Summary Information
John Scott Papers 1944-1976
U.S. Mss 32AF; MCHC77-103
1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes); plus additions of 11.4 c.f.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, 1944-1976, of John Scott, a journalist, broadcasting executive, and special assistant to the publishers of Time. Scott also worked as a steel worker in Magnitogorsk during the 1930s. The collection documents Scott's research and writings which include reports for Time and several books. Also included are photographs, correspondence, memos, and subject files. English, French
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Biography/History
John Scott, journalist and Soviet authority, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Scott Nearing. He attended the University of Wisconsin, 1929-1931, and after leaving school dropped his last name (Nearing). Armed with a welder's certificate and a determination to see the world and write, he sailed for Russia in 1932 where he spent five years working in the Magnitogorsk steel complex. The 1937 purge forced him from Soviet industry, but Scott remained in the country for several more years, working as a correspondent for Havas, the French news agency, and the London News Chronicle.
Scott spent portions of 1940 and 1941 traveling through the Balkans, the Middle East, Asiatic Russia, and Japan, and his resulting news reports attracted considerable attention. In 1941 he returned to the United States, and the following year he became a contributing editor for Time magazine. As such, his assignments included the State Department, London, and Stockholm, where he headed the Time-Life bureau until 1945. After the war, Scott reopened Time's Central European bureau in Berlin. In 1948 Time reassigned him to the New York office, promoting him to special correspondent and then to assistant to the publisher in 1952.
From 1952 until 1973 Scott's assignment was to roam the globe collecting observations and information for in-depth research reports to be used by the magazine's staff. The resulting book-length reports provided such detail and perspective on world conditions that they were in great demand even beyond the Time staff. Among the reports are: The U.S. Military Presence in Europe and the Middle East (1952); Western Europe's Economic Revival (1953); The Middle East (1954); Latin America in Travail (1955); East of Suez - The Asian Subcontinent (1956); Asian Journey - A Study of Southeast Asia (1957); The Soviet Empire - The U.S.S.R. and Its Satellites (1959); Africa - The Frontier Continent (1959); The New Europe - Can Six and Seven Make One? (1961); The Soviet Economic Offensive: A Report on Public Diplomacy (1961); Crisis in Communist China (1962); How Much Progress: A Report on the Alianza para el Progreso (1963); The Soviet World - Growth, Disintegration and Reform (1965); Hunger - A Report on the World Food Crisis (1966), Peace in Asia - The War in Vietnam in Context (1967); The Middle East at War (1970), and Detente Through Soviet Eyes (1974). In addition to these reports for Time, Scott published several books. Behind the Urals, issued in 1942, described his life in the Russian steel factories. His second book, Duel for Europe: Stalin vs. Hitler appeared in the same year, and it was followed in 1945 by Europe in Revolution. Political Warfare: A Guide to Competitive Coexistence (1955) was a study of ideological conflict in the Cold War era. As its subtitle indicated, Democracy Is Not Enough (1960) was a personal survey of hunger in the underdeveloped nations.
Other titles include Man's Struggle to Feed Himself (1969); Divided They Stand (1973); and China, the Hungry Dragon (1967).
In 1973 Scott resigned to become vice-president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a position he held at the time of his death in 1976.
Arrangement of the Materials
This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by John Scott, New York, New York, and Stephen Kotkin, Berkeley, California. Accession Number: MCHC61-012, MCHC62-013, MCHC65-004, MCHC70-089, MCHC70-105, and M86-306
Original Collection processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, July 1978.
Contents List
U.S. Mss 32AF
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 32AF): Original Collection, 1955-19701.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Reports to the publishers of Time and books form the nucleus of the John Scott Papers. Of the reports, the collection includes material on five -- Asian Journey, East of Suez, The Middle East at War, The New Europe, and The Soviet Economic Offensive. In addition, there are materials on two volumes, Democracy Is Not Enough and Political Warfare, which although written primarily for outside readership, were substantially based upon his Time reporting. Because of this relationship, the volumes and the reports have been filed together chronologically. The type of documentation present varies for each title, but in each case the material is presented in the order produced. For Democracy Is Not Enough, the material is most extensive; included are research files and notes, outlines, preliminary chapters and fragments, rejected materials, three complete drafts, and correspondence to and from Julie Fay Treloar, his research assistant. For The New Europe there are two complete drafts; a folder of miscellaneous chapters, fragments, and revised outlines; and a copy of the report in its final, near-print form. Political Warfare is documented by a complete manuscript draft. Four reports -- Asian Journey, East of Suez, The Middle East at War, and The Soviet Economic Offensive
-- are represented only in their final form. The first two titles are incorporated in the preliminary chapter drafts of Democracy Is Not Enough. Also part of the collection are two speeches, which are only a sample of the over 200 talks based on his research which Scott delivered each year.
