Archives Branch Naval History and Heritage Command 805 Kidder Breese Street, SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060 Processor: Updated April 2011 and original collection process August 1970.

CNO: Organizational Research and Policy Division, 1932-1949

COLL/638 Creator: CNO (Op-23) Office Extent: 179 boxes 60 cubic feet Date Range: 1932-1949 Classification: Kyl-Lott review conducted May 2007. Many records have been referred to other agencies for further declassification review and a very limited number of records have been exempt from declassification. Access: Open but limited access. Scope and Content Notes The Organization Research and Policy Division, designated OP-23, was established 23 December 1948 (CNO ltr OP-23/fil, EN3/A3-a, ser 1P23, dtd 23 Dec 1948), as a subordinate activity within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations under the cognizance of OP-02, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Administration). It conducted research and studies involving the organizational functions and principles in use or proposed for adoption within the National Military Establishment. It was disestablished on 4 November 1949 (CNO ltr OP-23/gml, ser 149P23, dtd 7 Nov 1949). The Division was headed by Captain Arleigh A. Burke, USN, who reported on board on 29 December 1948. The collection was arranged in three series: Series I: Basically unclassified records relating to the war and Navy Departments and other aspects of the postwar organization for National Security, 1932-19494. These records consist of correspondence, memorandums, newspaper and magazine articles, drafts, directives, executive orders, manuals, statements, bills and acts, charts, slides, and testimony and reports of committees relating to Defense Department unification. They are arranged by Navy Filing Manual and there under alphabetically and chronologically. Series II: Secret and Confidential records relating to the unification of the war and Navy

Departments and postwar organization for National Security, 1932-1949. These report consist of correspondence, memorandums, proposals, reports, studies, testimony, budget, logistics, bills and acts, investigations, conferences, and committees, relating to Defense Department unification. They are arranged by Navy filing Manual and there under alphabetically and chronologically. Series III: Records relating to the B-36 Investigation, 1947-1949. These records consist of information on the roles and missions of the Air Force and the Navy (especially Naval Aviation and Marine Aviation), the decision to cancel the construction of the aircraft carrier United States, and associated Congressional hearings on the B-36 bomber program. They also consist of correspondence; communications; legislative summaries; agenda items (prepared by the House Armed Services Committees); statements, biographies, bibliographies of documents, questions, and briefings of witnesses; a file of recorded testimony; technical and statistical data; and special reports. They are arranged by Navy filing Manual and there under alphabetically and chronologically. Box and Folder Listing (OP-23 Folder List) Box 1 1 1 2 B 3 C 4 CNO 5 D 6 Alexander De Seversky 7 E 8 F 9 Forrestal 10 G 11 H 12 I Box 2 1 J Alphabetical 2 K 3 L 4 Munitions Board 5 M 6 N 7 O 8 P 9 Q 10 R 11 ADM A.W. Radford 12 Kenneth Croyall 13 S

14 Office of SecDef 15 Asst SecDef 16 Sec Nav 17 Gen Carl Spaatz 18 John L. Sullivan 19 S. W. Symington Box 3 1 T 2 U 3 V 4 W 5 X-Y-Z 6 Merger 1 of 2 7 Merger 2 of 2 Box 4 1 Overheads Box 5 1 A Administration Empty 2 A CNO Admin Order 3 A CNO Admin Memo 4 A1 Plans 5 A1 Scoror 6 A1/1 OP23 7 A1/1 OP-23 Box 6 1 A1/1 Rep Mahon 2 A/1 Scoror Minutes 3 A1/1 Scoror 4 Implementation 5 A1/1-1U 6 A1/1-1 Chron Jan-May 46 7 A1/1-1 Chron Jun-Dec 46 Box 7 1 A1/1 Chron Jan-Jun 47 2 A1/1-1 July-Dec 3 A1/1 Chron Jan-Mar 48 4 A1/1 Chron Apr-Aug 48 Box 8 1 A1/1-1 Sept-Dec 48 2 A1/1-1 Jun49

3 A1/1-1 Feb 49 4 A1/1-1 Mar 49 5 A1/1-1 Apr-May 49 Box 9 1 A1/1-1 Jun-Aug 49 2 A1/1-1 Sept-Oct 49 3 A1/2 National Security 4 A1/2 National Security Act Box 10 1 a1/2 national security act 49 2 a1/2 national security 45-48 3 a1/2 national security 46-48 Box 11 1 a1/2-1 history 2 a1/2-1/1 proposed 3 a1/2-1/1 recom changes 4 a1/2-2/2 president Box 12 1 a1/2-1/2 president 45-47 2 president Jan 16, 1947 3 army proposals 4 a1/2-1/4 after the act 5 navy proposal before the act 6 before the act 46-48 Box 13 1 a1/2-1/4 before 45-46 2 a1/2-1/4 before 1945 3 navy proposal before the act 4 before the act 1945 5 navy plan Box 14 1 Sec Forrestal 2 Adm George Russell 3 CNO correspondence 4 Eberstadt 1946-49 5 exploratory study 6 Eberstadt 1945 Box 15 1 testimony

2 JCS 3 navy views 4 analysis 5 JCS studies Box 16 1 JCS studies 749 2 unification 3 unification of armed forces 4 proposed consolidation 5 letters Box 17 1 A1/2-1/7 Other Studies 2 A1/2-1/7 Other Studies 3 A1/2-1/8 Publicity Box 18 1 A1/2-2 National Security Council 2 A1/2-211 Central Intelligence Agency 3 A1/2-1-1 CIA (Air) 4 A1/2-3 National Security Resources Board 5 A1/EM Military Establishment 6 A1/EM Military Establishment June 1948 (SECDEF - National Defense) Box 19 1 A1/EM Military Establishment 2 A1/EM Military Establishment 3 A1/EM Military Establishment Box 20 1 A1/EM-1 (A) Material Adverse to Navy (Other than Attacks on Naval Aviation) 2 Al/EM-1(A1) 3 A1/EM-1 (A2) Air Force 4 A1/EM-1 (A3) Office of Sec of Defense 5 A1/EM-1 (A4) Other Sources (Include Civilian Other Gov't Agencies & Navy) 6 A1/EM-1(B) Support for Need of a Navy 7 A1/EM-1 (B1) Support for Need of a Navy 8 A1/EM-1(C) Attacks and Support on Naval Aviation 9 A1/EM-1(C1) Attacks on Naval Aviation 10 A1/EM-01(C2) Support for Naval Aviation Box 21 1 A1/EM-1 (D) Attacks and Support on Marine Corps 2 A1/EM-1(D1) Attacks on Marine Aviation 3 A1/EM-1 (D2) Attacks on Marine Corps

