European Recovery Program, 1947-1948
Scope and Content Note
General
"Capital Investment and Production Coordination," July 6, 1948. Memorandum from Foster to Richard M. Bissell. Two typescript drafts (carbon copies)
"Comments on Problems Raised by the First Draft of the Mechanism of Foreign Relief and Reconstruction," October 18, 1948. Memorandum from W. Y. Elliott to Allen W. Dulles. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Draft Executive Committee Resolution Concerning O.E.E.C. Relations with the Press," August 2, 1948. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy
"Draft Note from the Secretary General to the Council on Relations between O.E.E.C. and the United States Special Representative in Europe," June 27, 1948. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy
"Draft Report of the Committee of Financial Experts on the Examination of the Mutual Aid Plan During the Period of the Marshall Plan," May 1948. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"ECA Observers of OEEC Committees," n.d. Mimeographed lists
"Hoffman's 34 Basic Functions of ECA," July 16, 1948. Memorandum. Hectographed copy
"Memorandum on the Preliminary Draft Arrangement for Mutual Assistance Between Participating Countries During the Period Covered by the European Rehabilitation Programme," May 24, 1948. Mimeographed copy
"Report of Committee (Advisory Steering Committee) on Organization for ERP," October 21, 1947. State Department Memorandum by Melvin L. Manfull. Hectographic copy
"Selective Topical Index of P.L. 472, Title I," n.d. Index for the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948. Mimeographed copy
Miscellany
Organization for European Economic Co-operation
Council. Minutes of meetings. Mimeographed copies
May 12 to August 4, 1948
August 5 to September 11, 1948
Executive Committee. Minutes of meetings. Mimeographed copies. September 20 to October 14, 1948
Intra-European Trade and Payments
Official memoranda
June to August 1948
October to November 1948
Reports
"Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensations: Report for October," November 23, 1948, by the Bank for International Settlements. Mimeographed copy
"Application of the Intra-European Payments Scheme," October 12, 1948, by A. W. Marget. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Balance of Payments Information," July 28, 1948. Memorandum from A. W. Marget to C. Hoover. Typescript
"Comparison of 26 May Paper with Present Situation," August 1, 1948 (?), by Lindsay. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Creation of Additional National Currency Counterpart to Facilitate Intra-European Payments," June 11, 1948. Memorandum from W. M. Tomlinson to A. W. Marget. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Estimates of Intra-ERP Dollar Payments in the Third Quarter," July 2, 1948. Memorandum from Richard M. Bissell to W. A. Harriman. Typescript (carbon copy)
"The External Aspects of Europe's Economic Problems," n.d. by E. A. G. Robinson and G. D. A. MacDougall. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Intra-European Balances of Payments," April 30, 1948. Memorandum from Geiger and Lindsay to Bissell. Typescript (carbon copy)
"The Intra-European Clearing System," May 24, 1948, by Geiger and Lindsay. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Intra-European Payments Clearing System," May 27, 1948. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon and photocopies)
"Intra-European Trade and Payments: Basic Document," n.d. Report. Mimeographed copy
"Intra-European Trade Payments Problem," June 2, 1948. Memorandum from the National Advisory Council. Mimeographed copy and cover letter
"Introduction of Incentives into the Multilateral Payments Scheme," September 4, 1948. Memorandum from Lindsay to C. Hoover. Typescript (carbon copy)
Letter from Hammarskjold to Rosen, September 6, 1948. Typescript (carbon copy)
Letter from W. Averell Harriman to R. Marjolin, June 14, 1948. Typescript (carbon copy)
Letter from R. Marjolin to W. Averell Harriman, June 9, 1948. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Memorandum on Some Aspects of Intra-European Trade and Payments," May 10, 1948. Memorandum from G. Malagodi. Two typescripts (carbon copies)
"Methods of Allocating Conversion of $70m Among Creditor Countries," May 25, 1948. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Multilateralization of European Payments," 1947-48. Reports prepared by the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Mimeographed copy and cover letter
