Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
Floor 4 Documents Stacks, Call Number DOC. S 1.1: date
Selected volumes online from the State Department
This series encompasses over 500 volumes and is arranged chronologically by Presidential Administrations with volumes further organized by country or region. FRUS serves as the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Memos and correspondence are reproduced between U.S. ambassadors and other Department of State staff and Washington after their declassification--typically 30 years after the event.
The record of official activities dealing with U.S. Foreign affairs. Contains major speeches, congressional testimony, fact sheets, policy statements, current treaty actions. Dispatch supplements often reprint the text of major documents, such as treaties. A weekly publication 1990-1996; monthly, 1997-1999.