4 A1/EM-1(E) NME Consolidations (Past and Projected) 5 A1/EM-1(F) National General Staff & Single Chief of Staff Material 6 A1/1EM-1(G) Centralization of Politico-Military Power (Both Sides) Box 22 1 A1/EM-1(H) NME Budget (June - November 1949) 2 A1/EM-1(H1) NME Budget (1932-thru May 1949) (Money Allocations) 3 A1/EM-1(1) Fourth Service of Supply (Procurement & Logistics) 4 A1/IEM-1(11) Allocation 5 A1/EM-1 (12) Cross Procurement 6 A1/EM-1(13) Mobilization Training Box 23 1 A1/EM-1(14) Supply & Distribution 2 A1/EM-1(J) Material on Interdependence of Service Trielemental Theory 3 A1/EM-1 (K) Suggestions for Improving Service Relationships & the NM 4 A1/EM-1(L) Material Discrediting the Naval Service 5 A1/EM-3 Secretary of Defense- The Dept of Defense Legislative Program 6 A1/ILEM-3 SecDef - Jan 1949 & Present Box 24 1 A1/1EM-3 Sec Def June '48 & Previous 2 A1/1EM-3 Sec Def - July to Dec '48 3 A1/EM03/1 Activity Reports 4 A1/EM-3/2 Comte. of Four Secretaries Box 25 1 A1/EM-313 Army (January-October 1949) 2 A1/EM-3/3 Army Aug 47 & Present 3 A1/EM-3/3 Army (August 1948 & Previous) 4 A1/EM- 3/3 Army (June 1946 &Previous) Box 26 1 A1/EM-3/3 Army 2 A1/EM-3-1 National Guard 3 A1/EM-314 Navy (Policy Statements) 4 A1/EM-3/4 Navy (January thru May 1949) Box 27 1 A1/EM-3/4 Navy (August thru December 1948) 2 A1/EM-3/4 Navy (January thru July 1948) 3 A1/EM-3/4 Navy 1947 &Previous 4 A1/EM-314 Navy (December 1947 & Previous) 5 A1/EM-3/4 Navy (June thru October 1949) Box 28

1 A1/EM-3/4 Navy Department Organization 2 A1/EM-3/4 Navy (Its Functional Organization) 3 A1/EM-3/4 Coordination of Basic Navy Department Functions 4 A1/EM-3/4 Fundamental Principles (Policy) 5 A1/EM-3/4 Fundamental Principles - Adm Denfield (Policy) 6 A1/EM-3/4 Navy (Policy Statements) 7 A1/1EM-3/4-1 EXOS Box 29 1 A1/EM-3/4-2 CNO 2 A1/EM-3/4-2 CNO 3 A1/EM-3/4-2 Organizational Manual For Office of the CNO 4 A1/EM-3/4-2 CNO Statement, 8 Jan 1948, before House Armed Forces 5 A1/EM-3/4-2 CNO (August 1945-September47 6 A1/EM-3/4-2 CNO (Nimitz Valedictory) 7 A1/EM-3/4-2 CNO (Policy Statements) Box 30 1 A1/EM-314-3 Bureaus, Offices, Committees 2 A1/EM-314-3 Bu Yds. & Docks 3 A1/EM-3/4-3 Bureaus, Offices, Committees 4 A1/EM-3/413 (BuYds & Docks) 5 A1/EM-314-3 (bureau of supply and accounts) 6 A1/EM-3/4-3 Studies of Joint Utilization of Facilities by Army & Navy 7 A1/EM-3/4-4 Naval Reserve Box 31 1 A1/EM-3/4-4 Naval Reserve 2 A1/EM-3/4-4 Naval Reserve 3 A1/EM-315 Air Force - 1949 4 A1/EM-3/5 Air Force (1948 - 1949) Box 32 1 A1/EM-3/5 Air Force 2 A1/EM-315 Air Force (Policy Statement) 3 Headquarters U.S. Air Force 4 A1/EM-3/6 USMC 5 A1/EM-3/6 USMC (October 1947 & Previous) 6 A1/EM-3/7 JCS (Joint R + D Board) 7 A1/EM-3/71 JCS (Exec. Order 9877) 1947 & Prev. Box 33 1 A1/EM-3/7 JCS 1948 (Exec Order 9877) 2 A1/EM-3/7 JCS S&C (Functions rules and missions) 3 A1/EM-3/7 JCS Functions roles and missions 4 A1/EM-3/7 JCS Dec 48 & previous

5 A1/EM-33/7 JCS January 49 & present Box 34 1 A1/EM-3/7 JCS ( Dec 1948 & previous) 2 A1/EM-317-1 JCS (Single Chief of Staff) 3 A1/EM-3/8 War Council Box 35 1 A1/EM-3/9 Civil Defense Board 2 A1/EM-3110 Munitions Bd. Jan 1949 3 A1/EM-3/10 Munitions Bd. Jan-Dec 1948 4 A1/EM-3/10 Munitions Bd. to Dec 47 Box 36 1 A1/EM-3/10 Munitions Board 2 A1/EM-3/10-1 Comte. on Facilities and Services 3 A1/EM-3/10-1 Directive Munitions Board 4 A1/EM-3/1Q-1 Agenda (Sept & Oct 1949) 5 A1/EM-3110-1 Agenda (August 1949) Box 37 1 A1/EM-1/10-1 (Agenda) (July) 2 A1/EM-3/10-1 (May & June 1949) 3 A1/EM-3/11 Research and Development Board 4 A1/EM-3/11 Research and Development Board Box 38 1 A1/EM-3/11 Research and Development Board 2 A1/EM-3/12 Joint Fac. (Jun 1945-1947) 3 A1/EM-3112 Joint Facilities 1949 4 A1/EM-3/12 Joint Facilities (1948) 5 A1/EM-3/12 Joint Facilities 1948 and previous Box 39 1 A1/EM-3/13 Controversial Issues 2 A1/EM-3/13 Contro. Issues 1948 & previous 3 A1/EM-3/13 Controversial Issues (1948) 4 A1/EM-3/13 Controversial Issues 1949 5 A2 Regulations Orders and Directives 6 A2/1 Directives 7 A2/1 Directives 8 A2/1-1 Directives 1947 - June 1948 Box 40 1 A2/1-1 SECDEF-July 1948-Mar.28, 1949 2 A2/1-1 SECDEF Directives (Johnson)

3 A2/1-1 Secretary of DEF Directives 4 A2/1-20BR 5 A2/1-20BR 6 A2/1-3 UNICOM Box 41 1 A2-3 Uniform Regs 2 A2-4 General Orders 3 A2-4 General Orders 4 A2-8 Executive Orders 5 A218-1 Analysis of 6 A2-8/1 7 A2-8/1 Analysis 8 A3 Organization 9 A3 Organization 10 A3/1 US Govt 11 A3/1 US Govt 12 A3/1 US Govt 13 A3/2 Charts and Manuals (Alphabetical) 14 A3/2 Charts and Manuals (Alphabetically) Box 42 1 A3/3 Charters (Alphabetical) 2 A3/3 Charters (Alphabetical) 3 A6 Communications 4 A6 Communications 5 A6 Communications 6 A6-1 Traffic 7 A6-1 Traffic 8 A6-1/1 Dispatches Box 43 1 A6-1/2 ALNAVS 2 A6-4 Mail and Messenger 3 A6-5 Correspondence 4 A6-6 File and Records 5 A7 Public Relations (October 1948) 6 A7 Public Relations (Jan 48 thru Sept 48) Box 44 1 A7 Public Relations (April 41 thru Dec 47) 2 A7 Public Relations Indoctrination 3 A7 Public Relations (SECDEF) 4 A7 (SECDEF Directives) 5 A7-1 Publicity 6 A7-1/1 Army (Sept 41 thru)