"Notes on Conversation with Gerald Van Loo of the U.K. Treasury on the Intra-European Payments Scheme," September 23, 1948, by Lindsay. Memorandum. Typescript
"Observations on Post-War Pattern of Intra-European Trade," May 1948, by Tomlinson (?). Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"OEEC Allocations and the Intra-European Payments Proposal," September 2, 1948. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Offshore Procurement in Europe," May 12, 1948, by Lindsay. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Outline of an Integrated Plan for the Financing and Multilateralization of Intra-European Payments," n.d. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Outline of Intra-European Payments Problem and Suggested Solution," May 1948, by Tomlinson (?). Memorandum. Typescript
"Progress of Finance Working Party on Intra-European Payments," June 1948. Memorandum by Tomlinson to Marget. Typescript (carbon copy)
"A Proposal for the Revival of Intra-European Trade on a Miltilateral Basis," September 29, 1947. Memorandum from Th. Geiger to W. Y. Elliott. Typescript (Carbon copy)
"Proposal for Use of E.R.P. Funds in Conjunction with Credit for Loosening Up Intra-European Payments Position," May, 1948, by Connally. Memorandum. Typescript
"Recent Progress of OEEC on Intra-European Trade and Payments," June 7, 1948. Memorandum by William M. Tomlinson to W. Averell Harriman. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Recommended Measures to Reduce Demand on U.S. During Third Quarter by Promoting Trade in European Exportable Surpluses," June 10, 1948. Memorandum from Paul R. Porter to W. Averell Harriman. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Schema d'assistence mutuelle," May 10, 1948. Memorandum from F. le Norcy to W. Tomlinson. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Western Hemisphere Payments," n.d. Memorandum from Finletter to Lindsay. Typescript (carbon copy)
Miscellany
Programs
Program for the fourth quarter, 1948. Memoranda. Mimeographed and typescript copies
Program for 1948-49: "Report to ECA on the First Annual Programme, 1st July 1948 to 30th July 1949," Mimeographed copies
Part I. General
Part II. Reports to Technical committees
Amendments
Export-import tables by country
Export-import tables by commodity
Press communique
Part I, in French
Part II, in French
Program for 1949-50
General. Memoranda. Mimeographed copies
"OSR (Office of the Special Representative) Comments on OEEC Interim Report," n.d. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy
"Review of OEEC Report on the 1949/50 Program," n.d. Memorandum by Carter de Paul and Phyllis Leuchtenburg to Bob Macy. Mimeographed copy.
Long term program (1949-52)
General. Memoranda. Mimeographed copies
Preparation of the reports
Timetables for preparation of the Interim Report. Memoranda. Mimeographed and typescript copies
Instructions for preparation of national programs. Memoranda. Mimeographed copies
Screening of national programs. Memoranda. Mimeographed copies
Progress reports. Memoranda. Mimeographed, typescript, and handwritten copies
"Statistical Summary of the National Long Term Programmes," November 10, 1948. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy.
"Technical Aspects of the Long Term Programme," November 25, 1948. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy and cover letter
Reports on programming activities
"Draft Note on the Co-ordination of Capital Development Programmes," n.d. Memorandum. Two typescripts (carbon copies)
"General Outline for Statistical Indicators of Recovery in the Western European Participating Countries," September 6, 1948. Memorandum to C. Hoover and Arthur from E. R. Gray. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Measure of Co-operation," n.d. Draft of unidentified chapter. Typescript and mimeographed copies
"Problems of Collecting, Evaluating and Transmitting ERP Data," May 24, 1948, by Lindsay and Geiger. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Programming," April 30, 1948, by Lindsay and Geiger. Two drafts of memorandum. Typescript (carbon copies)
"Report to Washington on the Long Term Program," November 8, 1948, by Henry B. Arthur. Typescript (carbon copy)
Interim Report on the European Recovery Programme
Volume I: "Report of the Council of the Organization for European Economic Co-operation to the United States Economic Co-operation Administrtion, on the first stages of the European Recovery Programme, dated 30th December 1948." Drafts. Mimeographed copies
Table of Contents
December 11 draft
