records, with some indexes, of the Offices of Programming, 1942-53, Production Equipment, 1949-53, Support Materiel Programs, 1941-52, Priorities and Controls, 1950-53, Clothing, Equipage, and Subsistence Program, 194952, Petroleum Programs, 1946-53, Guided Missiles Programs, 1945-46, Industrial Security, 1942-52, Aircraft Programs, 1948-52, and Material Resources, 194453. There are some records of the Office of the Vice Chairman for International Programs, 1951-52, and the Office of the Vice Chairman for Supply Management, 1949-53, including the Offices of Small Business, 1952-53, and Supply, 1950-53. Also records of the Industrial Advisory Committee, 1949-53; the Armed Services Petroleum Board, 1943-51; the Joint Aircraft Committee, 1942-53, including the Subcommittee on Supply and Maintenance Requirements, 1940-51; and the Joint Logistics Committee, 1947-49. AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. 1949-61. 968 items. These consist of motion pictures (19 reels) of the inaugural parade and ceremonies for President Kennedy, 1961. Also sound recordings (949 items), including recordings of the Secretaries conference held at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va., July 23-26, 1953; of press conferences, briefings, speeches, and statements of DOD and other Government officials, political and military leaders, and others on defense policy, foreign affairs, military aid, and the Korean war; and of radio and TV programs, 1949-60. RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF The Joint Chiefs of Staff were originally the U.S. members of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, an agency established February 6, 1942, to ensure coordination of the war effort of Great Britain and the United States. The National Security Act of 1947 established the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a permanent agency within the National Military Establishment, now the Department of Defense. Principal military advisers of the President, National Security Council, and Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman, the Army Chief of Staff, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Air Force Chief of Staff. Their major duties include preparation of strategic plans and joint review of major material, personnel, and logistic requirements of the Armed Forces, and formulation of policies for joint training of the Armed Forces. The Chairman serves as presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides agenda for their meetings, and informs the Secretary of Defense of issues upon which no agreement has been reached. There are 31 cubic feet of records dated between 1942 and 1953 in this record group. INSTRUMENTS OF SURRENDER AND ARMISTICE. 1942-53. 1 roll of microfilm. These documents consist of microfilm copies of instruments of surrender of the German forces signed at Luneburg, May 4, 1945, at Reims, May 7, 1945, and at Berlin, May 8, 1945, including authorizations to the German representatives to sign on the behalf of the German Government and orders of the Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces, to the German High Command; instruments of surrender of the Japanese forces signed in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945; instruments of surrender of Japanese forces in southern Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Ryukyus, Philippines, and Ocean, Nauru, and Saishu Islands, September 1945; and the Korean Armistice Agreement of June 8, 1953, and the Temporary Agreement Supplementary to the Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953. GENERAL RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE. 1942-46. 31 lin. ft. This research and development committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff functioned from February 1942 to June 1946, when its functions and personnel were transferred to the Joint Research and Development Board (later the Research and Development Board/ Committee). Records consist mainly of reports and general correspondence on evaluation of new weapons and equipment and use of guided missiles and other strategic weapons. AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. 1942-46. 