Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine : oral history, 1961.

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Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine : oral history, 1961.

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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.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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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...

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Consular officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440630 American diplomat; special assistant to the secretary of state, 1945-1947. From the description of Joseph Ballantine papers, 1909-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870018 ...