7 A7-1/1 Army (Bradley) 8 A7-1/1 Army (Devers) 9 A7-1/1 Army (Eisenhower) 10 A7-1/1 Army (SEC Marshall) 11 A7-1/1 Army (Royall) Box 45 1 A7-1/2 Navy (Sept 1944 thru Apr 1946) 2 A7-1/2 Navy (May 1946 thru May 1948) 3 A7-1/2 Navy June 1948 thru Sept 1948 4 A7-1/2 Navy (October 1948 thru Dec 48) Box 46 1 A7-1/2 Navy (Jan 1949 thru Feb 49) 2 A7-1/2 Navy (March 1949) 3 A7-1/2 Navy (Editors) 4 A7-1/2 Navy (Hensel) 5 A7-1/2 Navy (Nimitz) 6 A7-1/2 Navy (Sullivan) 7 A7-1/1 Navy (Squibbs) 8 A7-1/2-1 Bulletins (Dec 20, 48 to) Box 47 1 A7-1/3 Air Force (Jan 1949) 2 A7-113 Air Force (Jan 1948 thru Dec 48) 3 A7-113 Air Force (Pamphlets Dec 1941 to-) 4 A7-113 Air Force (Mar 1936 thru Dec 1947) 5 A7-1/3 Air Force (Anderson) 6 A7-113 Air Force (Gen Arnold) 7 A7-113 Air Force (De Seversky) 8 A7-113 Air Force (Doolittle) 9 A7-1/3 Air Force (Kenney, Gen) Box 48 1 A7-1/3 Air Force (Knerr) 2 A7-1/3 Air Force (Kuter) 3 A7-1/3 Air Force (Le May) 4 A7-1/3 Air Force (Mitchell) 5 A7-113 Air Force (Spaatz) 6 A7-1/3 Air Force (Symington) 7 A7-1/3 Air Force (Vandenberg) 8 A7-1/4 Quote File 9 A7-1/4 (May 1945 to-) 10 A7-1/4-1 (October 1942 to-) Box 49

1 A7-1/16 Evaluation Memorandums (OPI) 2 A7-1/6 Evaluation Memorandums (OPI) 3 A7-1/6 (May 45 to Jan 1946) 4 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Sep 1948 5 A7-1/7 Christian Science Monitor 6 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Navy Miscellaneous (1945-1946) 7 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles Scientific Research and Develop.- Guided Box 50 1 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Bases -1946 (including Pacific, Manus, Ic 2 A7-17 Newspaper Articles- Central Intelligence (As of 20 Jan 1946) 3 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Atomic Bomb (22 Jan thru 31 March 1946 4 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Pay (As of 24 February 1946) 5 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Atomic Bomb (As 1 April 1946) 6 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles Atomic Bomb 1 June 1946 7 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Draft ( 1 Jun 1946) 8 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- (Jun & Ju146) Navy Miscellaneous 9 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Draft (As of 6 Mar 1946) 10 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- LaFoliette, Monroney (6 Mar 46) Reorgan. 11 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Sea Power (Importance of (As 5 Jan 1946)) 12 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles-Surpluses (Army & Navy (15 Feb 1946)) Box 51 1 A7-1/7 Unification (1946-1949) 2 A7-1/7 Unification (1946-1948 3 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles - Unification (1948-1949) 4 A7-1/7 Unification (1949) Box 52 1 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles (1949) 2 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles (1949) 3 A7-1/7 Unification Clippings (1946-1950) 4 A7-1/7 Unification ( 1 Jan-31 Mar 1946) 5 A7-1/7 Unification (As of 1 April 1946) Box 53 1 A7-1/7 (As of 12 January 1946) Unification - Other Countries 2 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles, Miscellaneous 3 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles - Demobilization Criticism of (As of 19 Jan 4 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles (1945-1949) 5 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- Navy's Civilian Advisory Committee 6 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles Army Miscellaneous 7 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles June 1948 and Previous 8 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles- July & Aug 1948 9 A7-1/7 Newspaper Articles (1948)

Box 54 1 A7-1/7 Unification (From 1 Jun 1946) 2 A7-1/7 Unification (18 Nov 45-31 Dec 45) 3 A7-1/7 (Air Force (As of 25 Jan 1946)) 4 A7-1/7 Anti-Navy Clippings 5 A7-1/7 Times Herald ( 2 Planes for 1) 6 A7-1/7 Columnist (Alphabetical) 7 A7-1/7 (Allen C. B.) 8 A7-1/7 (Alsop, Joseph and Stewart) 9 A7-1/7-1 (Andrews, Marshall) Box 55 1 A7-1/7-1 (Baldwin, Hanson) 2 A7-1/7-1 (Childs- Shallot-Sakolsky) 3 A7-1/7-1 (Elliot, George Fielding) 4 A7-1/7-1 (Lippman, Walter) 5 A7-1/7-1 (Lawrence, David) 6 A7-1/7-1 (Lucas, Jim) 7 A7-1/7-1 Nonis, John G. Box 56 1 A7-1/7-1 Pearson 2 A7-1/7-1 Columnists (Waldrop) 3 A7-1/7-1 Wilson, Gill Robb 4 A7-1/8 Magazines (Comments 1949) 5 A7-1/8 Magazines (Comments 1949 6 A7-1/8 Mag. (Arol 1949 to (Prior) ) Box 57 1 A7-1/8 Magazines (Comments) 1948 and Prev. 2 A7-1/8 Magazines (Aeronautical Digest) 3 A7-1/8 Magazines (Air Affairs) 4 A7-1/8 Magazines (Air Force) 1948 5 A7-1/8 Mag. (Army-Navy Jo. Bul. and Register) 6 A7-1/8 Aviation Week 1949 7 A7-1/8 Naval Aviation News 8 A7-1/8 Mag (Mar. Corps. Gazette Nav. Tra. Bul) Box 58 1 A7-1/8 Magazines (Officer's Call) 2 A7-1/8 Magazines (Tide) 3 A7-1I8 Magazines (U.S. News) 4 A7-1/8 Magazines (Flight) 5 A7-1/8 Army & Navy Journal 1949 6 A7-1/8 Magazines (Chronological) 7 A7-1/9 Books (Reading Lists)

8 A7-1/9 Books and Book Reviews Box 59 1 A7-1/9 Books & Book Reviews (Dec 45 to Dec 46) 2 A7-1/9 Books & Book Reviews (Jan 1947 to..) 3 A7-1/10 Press Releases (Jan 48 to..) 4 A7-1/1Q-1 SecDef A Series 5 A7-1/1Q-1 SecDef M Series 6 A7-1/1Q-1 SecDef S Series Box 60 1 A7-1/10-1 SecDef Press Release (Jan 49..) 2 A7-/1Q-1 SecDef (Sep 8,48 to Dec 10,48) 3 A7-1/1Q-1 SecDef (Jul 1948 to Sep 8,48) 4 A7-1I1 0-1 SecDef (Apr 48 to Jun 30,1948 5 A7-1/1Q-1 SecDef (Jan 1948 to Mar 1948) Box 61 1 A7-1/10-1 SecDef (Sept 1947 to Dec 1947) 2 A7-1/10-2 Navy (Oct 21,48 to..) 3 A7-1/10-2 Navy (Dec 1945 to Sep 1947) 4 A7-1/1Q-3 Army 5 A7-1/10-4 Air Force 6 A7-2 Radio (Aug 48 to..) 7 A7-2 Radio (Jun 44 to JuI1947) Box 62 1 A 7-3 Speeches (General) 2 A 7-3 (Proposed for Congo use) Speeches 3 A 7-3 Speeches (A-B) 4 A 7-3 Speeches (C-D) 5 A 7-3 Speeches (E-F) Box 63 1 A 7-3 Speeches (O-R) 2 A 7-3 Speeches (G-K) 3 A 7-3 Speeches (L-N) Box 64 1 A7-3 Speeches (S) 2 A 7-3 Speeches (T-Z) 3 A 7-3 Speeches (Bradley) 4 A 7-3 Speeches (Burke) 5 A 7-3 Speeches (Adm. Carney) Box 65

