| Title: |
Reminiscences of John Stewart Service
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A133
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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: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, birth and early years in China; Oberlin, 1927-1931; passed foreign service examination and return to China, 1933; vice consul, Kunming; language officer, Peking, 1935-1937; outbreak of Sino-Japanese War, 1937; political reporting; United States Embassy, Chung-king, 1941-1943, contacts and travels; on General Stilwell's staff, 1943: Dixie Mission to Communist headquarters, Yenan, 1944; recalled to Washington, 1945, AMERASIA case, arrest, clearance, assigned to Japan, New Zealand, 1946-1948; McCarthy hearings, Loyalty Security Boards, Tydings Committee, 1950; firing from State Department 1951; business career; appeals carried to Supreme Court; reinstated by State Department, 1957; United States Consul, Liverpool; retirement in 1962; Center for Chinese Studies, Berkeley, California; author THE AMERASIA PAPERS, trips to China in 1971 and 1975.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 515 leaves, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Bancroft Library for information. Original oral history held by: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Service, John S., 1909-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1909
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| Speaker occupation: |
Foreign Service officer
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Levenson, Rosemary
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of State
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; China; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; China; Diplomats--United States; North America; U.S. Department of State; United States; United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
China--Description and travel--1949-1975; China--History--1900-1949; China--Politics and government--1937-1945; Internal security--United States; Loyalty-security program, 1947-; Service, John S., 1909-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017195-12638
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