December 21 draft
Tables. Miscellaneous charts. Typescript (carbon copy)
Chapter 1, "Introduction"
December 11 draft
December 21 draft
Chapter 2, "The Background of Western Europe's Economic Problems"
December 14 draft
Chapter 3, "The Problems of Production"
December 12 draft
December 18 draft
Chapter 4, "The Balances of Payments with the Outside World"
December 3 draft
December 12 draft
December 12 amendment
December 21 draft
Chapter 5, "Intra-European Trade and Payments"
December 14 draft
December 21 draft
Chapter 6, "Use of Resources in Western Europe"
December 12 draft
December 21 draft
Chapter 7, "The Role of European Co-operation in the Recovery Programme"
December 14 draft
December 20 draft
Chapter 8, "The Problems Confronting Western Europe"
December 14 draft
December 22 draft
Appendix A, "Summaries of National Programmes"
December 11 to 13 drafts
December 17 draft
Appendix B, "The Agenda for Future Action," unpublished
December 13 draft
Amendments, December 30
Volume II: "National programmes of Members for the recovery period ending 30th June, 1952, submitted to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation." Drafts and reports. Mimeographed copies
Chapter 1, "Austria"
Long term program
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical Committee reports
Production and consumption tables
Memorandum
Chapter 2, "Benelux"
Long term program
Comments by the Secretariat General
Production and consumption tables
Memoranda
Chapter 3, "Denmark"
Long term program. Printed copy
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Production and consumption tables
Memoranda
Chapter 4. "France"
Long term program, in French. Printed copy
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General
Production and consumption tables
Chapter 5, "Greece"
Comments by the Secretariat General
Recommended ECA allocations for Greece.
Balance of Payments
Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
Chapter 6, "Iceland"
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Balance of payments
Chapter 7, "Ireland"
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Chapter 8, "Italy"
Long term program, in French. Printed copy
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General
Production and consumption tables
Balance of payments
Chapter 9, "Norway"
Long term program
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Balance of payments
Chapter 10, "Portugal"
Long term program
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General
Chapter 11, "Sweden"
Long term program
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General
Production and consumption tables, in French
Chapter 12, "Switzerland"
Long term program
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Chapter 13, "Turkey"
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Chapter 14, "United Kingdom"
Long term program. Printed copy
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Memoranda
Chapter 15, "Bizone"
Long term program
Technical committee reports
Comments by the Secretariat General
Production and consumption tables
Balance of Payments
Coal report
Food and agriculture report
Chapter 16, "Bizone"
Fuel and power report
Industry report
Petroleum report
Power supply report
Trade report
Chapter 17, "Trieste"
Long term program
Discussion of the Long Term Working Group
Comments by the Secretariat General and production and consumption tables
Volume III: "O.E.E.C. Technical Reports." Progress reports. Mimeographed copies.
Directives to technical committees, 1948
Chemical Products Committee, November 9, 1948
Electricity Committee, November 5, 1948
Food and Agriculture Committee, November 8, 1948
Inland Transport Committee, November 5, 1948
Iron and Steel Committee, December 3 and 6, 1948
Machinery Committee, November 6 and 24, 1948
Manpower Committee, October 28 and November 6, 1948
Maritime Transport Committee, November 6, 1948
Oil Committee, November 6, 1948
Overseas Territories Committee, November 12 and 17, 1948, in French
Raw Materials Committee, September 27 and November 9, 1948
Textiles Committee, November 6, 1948
Timber Committee, November 6, 1948
Tourism Committee, October 29, 1948
Trade, Committee, November 6, 1948
Subject File, 1944-1958, 1976
Scope and Content Note
American Mission for Aid to Greece (AMAG)
"Additional Information requested by Subcommittee D of the Select Committee on Foreign Aid," October 13, 1947. Report. Mimeographed copy and cover letter
"Agricultural Institutions in Greece," July 1944, by the Foreign Economic Administration. Report. Mimeographed copy.