1 a7-3 (Denfeld) 2 a7-3 (Forrestal) 3 a7-3 speeches (H Struve Hensel) 4 a7-3 speeches (Johnson) 5 af-3 speeches (John W Kenny) 6 a7-3 speeches (Nimitz - Nov 1945) 7 a7-3 speeches (Radford) 8 a7-3 speeches (Robbins) Box 66 1 a7-3 speeches (Gen Spaatz- march 46) 2 a7-3 speeches (Sec Symington) 3 a7-3 speeches (Sullivan) 4 a7-3 speeches (Taft-Feb 48) 5 a7-3 speeches (Van Zandt + Vandenberg) 6 a7-4 motion pictures 7 a7-4/1 unification scenario 8 a7-4/1 unification scenario (Aug47-Mar48) Box 67 1 a8 security (March 1944-June 1948) 2 a8 security (July 1948 - Oct 1949) 3 a8-1 intelligence systems 4 a8-3 information, dissemination of (muzzle) 5 a9 reports 6 a9 reports and statistics 7 ????? 8 a9-4/1 unification progress (planning and operation) 9 a10 publications 10 a10 publications Box 68 1 all scientific research and development 2 all research and investigations 3 a12 historical matters 4 a12-1 histories of the war 5 a12-1 chronicles 6 a12-1/3 interrogations 7 a12-1/1 official reports and statistics Box 69 1 a12-1I2 narratives 2 a12-1/4 pearl harbor 3 a12-1/5 Seabees 4 a14 foreign affairs 5 a14 foreign affairs doctrines of state

Box 70 1 a14/1 nations (alphabetical) 2 a14/1 brazil 3 a14/1 canada 4 a14/1 china 5 a14-1 denmark 6 a14/1 france 7 a14/1 germany (1946-47) Box 71 1 a14/1 germany 1948 till present 2 a14/1 germany 1945 + previous 3 a14/1 germany 4 a14/1 germany 5 a14/1 great britain - 1947 to present Box 72 1 A14/1- Great Britian - 1946 & Previous 2 A14/1 Great Britian 3 A14-1 British Central Organ. for Defense 4 A14/1 Italy 5 A14/1 Mexico Box 73 1 A14/1 Netherlands 2 A14/1 Norway 3 A14/1 Poland 4 A14/1 Portugal 5 A14/1 Rumania 6 A14/1 Russia (Aug 1948- 7 A14/1 Russia 8 A14/1 Spain 9 A14/1 Sweden 10 A14/2 Marshall Plan (ECA) 11 A14/3 United States Organization 12 A14/3 United Nations Organization 13 A15 Honors and Ceremonies Box 74 1 a15-2 speeches (congressional 1944) 2 a16 war, preparations, conduct, and termination 3 a16 joint action AF publications 4 a16 war preparations for conduct of 5 a16 military preparation (1948-1949) 6 a16-1 military preparation (1940-1947)

7 a16-1 military preparation Box 75 1 A16-1/1 UMT (Universal Military Training) 2 A16-1/1 Universal military Training 3 A16-1/1 Universal Military Training 4 A16-1/1 Allocations of Duties & Responsibilities 5 A16-1/1 Universal Military Training Box 76 1 A16-1/1 UMT (Hearings) 2 A16-1/2 Selective Service 3 A16-1/3 Defense of Western Hemisphere 4 A16-1/4 Maneuver (War Games) 5 A16-5 Submarine Warfare Operations Box 77 1 A16-5 Submarine warfare ops 2 A16-6 Amphibious ops 3 A16-6 Amphibious ops 4 A16-9 Atomic warfare (1945-46) 5 A16-9 Atomic warfare (1947-48) 6 A16-9 Atomic warfare ops (1945-46) Box 78 1 A16-19 Atomic Warfare Operations (1947-1948) 2 A16-9 Atomic Warfare (1949) 3 A16-11 War Plans 4 A16-11 War Plans 5 A16-11/1 Strategicial Theories 6 A16-13 Demobilization 7 A17 War and Legal Matters 8 A17 Law and Legal Matters (1942-1948) Box 79 1 A17/1 Public Law 2 A17-1 Systems and sources of law 3 A18 Congressional Actions 4 A18 Legislation and congressional action 5 A18 Unification legislation 6 A18 Witnesses 1945-46 Box 80 1 A18/1 House of representatives 2 A18-1 House of representatives 3 A18-1/1 Bills (legislation)

4 A18/1 -1 Hearings 5 A18/1-1 Hearings 6 A18/1-1 Hearings (Zacharias, Eisenhower, Sherman, Norstad, Spaatz, Box 81 1 A18/1-1 Hearings (Sherman-Norstad) 2 A18/1-1 H. R. 2319 (witnesses- Jun 30- Jul 01 1947) 3 A18/1-1 H.R. 2319 (witnesses- Jun 17-26 1947) 4 A18/1-1 H.R. 2319 (witnesses- May15- Jun12 1947) Box 82 1 A18/1-1 H.R.2319 (witnesses- Apr 2- May 6, 1947) 2 A18/1-2 Bills 3 A18/1-2 Committee on armed services vol. 11 4 A18/1-2 Committee on armed services vol. 10 Box 83 1 A18/1-2 Committee on armed services (vol. 5-6) 2 A18/1-2 Committee on armed services (vol. 7-8) 3 A1811-2 Committee on armed services (vol. 9) 4 A18/1-2 Committee on armed services (vol. 1-4) Box 84 1 A18/1-2 Testimony 2 A18/1-2 Testimonies June 12,47 & pre 3 A18/1-3 Investigations 4 A18/1-3 Vinson 5 A18/1-4 H.R. Bills (5632 thru 6935) 6 A18/1-4 H.R. Bills (3836 thru 5593) Box 85 1 A18/1-4 H.R. Bills (3132 thru 3830) 2 A18/1-4 H.R. Bills (1 thru 2744) 3 A18/1-4 (H.R.236) 4 LA18/1-4 (H.R. 2319-Hoffrnan) (Jun 47-Apr 48) Box 86 1 A18/1-4 (H.R. 2314-Hoffrnan) (Jan 47- May 47) 2 A18/1-4 (H.R.2319) 3 A18/1-4 (H.R.3469-Cole) 4 A18/1-4 Bills (H.R. S632) 5 A18/1-4 Bills & Acts (H.R. 6049) 6 A18/1-4/1 Analysis (Numerical) 7 A18/1-411 (Bills & Resolutions Introduced) 8 A18/1-5 Military Affairs Committee 9 A18/1-6 Naval Affairs Committee

