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Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Asia, 1960-1969.
History Vault: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, 1960-1969: Asia Available
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- Website/Database
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- History.
- United States--History--Sources--Databases.
- United States.
- United States. Department of State.
- United States--Foreign relations--China--Sources.
- China.
- Vietnam.
- Laos.
- Japan.
- Indonesia.
- United States--Foreign relations--Republic of China--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--East Asia--Sources.
- East Asia.
- United States--Foreign relations--China--Hong Kong--Sources.
- China--Hong Kong.
- United States--Foreign relations--Indonesia--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--Japan--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--Laos--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--Philippine Republic--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Databases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- ProQuest History Vault: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Asia, 1960-1969
- Place of Publication:
- [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Countries covered in this module are: China, Far East (general), Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Philippine Republic, and Vietnam. The files on China, Japan, and Vietnam make up the largest portion of this module. Major topics covered in the China files include the tensions between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, the U.S.'s Two Chinas policy, and the Cultural Revolution in China. In Japan, State Department personnel reported on student demonstrations, the activities of Japanese political parties, the 1964 Olympics, negotiations regarding Japanese import and export restrictions, issues pertaining to the Japanese Self Defense Force, relations with South Korea, the possible reversion of Okinawa to Japan, diplomatic meetings, and the Japanese fishing industry. In the Vietnam files, documentation on agricultural commodities shipped to Vietnam as part of the Food for Peace program will give researchers a sense of agricultural prices, currency rates, and the food supply in Vietnam during the war. State Department records on Vietnam also cover relations between Buddhists and the government, and U.S. military intervention and military assistance in Vietnam. The records on Laos in this module focus on the political instability in Laos.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 30, 2016).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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