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Series: Reports and Volumes
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Political Warfare: A Guide to Competitive Coexistence(1955), Draft
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Democracy Is Not Enough: A Personal Survey of the Hungry World(1960)
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Research Material
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Box
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Africa and Asia
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Box
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Folder
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Latin America
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Box
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4
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Soviet Bloc
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Box
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Folder
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Preliminary Chapter Drafts
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Box
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Progressive Outlines, Fragments, and Rejected Material
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Box
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Draft #1
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Box
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Draft #2
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Box
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Draft #3 (Final Draft)
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Box
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Correspondence, 1959
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The New Europe: Can Six and Seven Make One?(1961)
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Box
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5
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Outlines, Miscellaneous Chapter Drafts
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Box
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Folder
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Draft #1
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Box
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Draft #2 (Final Draft)
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Box
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Folder
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Near-print copy
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Box
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Folder
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The Soviet Economic Offensive: A Report on Ruble Diplomacy(1961), Near-print Copy
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Box
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The Middle East at War(1970), Near-print Copy
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Series: Speeches
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Box
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“Will We have War Between China and Russia?,” March 16, 1970
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Box
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“The Miracle of Contemporary Japan,” May 27, 1970
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MCHC77-103
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Part 2 (MCHC77-103): Additions, 1944-197611.4 c.f. (11 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 flat box) Additions, 1944-1976, of reports and other writings, research, correspondence, memos and photographs, of a journalist and special assistant to the publishers of Time magazine. Of note are the files pertaining to Behind the Urals (1943), which document his experiences as a worker in the Soviet steel factory at Magnitogorsk in the 1930s. The Office files contain mostly correspondence and memos. The largest portion of this collection is under the General files heading, and consists of background material and other research on varied topics; briefing books, and scrapbooks from Scott's travels. The three folders of photographs depict Scott himself at events and in portraits. The remaining files contain Scott's writings in various stages of draft, including reports for Time and one box of manuscripts.
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Office files, 1970s 26 folders
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General files
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Box
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Important speeches 2 folders
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Box
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Personal 2 folders
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Box
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Personal correspondence
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Box
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Biography brochure updating
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Box
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China, publications on
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China, population
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“China and the Bomb” telecast, 1963
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East/West trade
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Chapter 9
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Box
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Army and miscellaneous
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Box
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Religion
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Box
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Bibliography
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Box
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Agriculture
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Box
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Introduction
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Box
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Prologue
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Leningrad
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Youth, drinking
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Box
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Auto industry
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Gap in science and technology
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Soviet-American relations
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Economy
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Chart
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Japan, 1971
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Economy, 1969-1970
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Dissent
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Soviet citizen
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Khrushchev, Nikita
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Briefing book for West European trip, 1960
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Minorities
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Box
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Personal and Time mail
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Box
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Australia
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From Asia
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Poland
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Oil
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Box
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Soviet economies
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Soviet material
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Arts and literature
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Box
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Budget
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Box
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Minutes of meetings and progress reports
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Box
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Time Magazine
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Aspen Institute of Humanities, August 1965
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Box
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Eastern European Publications Exchange Fund
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Box
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Travel
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Box
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Report, “Hunger-The World Food Crisis”
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Box
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Comecon
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Box
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Ideology
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Box
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Dissent
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Box
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Miscellaneous
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Box
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Party and summing-up
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Box
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Soviet trade
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Box
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Time Incorporated
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Box
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Important speeches
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Letters, paragraphs complete, 1971
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Box
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Scrapbook pages
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Box
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Articles and reports by Scott
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Box
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Challenge
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Moscow advertising presentation for Time-Life International, October 25, 1965 2 folders
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Box
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Scraps, clippings, 1968
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Box
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Sam-Hoi script
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Card file
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World Food Congress
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International Advisory Council
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Soviet trade
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Box
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Book program
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Box
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East Germany
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Box
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Rumania
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Box
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Hungary
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Box
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Economics
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Box
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Soviet Union
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Box
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Strategic Arms Reductions Talks (SALT)
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Box
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Mongolia
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Magnitogorsk, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, memos and reports (photocopies from National Archives), 1938
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Time Incorporated
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Siamerican Mining
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Minh Duc novel draft
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Minh Duc Hoai Trinh, draft by
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Yugoslavia
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Box
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Comecon