Box 87 1 A18/1-7 Sel. Cormte. Post War Mil. Pol. Comte. Woodrum 2 A18/1-7 Sel. Comte. Post-War Mil Pol. Woodrum Comte 3 A18.1-7 Hearings- Woodrum Committee 4 A18/1-8 Committee on Expenditures 5 A18/1-8 Committee on Expenditures 6 A18/1-9 Committee on Armed Forces 7 A18/1-9 Committee on Armed Forces 8 A18/2 Senate Box 88 1 A18/2-1 History U 2 A18/2-1 S.758 Unification of Armed Forces 3 A18/2-1 Hearings (S.758) Vols 6 thru 8 4 A18/2-1 Hearings (S.758) Vols 9 & 10 Box 89 1 A18/2-1 Hearings (5.758) Vol 18 2 A18/2-1 Unification of Armed Forces· 3 A18/2-1 5.758 Unification of Armed Forces 4 A18/2-1 5.758 Unification of Armed Forces Box 90 1 A18/2-1 5.2044 Committee on Naval Affairs 2 A18/2-1 Committee on Military Affairs 3 A18/2-1 Committee on Military Affairs 4 A18/2-1 Hearings - 5ubcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations 5 A18/2-2 Testimonies (Nov 45-ApriI1948) 6 A18/2-2 Testimonies May 7,47 & Prev. Box 91 1 A18/2-2 Testimonies 2 A1812-2 Testimony (1947-1949) 3 A1812-2 Testimony (1945-1946) 4 A18/2-3 Investigations Box 92 1 A1812-3 Investigations 2 A1812-4 Bills & Acts (Numerical Order) 3 A18/2-4 Congressional Actions 51282-52715 4 A1812-4 (5.2523- Morse) Box 93 1 A18/2-4 (5.2102 - Bridges) 2 A1812-4 (5.2044- Thomas)

3 A18/2-4 (5.2044- Thomas) Box 94 1 A18/2-4 (5.1843) July till Present 2 A18/2-4 (5.1843) May &June 3 A1812-4 Bills and Act (1269) Box 95 1 A18/2-4 (5.758 Amendments) 2 A18/2-4 (5.758 Analysis) 3 A18/2-4 (5.758 Bills) U 4 A1812-4 (S.758-Gurney) Committee Print 5 A18/2-4 (5.758 Comparisons) Box 96 1 A18/2-4 (5.758 Correspondence) 2 A18/2-4 (5.758) Hearings & Reports 3 A18/2-4 (5.758) Hearings & Reports 4 A18/2-4 History of 5.758 5 A1812-4 (5.758 Publicity) Box 97 1 A18/2-4 (5.758) Sherman-Norstad Drafts) 2 A1812-4 (5.758 Statements, Testimonies)) 3 A18/2-4 (5.108) 4 A18/2-4 (S.84-Hill) Box 98 1 A18/2-4/1 Analysis Numerical 2 A1812-4/1 Analysis (1945-1947) 3 A1812-4/1 (S.84) 4 A1812-5 Military Affairs Committee 5 A1812-5 Military Affairs Committee Box 99 1 A18/2-6 Naval Affairs Committee 2 A18/2-6 Affairs Committee 3 A18/2-7 Armed Services Committee 4 A18/2-7 Armed Services Committee (46-48) 5 A18/2-7 Armed Services Committee (1947) 6 A18/3 Proposed Legislation (1946-1949) 7 A18/3 Proposed Legislation (1945-1948) 8 A18-4 Hearings (History- Public Law 216) Box 100 1 A18-4 Hearings

2 A19 Meetings &Conferences 3 A19/1 General Planning Group 4 A19/2 Key West Conference 5 A19/3 Newport Conference 6 A19/5 JCS European Conference 7 A19/4 White Sulpher MSTS 8 A20 Board &Committees (A-K) 9 A20 Board &Committees (L-Z) Box 101 1 A20- Boards and Committees (general) 2 A20/1 State- Army-Navy-AF Coord. Committee 3 A20/2 Interdepartmental admin. servo board 4 A2013 Personnel Board 5 A2013-1 Personnel Policy Board Box 102 1 A20/4 Nat'l security organ. (Hoover-Eberstadt) 2 A20/4 Nat'l security organ. (Hoover- Eberstadt) 3 A20/4 Nat'l security organ. (Hoover- Eberstadt) Box 103 1 A20/4 Nat'l security organ. (Hoover- Eberstadt) 2 A20/5 Gray Board 3 U1.5 Eberstadt briefing mat. (extra copies) 4 U1.5 Gov't reorganization 5 U1.5 Eberstadt subcommittee Capt Thackery's File (govt reorgan) 6 A20/5-1 Civilian components policy board 7 A20/6 Committee on coord. long range pub. program 8 A20/7 Petroleum Board 9 A20/8 Aero. bd. Oct 1948 Box 104 1 A20/8 Aero. bd. Aug 47 and previous 2 A20/8 Aero bd. Sept 47- Sept 48 3 A20/9 Comte on medical and hospital services 4 A20/9-1 Armed forces medical advisory comte 5 A20/10 Advisory com. on serv. pay Box 105 1 A20/11 Commission on org. (Hoover) 2 A20/11 Commission on organ. Appendix A thru R 3 A20/11 Commission on organ. report to congress (Feb-May1949) Box 106 1 A20/11-1 Hoover com. rpt on nat'l sec org.- comte

2 A20/12 Pres. comte on religion and welfare 3 A21 Aviation 4 A21 Aviation (Aug 1947 thru June 1948) 5 A21 Aviation (June 1947 and prior) 6 A21/1 Policy Box 107 1 A21/1-1 Navy-January 1949 2 A21/1-1 Navy (April 47 thru March48) 3 A21/1-1 Navy- April- Dec 1948 Box 108 1 A21/1-1 Navy (Aug 46- March47) 2 A21/1-1 Navy (July 1946- previous) 3 A21/1-1 Navy 1945-48 4 A21/1-1/1 Carrier (Publicity Apr 26, 1949- Oct 1949) Box 109 1 A21/1-1/1 Carrier (publicity Nov 1946- Apr 25, 1949) 2 A2111-1/1 Carrier 3 A21/1-2 Air Force 4 A21/1-2 Air Force 5 A2112 70 Group Air Force Box 110 1 A21/3 Reports 2 A21/3-1 President's air policy comm 3 A2113-1 President's air policy comm. report 4 A21/3-1 President's air policy commission 5 A2113-1 Pres. air policy comm. (Finletter rpt) Box 111 1 A2113-2 Congo air pol. comm (Brewster rpt) 2 A21/3-2 Congo air pol. comm. (Brewster rpt 1947) 3 A2113-3 Pres. aircraft bd. (Morrow) 4 A2113-4 Special comte. Army Air Corps 5 A21/4 Jet 6 A21/5 B-36 7 A21/5 Performance and develop of aircraft 1949 Box 112 1 A21/5 Perform. and develop. of aircraft 2 A2115 Perform. and develop. of aircraft 1941- Mar 1949 3 A21/6 Strength 4 A21/6 History of suppression of naval aviation (May 1946) 5 A21/7 Mats (Nats- Atc) Aug 48- Oct 49

