Papers of Hugh Scott [manuscript], 1923-1984 bulk 1972-1984.

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Papers of Hugh Scott [manuscript], 1923-1984 bulk 1972-1984.

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Includes Scott's insurance broker's license, 1923, and notary republic certificates, 1923. Bulk of collection contains materials pertaining to the April 18- May 3, 1972, visit of Senator Mike Mansfield, Senator Scott, and others, to China. Includes transcripts of meetings and speeches, joint statements made by Mansfield and Scott prior to leaving China; Scott's report to the President on the visit. Also includes hand written notes of Scott; photocopies if handwritten letters sent back to the United States; and letters from Scott's office addressed to Bill (Hildenbrand), Scott's administrative assistant also on trip, concerning news from Washington, D.C. Also includes 1972 memorandum about Chinese vessels on Huang Ho River. Also contains materials pertaining to the Youth for Understanding Board of Trustees meeting in Tokyo, Japan, October 26-27, 1984, including agenda, minutes of past meetings held in 1984, text of resolutions, reports, etc. to be considered at the meetings and biographical sketches of retiring trustees including Scott. On the light side, includes excerpt from Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine listing Scott as one of five people who seem to have vanished off the face of the earth and Scott's December 3, 1994, response to Charles Layton, the managing editor of the magazine; letter from Senator Howard Baker with picture showing inside of a desk drawer, and a electrostatic copy of the photograph.

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Layton, Charles

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