| Title: |
Reminiscences of Walter Spencer Robertson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A116
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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: |
Eisenhower Administration Project
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| Description: |
Experiences as Far Eastern Affairs expert in State Department; China with Generals Patrick Hurley and George Marshall, 1945-6; Assistant Secretary of State for Far East, 1953-59; policies in South East Asia; South-East Asia Treaty Organization; Korea; impressions of John Foster Dulles, President Eisenhower, Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, Jawaharlal Nehru, Syngman Rhee.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 194 leaves, Tape: 3 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part III, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Robertson, Walter Spencer, 1893-1970
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1893
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| Speaker occupation: |
Banker; Diplomat
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of State
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| Historical events discussed: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Diplomats--United States; Government executives--United States; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; North America; U.S. Department of State; United States; United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945; United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961; United States--Politics and government--1953-1961
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
China--History--1945-; East Asia--History; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Robertson, Walter Spencer, 1893-1970; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017008-12451
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