Question: Where can I find Department of State Bulletins or Dispatches?

1939-1989 

The Department of State Bulletin (ANNEX KZ231 .U8297x; HeinOnline) contains text of foreign policy-related speeches by the President, the Secretary of State, various ambassadors, and other State Department officials. The Bulletin is subtitled “The official monthly record of U.S. Foreign Policy,” and is indexed in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. 

1990-1996 

United States Department of State Dispatch (Annex Journals KZ231 .U83 and Micro-10 S490; HeinOnline) contains the texts of important foreign policy-related speeches, the texts of a few treaties, and a list of recent treaty actions (including location information). During this time period, the Dispatch is published weekly. 

Also available online (1990-1999).

1997-1999

United States Department of State Dispatch (Annex Journals KZ231 .U83 and Micro-10 S490; HeinOnline) published monthly. Ends with the December 1999 issue. 

1993 – 1996

Available online.

2000-Present 

Items that used to be published in the Bulletin or in Dispatch are now only available on the web: “All speeches, briefings, and testimony from State Department officials and the current U.S. treaty actions are available on the department’s web site at www.state.gov upon release….” [December, 1999 Dispatch]