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The Johns Hopkins University Press
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

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volume 5 : notes
Notes to the Reader As in any publication of this kind, the editors had to decide upon a format in which to place the selected documents. We found we could not always reproduce the documents themselves exactly as written. The original letters were frequently single-spaced. Cables were usually typed in all capital letters, with "X" designating periods, "PARA" denoting the start of new paragraphs, and many other peculiarities, all of which would hinder an intelligent reading of the documents. The final section of this essay includes photographs of some of the original documents so that the reader may more clearly understand the nature of the editing process. Each document printed actually has three sections—the heading, the document text, and the annotation needed to clarify the document. An explanation of the procedures employed in each of these sections will facilitate the reading of the documents. Heading. The heading contains the document number and the source in which the original is located on the top line, the addressee and date on the next line, and the security classification—if any—on a third line. Documents are numbered consecutively, usually in the chronological order in which they were transmitted or mailed. At times we have placed several documents of the same date and subject in consecutive order, even though other selected messages on various subjects were actually sent out between the two or three related documents. Cross references in the annotation have enabled us to cite to documents particularly relevant to each other, reducing the need to refer continually to the index when following the course of a particular complex issue. In determining what manuscript collection to cite as the source of a document, we usually had several choices. We generally cite the most easily locatable collection and at times indicate in the notes where other copies