6 A21/7 Mats (Nats-Atc) 1942- July 1948 Box 113 1 A21/7-1 Berlin Airlift 2 A21/8 Naval- Air Force training 3 A21/9 Civil Action 4 A21/10 Anti submarine 5 A21/11 US Strategic bombing survey 6 A21/11 US Strategic Bombing survey 1945-48 Box 114 1 A21/12 Roles and missions 2 A21/13 Aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons 3 A24 Contributions 4 A25 Material, casualties, accidents, and collisions 5 H2 Aids to navigation- radar 6 H2-1 Air/Sea Rescue and search 7 J22 Office equipment and supplies 8 L- Logistics and fiscal matters 1948-49 9 L Logistics and fiscal matters 1932-47 10 L- foreign logistical organs. and methods Box 115 1 L- Logistic Sup. Plan- Lutes 2 L Logistic Support Plan 3 L1- Budget and appropriation Jan '49 4 L1 Budget and appropriation 1948 Box 116 1 L1 Budget &Appropriation (1945 thru 1947) 2 L1-1 Appropriations 3 L1-1 Appropriation Bill-1949 (Mar &Jun 1949) Second Deficiency 4 L1-1 Appropriation Bill- 1949 (Mar-Jun1948) Box 117 1 L1-1 Appropriation Bill for 1949 (Feb 1948) 2 L4 Purchasing &Proc. January 1949 3 L4 Purchasing &Proc. Jan to Dec '48 Box 118 1 L4 Purch. & Procurement (Apr thru Dec 1947) 2 L4 Purch. & Procurement (Jan 1946-Mar 1947) 3 L4 Purch. & Procurement (30 Jun-Dec 1945) Box 119 1 L4 Purch. & Procurement (1932 thru 23 Jun 45)

2 L7 Resources and Facilities 3 L8 Supply Operations 4 L8-1 Supply Systems 5 L16 Pay, Salaries, Wages & Allow. (Feb thru Oct 1949) Box 120 1 L16 Pay, Salaries Wages & Allow. (1946-1949) 2 L20 Travel and Transportation 3 L20/1 Sea Transport 4 L2Q-2 Requests 5 L2Q-211 Vouchers 6 M Medical, S.& D. (Jan '49 & Present) 7 M Medical, S. & D. (Dec '48 & Previous) Box 121 1 M-1 B-36 News Released thru Apr 1949 2 N Shore Establishment 3 ND Naval Districts 4 N3 Space 5 N4 Personnel Structures 6 P Personnel (General) 7 P1 Biographies Box 122 1 P/MM Enlisted Personnel 2 P/OO Officer Personnel (Gen) 3 P/OO Essays & Thesis of Officers 4 P8-2 Associations & Organizations 5 P8-211 Air Force Assn. 6 P8-212 Navy League Box 123 1 P11- Training (1949) 2 P11 Training (1944-1948) 3 P11/1-1 Navy (Annapolis) 4 P11/1-2 Army (West Point) 5 LP11/1-3 Air Force 6 P11/2 Other Naval Training Activities 7 P14-4 Enlistments & Recruiting Box 124 1 P16-1 Personnel Strength and Distribution 2 P16-1/1 Rosters (SCOROR & OP-23) 3 P17 Rank, Precedence & Promotion 4 P16-3 Duty (Watch) 5 P18 Leave, liberty.& Absence

6 P19 Separation 7 S/1 Navy December '48 & Previous Box 125 1 S/1 Navy January 1949 2 LS/2 Merchant Marine 3 X Ordnance Design, Construction & Spec 4 X/1 Missiles 5 EE Executive Branch Box 126 1 EE1 Executive Off. of the President 2 EE1I1 Bureau of the Budget 3 EE3 Commerce Department 4 EE4 Interior Department 5 EE8 Lstate Department 6 EE9 Treasury Dept (Coast Guard) 7 EE10 Veterans Administration 8 EG/2 Territories 9 A111 Unicom 10 A1/1 Chron. (1945 thru 1948) Box 127 1 A1/1 Chron. (1949) (S&C) 2 A1/2 National Security 3 A1/2-1/2 President 4 A1/2-1/3 Army Proposals 5 A1/2-1/4 Navy Proposals Box 128 1 A1/2-1/4 Navy Proposals 2 A1/2-1/5 Eberstadt Report 3 A1/2-1/6 JCS749/12 4 A1/2-1/6 JCS 749/12 5 A1/2-1/6 JCS 749/12 Box 129 1 A1/2-1/6 JCS Studies 749 2 A1/2-1/7 Other Studies 3 A1/2-1/9 Initial Implemental 4 A1/2-1/10 Principles and Policy 5 A1/2-1/1 Proposed Legislation 6 A1/2-211 Central Intelligence Agency 7 A1/2-1/12 Testimonies 8 A1/2-2 National Security Council 9 A1/2-211-1 Central Air Intelligence

10 A1/2-211-1 Central Air Int. 11 A1/EM Military Establishment 12 A1/EM-1(A) Material Adverse to the Navy 13 A1/EM-1(A1) Army 14 A1/EM-1 (A2) Air Force 15 A1/EM-1 (A3) Office of SECDEF 16 A1/EM-1 (A4) Other Sources (Include Civilians, etc) 17 A1/EM-1(B) Support for Need of a Navy 18 A1/EM-1(C) Support & Attacks Navy Aviation 19 A1/EM-1(C1) Attacks on Naval Aviation 20 A1/EM-1(D) Attacks & Support MarCorps 21 A1/EM-1 (C2) Support for Naval Aviation 22 A1/EM-1(D1) Attacks on Marine Corps 23 A1/EM-1(D2) Support for Marine Corps Box 130 1 Al/EM-1(E) NME Consolidations )Past & Project.) 2 A1/EM-1(F) National General Staff & Single Chief of Staff Material 3 A1/EM-1 (F) National General Lstaff and Single Chief of Staff Material 4 A1/EM-1 (F) National General Staff & Single Chief of Staff Material 5 A1/EM-1(G) Centralization of Politico-Military Power (Both Sides) 6 A1/EM-1 (H) NME Budget (Money Allocations - Fiscal Control) 7 A1/EM-1(1) Fourth Service of Supply (Procurement & Logistics) 8 Al/ EM-(11) Allocation 9 A1/EM-1 (12) Cross Procurement 10 A1/EM-1(13) Mobilization Training Box 131 1 a1/em-1 (i4) supply and distribution 2 a1/em-1mmaterial on interdependence of service (tri-elemental theory) 3 a1/em-1 (r) suggestions for improving service relationships 4 a1/em-1 (I) material discrediting the naval service 5 a1/em3 secretary of defense 6 a1/em3 sec def (policy statements) 7 a1/em-312 committees of the four secretaries 8 a1/em-313 army 9 al/em-313 army (policy statements 10 al/em-3/4 navy Box 132 1 al/em-314 navy (policy statement) 2 al/em-3/4 review of dev under national security act of 1947 3 al/em-3/4 review of dev under national security act of 1947 #2 4 a1/em-3/4 review of developments under the national security act of 19 5 a1/em-314 navy dev national security act (bootz)