"AMAG Comments on Greek Marshall Aid Plan," November 13, 1947. Report. Typescript and cover letter
"Brief Summary of Activities of the Royal Hellenic Navy and U.S. Navy Group's Aid Program," August 12, 1947. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy
"Briefing Conference for Jenkins Subcommittee at Embassy," October 6, 1947. Report. Typescript (carbon copy) and cover letter
"Comments made by Colonel Lehner before Congressional Group," September 22, 1947. Memorandum. Typescript and carbon copy
"Division of Agriculture," September 19, 1947. Typescript and carbon copy
"Greek Armed Forces." December 16, 1947 by Pipinelis. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy) and cover letter "Greek Situation," October 13, 1947, by Lindsay. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Information Available Subsequent to the Quarterly Report to Congress," n.d. Memorandum. Typescript
"Legal Relations between the Mission and the Greek Government," n.d. Memorandum. Two typescripts (carbon copies)
"Memorandum," May 27, 1947, by M. W. Fodor. Typescript
"Northern Provinces of Greece," January 8, 1948, by Vassili Dendramis. Memorandum. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Notes on Reconstruction for Briefing Sessions with Congressional Committees," n.d. Two typescripts (carbon copies)
"Opening Statement by Chief of Mission for Congressional Delegation," n.d. Draft of speech. Two typescripts (carbon copies
"Preliminary Exchange of Notes between U.S. and Greek Governments on Greek Aid Program," May 26 to June 18, 1947. Correspondence. Mimeographed copy.
"Reconstruction Budget," November 6, 1947. Typescript (photocopy)
"Report of the Economic Adviser and Director of the Public Finance Division," September 22, 1947, by Eugene H. Clay. Memorandum. Two typescripts (carbon copies)
"Report of the Economic Adviser of the American Mission for Aid to Greece on the Economic and Financial Condition of Greece," December 1, 1947. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy
"Statement Concerning Civil Government Division," n.d. Memorandum. Typescript and carbon copy
"Tentative Report of the American Economic Mission to Greece," April 25, 1947. Report. Mimeographed copy
Part I
Part II
"United States Post-War Aid to Greece," December 11, 1947, by Lindsay. Typescript (carbon copy)
Miscellany
European Management Group
List of names
Correspondence
Memoranda of conversations
Proposals
"Economic Unification of Western Europe," May 1947, by Lindsay. Four drafts. Typescript and carbon copies
"Organization of a Managerial Group for European Reconstruction," May 16 and June 1947, by Lindsay. Typescript and carbon copy
"Technical and Managerial Functions," July 10, 1947, by Lindsay. Typescript (carbon copy)
Untitled, June 23 and 26, 1947, by Lindsay. Typescript
France. "The Monnet Four-Year Plan for the French Economy," February 28, 1947. Report of the State Department, Office of Ingelligence Research. Hectographed copy
House Select Committee on Foreign Aid (Herter Committee)
"Country Section of Final Report," March 4, 1948, by Lindsay. Herter Committee report. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Draft of Thoughts on the Major Problems of the Marshall Proposals," n.d. Memoranda for the staff of the Herter Committee. Mimeographed copies
"The European Recovery Program: Dollar needs and Dollar Resources," n.d. Memorandum on Herter Committee stationary. Mimeographed copy
"Memorandum for Congressman Herter," February 6, 1948. Suggestions about labor leaders in ERP and resumes. Typescript copies
"The Place of the United States in European Industrial Development," April 10, 1948, by Lindsay. Memorandum for Herter Committee. Typescript and printed copies.
"Preliminary Report of the House Select Committee on Foreign Aid," November 4, 1947. Resolution. Printed and mimeographed copies.
International Reconstruction Organization, June 16, 1947. Proposal by J. F. Zwicky. Typescript
Italy. Correspondence and reports concrning post-war economic situation. Typescript and hectographed copies
Netherlands
"Answers to Questions of the Select Committee on Foreign Aid," September 1947. Report of the American Embassy, The Hague, and the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs. Mimeographed copy
"The Benelux Agreement," February 20, 1948, by Lindsay. Memorandum to the Herter Committee. Two typescript drafts (carbon copies)
"The Benelux Customs Convention between the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union and the Netherlands," August 11, 1947. Report of the American Embassy in Brussels. Hectographed copy
"Memorandum on the Foreign Exchange Position (of the Netherlands)," April 23, 1947. Report of the Minister of Finance, The Hague. Mimeographed copy
"The Netherlands after the War," September 17, 1947. Memorandum. Mimeographed copy
"Netherlands Trade with Germany," October 1947. Report of the Netherlands Trust Company. Typescript (carbon copy)
"Notes taken at the Meeting Held at Baron von Boetzelaer's Residence." September 17, 1947. Memorandum for Herter Committee. Mimeographed copy
Possible exports from the Netherlands to the United States, October 1947. Correspondence between Herter Committee and the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs. Typescripts.
