applications engineering, aircraft production, guided missiles, military assistance programs, research, and public affairs, 1947-53. Also included are some records of the Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee on the Development of the Atomic Energy Program, 194754, a personnel security policy file, 195154, and records of the Office of the General Counsel, including the Loyalty Security Board file, 1947-55. RECORDS OF THE DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. 1949-53. 93 lin. ft. The Defense Management Committee was established as an agency of the Office of the Secretary of Defense on August 10, 1949, to improve organizational structure, interdepartmental working relationships, and management in the Department. It was redesignated the Defense Management Council Staff on June 21, 1952, and abolished in August, with continuing projects reassigned among staff agencies of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and military departments. Records consist of minutes and agenda of meetings, charts, directives, reports, studies, and correspondence; and studies of interdepartmental working relationships, policies, procedures, programs, and facilities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and military departments. Included are records of the Office of the Director of Administration, the Munitions Board Committee on Facilities and Services, and the Advisory Committee on Service Pay. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER). 1947-57. 49 lin. ft. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) assists the Secretary in his programing, budgetary, and fiscal functions; provides for resources management systems throughout DOD; and collects, analyzes, and reports resources information for the Secretary, the Bureau of the Budget, the Congress, the General Accounting Office, and other agencies. The records consist of general correspondence, 1947-55, and Fiscal Management Staff reports and correspondence relating to procedures and operations and to surveys of facilities at installations, 1950-53. Records of the Progress Reports and Statistics Division consist of facility expansion studies, 1952-54, supply operations reports, 1952-53, public works commitment reports, 1951-53, inventories of military real property, 1954-57, and cost reports of training foreign nationals, 1952-53. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary in manpower, personnel, and reserve affairs, including health and medical matters, Armed Forces information and education, health and sanitation, medical care and treatment of patients, hospitals and related health facilities, industrial relations, and Federal voting assistance. Records of the Executive Office include general correspondence, 194954, with indexes; correspondence maintained by Anna Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Personnel), 1951; weekly activity reports, 1951-53; and records of the Public Relations Advisory Council, 1948-49, the Citizens Advisory Committee on Medical Care of Dependents of Military Personnel (Moulton Commission), 1953, and the Advisory Commission on Service Pay (Hook Commission), 1947-50. Records of the Office of Administrative Services include correspondence, 1947-55, military defense assistance program reports, 1942-54, a Budget and Finance Division U.S. regional organization file, 1951-54, Personnel Division personal name files, 1949-54, and Administrative Facilities and Service Division space reports, 1948-55. ence, Records of the Office of Armed Forces Information and Education and its predecessors consist of correspond1943-52; Research Division records relating to universal military training surveys, 1942-54; a historical file, 1941-55; surveys of troop attitudes and opinions, 1942-55, with indexes; and attitude reports of overseas personnel, 1942-43, with indexes. Records of the Office of Domestic Programs consist of Civil Defense Division general records, 1941-56. Records of the Office of Manpower Utilization consist of correspondence, 1950-53; workload strength, personnel, and reports, 1951-52; military occupational classification project reports, 1948-51; training cost studies and reports, 194953; Army strength reports, 1951-52; tables of organization and equipment special projects file, 1953-54; and reports of meetings of the National Security Training Commission, 1951. Records of the Office of Personnel Policy include a Civilian Personnel Policy Division general file, 1948-52; Separation Committee reports and correspondence, including special and final reports of the Committee on Retirement Policy for Federal Personnel, 1952-54; and Military Personnel Policy Division records, 1949-52. Records of the Personnel Policy Board consist of directives, minutes and agenda, and a historical file, 1949-51; correspondence, 1948-51; joint agreements, 1942-49; military occupational classification project contracts and subcommittee studies, 1948-51; and decoration and award studies, 1945-51. Other records consist of Armed Services Personnel Board agenda, minutes, and correspondence, 1947-50; Joint Army and Navy Personnel Board correspondence, 1942-47; and Office of Per sonnel Security Policy correspondence, 1951-54. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary for international security and issues instructions for carrying out security policies approved by the Secretary of Defense. Records of the Executive Office consist of conference notes, 195052, correspondence, 1952-53, monthly activity reports, 1950-55, export control security lists, 1951-54, U.S. European Command effectiveness reports, 195354, State Department documents relating to the participation of U.S. delegates in the development of plans and policies for defense of the United Nations, 195254, and transcripts of proceedings of congressional committees relating to the allotment of appropriated funds to foreign nations under the mutual security program, 1952-53. Records of the Office of Military Assistance consist of correspondence relating to the military defense assistance program, 1949-53, Military Assistance Advisory Group activity reports, 1952-53, Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee records, 1949-50, and Military Information Control Committee records, 1949-51. Other records include a Statistical Section subject file, 195052, case files of the Reimbursable Aid Branch, 1949-55, and minutes, reports, studies, and other documents relating to the Geneva Conference ("Summit Conference"), the Geneva meeting of foreign ministers, and a report of the Tripartite Working Group in Paris, 1953-55. Records of the Office of Special International Affairs consist of minutes, agenda, reports, and correspondence relating to military and economic development of nations belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1951-52, and correspondence of the Office of North Atlantic Treaty Affairs, 1949-53. There are general records of the Office of Programming and Control, 1950-51, Office of Military Aid Programs, 1950-53, and Office of Foreign Military Affairs, 1948-54. Records of the Office of Foreign Economic Defense Affairs include general records, 195253, and records of commissions, committees, and conferences in which the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) participated. They consist of reports, agenda, minutes, charters, correspondence, and other records, 1944-52, relating to trade agreements, international trade and tariff negotiations, economic potentialities of certain countries and territories, allocation of quotas of essential commodities supplied to foreign industries by U.S. export firms, and reciprocity information. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs) assisted the Secretary of Defense in departmental legislative programs, legislative liaison, and public information and other public affairs activities. In 1958 the office was reorganized and the functions divided between the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) for DOD relations with the Congress and an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) for public information activities and community relations. Records of the Office of Legislative Programs consist of correspondence, 1949-52. Records of the Office of Public Information consist of correspondence, 1940-52; activity reports, 1950-55; columnists' digests and feature articles, 1948-52; articles on George C. Marshall and James Forrestal, 1949-52; press items on the first Armed Forces Day, 1950, on investigation of B-36 aircraft, 1948-49, and on blacks' newspapers, 1944-46; news items, feature articles, and editorials concerning public opinion on national defense matters, 1948-51; and clippings, digests, and studies on universal military training and other subjects of interest to DOD, 1948-52. Records of the News Division consist of correspondence relating to the review and release of films and scripts, 1949; records relating to the production of motion pictures for the Armed Forces, 1943-52; general correspondence of the Pictorial Branch, 1951-53; correspondence relating to daily activities of the Still Pictures Section, 1951-52; minutes, 1949-53, and journals, 1951-53, of the National Organizations Branch; and news pamphlets of the Industrial Services Branch, 1951-52. Records of the Office of Security Review consist of correspondence relating to review and release of military information for public dissemination, 1945-54; records relating to review of speeches of important persons, 1951, release of military security information on manufacture of aircraft and other Government-contracted items, 1948-50, and evaluation of foreign military intelligence after its release for public dissemination, 1953; and stenotype notes of speeches made by important persons at the Secretaries conference held at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va., July 23-26, 1953. Records of the Office of Special Services include correspondence and reference cards relating to military and civilian celebrations and special events in which the Armed Forces participated, 1948-52, with indexes, 1950-51; and records relating to air demonstrations and exhibits, 1948-52. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT storage, The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics) assisted the Secretary in planning procurement, production, distribution, transportation, communications, cataloging, requirements, and mobilization. The functions of this office were combined with those of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Properties and Installations) and redesignated Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics). The records include correspondence of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics), 1953-55, and policy directives for control of activities and instructions supplementing policies, plans, and directives, 1951-55. construction; real property maintenance and management; reserve facilities; and family housing. The duties of this office were combined with those of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics) and the office renamed Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics). Included are general records of the Storage and Distribution Division, relating to storage, distribution, mobilization planning, and material requirements, 