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Box
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China
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Czechoslovakia
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Box
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Bulgaria
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Box
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Poland
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Box
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Personalities
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Box
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Albania
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Far East
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Steel
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Box
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Press kit
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Box
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Scrapbook
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Box
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Lectures by Scott, 1974
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Box
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Briefing book, Latin America, 1963
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Box
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Harrison Salisbury memorandum, 1953
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Box
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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Soviet espionage
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Sakharov
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Box
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Hong Kong
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Korea
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Box
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Russian poetry
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Press release notes
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Quotations from President Liu
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Box
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Sino-Soviet split
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Box
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Listener mail, 1966-1969
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World Food Conference, 1976
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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Politics, Kremlin power and political restrictions on reform
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Box
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Military capacity and arms control, military aid
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Box
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General
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Box
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East/West trade
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Gold
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Box
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Malaysia
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Box
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Thailand notes
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Box
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Australia
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Box
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Japan
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Box
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Asia material
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Box
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Thailand
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Box
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Indian Ocean
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Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
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Box
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Taiwan
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Box
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Singapore
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Box
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Indonesia
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Box
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Toronto article pending
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Box
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Taipei
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Briefing book
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Box
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Soviet Trade offensive, 1961
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Box
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Far East trade, 1957
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Box
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William Cates, draft by
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Box
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Manuscript by Minh Duc Hoai Trinh : In French.
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Box
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Australia
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Box
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Scrapbooks of pamphlets and leaflets, East-West political warfare, collected summer 1952 2 volumes
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Manuscripts
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Box
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Europe draft, early 1950s
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Box
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Articles, drafts
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Box
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Duel for Europe
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Box
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Sullen City, draft
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Box
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Magnitogorsk, final
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Box
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Magnitogorsk, draft I
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Box
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Europe, draft copy 3
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Box
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Writings, 1961-1963
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Box
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Moscow Journal, volume I
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Box
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Writings on Russia 4 folders
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Box
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Magnitogorsk, revised final
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Box
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Crisis in Europe 3 folders
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Box
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Partial draft on Soviet Union
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Writings and reports
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Box
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1948-1951, 1953-1960, 1965-1967 15 folders
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Box
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Path to Peace, 1954
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Box
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Political Warfare reviews
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Box
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Charles Schatvet, 1954
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Box
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Heavy Industry in the Soviet Union East of the Volga
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Box
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Part of draft on electrical power in Soviet Union
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Box
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Part of draft on fuel and power in Soviet Union
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Box
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Behind the Urals
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Box
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Part of draft
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Box
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Magnitogorsk, draft 2
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Box
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Moscow Journal, volume 2
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Magnitogorsk, final 2
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Millions Will Starve
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Box
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Appendix
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Revised version
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Box
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Work from Experimental College
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Box
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Interim Report on Foreign Radio Listening Behavior of Soviet People
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Box
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Magnitogorsk second draft
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Box
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The Battle for Desegregation
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Box
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Parts of report drafts
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Box
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World population research
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Box
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Kenya and Nigeria
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Box
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Research on agriculture and food production
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Box
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Millions Will Starve
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Draft on world hunger
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Box
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“Towards Western European Integration”
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Box
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Political Warfare, final draft 2 folders
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Box
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Democracy is Not Enough, annotated proof
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Box
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Miscellaneous reports for Time
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Box
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Victory is Not Enough, I, 1944
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Victory is Not Enough, II, 1944
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Radio Liberty
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Teaching, circa 1966
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Box
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“The Soviet Commonwealth”
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Box
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Sam-Hoi
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Box
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Sullen City 2 folders
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Box
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Non-Time articles, circa 1965-1970
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Time writings, memos
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Speech materials, 1969-1971
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Asia speech material, 1972
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Blurbs
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Box
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Photographs, portraits, speaking engagements 3 folders
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