Soviet Union. "Soviet Fulfillment of the Fourth Five-Year Plan in 1946 and Prospects for 1947," May 26, 1947. Report of the State Department, Office of Intelligence Research. Mimeographed copy
Trieste. "Sea and Rail Traffic Through Trieste in 1947," n.d. Memorandum from Leonard Unger to J. J. Kaplan. Hectographed copy
United Nations
Memoranda relating to the Atomic Energy Commission report, January 1947. Typescript (carbon copies)
Memoranda relating to the Military Staff Committee May to June 1947. Mimeographed copies
Yugoslavia
"Conversation in Dubrovnik," October 5, 1976, by Lindsay. Memorandum concerning partisan operations in World War II. Typescript (photocopy)
"Developments in Yugoslavia, March-August 1945," September 1946, by Lindsay. Report. Typescript (carbon copy)
Incremental Materials, 1982
President's Task force on Government Organization, 1967
Working Papers, June 1967
Final Reports, September 1967
Final Report, October 1967
Richard M. Nixon presidential transition memoranda
Preparing for the post-election transition, August, October 1968
National Security, November 1968
Staffing the White House, November 1968
Executive Branch Organization, December 1968
Increment, 1992
Eisenhower's United States Presidential Campaign schedules, 1952
Increment, 1993
Beacons in the Night research materials,
Scope and Content Note
Beacons in the Night oversize research materials,
Scope and Content Note
Increment, 2010
Subject Files
Covert Activities, typescript, by Richard M. Bissell, Jr. Memorandum containing policy recommendations on this topic, addressed to Franklin Lindsay and Roger Fisher, 17 September 1968
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, reference material
Yugoslavia
Declassified U.S. government documents (photocopies), 1945-1947
Yugoslav-American Conference, Dubrovnik, 1976
Seminard and Study Groups
National Planning Association, Committee on Security through Arms Control, 1958
Council on Foreign Relations, discussion group on Political Aspects of Unconventional Warfare, 1962
Harvard-M.I.T. Arms Control Seminar, 1961-1968
List of participants, 1961-1968
Memoranda, minutes, and reports
1961
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
1967-1968
Cambridge Discussion Group (on Vietnam War), 1966
Council on Foreign Relations, discussion group on Intelligence and Foreign Policy, 1967
Council on Foreign Relations, discussion group on Intelligence and Foreign Policy, 1968
Bermuda Vietnam Memorandum (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), 1968
Richard M. Nixon presidential transition
Task forces, various, 1968
Task force on Organization of the Executive Branch, 1968
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace-Brookings Institution, Strategic Arms Policy Study Group, 1969
Intelligence Study Group, Institute of Politics, Harvard University, 1975-1976
Correspondence
Draft report
Memoranda
Meeting minutes
Notes
Participant lists
Reference material
National Academy of Sciences, Panel on the Impact of National Security Controls On International Technology Transfer, 1985
Writings and Speeches
Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Affairs, January 1962
A Possible Nuclear Alternate to the Plutonium Breeder Reactor, typescript, 1976
From Partisans to Contras: Revolutions and Foreign Interventions, typescript Draft, two files, 1988
Kiev Talk, 22 May 1991
Soviet Enterprises Will Need Help in Adapting to a Market Environment, 26 August 1991
Defense Conversion in the United States, 27 November 1991
Echoes of Hitler in Milosevic's Suppression in Kosovo, Boston Globe, 26 June 1998
Declassified U.S. government records, 1945.
Scope and Content Note
Records released in 2010, 1945