area directors and regional directors, and rent and price computation records for selected cities in the Southeast.

Archives Branch, Kansas City Federal Archives and Records Center

The branch has accessioned 8 cubic feet of Department of Agriculture Flax Investigation Project files that record the government's role in flax research from 1913 to 1947. There are research reports, program files, classification and agronomic studies, correspondence, and station files attributed to A. C. Dillman, associate agronomist. The bulk of the records cover research projects in the Great Plains states.

The branch also accessioned 4 cubic feet of Unemployment Insurance Program files, 197071, of the Manpower Administration, Department of Labor. The records relate to agency research and program planning functions and consist principally of correspondence and reports for lowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Archives Branch, Los Angeles Federal Archives and Records Center

The branch has accessioned 1 cubic foot of logs of the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Walnut for the period January 1, 1971, to December 31, 1973.

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

The Family Letters, 1860-1957, among the papers of Eleanor Roosevelt have been reviewed and are now open. They include letters to and from Mrs. Roosevelt's grandparents, Valentine G. Hall and Mary L. Hall; her parents, Elliott and Anna H. Roosevelt; her brother, G. Hall Roosevelt; her husband, FDR; and her aunt and uncle, Maude and David Gray. Further description may be found in the library Openings Book, 1974, and in the finding aid to the papers. Other openings in the collection include documents from General Correspondence, 1945-48; U.N. General Correspondence, Publications, and Human Rights Commission files; Ameri

can Association for the United Nations General Correspondence files; and the Miscellaneous Printed Materials series.

The papers of David Gray, uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt and minister to Ireland, 1940-47, have also been opened. Other documents now open in FDR's papers include Special Files in the Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt as Governor of New York; Official File 10, the Safe File, Confidential File, Diplomatic Correspondence, Departmental Correspondence, and Subject File series of the President's Secretary's File; and the Message Files, Trip Files, Special Files, Military Files, and the Naval Aide's File of the Map Room papers.

Finally, documents have been opened in the papers of Morris Cooke, Wayne Coy, Harry Hopkins, Lowell Mollet, R. Walton Moore, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Leland Olds, and in the records of the National Defense Advisory Commission, and the President's Soviet Protocol Committee. A list of restricted files opened from February 15 to May 15, 1974, is available free of charge from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY 12538.

Harry S. Truman Library

The library has accessioned papers, 6 cubic feet, of John D. Sumner, 1928-53, an economist and adviser at the U.S. Embassy in China, 1944-45; adviser to the Office of Financial and Development Policy of the Department of State, 1945-46; member of the Industrial Mission to China, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948; chief economic officer for the China Mission, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948-49; and economist with the Temporary Mission to Indonesia, 1950. Included are correspondence, memorandums, reports, notes, and published material.

Also accessioned were the papers of Roscoe E. Bell, 1930-53, an agronomist who joined the Department of the Interior in 1945 and served as assistant director of the Bureau of Land Management, 1948, associate director, 1948-51, and regional director, Pacific Northwest region, 1951-53.

Classified material has been opened in the

papers of Henry F. Grady and in the files of sixteen persons who served on the White House staff.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

The library has received less than a linear foot of material pertaining to articles written by Eisenhower for The Saturday Evening Post in 1963 and 1964. Also received were 2 linear feet of papers of Robert Humphreys, consisting of correspondence, speeches, reports, press releases, clippings, and other material reflecting his association with the Republican party.

The library has also received additions to the Walter Bedell Smith Collection of World War II Documents, 1941-45, including cable logs for January 1944-July 1945 and material concerning the capitulation of Italy in 1943; the Displaced Persons Operation of June 10, 1945; the Chief of Staff's Washington trip, May 1943; and plans for completion of the Combined Bomber Offensive, 1944, the bulk of which has been declassified and opened for research; papers of Milton S. Eisenhower, 18 linear feet, manuscripts and proofs of his book, The Wine Is Bitter and copies of speeches, articles, newsclippings, correspondence, photographs, tapes, scrapbooks, and memorabilia, 1938-73; papers of Major General Norman Cota, material primarily about Cota's part in World War II, 191362; and papers, less than a linear foot, of Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, albums of his correspondence with Eisenhower, 1951-58 and 1964-66.

More items from the records of Eisenhower as president, records of the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, of Philip E. Areeda, Don Paarlberg, Joseph Rand, and the papers of Henry S. Aurand, Arthur F. Burns, Joseph M. Dodge, C. D. Jackson, and Elwood R. Quesada have been declassified.

John F. Kennedy Library

The library recently accessioned the papers of William J. Crockett, Frank Mankiewicz, and

Thomas D'Alesandro. Crockett's files relate to his tenure as assistant secretary of state for administration, 1961-63, and deputy under secretary for administration, 1963-67. The material consists of 34 linear feet of correspondence, speeches, memorandums, and working papers. The collection is closed at present. The 22 linear feet of Mankiewicz's files pertain to his position as director of the Peace Corps in Lima, Peru, 1962-64; Peace Corps regional director for Latin America, 1964-66; press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy, 1966-68; and McGovern campaign director, 1972. The papers contain memorandums, correspondence, speeches, reports, and campaign material relating to the 1968 and 1972 presidential races. Permission of the donor is required to use them. D'Alesandro's papers relate to his career in federal and state government. Included are working papers, 60 linear feet, from his tenure as a member of the Renegotiation Board, 1961-69, and as mayor of Baltimore, 1947-59. The collection is closed to researchers at present.

Oral history interviews recently opened include those with John Chernenko and Edward A. Culley, West Virginia politicians; Raymond Hare, ambassador to Turkey; John S. Monagan, congressman from Connecticut; and Walter Spolar, campaign organizer. Also, transcripts of the Brandeis University-Kennedy Library conference on the origins of the war on poverty, held June 16-17, 1973, are now available for research.

