| Title: |
Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP86-A27
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Occupation of Japan Project
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| Description: |
Childhood in India; United States consular service beginning at Tokyo, 1909; Dairen and Yokohama earthquakes; Japan Desk, State Department; London Naval Conference; Consul General, Canton and Mukden; Japanese government in Manchuria; adviser to Cordell Hull during Japanese conversations, 1941; Pearl Harbor investigations; Head, Far Eastern Division; Director, Office of Far Eastern Affairs; post-war program for Far East; occupation policies; Owen Lattimore, Joseph Grew, Eugene Dooman, Douglas MacArthur.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 271 leaves, Tape: 1 reel, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1961 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ballantine, Joseph William, 1888-1973
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1888
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| Speaker occupation: |
Consular officer
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1961
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| Interviewer: |
Gordon, Beate
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of State
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| Historical events discussed: |
Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Japan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; Diplomats; Japan; Japan--Foreign relations--United States; North America; U.S. Department of State; United States; United States--Foreign relations; United States--Foreign relations--Japan; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Ballantine, Joseph William, 1888-1973; Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016578-12021
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