee
Organization (IRO)
History: IRO established as a United Nations organization, 1947,succeeding the abolished United Nations Relief and RehabilitationAdministration (UNRRA, established 1943). Became operational,1948, with responsibility for registering, repatriating, andresettling refugees and displaced persons residing in Austria,Germany, and Italy. Abolished, 1952, with residual functionsassumed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees (established 1951).
Textual Records: General records, 1946-52.
43.11.31 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the inaugural meeting
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
History: IMF and World Bank established pursuant to decisionsmade by the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference atBretton Woods, NH, 1944 (SEE 43.3.7). Inaugural meeting of IMFand World Bank held in Savannah, GA, March 8-18, 1946.
Textual Records: Security-classified records, 1946.
43.11.32 Records of the U.S. Section of the Anglo-American
Caribbean Commission and its successor, the Caribbean Commission
History: Anglo-American Caribbean Commission established byexchange of notes, March 9, 1942, to encourage and strengthensocial and economic cooperation between the United States and theUnited Kingdom in the Caribbean area. Expanded to include theNetherlands and France, and redesignated Caribbean Commission,October 1946.
Textual Records: Subject files, 1940-48.
43.11.33 Records of the U.S. Section of the United States-Mexico
Commission for Border Development and Friendship
History: Commission established by an exchange of notes, November30 and December 3, 1966, with responsibility for promotingimproved relations among cities along the U.S.-Mexican border andfor improving economic conditions in the border region.Terminated December 12, 1969, due to failure of appropriations.
Textual Records: General correspondence and subject files, 1966-69.
43.11.34 Records of the U.S. Delegation to the Paris Conference
on Vietnam
History: Negotiations conducted intermittently in Paris, May1968-January 1973. Ended with the signing of the Agreement onEnding the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, commonly known asthe Paris Peace Accords, January 27, 1973.
Sound Recordings (157 items): Security-classified recordings ofthe plenary sessions, 1969-72. SEE ALSO 43.16.
43.12 RECORDS RELATING TO U.S. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONALEXPOSITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS HELD OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES1857-1959
43.12.1 Records relating to the Universal Agricultural PrizeExhibition (Paris, 1856-57)
Textual Records: Exhibition program, 1857.
43.12.2 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris UniversalExposition (1867)
Textual Records: Copy of the Joint Resolution of Congressrelating to the exposition, 1867. Letters of the CommissionerGeneral to the Secretary of State, 1866-69. Correspondencebetween the Commissioner General and the New York agent, 1865-68.Letters sent by the State Department, 1865-68, with register,1865-67. Minutes of commission meetings, 1867, and meetings ofthe commission's advisory committee, 1866-67. Lists ofcommissioners and advisory committee members, 1866-67. Commissionreport, 1867. Applications for exhibit privileges, 1866-67, withregisters of applications received, 1866-67. Record of articlesexhibited, 1866-67. Receipts for awards to exhibitors, 1867.Record of catalogs sent to Paris, 1866-67. Catalog of mineralspecimens sent from eastern Nevada to the exposition, 1866-67.Information pamphlets, 1865.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the ParisUniversal Exposition (1867) in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.3 Records of the U.S. Commission, Vienna InternationalExposition (1873)
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1872-73. Communications receivedby the Chief Commissioner, 1872-73. Correspondence of theAssistant Commissioner for the New England states, 1872-73.Report of the special commission to supervise the commission,1873. Minutes of meetings of the commission's Artisan andScientific Committee, 1873. Floor plans of the buildings, 1873.Register of applications for exhibit space, 1872. Report onelectrical and telegraphic apparatus at the exposition, 1873.List of exhibitors and commissioners of the nations representedat the exposition, 1873. Catalogs and lists of foreign exhibits,1873. List of the items in the Chinese customs collection, 1873.Records of exhibits transported, 1873. Registers of Americanvisitors to the exposition, 1873. Newspaper clippings, 1872-73.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the ViennaInternational Exposition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.4 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris Universal Exposition (1878)
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1877-79. Letters received by theCommissioner General, 1878-79, with index. Letters receivedregarding awards, 1878-80. Index to applications for exhibitprivileges, n.d. List of exhibitors, 1878. Permits for exhibitspace, 1878. Record of agents and firms, 1878. Floor plans forthe Agricultural Building, 1878-79. Certificates of award, 1878.Receipts for diplomas and medals awarded, 1879-81. Register ofAmerican visitors, 1878. German-language publication on the steamengine, 1879.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the ParisUniversal Exposition (1878) in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.5 Records of the U.S. Commissions, Sydney (1879-80) and
Melbourne (1880-81) International Exhibitions
Textual Records: Proceedings of both commissions, 1879-80.Register of applications for exhibit hall space at Sydney, 1879,and Melbourne, 1880. Letters received and miscellaneous recordsof the U.S. Commission at Sydney, 1879-80. Records of the U.S.Commission at Melbourne, consisting of correspondence of theCommissioner and of the U.S. agent for the commission, 1879-81; alist of awards granted, 1880; receipts for medals and degrees ofmerit awarded, 1881; and a register of American visitors to theexhibition, 1880.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the MelbourneInternational Exhibition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.6 Records of the U.S. Commission, International Exposition
of Electricity (Paris, 1881)
Textual Records: Letters sent by the Acting Commissioner General,based in the United States, 1881-82.