Interview transcripts as follows are available in draft form with the permission of the person interviewed: John J. Burns, New York water supply commissioner, and campaign worker for Robert F. Kennedy; Seymour S. Kety, M.D., member of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Frank Mankiewicz, press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy; and George Stevens, director, Motion Picture Service, USIA.

The first segments of Robert F. Kennedy's papers have been opened: 10 linear feet of 1960 campaign files; a linear foot of civil rights files, 1961-64; and 4 linear feet of newsclippings relating to the work of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Fields, 1956-59. ᄆ

The Records Declassification Division was

established at the National Archives in October 1972. The division's primary responsibility is the systematic review of security-classified documents accessioned by the National Archives and currently at least thirty years old. The division reviews for declassification World War II records in the custody of the Military and the Civil Archives Divisions in the National Archives Building and the General Archives Division in the Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland.

Following is a brief description of significant records that have been declassified since March 1974 or that are undergoing review. Questions concerning records reported here as declassified or under review should be addressed to the division or branch holding the records. Restrictions on records in the National Archives prevent the release of some types of information although declassification has been completed.

1,000 cubic feet of Office of Strategic Service (OSS) Research and Analysis Branch files, 194045, is under way. Many OSS-originated documents in these files have been declassified; review of the remainder is continuing.

CIVIL ARCHIVES DIVISION

Natural Resources Branch

Petroleum Administration for War records, 1941-46, 1,000 cubic feet, for the most part have been declassified.

Diplomatic Branch

Declassification review of selected portions of the Department of State central decimal files, 1940-44, continues. State Department files on George C. Marshall's mission to China in 1946, 20 cubic feet, are also being reviewed.

MILITARY ARCHIVES DIVISION

Modern Military Branch

War Production Board, 1939-47, approximately 2,000 cubic feet. Most of these records have been declassified. Declassification is continuing on pre-1946 files of the Office of the Provost Marshal General and files of the War Department General and Special Staffs, including Military Intelligence Division files, 1917-41. Similarly, declassification review is continuing on Army Air Forces files, 1917-45. Review of nearly

GENERAL ARCHIVES DIVISION

War Department General and Special Staffs. Correspondence files relating to investigations and war plant security, mainly 1917-19, of the Office of the Director of Intelligence, amounting to 396 cubic feet, have been declassified.

Office of the Chief of Engineers. Classified completion reports, 1917-43, comprising 34 cubic feet, have been declassified.

Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II. Selected pre-1946 microfilm copies of Allied Forces Headquarters

(AFHQ) records, consisting of 1,900 rolls, have been declassified. For the most part these records deal with low-level administrative and logistical aspects of Allied operations in the Mediterranean. In addition, 34 cubic feet of records of the Southeast Asia Command, including SEAC war diaries, have been largely declassified.

Office of Civilian Defense. Classified records, 1941-45, amounting to 173 cubic feet, have been mostly declassified.

United States Theaters of War, World War II. Records of the China Theater, Army Forces Pacific, Joint United States Military Advisory Group for China, and United States Forces in Central Africa, amounting to 855 cubic feet, have been largely declassified. Of special interest among the China Theater records declassified are the files of Major General Albert C. Wedemeyer.

United States Army Commands. Pre-1946 records of army commands, amounting to 427 cubic feet, have been largely declassified. They include Anti-Aircraft, Alaskan Service, Headquarters First Army, and Headquarters Fifth Army commands.

NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER,
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Declassification of World War II holdings of the Naval History Division's Operational Archives of the Department of the Navy has been completed. These materials include operational records of the Navy for World War II, files of certain naval commands and offices participating in the formulation of naval strategy and policy, and papers of senior naval officers. A list of these declassified groups may be obtained by writing to the Director of Naval History, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374.

The National Archives and Records Service publishes a variety of descriptions and guides to its holdings that are of use to scholars and the general public. These include inventories of record groups, special lists, and reference information papers. Inventories are general descriptions of and guides to documents in a record group. They provide a brief history of the agency that created the records and describe each series of records. Frequently, the National Archives publishes a preliminary inventory of a record group to facilitate access to its holdings. Preliminary inventories are less detailed than inventories but are similar in format.

Special lists are detailed descriptions of a series of records within a record group or of a subject or activity of an agency. Reference information papers describe material on a given subject that may be found in several record groups. As a rule these lists and papers follow no established form but vary according to the nature of the records to which they relate.

Earlier publications are listed in the leaflet, Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Service. Unless otherwise indicated, new publications listed below can be purchased from the Publications Sales Branch (NEPS), National Archives (GSA), Washington, DC 20408.

Microfilm Publications

A Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications has been published that supersedes the 1968 List of National Archives Microfilm Publications, which has been long out of print. The new catalog lists more than 100,000 rolls of microfilm published by the agency that provide basic documentation in such fields as history-local, American, European, Far Eastern, African, Latin American, and Middle Easterngenealogy, economics, political science, and law. Copies of the catalog are available on request from the Publications Sales Branch (NEPS), National Archives (GSA), Washington, DC 20408.

The following publications have been issued recently as part of the National Archives microfilm program. The publication number follows the title. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Michigan, 1862-66 (M773), Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for North Carolina, 1864-66 (M784), Report of Capt. James Biddle, Commanding the U.S.S. Ontario, 1817-19 (M902), Judgment Records of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1795-1840 (M934), Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes Trials, NP Series, 1934-46 (M942), Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes Trials, WA Series, 1940-45 (M946), Letters Received by the Superin