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SOURCE NOTE
The materials microfilmed for this publication are reproduced from Record
Group 59 located at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.
EDITORIAL NOTE
The Department of State’s files in Record Group 59 are composed of Central
Files, records originating from various embassies and consulates, other agencies,
and within the State Department itself; and “Special Files” or Lot Files, records
maintained by various offices, bureaus, individuals, and committees in the
department. The records microfilmed for this publication are reproduced from four
Special Files and two Central Files.
The Special Files are Miscellaneous Records relating to Japan and Korea,
1945–1953 Lot Files 56D225 and 56D256; Records of the Mutual Security Program,
East Asian Country Files, 1953–1953 Lot File 59D448; Office of the Legal Advisor,
East Asian Branch, Subject and Country Files, 1941–1962 Lot File 65D324; and
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Office of East Asian Affairs, Records relating to North
Korea, Japan, and the Republic of China, 1966 Lot File 68D121.
The Central Files are Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Office of East Asian Affairs,
Central File, 1958–1963 Lot Files 63D168, 65D235, 66D224, and 66D245; and
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Office of East Asian Affairs, Central File, 1947 [1954]–
1964 Lot File 66D225.
LexisNexis made its selection of which files to microfilm after an extensive
search of archival indexes for records relating to Northeast Asia and U.S. policy
from 1945 through 1966.
These records were microfilmed in their original archival order as filed by the
State Department. As a result, while most of the documents within each folder are
filmed in reverse chronological order, some are filmed in chronological sequence.
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