Guides: Sources Relating to U.S. Foreign Relations: South Asia

State Department Records

Afghanistan and the U.S. 1945-1963: Records of the U.S. State Department Classified Files
Central Classified Files of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs, Afghanistan, 1945-1963
India from Crown Rule to Republic, 1945-1949: Records of the U.S. State Department
RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, India, 1945-1949, Decimal numbers 645, 745, 845 and 711.45. Includes all documents previously segregated due to security classification that have been interfiled by the National Archives.
India-Pakistan Conflict: Records of the U.S. State Department, February 1963-1966
Over 16,000 pages of State Department Central Files on India and Pakistan from 1963 through 1966
Pakistan from Crown Rule to Republic: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1945-1949
this collection traces the end of British India and the emergence of modern Pakistan. Representative documents with valuable details include the “Economic Survey,” dated April-June 1949, and issued by the Board of Economic Inquiry, West Punjab, Lahore, and “Dacca Newsletter,” dated July 1949. The collection is sourced from the Central Files of the General Records of the Department of State.

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. India: internal affairs, 1945-1949.
Van Pelt Microtext Center: Microfilm 3939
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. India: internal affairs, 1950-1954.
Van Pelt Microtext Center: Microfilm 394
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. India: foreign affairs, 1945-1949.
Van Pelt Microtext Center: Microfilm 3931
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. India: foreign affairs, 1950-1954.
Van Pelt Microtext Center: Microfilm 3932
China and India [1941-1949].(O.S.S./State Department intelligence and research reports; pt. 3)
Van Pelt Microtext Center: Microfilm 3165
Despatches from United States consuls in Colombo, Ceylon, 1850-1906.
Van Pelt Microtext Center: Microfilm 3607
Despatches from United States consuls in Calcutta, 1843-1906
Van Pelt Microtext Center: NationalArchives Film T-189
Records of the United States Consulate in Bombay, 1894-1912
Despatches from United States consuls in Bombay, 1838-1906.
Van Pelt Microtext Center: NationalArchives Film M-168