43.12.7 Records of the U.S. Commission, Centennial InternationalExposition (Melbourne, 1888-89)
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1888-89. Minutes of commissionmeetings, 1888-89. Commission reports, 1888-89. Reports andspeeches of the Executive Commissioner, 1882-88. Exhibitors'applications for space, 1888. List of U.S. exhibits, 1888.Certificates of award, and a record of awards to U.S. exhibitors,1888. Official exhibit catalog, 1889. Reports of juries andcirculars of exposition trustees, n.d. Miscellaneouspublications, 1888-89.
Photographic Prints (10 images): U.S. exhibits and the CentennialInternational Exposition Building, 1888 (EX). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.12.8 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris UniversalExposition (1889)
Textual Records: General records, 1889-91.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (79 items, in WashingtonArea): Blueprints and sketches of machinery exhibited, 1889. SEEALSO 43.14.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the ParisUniversal Exposition (1889) in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.9 Records relating to U.S. participation in the UniversalExposition (Antwerp, 1894)
Textual Records: Printed material relating to the exposition,1893.
Photographic Prints (6 images): U.S. industrial exhibits, 1894(EX). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.12.10 Records of the U.S. Commission, Paris UniversalExposition (1900)
Textual Records: Correspondence and miscellaneous records ofAssistant Commissioner General B.D. Woodward, 1898-1903.Correspondence of the Business Department, 1899-1901; ExhibitDepartment, 1899-1900; and Building Department, 1899-1900.Indexes to correspondence of directors, 1899-1900. Miscellaneousprinted materials, 1900, including the official catalog of U.S.exhibits.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (41 items, in WashingtonArea): Blueprints showing spaces for industrial exhibits, n.d.SEE ALSO 43.14.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the ParisUniversal Exposition (1900) in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.11 Records relating to the Exposition of Arts and History(Rome, 1911) and the Exposition of Industry and Labor (Turin,1911)
Textual Records: State Department correspondence with applicantsfor positions with the U.S. Commission, 1909-11.
43.12.12 Records of the U.S. Commission appointed for the
proposed Grand Exhibition of Japan
History: U.S. participation in the proposed 1912 exhibitionapproved by an act of May 22, 1908 (35 Stat. 183). Exhibitionpostponed to 1917 by Japanese Government announcement, 1911.Project abandoned, February 1912.
Textual Records: Correspondence of the Commissioners General,1908. Minutes of commission meetings and related reports, 1908.
43.12.13 Records of the U.S. Commission, Brazilian CentennialExposition (Rio de Janeiro, 1922-23)
Textual Records: General records, 1922-23. Administrativecorrespondence, 1922-23. Records of the director of exhibits,1922-23. Correspondence with supply agents, 1922-23. Final reportof the Commissioner General, 1922-23. Photostatic copies of lawsrelevant to U.S. participation in the exposition, 1921-22.Descriptive pamphlets on Brazil, 1922.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the BrazilianCentennial Exposition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.12.14 Records of the U.S. Commission, International Exposition
(Seville, 1929-30)
Textual Records: General correspondence of the CommissionerGeneral, 1927-30. Letters sent by the commission secretary, 1927-30. Correspondence with the Department of State and the GeneralAccounting Office, 1926-29. Records relating to exhibitshipments, 1928-29. Ledger, 1926-29. Pamphlets, 1921-29.Congressional publications concerning U.S. participation in theexposition, 1925-29.
43.12.15 Records of the U.S. Commission, International Colonial
and Overseas Exposition (Paris, 1931)
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1930-32. Letters sent,1930-32. Record of disposition or shipment of exhibits, 1931-32.Miscellaneous records, including pamphlets, a catalog, andpostcards, 1931-32.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (10 items, in WashingtonArea): Plans of U.S. buildings, and plans for exhibits of theU.S. Territories, 1930-31. SEE ALSO 43.14.
