Papers, 1948-1970.

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Papers, 1948-1970.

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These papers date primarily from 1948-1949 and document Far Eastern military and political developments and especially the civil war in China. Series I, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Western Pacific, are composed primarily of official correspondence and dispatches, and consist of Badger's reference files on military and diplomatic events in China. Series II, Personal Files, contains correspondence dating largely from the period when Admiral Badger was Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Western Pacific. Series III, Speeches, contains a 1951 speech to the National War College, testimony before Senate Committees investigating the Far East and the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur, a 1955 address to the Management Conference of the Prudential Company on the principle of decentralization, and "The Influence of Logistics on Strategy" to the Naval War College in 1954. Series IV, Miscellaneous, includes such items as a letter to Senator Richard Russell discussing Far Eastern policy, intelligence reports on China, statement of policy for the Eastern Sea Frontier (Admiral Badger's command in 1950-1951), memorandum to the Chief of Naval Operations on the international situation of 1952, and a 1948 Third Amphibious Corps report on U.S. personnel taken into custody by the Chinese communists.

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Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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