Holdings
Title:
John Foster Dulles Series
Abstract:
On the election of General Eisenhower as President, he appointed John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State. This was obviously a major plus for Monnet who was a close personal friend of Dulles. Shortly after Eisenhower's inauguration as President, Dulles travelled to Luxembourg to witness the establishment of the European and Coal and Steel Community. When Monnet asked for David Bruce to be appointed as Ambassador to the High Authority of the ECSC, Dulles agreed despite earlier reservations and w
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1953 to 1958
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Samuel Waugh Papers
Abstract:
Samuel Waugh was assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in the Eisenhower Administration. He became involved with the loan negotiations in 1954 for the ECSC when the Secretary of the Treasury, George Humphrey was placing conditions and restrictions on the loan, particularly as American coal and steel producers were having problems. Waugh after discussion with Monnet and Donald Swatland confronted Humphrey about his precluding the Community from the option of getting further loans in E
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1955 to 1959
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Walter Bedell Smith Papers
Abstract:
Walter Bedell Smith served under Eisenhower as Chief of Staff during World War II. He was appointed as under-Secretary of State in the Eisenhower Administration. He also held the post of Director of the CIA and was a former Director of the American Committee for a United Europe. He was Dulles' right-hand man until August 1954, when he resigned but he continued as an unofficial adviser to Dulles and the President. As a friend of Monnet he had an input into supporting the American loan for the ECS
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1945 to 1956
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Henry Aurand Papers
Abstract:
General Henry S. Aurand worked on President Roosevelt's Victory Programme with Monnet, Stacy May and Robert Nathan. Aurand, a key man in military logistics, communicated with Monnet regarding America's war time production policy.
JMAS.G-07
JMAS.G-07
Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1941 to 1942
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Gabriel Hague Records
Abstract:
Gabriel Hague was Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for Economic Affairs.
JMAS.G-08
JMAS.G-08
Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1957
Fonds:
JMAS
Abstract:
The documents in the Robert Nathan collection concerning Jean Monnet are held in the Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe, Lausanne. The President of the Foundation Mr. Henri Rieben gave copies of these documents to be included in this project. Because the papers in the Foundation archive were of poor quality and illegible when photocopied, the documents were retyped for HAEC. The Foundation reference code is detailed in each individual dossier description.
Photocopying in not permitted, but note
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Description Level:
Sub-Fonds
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Robert R. Nathan Papers
Abstract:
Robert Nathan was an important new-deal economist in the Roosevelt administration. Before the fall of France in 1940 he had worked in the Department of Commerce and then in National Defense Advisory Commission. It was at this time that his contact with Monnet, who was procuring arms for the British, began. According to Nathan, Monnet was primarily responsible for increasing the production requirements from the military branches to help Europe defend itself, and for Monnet, Robert Nathan was the
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1946 to 1947
Fonds:
JMAS
Abstract:
CCEE_AFSO-490
CCEE_AFSO.14-490
CCEE-AFSO-BAC-1-1970-492
Description Level:
Dossier
Dates:
1953 to 1958
HAEU Reference Code:
CCEE_AFSO-490
Original Reference Code:
CCEE-AFSO-BAC-1-1970-492
Title:
Commissariat au Plan
Abstract:
The main impetus for the Monnet Plan or Modernisation Plan was because of pressure from the US to develop a programme in order to justify further aid for France and because of Monnet's own belief that an integrated Europe was impossible without first re-constructing the economy in France. General De Gaulle, leader of the Provisional Government was in agreement, realising that a programme for French economic re-vitalisation was essential, this decision to increase productivity, raise living stand
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
NARA
Abstract:
The papers in the National Archive and Record Administration (NARA) in Washington D.C., which were of relevance to this project were taken from the Dept. of State Central files and from the papers of Ambassador John Tuthill. Some of these papers from the Tuthill collection are published in the US Foreign Relations Series. The papers included in this project, are ones which were declassified by the Dept. of State in NARA and which are now in the Tuthill family home. The originals are located in t
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Description Level:
Sub-Fonds
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
John Tuthill Papers
Abstract:
John Tuthill, a committed Europeanist and former head of the Atlantic Institute in Paris and US, was appointed Economic Minister at the French Embassy in 1959. He had previously negotiated with Robert Marjolin regarding US concerns over certain aspects of the Common Market, whereby the US felt that preferential treatment would be given to the Six, particularly with regard to agriculture. Tuthill was of the opinion that an agreement would have to be reached between the Common Market and GATT, to
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1956 to 1988
Fonds:
JMAS
Abstract:
The material in these files consists of documents sent by American officials abroad to the Department of State or the Secretary of State. In the case of this project the papers of relevance in this unit deal mainly with American interests and concerns regarding European affairs and to a lesser degree with Jean Monnet.
