Microform Collection
Title: Confidential U.S. State Department
special files. Korea, 1950-1957: lot files 55-D-128, Records of the Bureau of
Far Eastern Affairs, Records relating to the Korean War, 1950-1952: 58-D-643 and
59-D-407, Records of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs (Korea), 1952-1957
Call Number: MICROFILM 5778
Author: Gregory Murphy, project coordinator.
Publisher: Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America,
c1990.
Description: 11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Subject(s):
- United States. Dept. of State--Archives,
Korean War, 1950-1953--Sources,
Korea (South)--Relations--United States--Sources,
United States--Relations--Korea (South)--Sources,
Korea (South)--Politics and government--1948-1960--Sources.
Country: United States, Korea
Language: English
Publication type: Correspondence, memoranda
Time period: 1950-1957
Notes: These records are maintained by the
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs in connection with the outbreak of hostilities
in Korea and the subsequent armistice negotiations. Included are a series of
documents prepared by the Division of Historical Policy Research on the
background of the conflict, the major events leading to U.S. intervention
and American policy with respect to the limitations of hostilities. There is
also a copy of the "Korean Black Book on Cease Fire" which documents the
telegraphic exchanges between General Matthew Ridgway and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff on the general armistice policy. Also included are general Subject
files consisting of inter- and intradepartmental memoranda of conversations,
position papers, minutes of meetings, operations memoranda, copies of U.S.
Army telegrams, and "Official Informal" correspondence between the
Department of State and foreign service officials. The records cover all
aspects of Korean internal and external affairs and Korean-American
relations. They detail U.S. military, political, and economic aid to Korea.
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