Mark Roberti collection

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Mark Roberti collection

1952-1992

Dispatches, reports, memoranda, and sound recordings, relating to negotiations and plans for the transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty. Includes photocopies of United States State Department documents released under the Freedom of Information Act; drafts of the Basic Law of Hong Kong; and recordings of interviews of British and Chinese officials. Used as research material for the book by Mark Roberti, The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1994).

5 manuscript boxes; (2 linear feet)

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 6652757

Hoover Institution Archives

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

Roberti, Mark, 1961-

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