Charles T. Cross Papers, 1915-2007 (bulk 1931-2003).

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Charles T. Cross Papers, 1915-2007 (bulk 1931-2003).

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Charles Tenney Cross (1922-) had a distinguished career in the Foreign Service, serving as Ambassador to Singapore, Consul General in Hong Kong, and Director of the American Institute in Taiwan. Cross was born in China and grew up speaking Mandarin Chinese. At the start of WWII, Cross was a sophomore at Carleton College. He applied for admission to the Navy's Japanese Language School at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Upon graduation in 1943, Cross joined the Marines, serving in the 4th Division as an intelligence officer and interpreter. He participated in four Marine Corps landings, receiving the Bronze Star for Bravery in Saipan. After the war, Cross returned to Carleton, graduating cum laude in 1947. In 1949, he received an M.A. from Yale University and began his extensive diplomatic career in the Foreign Service. The Cross Papers include his professional papers as a diplomat and as a university lecturer, as well as personal papers from WWII and Vietnam. The collection also contains letters, journals, and reminiscences of his parents and other missionaries in China.

13.5 linear ft. (24 boxes)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado, Boulder

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Charles T. Cross spent more than three decades in the Foreign Service of the United States. Cross began his career as a United States Information Service officer, first in Taiwan (1949-1950), then in Djakarta, Indonesia (1950-1951), and in Hong Kong (1952-1954). Subsequently, Cross served in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as the U. S. Political Officer from 1955 to 1957, where he watched the British deal with a communist uprising and bring about a democratic country. In the latter year he ...