State Department duty in China, the McCarthy Era, and after, 1933-1977
Subtitle: and related material
By: John Stewart Service; tape-recorded interview conducted in 1977-1978 by Rosemary Levenson for the Regional Oral History Office The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1981 :
Contributors: Levenson, Rosemary.; Fairbank, John King, 1907-1991.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Series: China series. John S. and Caroline Service oral history project -- v. 1.
Published: 1977
Subjects: United States. Foreign Service.; United States -- Foreign relations -- China.; China -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: Comments on parents, Roy and Grace Service and their YMCA work in China; work in U.S. Foreign Service, 1933-42, with various posts in China; political events; growing strength of communists and civil war in China; assignment as political advisor to General Stilwell in World War II; political reporting and intelligence work; resumption of foreign service career, 1945-50; charges brought by McCarthy and dismissal from State Dept.; reinstatement, 1957, and work until retirement, 1962; association with Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley; continued interest in China and visits there from 1971.
Table of contents: value: Reel 1: Mar. 28, 1977. Track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 492 ft.; value: Reel 2: Mar. 28, 1977. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 492 ft.; value: Reel 3: Apr. 6, 1977. Track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 492 ft.; value: Reel 4: Apr. 6, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 470 ft.; value: Reel 5: Apr. 11, 1977. Track 1: 494 ft., track 2: 493 ft.; value: Reel 6: Apr. 11, 1977. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 495 ft.; value: Reel 7: May 3, 1977. Track 1: 500 ft., track 2: 495 ft.; value: Reel 8: May 3, 1977. Track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 18 ft.; value: Reel 9: Sep. 12, 1977. Track 1: 500 ft., track 2: 497 ft.; value: Reel 10: Sep. 12, 1977. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 493 ft.; value: Reel 11: Sep. 20, 1977. Track 1: 160 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 12: Sep. 20, 1977. Track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 488 ft.; value: Reel 13: Sep. 27, 1977. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 290 ft.; value: Reel 14: Sep. 27, 1977. Track 1: 488 ft., track 2: 485 ft.; value: Reel 15: Oct. 3, 1977. Track 1: 488 ft., track 2: 488 ft.; value: Reel 16: Oct. 3, 1977. Track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 167 ft.; value: Reel 17: Oct. 10, 1977. Track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Reel 18: Oct. 10, 1977. Track 1: 418 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Reel 19: Oct. 19, 1977. Track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 480 ft.; value: Phonotapes :; value: Reel 20; Oct. 19, 1977. Track 1: 380 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Reel 21: Oct. 19, 1977. Track 1: 450 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 22: Oct. 24, 1977. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 498 ft.; value: Reel 23: Oct. 24, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Reel 24: Nov. 4, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Reel 25: Nov. 4, 1977. Track 1: 488 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 26: Nov. 7, 1977. Track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 435 ft.; value: Reel 27: Nov. 7, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 475 ft.; value: Reel 28: Nov. 14, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Reel 29: Nov. 14, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 100 ft.; value: Phonotapes, cont.: