Griswold, Dwight P. Papers

Chief, American Mission for Aid to Greece, 1947-48

The papers of Dwight P. Griswold document his service as Chief of the American Mission for Aid to Greece from June 14, 1947 through September 15, 1948. The collection includes correspondence with State Department officials and others, briefing papers, press releases, reports (including five quarterly reports concerning US aid to Greece and Turkey that the Department of State submitted to Congress in 1947 and 1948), newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the mission.

Size: About 1,000 pages and 500 photographs
Access: Open, with the exception that a small number of documents have been closed in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Order governing the administration of classified information
Copyright: Dorothy G. Gayer donated her copyright interest in her unpublished writings, including her father's, in this collection or any other collection in the possession of the United States Government to the people of the United States. In addition, documents prepared by United States Government employees in the course of their official duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in documents that do not fall in the above two categories is presumed to remain with the writers of the documents.
Processed by: Dennis Bilger, Raymond H. Geselbracht, and Anita Smith

The papers of Dwight P. Griswold document his service as Chief of the American Mission for Aid to Greece from June 14, 1947 through September 15, 1948. The collection includes correspondence with State Department officials and others, and briefing papers, press releases, reports (including five quarterly reports concerning U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey that the Department of State submitted to Congress in 1947 and 1948), newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the mission. The American Mission for Aid to Greece was organized in May and June of 1947 to oversee the administration of a program of assistance for Greece and Turkey according to the provision of the so-called Truman Doctrine (Public Law 75, 80th Congress) and the implementing regulations prescribed by Executive Oder 9857.

The collection is divided into four series. The Correspondence File includes, most importantly, correspondence with Secretary of State George Marshall and other State Department officials concerning the mission of AMAG. Of particular importance is a letter from Secretary of State George C. Marshall to Dwight P. Griswold, not dated but certainly written in late June of 1947, which describes Griswold's charge and the scope of his authority as Chief of the American Mission for Aid to Greece. The series also includes several reports and speeches that describe AMAG's accomplishments in Greece. The Reports File contains five quarterly reports concerning U.S. assistance to Greece and Turkey that the Department of State submitted to Congress for the periods ending September 30, 1947 through September 30, 1948. The Scrapbook File contains newspaper clippings, personal and social correspondence, and invitations and other such items relating to the ceremonial side of Griswold's work. The Photograph File contains photocopies of photographs from two photograph albums and a scrapbook. The original photographs have been transferred to the audiovisual collection.

The following collections in the Truman Library's holdings contain material relating to American assistance to Greece and Turkey: the papers of Harry S. Truman (OF206 - Greece; President's Secretary's File - Subject File), Clark M. Clifford, George M. Elsey, Joseph M. Jones, Paul A. Porter, Paul R. Porter, Francis Lincoln, George E. Phillies and Harry N. Howard.

A large collection of papers of Dwight P. Griswold is in the custody of the Nebraska State Historical Society.