9 reels. These consist of motion pictures of the Joint New Weapons Committee, relating to development of radar, guided missiles, and other equipment and weapons. Microfilm Publication: German, Japanese, and Korean Surrender Documents for World War II, T826, 1 roll. RECORDS OF THE DEFENSE ATOMIC SUPPORT AGENCY (RECORD GROUP 374) The Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA) succeeded on May 6, 1959, the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP) that, in turn, had replaced the Manhattan Engineer District in 1947. DASA is an interservice agency whose director is responsible to the Secretary of Defense through the Joint Chiefs of Staff. DASA DASA administers Defense Department nuclear weapons policy and programs and the nuclear stockpile, coordinates policy with the Atomic Energy Commission and advises the Joint Chiefs of Staff on nuclear weapons matters, performs research and testing, inspects installations associated with nuclear activities, and conducts training and educational programs. DASA also maintains and operates the Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center and provides support for the Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group. The agency maintains a headquarters in Washington, a joint task force, a test command, a field command in Albuquerque, N. Mex., an Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Md., and military units at certain storage locations. There are 450 cubic feet of records dated between 1943 and 1955 in this record group. GENERAL RECORDS. 1947-55. 181 lin. ft. Almost all general records are in classified decimal correspondence files, 1947-55, and relate to policy and programs for organization, administration, and operation of nuclear weapons programs. The files consist of issuances, intraoffice communications, reports of investigations and inspections, correspondence, and reference material. RECORDS OF OFFICES, DIVISIONS, AND BRANCHES. 1943-55. 45 lin. ft. These include a subject correspondence file, 1945-54, of the Office of the Deputy Chief; records of the Office of the Technical Director, including minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Armed Forces-Atomic Energy Commission Panel on Radiological Warfare and the Ad Hoc Committee on underwater atomic weapons testing, 1947-54; reports concerning the evaluation and analysis of research and development projects, 1943-48, of the Office of the Historian; the special projects file of the Analysis Branch, Weapons Effects Division, consisting of correspondence and other records relating to the collection of atomic weapon effects and the development of radiological defense procedures, 1950-53; logs and journals of the Radiation Branch, 1947-54; technical publications of the Technical Library Branch, 1946-50; records of the Security Division, consisting of the counterintelligence investigative file, 1947-52, and material relating to security clearances and the exchange of information with foreign countries, 1952-54; a Budget and Fiscal Division subject file of correspondence relating to budget estimates and justifications, 1947-55, and the subject file of reports, contracts, correspondence, and other records relating to construction of facilities at test sites, 1948-51; records of the Plans Division, consisting of the organizational planning records of the Manpower and Organization Branch, 1952-55; records of the Special Field Projects Division, consisting of reports, budgetary records, correspondence, and records relating to Operation Wigwam, 1953-55; records of the Test Division, consisting of the special operations file of orders, reports, and correspondence relating to special atomic weapons test operations, 1948-53; and records of the Weapons Development Division, relating to development, production, and administrative practices concerning nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, 1948-53. RECORDS OF SPECIAL AFSWP personnel served on occasion in facilities of the Atomic Energy Commission to collaborate on matters relating to military application of Commission work. Records of special detachments consist of the file of general and special orders relating to military personnel assigned to the detachment at Oak Ridge, Tenn., 1943-52, and the administrative subject decimal file of the 8453d Antiaircraft Unit, Special Weapons Detachment, 1946-52. RECORDS OF JOINT TASK For each AFSWP nuclear test operation a specific joint task force was established, composed of a task group from each service. The groups were identified by a decimal added to the number designating the task force. Special technical groups associated with a specific operation were also identified in this manner. Records of Joint Task Force 1 relate chiefly to Operation Crossroads and subsequent followup activities. The records include a numeric-subject correspondence file, 1946-47, the numeric file of the Bikini Scientific Resurvey Group, 1947-48, and records of the Office of the Director of Ship Material relating to the planning, preparation, and execution of all nonscientific matters in the operation. Other records include incoming and outgoing messages, 1946, civilian and military orders, 1946, personal history data, 1946, a commendation file, 1945-46, and letters, formal petitions, and other records relating to protests against the testing, 1946. Records of the Army Ground Group at Bikini consist of Operation Plan 1-46 with attached organization charts, annexes, appendixes, and photographs, 1946; a reading file relating to quartermaster activities during the operation, 1946; and test crew reports Records of Joint Task Force 3 relate to Operation