1949-53; and surveys of the Office of the Director of Real Property Management, relating to Federal rent control, and correspondence of the Real Estate Division, 195153. RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF The Office was established in 1947 as the Research and Development Board; in 1953 the name was changed to Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Development); later it was renamed the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research-Development and Engineering), and still later, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. The Director supervises all DOD research Correspondence of the Office of Transportation and Communications relates to establishing plans, policies, and procedures for military transportation and traffic, 1949-55. Records of the Office of Procurement and Production Policies include a general subject file, 1951-53, production schedules for meeting Army, Navy, and Air Force needs, 1951-53, records relating to programing and for the Department of materials Defense, 1954-55, tabulations of World War II and Korean war reports on the dollar value of industrial shipments, 1941-52, and reports of the "Air Force Jewel Elgin Bearing Project," July 1954. General records of the Petroleum Logistics Division relate to various aspects of petroleum programs in the Zone of Interior and overseas, 1948-55. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT The functions of this office included real estate acquisition, use, and disposal; The engineering activities. Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group operate as separate agencies but are under the direction and supervision of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Almost all of the records were created by the Research and Development Board and its committees and panels. They relate to organizational plans and policies, the allocation of research and development responsibilities to military departments, and recommendations on fiscal and budgetary aspects of programs, 1946-53; the status of research and development projects of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, 194654; and meetings of the committees and e its N ૨ panels, 1946-51. Records of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group consist of correspondence, 1948-53, and reports and staff studies relating to analysis and evaluation of weapons and weapons systems, 1951-55. RECORDS RELATING TO Included are general records of the Armed Forces Medical Policy Council, relating to plans and policies for health and medical programs, 1949-52, standardization of medical services, 1949-53, and implementation of the whole blood and blood derivatives programs, 195052. There are some reports, studies, directives, and agenda of medical committee meetings, 1949-52; and transcripts of meetings of the Military Medical Advisory Council, 1950. Records of the Hawley Board/ Committee consist of a study of military medical services, 1948-49, subcommittee reports and studies, 1948-49, and reports of the Hoover Commission Task Force on Government medical services, 1948. Records of the Armed Forces Medical Advisory Committee, known also as the Cooper Committee, include minutes, reports, and publications relating to the reorganization of medical services and to cooperation between civilian and military medical groups, 1946-51. Records of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Medical) consist of studies relating to joint use of medical services in the Zone of Interior and overseas, 1954, and minutes, reports, and press releases relating to the blood program, 1950-54. RECORDS OF THE MUNITIONS The Munitions Board, established in 1947, coordinated DOD activities in industrial matters, planned military aspects of industrial mobilization, assigned interservice procurement responsibility, prepared potential production and personnel estimates for evaluating logistic feasibility of strategic operation, determined priorities within military procurement programs, supervised subordinate agencies, established interservice logistic organization, developed policy for military vs. civilian requirements, and reconciled Joint Chiefs of Staff logistic requirements with those of supply agencies and recommended action to the Secretary of Defense. The Board was dissolved June 30, 1953, and most of its functions were transferred to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics). Records of the Office of the Chairman include correspondence of Gen. Leroy Lutes, Chairman, 1948, and correspondence relating to surveys dealing with aircraft procurement and appropriations for the Armed Forces, 1948; records of the historian and special assistant to the Chairman, 1948-53; records maintained by Chairmen Donald F. Carpenter, Hubert E. Howard, and Thomas J. Hargrave; and records of the Acting Chairman and Deputy Chairman, 1947-50. General records, 1942-53, consist of minutes and agenda, issuances, reports, correspondence, and historical files. There are indexes to the minutes and some cross-reference sheets filed with the decimal correspondence. The records relate to organization and functions of the Board, policies affecting production and distribution of supplies and equipment, material requirements, procurement coordination between the Air Force and the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in connection with industrial mobilization, and procurement, distribution, and stockpiling of critical materials. Other records include those of the Office of the Vice Chairman for Production and Requirements, 1951-52; and minutes, issuances, reports, surveys, studies, correspondence, and related |