Photographic Prints (204 images): Exhibits of the U.S.Territories; and of the former European colonies in NorthAmerica, including a replica of Mount Vernon, home of GeorgeWashington, 1930-32 (EX). SEE ALSO 43.17.
Drawings (8 images): Mount Vernon, including George Washington'sbedroom; and layout of the colonial exhibits, 1930 (EX). SEE ALSO43.17.
43.12.16 Records relating to U.S. participation in the BrusselsUniversal and International Exhibition ("Brussels World's Fair," 1958)
Textual Records: Subject file, 1957-59. Records of the Secretaryof State and the Deputy Under Secretary of State for PoliticalAffairs concerning planning and funding, and the policy aspectsof U.S. participation, 1957. Records of the Assistant Secretaryof State for Public Affairs relating to propaganda aspects ofU.S. participation, 1954-58. Records relating to Congressionalhearings on U.S. participation, 1956-59. News releases from theOffice of the U.S. Commissioner General, 1958. Printed materials,1958.
Sound Recordings (1 item): German-language interview of GersonLush, U.S. Committee for the Brussels World's Fair, for broadcastover the Voice of America network, 1958. SEE ALSO 43.16.
Photographic Prints (10 images): Of various internationalexpositions, 1868-1929 (MX). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.13 RECORDS RELATING TO U.S. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONALEXPOSITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES1876-1964
Textual Records: Records concerning items loaned for exhibit atvarious exhibitions, 1895-1906. Diplomas conferred upon the StateDepartment at various exhibitions, 1884-1926.
43.13.2 Records relating to the Centennial InternationalExhibition (Philadelphia, 1876)
Textual Records: Letters received by the U.S. commissioner actingfor Tunis, 1876. Printed materials relating to the exhibit, 1876.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the CentennialInternational Exhibition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.13.3 Records relating to the World's Industrial and CottonCentennial Exposition (New Orleans, 1884-85)
Textual Records: Correspondence of the State Departmentrepresentative, 1884-85. Reports on the State Department exhibit,1884-90.
43.13.4 Records relating to the World's Columbian Exposition
(Chicago, 1893)
Textual Records: General records, 1890-96. Letters sent by theState Department to its representative on the Board ofGovernment, Management, and Control, 1892-93. Minutes of meetingsof the Council of Administration, 1892-93. Final reports of thepresident and secretary of the exposition, 1896. List of awardsgranted, 1893, with index. Lists of exhibits, 1893. Recordsconcerning the transfer of the State Department exhibits to theColumbian Museum of Chicago, 1893-95. Government vouchers, 1891-94.
Photographs (181 images, in Washington Area): Copper plates (24),glass negatives (6), and photographs (151) of officials andexhibits, 1893. SEE ALSO 43.17.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the World'sColumbian Exposition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.13.5 Records relating to the Cotton States and International
Exposition (Atlanta, 1895)
Textual Records: Correspondence regarding the U.S. Governmentexhibit, 1894-95. Certificate of award accorded the StateDepartment exhibit, 1895.
43.13.6 Records relating to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition(Nashville, 1897)
Textual Records: Letters sent by the State Departmentrepresentative on the Board of Management, 1897-99.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the TennesseeCentennial Exposition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.13.7 Records relating to the Pan American Exposition (Buffalo,
1901)
Textual Records: Correspondence of the State Department with theBoard of Management, 1900-1. Catalog of the State Departmentexhibit, 1901. Newspaper clippings, in album, 1899-1901. The PanAmerican Magazine, 1901.
43.13.8 Records relating to the South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian Exposition (Charleston, 1901-2)
Textual Records: Correspondence relating to the State Departmentexhibit, 1901-2.
43.13.9 Records relating to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
(St. Louis, 1904)
Textual Records: General correspondence of the Louisiana PurchaseExposition Commission, 1901-5, with an additional file of letterssent, 1901-5. Letters received by the State Departmentrepresentative on the U.S. Government Board, 1903-4. Lettersreceived regarding foreign participation in the exposition, 1901-4. Correspondence of the New York dispatch agent relating to theexposition, 1901-5. Diaries kept by the commission secretary,1901-5. Minutes of commission meetings, 1901-5. Report of theBoard of Lady Managers to the commission, 1905. Original draft ofa report from the commission to the President, 1903.Correspondence concerning final reports, 1905. Report of thecommission concerning the exhibits of states and foreigncountries, 1905. Original draft of the final report, 1905.Records relating to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company,including the articles of agreement, 1901; a list of companyofficers 1891; and financial reports, with relatedcorrespondence, 1901-4. Commission cashbook, 1901-5. Vouchers,1901-5. List of jurors to determine awards, 1904. Recordsconcerning disputes and complaints over awards, 1904-5. Newspaperclippings, in album, 1901-4. Exposition bulletins, 1901.