Box 133 1 a1/em3/4-2 2 a1/em-3/4-2 CNO (policy statements) 3 A1/EM-3/4-3 BUREAUS 4 a1/em-3/5 air force (1919-1943) 5 a1/em-3/5 air force (1946-1949) 6 a1/em-3/5 air force (policy statements) 7 a1/em-3/6 USMC 8 a1/em-3/7 (jansec) JCS FUMCTIONS OF ARMED SERVICES 9 a1/em-3/7 jansec agenda items 10 a1/em-3/7 jansec military committee - un 11 al/em-3/7 (jansec) misc chits - etc - receipts - corresp. Box 134 1 a1/em-3/7 jansec atomic matters 2 a1/em-37 jansec overseas bases 3 a1/em-3/7 jansec boards and meetings 4 al/em-3/7 jansec, correspondence on formation of 5 a1/em-3/7 jansec - joint research and development bd. agenda minute 6 a1/em-3/7 jansec joint personnel matters 7 a1/em-3/7 jansec vhb deployment on Oahu 8 a1/em-3/7 jansec - monthly progress report of spe div 9 a1/em-3/7 jansec army + navy munitions board 10 a1/em-3/7 jansec status reports to secnav 11 a1/em-3/7 jansec (h.r. 529) San Francisco bay bridge 12 a1/em-3/7 jansec briefs of jcs papers 13 a1/em-3/7 jansec Panama Canal Box 135 1 a1/em-3/7 jcs 2 a1/em-3/7-1 single department of war 3 a1/em-3/7-1 jcs (single chief) 4 a1/em-3/8 war council 5 a1/em-3/9 civil defense 6 a1/em-3/10 munitions board 7 a1/em-3/10-1 committee on facilities + service Box 136 1 a1/em-3/11 research + development bd. 2 a1/em-3/11 research + development bd 1949 3 a1/em-3/11 research + development bd 1948 4 a1/em-3/12 joint facilities and services 5 a1/em-3/13 Box 137 1 a2l1-1 sec def directives

2 a-214 general orders 3 a2-8 executive orders 4 a2-8/1 analysis 5 a3/2 charts and manual (alphabetical S+C) 6 a6 communications 7 a6-1/1 dispatches 8 a6-4 mail and messenger 9 a6-6 files and records 10 a7 public relations 11 a7 public relations indoc 12 a7 public relations (sec def) 13 a7-1 publicity 14 a7-1/2 navy 15 a7-1n-1 columnists (alphabetical) 16 a7-1I8 magazines 17 a7-1I3 air force 18 a7-1I8 Box 138 1 a7-3 speeches 2 af-4 motion pictures 3 a8 security and intelligence 4 a8-1 intelligence systems 5 a8-2 information collection of 6 a8-3 information, dissemination 7 a9 reports + statistics 8 all scientific research and development 9 a- z (alpha file) index 10 a12-1 historical matters records Box 139 1 a12-1/1 official reports and statistics 2 a14 foreign affairs 3 a14/1 (nations) a-k 4 a14/1 nations I-z 5 a14/1 canada 6 a14/1 china 7 a14/1 france Box 140 1 a14/1 germany (essays) 2 a14/1 germany 3 a14/1 great Britain (1945-present) Box 141 1 A14/1 S&C Great Britain Func on Brit Def Org

2 A14/1 S&C Great Britain (1946 thru 1949) 3 A14/1 Italy S&C 4 A14/1 Japan S&C 5 A14/1 Russia S&C 6 A14/3 S&C United nations Org. Box 142 1 a16 joint action A.F. publications 2 a16 war, preparation, conduct + trans 3 a16-1 military preparation 4 a16-1/1 unit 5 a16-112 selective service 6 a16-113 defense (western hemisphere) 7 a16-1/4 maneuvers Box 143 1 a16-5 sub warfare operations (see a21/10) 2 a16-6 amphibious operations 3 a16-6 amphibious operations 4 a16-9 atomic warfare operations 5 a16-11 war plans 6 a18 congress (general) 7 a18/1-3 investigation (Vinson) 8 a18/1-4 h.r. 2319 (cole correspondence) 9 a18/1-4 bills numerically Box 144 1 A-1811-8 Cmte. Exp. in the ex. dept. S&C 2 A1812-4 Bills and Acts 3 A18/2-4 Conf Prints 1 thru 9 4 A18/2-4 (5.84) 5 A1812-4 (5.758) Sherman Norstad S&C 6 A1812-4 Bills and Acts (S.1269) S&C 7 A1812-4 Bills and Acts (5.1843) 5&C 8 A1812-4 (5.2044) S&C 9 A18/2-7 Armed S&C Services Committee 10 HR 234 Vols 1&2 A1812-7 Committee on armed services Box 145 1 HR 234 Vol 2 A1812-7 Committee on armed services 2 HR 234 Vol 4 A1812-7 Committee on armed services 3 HR 234 Vol 5 A1812-7 Committee on armed services 4 HR 234 Vols 6&7 A18/2-7 Committee on armed services Box 146 1 HR 234 VOL 8-9

2 HR 234 VOL 10-11 3 A 19 4 A 19/1 Box 147 1 A 19/2 KEY WEST 1 2 A19/2 KEYWESTCONF, S&C 3 A19/2 BRIEFING 4 Al1912 ROLES 5 SUPPORTING PAPERS 6 A 20 ALPHABETICAL 7 A 20/1 SANCC Box 148 1 A 20 3-1 2 A 20/4 3 Al20/4 EBERSTACT 4 VOL2 5 VOL 3 Box 149 1 VOL 4 2 COMETE ON COORD 3 A20/8 4 Al20/8-1 5 A20/9 6 A20/10 7 A20/11-1 8 A21 9 A21/1-1 10 A 21/-1 NAVY Box 150 1 Al21-1-1 2 CARRIER 3 POLICY 4 AIR FORCE 5 REPORTS 6 FINLETTER REPORT Box 151 1 CONG AIR POL. 2 JET AIRCRAFT 3 PERF& DEV 4 B-36 5 A/21

6 MATS 7 BERLIN 8 AIR FORCE TRNG. 9 CIVIL AVATION 10 ANTI SUB 11 STRATEGIC BOMBING 12 ROLES & MISSIONS 13 AIRCRAFT Box 152 1 H2 2 LOGISTICS 3 PLANNING 4 BUDGET 5 PURCHASING Box 153 1 PAY 2 L16 3 TRAVEL 4 SEA TRANSPORT 5 MEDICAL 6 SHORE 7 N3 SPACE 8 NAVAL BOARDS 9 NC 10 ND 11 P 12 F 16 13 P16-1/1 Box 154 1 P/OO OFFICE 2 P/OO OP23 SCOROR 3 PIMM 4 P8-2 5 P11 TRNG 6 P11/1-3 AIR FORCE 7 P1112 LIBARIES 8 P14-4 9 P16-1 10 FITTNESS REPORTS 11 NAVY Box 155 1 MERCHANT MARINE

2 EE1 3 STATE 4 X 5 XJ1 MISSLES 6 NAVAL IMPLENTATION 7 SERIES 9-21 Box 156 1 A1/1 2 A1-2 3 A1/2-1/4 4 A1/2-216 5 CENTRAL AIR 6 EM-3 7 EM-312 8 EM-3/3 9 NAVY DEPT 10 DEPT OF AIR FORCE 11 JCS Box 157 1 EM-3/8 2 EM3-9 3 R&D 4 CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES 5 A2/1-1 SECDEF 6 EXECUTIVE ORDERS 7 A 6 COMMUNICATIONS 8 A6 -4 MAIL & MESSENGER 9 SPEECHES 10 SECURITY 11 REPORTS & STATS 12 INVESTIGATION Box 158 1 ALL B-36 2 A 14/1 GERMANY 3 A14 4 A 14/1 RUSSIA 5 DEFENCE OF WESTERN HEM. 6 SUBMARINE 7 WAR PLANS 8 ATOMIC BOMB 9 LIST Box 159

