Semi-Official Correspondence, 1961-1971

Subseries II, Semi-Official correspondence, 1961-1962, 1964-1971, covers the period when Colbert served as commander of the USS BOSTON, commander of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, and President of the Naval War College. Most of the correspondence focuses on matters associated with various assignments: fleet preparedness, defense, the Soviet maritime threat, SACLANT, and Naval War College policies and programs. Correspondents include Admirals Thomas Moorer, Bernard L. Austin, Arleigh A. Burke, Elmo Zumwalt, and Henry Eccles; national political figures, Richard M. Nixon, Walt Rostow, George Kennan, Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers, and Claiborne Pell. Numerous memoranda, both issued by Admiral Colbert and addressed to him, appear through this subseries.