Photographic Prints (196 images): Exhibits of 18 American statesand 14 foreign countries; exposition buildings; and portraits ofcommissioners from various U.S. states, 1904 (EX). SEE ALSO43.17.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the LouisianaPurchase Exposition in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.
43.13.10 Records relating to the Lewis and Clark CentennialExposition (Portland, OR, 1905)
Textual Records: Correspondence of the State Departmentrepresentative on the U.S. Government Board of Managers, 1905.
43.13.11 Records relating to the Jamestown TercentennialExposition (Hampton Roads, VA, 1907)
Textual Records: Correspondence concerning the State Departmentexhibit, 1906-7.
43.13.12 Records relating to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
(Seattle, 1909)
Textual Records: Correspondence concerning the State Departmentexhibit, 1908-9.
43.13.13 Records relating to the Panama-Pacific InternationalExposition (San Francisco, 1915)
Textual Records: State Department correspondence with applicantsfor positions with the National Exposition Commission, 1911-15.
43.13.14 Records relating to the Sesquicentennial InternationalExposition (Philadelphia, 1920)
Textual Records: Records of the U.S. Commission, includingadministrative files, 1926-27; correspondence with governmentagencies and with the National Advisory Committee to theSesquicentennial Exhibition Association, 1926-27; and reports ongovernment exhibits, 1927 and n.d. Records of the NationalAdvisory Commission to the Sesquicentennial ExhibitionAssociation, 1926-27. Sesquicentennial Exhibition Associationpamphlets, 1926. Records maintained by State Department contactofficers with the U.S. Commission, including plans of and a guideto government exhibits, 1926.
Photographic Prints (268 images): Exhibits of various componentorganizations of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, theNavy, and the Treasury; and exhibits of the Office of PublicBuildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1926 (EX).SEE ALSO 43.17.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of theSesquicentennial International Exposition in RG 287, Publicationsof the U.S. Government.
43.13.15 Records relating to the Chicago World's Fair CentennialCelebration (1933-34)
Textual Records: General correspondence of the Chicago World'sFair Centennial Commission, 1932-33. Correspondence and reportsregarding government agencies' exhibits, 1932-34. Report on theState Department exhibit, 1933. Specifications and constructionorders for the U.S. Government building, 1932-34. Invitations,with replies, 1932-34.
Photographic Prints (87 images): Government agencies' exhibits,1933 (EX). SEE ALSO 43.17.
43.13.16 Records relating to the Seattle World's Fair (1962)
Textual Records (in Seattle): General records, 1959-63. Exhibitfiles, 1959-63. Publicity material, 1960-62. Miscellaneousrecords, 1959-62.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (1,980 items, in Seattle):Various sections of the U.S. science exhibit, ca. 1959-62. SEEALSO 43.14.
Motion Pictures (36 reels): U.S. exhibit, 1962-63.SEE ALSO 43.15.
Sound recordings (13 items): U.S. exhibit, 1962-63.SEE ALSO 43.16.
Photographs (3,856 images, in Seattle): Scenes of the fair, 1962.SEE ALSO 43.17.
Related Records: Additional photographs under Records of the U.S. Expositions Staff, Bureau of International Commerce, in RG 489, Records of the International Trade Administration.
43.13.17 Records relating to the New York World's Fair (1964-65)
Motion Pictures (2 reels): Voyage to America, 1964. SEE ALSO43.15.
43.14 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
SEE Maps and Charts UNDER 43.2.12 and 43.11.2.
SEE Maps UNDER 43.2.31, 43.6.7, and 43.10.1.
SEE Architectural and Engineering Plans UNDER 43.12.8, 43.12.10,43.12.15, and 43.13.16.
43.15 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 43.2.31, 43.13.16, and 43.13.17.
43.16 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 43.2.42, 43.11.34, 43.12.16, and 43.13.16.
43.17 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL)
1909-10
203 images
Photographs: Triangulation stations, Upper Niagara River, takenduring a field survey for the International Waterways Commission,1909-10 (NR).
SEE Photographs UNDER 43.2.7, 43.2.32, 43.11.2, 43.11.6, 43.13.4,and 43.13.16.
SEE Photographic Prints UNDER 43.12.7, 43.12.9, 43.12.15,43,12.17, 43.13.9, 43.13.14, and 43.13.15.
SEE Drawings UNDER 43.12.15.
Bibliographic note: Web version based onGuide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
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