Greenhouse and include general correspondence relating to organization and administration, 194951; a personal name file of orders and other records relating to the assignment, travel, and relief of personnel, 1950-51; cost control reports relating to expenditures, 1949-51; a general topic file of orders, memorandums, reports, and journals; and a supply administrative file, 1950-52. Records of Task Group 3.2 (Army) consist of incoming messages, 1950-51. Records of Task Group 3.3 (Navy) consist of correspondence logs and copies of outgoing messages, 195051, and a numeric file of correspondence relating to the Navy's role in the operation, 1950-52. Records of Task Group 3.4 (Air Force) consist of a decimal correspondence file, 1950-51; a general file of orders, plans, and diaries, 1950-51; transcripts of teleconferences, 1950-51; and reports, summaries, and procedural instructions. Joint Task Force 7 participated in both Operation Sandstone and Operation Castle. Records of this joint task force consist of the general records, with index, of Operation Sandstone, 1947-48; the decimal correspondence file of the Intelligence and Security Section of the Intelligence Division, 1947-48; and correspondence and other records relating to participation of the joint task force in Operation Castle, 1952-54. Records of Task Group 7.2 (Army) consist of the decimal administrative correspondence file, 1953-55, and memorandums, letters, and court-martial orders, 1953-55. Records of Task Group 7.3 (Navy) consist of messages, 1952, a numeric-subject file relating to Operation Ivy, 1952-53, and histories, 1948-53. Records of Task Group 7.6 (Joint Radiological Safety Group) consist of a subject file relating to conduct of radiological safety operations performed as part of Operation Sandstone, 1947-48. Joint Task Force 132 participated in Operation Ivy and in Operation Windstorm. The records include general decimal correspondence relating to Operation Windstorm, 1950-52, and histories and other papers of previous operations, 1949-52, of Task Group 132.2 (Army); and the decimal file, 1952, and general file, 1951-52, relating to the participation of Task Group 132.4 (Air Force) in Operation Ivy. Joint and Combined Military Agencies RECORDS OF ALLIED OPERATIONAL AND OCCUPATION HEADQUARTERS, WORLD WAR II (RECORD GROUP 331) Through the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS), established at Washington in January 1942, Great Britain and the United States controlled Allied efforts in World War II. The CCS was responsible for all overseas operations and for occupation headquarters that were essentially inter-Allied, and collaborated in formu lating and executing plans for strategic conduct of the war, determining requirements, and allocating munitions, transportation, and other resources. InterAllied operational headquarters were created locally to administer those functions. The complete records of World War II inter-Allied headquarters are kept at both London and Washington, either in their original form or on microfilm. There are 17,948 cubic feet of records dated between 1938 and 1954 in this record group. RECORDS OF SUPREME SHAEF, established in Febru- There are also plans, fortnightly reports, messages, conference notes, war diaries, and general correspondence of SHAEF missions, 1944-45, established in liberated Belgium (on microfilm), Denmark, France, the Netherlands (on microfilm), Luxembourg, and Norway to represent the Supreme Allied Commander in and maintain contact with those countries without interfering with military operations. The Allied Expeditionary Air Force, organized in November 1943 to furnish air support for ground operations in Europe, was renamed Air Staff, SHAEF, in October 1944. In July 1945 it was discontinued. The records (most are in the Historical Division Archives, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.), 1943-45, include general correspondence, radio messages, directives, operational plans, minutes, and photographs relating to the combined bomber offensive over Europe. RECORDS OF SUBORDINATE These consist of general correspondence and other records of the 1st Allied Airborne Army and the 6th and 21st Army Groups (21st on microfilm), 194445, and the 12th Army Group, 1943-45; and records of the Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force, 1944-45 (partly on microfilm). RECORDS OF COMBINED LIQUIDATING AGENCIES. 1945-47. 11 lin. ft. After the inactivation of SHAEF in July 1945, the Combined Administrative Liquidating Agency and its successor, the Combined Civil Affairs Liquidating Agency, dissolved the joint or combined organizational elements of SHAEF. The records consist of general correspondence, 1945-46; and vouchers, bills, receipts, ledgers, and commodity lists relating to the disposal of property and supplies and to microfilming, processing, and shipping records of SHAEF and its subordinate headquarters, 1945 47. |