1 A 19 2 a21/1-1 naval aviation 3 A 20 8-1 4 A21 5 A/21/11 6 L1 7 L8 8 M 9 S1 10 INDEX 11 A 1 CHRONO 12 A-2 836 13 A3836 14 A4836 15 B-1 16 8-2836 Box 160 1 B-3 2 B-3 ITEM 3-1 3 B-4 4 B-5 5 B-6 Box 161 1 B-7 B-36 Item 7 Agenda 2 B-8, B-36 Agenda Items 1&2 3 B-9, B36 Manual of Agenda Items 3 thru 7 4 C-1, B-36 Briefing of witnesses 5 C-2, B-36 Fleet Adm E. J. King 6 C-3 Fleet Adm C. W. Nimitz 7 C-4, B-36 Fleet Adm W.F. Halsey 8 C-5, B-36 Adm L. E. Denfeld 9 C-6, B-36 Adm R. A. Spruance 10 C-7 Adm T. C. Kincaid 11 C-8, B-36 Adm R. L. Conolly 12 C-9, B-36 Adm W. H. P. Blandy Box 162 1 C-10, B-36 Adm A. W. Radford 2 C-11, B-36 Vice 3 C-12, B-36 Rear Adm R. A. Ofstie 4 C-13, B-36 Rear Adm L. Deflorez 5 C-14, B-36 Brig Gen V E Megee 6 C-15, B-36 Capt F M Trapnell 7 C-16, B-36 Capt A A Burke

8 C-17, B-36 Capt JH Sides 9 C-18, B-36 Capt JS Thach 10 C-19, B-36 Cdr AB Metsger 11 C-20, B-36 CDR WI Martin 12 C-21 , B-36 Cdr E Tatom 13 C-22, B-36 CDR WN Leonard 14 C-23, B-36 LCDR EW Harrison 15 C-24, B-36 Mr A Hyatt 16 C-25, B-36 Questions 17 C-26, B-36 Gen AA Vandergrift 18 Blank Box 163 1 D-1, B-36 Statements 2 D-2, B-36 Correspondence regarding stand-by witnesses 3 E-1, B-36 volume 1 4 E-1A, B-36 Volume 1 comments 5 E-2, B-36 Volume 2 6 E-2A, B-36 Volume 2 comments 7 E-3, B-36 Volume 3 8 E-3A, B-36 Volume 3 9 E-4, B-36 Volume 4 10 E-4A, B-36 Volume 4 comments Box 164 1 E-5, B-36 Volume 5 2 E-5A, B-36 Volume 5 comments 3 E-6, B-36 Volume 6 4 E-6A, B-36 Volume 6 comments 5 E-7, B-36 Volume 7 6 E-7A, B-36 Volume 7 comments 7 E-8, B-36 Volume 8 8 E-BA, B-36 Volume 8 comments 9 E-9, B-36 Volume 9 Box 165 1 E-9A, B-36 Volume 9 comments 2 E-10, B-36 Volume 10 3 E-10A, B-36 Volume 10 comments 4 E-4, B-36 Volume 11 5 E-11A, B-36 Volume 11 comments 6 E-12, B-36 Volume 12 7 E-13, B-36 Volume 13 8 E-14, B-36 Volume 14 9 E-14A, B-36 Volume 14 comments 10 E-15, B-36 Volume 15

11 E-16, B-36 Volume 16 Box 166 1 E-17, B-36 Volume 17 2 E-18, B-36 Volume 18 3 E-19, B-36 Volume 19 4 E-20, B-36 Volume 20 5 E-21 , B-36 Volume 21 6 E-21 , B-36 Volume 21 comments 7 E-22, B-36 Volume 22 Box 167 1 E-23, B-36 Volume 23 2 E-23A, B-36 Volume 23 comments 3 E-24, B-36 Volume 24 4 E-24A, B-36 Volume 24 comments 5 E-25, B-36 Testimony Material General 6 E-26, B-36 Questions 7 F-1, B-36 Characteristics 8 F-2 , B-36 Aircraft Characteristics 9 F-3, B-36 Carrier Characteristics 10 F-4, B-036 Aviation Ordnance 11 F-5, B-36 Aircraft engines 12 F-6, B-36 Fighter Interception 13 F-7, B-36 Seaplanes 14 F-8, B-36 Procurement Box 168 1 F-8, B-36 R&D Board Comte. on Aero. 2 F-9, B-36 Costs 3 F-10, B-36 Personnel Statistics 4 F-11, B-36 Strategic bombing 5 F-12, B-36 Air Force Equipment 6 G-1 GAPA Projecy, B-36 7 G-2, B-36 JATO Stanwick RAF Report 8 G-3, B-36 Scanlon report 9 G-4, B-36 Camey report& BuAer budget letter 10 G-5, B-36 Anti-Navy Questions 11 G-6, B-36 Fighter tactical Conv. 12 G-7, B-36 The Navy's Side 13 G-8, B-36 Air board report on mine warfare Box 169 1 G-9, B-36 R&D Board (Comm on Aero) Prog. Plan. Rep. 2 G-10, B-36 Summary Reports on B-36 Investigation 3 H-1, B-36 Naval court of inquiry

4 H-2, B-36 Capt John Crommelin 5 1-1,B-36 Mailing Lists 6 1-2, B-36 Witness Lists 7 J B-360P-23 8 K-1, B-36 Editorial comment thru Apr. 1949 9 K-2, B-36 Editorial comment May 1949 10 K-3, B-36 Editorial comment June 1949 11 K-4, B-36 Editorial comment July 1949 Box 170 1 K-5, B-36 Editorial comment 1-13 Aug 1949 2 K-5, B-36 Editorial, comment 14-31 Aug 1949 3 K-6,B-36 Box 171 1 K-7, B-36 Editorial comment 1-thru 10 Oct 49 2 K-8, B-36 Editorial comment 11-20 Oct 1949 3 K-9, B-36 Editorial comment 12-31 Oct 1949 4 K-10, B-36 Editorial comment Nov 1949 5 L-1 ,B-36 Newspaper clippings thru Apr 1949 Box 172 1 L-2, B-36 Newspaper clippings May 1949 2 L-3, B-36 Newspaper clippings June 1949 3 L-4,B-36 newspaper clippings July 1949 4 L-5, B-36 Newspaper clippings August 1949 5 L-6, B-36 Newspaper clippings Sept 1949 6 L-7, B-36 Newspaper clippings Oct 1949 7 L-8, B-36 newspaper clippings Nov 1949 8 M-2, B-36 News Released may 1949 9 M-3, B-36 News released June 1949 10 M-4, B-36 News released July 1949 11 M-5, B-36 News released August 1949 12 M-6, B-36 News released Sept 1949 Box 173 1 M-7, B-36 News released Oct 1949 2 N-1, B-36 Speeches-(A-E) 3 N-2, B-36 Speeches-(F-J) 4 N-3, B-36 Speeches-(K-O) 5 N-4, B-36 Speeches-(R-1) 6 N-5, B-36 Speeches-(U-Z) 7 O B-36 Information and Education 8 P, B-36 Manual, Investigation Materials 9 B-36 General Statements 10 B-36 General Statements

B ox 174 1 B-36 Technical Statements 2 B-36 The Navy and Marine Corps presentation 3 AAF Information Program, B-36 4 B-36 Statements (Armed Services Committee) Box 175 1 B-36 Statements Armed services committee