JMAS.I-02
JMAS.I-02
Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1955 to 1957
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Yale University Library
Abstract:
The material of interest in the Manuscripts and Archives Department of the Yale University Library concerning Jean Monnet and Europe, were taken from the Dean Acheson and the Walter Lippmann papers. However, the Yale Library would not permit copies of the Acheson and Lippmann papers to be made for placement in other archival institutions, but provided the material, pertinent to this project in microfilm form (35mm). There is also included on the microfilm information concerning the collections,
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Description Level:
Sub-Fonds
Dates:
1926 to 1970
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Dean Acheson Private Papers
Abstract:
Dean Acheson began his career as a lawyer in Washington for the firm Covington and Burling. He served for more than twelve years at the US State Department (1941 -1953), first as an assistant and then as under Secretary of State and subsequently was appointed Secretary of State during President Truman's second term in office. Acheson's contribution to the formation of NATO, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was significant. He was also instrumental in the development of America's post wa
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1944 to 1970
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
Walter Lippmann
Abstract:
Walter Lippmann was probably one of the best known American journalists dealing with International affairs in the post-War era. He had worked initially as an editor of the «New York World» and in September 1931, he began his career as a columnist for the «New York Herald Tribune». The papers in this project came from his personal papers and manuscipts as opposed to his collection of published work also held in Yale. Lippmann probably met Monnet during the Versailles Peace Conference. For in 1917
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1926 to 1964
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
John F. Kennedy Library
Abstract:
The documents of relevance in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library were taken from the White House Central Main File and from the Presidential Papers and concern Monnet and his administrations policies with regard to Europe. Since many of the documents have not been declassified as yet, the complete picture of Kennedy and his administrations relationship with Monnet and their attitude to European integration can not be fully appreciated. The original record code is listed in the dossier desc
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Description Level:
Sub-Fonds
Fonds:
JMAS
Title:
John F. Kennedy Sources
Abstract:
In the area of European affairs and European unity, John F. Kennedy is often remembered for his advocation of a "Grand Design" between the US and Europe, this concept was best epitomised in the climax of his Atlantic Partnership speech in Philadelphia, 4 July 1962. Initially Kennedy was sceptical about further European integration but came around to the idea through the influence of George Ball, whom Kennedy had commissioned shortly after his election to head a task force on foreign economic pol
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1961 to 1963
Fonds:
JMAS
Abstract:
The documents of relevance to Jean Monnet were taken from the Presidential and White House Central files and also from the George Ball Papers. The material in this library of significance to this project is fragmentary. Some files are not declassified as yet or haven't been processed in the Library and so they are not available to researchers. The documents refer mainly to US/European partnership, a continuation of the policy put in place by Johnson's predecessor, John F. Kennedy. The old record
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Description Level:
Sub-Fonds
Fonds:
JMAS
Abstract:
CECA_TRAR-5643
CECA_TRAR.01-5643
CECA-TRAR-BAC-1-1970-493
Description Level:
Dossier
Dates:
1953 to 1954
HAEU Reference Code:
CECA_TRAR-5643
Original Reference Code:
CECA-TRAR-BAC-1-1970-493
Title:
Presidential Papers
Abstract:
Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice-President during the Kennedy era stepped into the President's shoes in late 1964 following the death of Kennedy. His foreign policies with regard to Europe were basically a continuation of those put in place by Kennedy. George Ball remained in his position as under-Secretary and once again provided the necessary link for Monnet to influence the American administration. David Bruce in an oral history interview stated that Johnson was greatly impressed by Monnet and his adm
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1963 to 1971
Fonds:
JMAS
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