Register of the Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers

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2 Title: Lauchlin Bernard Date (inclusive): Collection Number: Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(2.0 linear feet) Abstract: Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, and summaries of interviews relating to American aid to China during World War II, conditions in China, and military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. Digital copies of select records also available at Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Currie, Lauchlan Bernard. Access Collection open for research. Digital copies of select records also available at The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Lauchlin Bernard, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Alternate Forms Available Digital copies of select records also available at Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid Born, Nova Scotia, Canada October B.S., London University 1931 Ph.D., Harvard University Instructor, Harvard University Professor, Fletcher Graduate School 1934 Economist, U.S. Treasury 1934 Author, The Supply and Control of Money Asst. Director Research, Federal Reserve Board Administrative Assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt Director, Lend-Lease for China 1942 Personal Representative of President Roosevelt to China Deputy Director, Foreign Economic Administration President, Lauchlin Currie and Company, New York Director, International Bank Mission to Colombia Adviser and Director, Comite de Desarrollo Economico, Colombia Adviser, Colombian Planning Committee, In retirement 1959 Director, Robert Nathan Magadalena Valley Study Director, Fundación para el Progreso de Colómbia 1965 Editor and co-author, Una Política Urbana para un País en Desarrollo 1965 Author, Plan Socio-Económico para el Atlantico 1965 Professor of Economics, National University of Colombia 1965 Visiting Professor, Michigan State University 1966 Author, Accelerating Development

3 1966 Royer Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley Director and Professor, Department of Economics, National University, Colombia Director, Center of Development Research, National University, Colombia 1967 Co-author, Governmental Planning and Political Economy Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada 1968 Author, Obstacles to Development Visiting Professor, Glasgow University Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada Adviser, National Planning Agency, Colombia Member, Board of Savings and Housing, Colombia 1974 Author, Ahorro, Correccion Monetaria y Construccion Consultant to the United Nations on Urban Matters 1976 Author, Taming the Megalopolis: A Design for Urban Growth Member of Board of Directors, Instituto de Estudios Colombianos Subjects and Indexing Terms Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), China--Foreign relations--united States. China--History--Republic, China. Lend-lease operations ( ) United States--Armed Forces. United States--Foreign relations--china. United States--Foreign relations. World War, China. World War, Correspondence, Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Box 1 Bond, W. L., 1941 Brainard, Rear Admiral Roland M., 1941 Carpenter, S.R., 1941 Chang, Carsun, 1941 Chennault, General Claire L., (code name - Groco), Chiang Kai-shek, 1941 Chiang Kai-shek, Mme., Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek, Mme., (code name - Segac), Chien, C. C., 1941 Chih Tsang, 1942 Churchill, Winston, 1942 Davies, John Paton, 1942 Donovan, William J., 1942 Eccles, Marriner S., 1941 Fortas, Abe, 1950 Greene, Robert S., Holbrook, Major Lucius R., Hopkins, Harry, Howe, C. D., 1941 Keating, John G., 1941 Kung, H. H., Li Ming, 1945 Little, L. K.,

4 Correspondence, Liu Chieh, 1942 Luce, Henry R., 1942 McCammon, Colonel J. E., 1942 McHugh, Colonel J. M., Magruder, Brigadier General John, 1942 Marshall, General George C., 1942 Messersmith, George S., 1941 Meyberg, Manfred, 1942 Morganthau, Henry, Jr., People's Political Council, 1941 Price, Frank W., Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1943 Roosevelt, Franklin D., Sayre, Francis B., 1941 Smith, General Walter Bedell, 1942 Soong, T. V., Stilwell, General Joseph, 1942 Stimson, Henry L., 1942 Thompson, Malvina, 1942 Tong, Hollington, Tully, Grace, Vincent, John Carter, Walsh, R. J., 1942 Wang Shih-chieh, 1941 Wei Tao-ming, 1945 Welles, Sumner, Wheeler, General R. A., Wong Wen-hao, Subject File, Memoranda, reports correspondence, notes, and printed material, arranged alphabetically by subject. Box 2 American Volunteer Group (AVG) Correspondence and memoranda 1940 January April 1941 May-September 1941 October 1941 November 1941 December 1942 January-March 1942 April-May 1942 June-July September September Reports "History and Status of the First American Volunteer Group," Toungoo, Burma, 1941 October 19 "Notes on Strategic Possibilities of A Small American Air Force in China" Burma Burma Road Correspondence and memoranda, 1941 August January Reports "Present Trucking Operations as Conducted on the Burma Road and Recommendations for Their Improvement," by Daniel G. Arnstein, Harold C. Davis, and Marco F. Hellman, 1941 August 9 "Some Observations and Impressions on the Yunnan-Burma Transportation Situation," undated

5 Subject File, Box 3 Box 4 Yui Fei-pang, Chairman of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, Report 1 and Report 2, 1941 June 16, June 17 Canada - Foreign relations Chang Kia-ngau - Notes on conference, 1941 February 21 Chen Pao-chuang - Notes on conference, 1941 February 14 Chennault, General Claire L. - Memoranda, 1942 August Chiang Kai-shek Biographical notes Correspondence Churchill, Winston, 1941 Lo Ying-ching, 1942 Roosevelt, President Franklin D., Soong, T. V., Stilwell, General Joseph, 1942 Memoranda To Lauchlin Currie (2), 1941 February 26 and undated To Franklin Roosevelt (2), 1942 July 30, August 6 Report by Lauchlin Currie for Chiang Kai-shek Speeches and writings China's Destiny Summary translation Comments on the book by two American observers in China "Impressions of My Visit to India and Observations on the War Situation in the Pacific," address delivered at memorial service, 1942 March 9 Speech to Kuomintang leaders, 1941 March 24 Chiang Kai-shek, Mme. Ch'ien, T. S., excerpt from letter, 1941 August China Communists Economic conditions General Banknotes Correspondence, Currency Exchange Gold Loans Rural economy State monopolies Trade Labor Military Politics and government Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese Flying Cadets - Training in U.S. Chinese Industrial Cooperatives Chou En-lai (see Currie, Lauchlin - First Trip to China, - Chiang Kai-shek - Interviews) 1941 February Clark-Kerr, Sir Archibald - Notes on conference, 1941 February 8 Cooper, Meriam - Notes on conversation, 1942 December 29 Currie, Lauchlin First trip to China, 1941 February Awards - Decoration of the Order of Ching Hsin, 1947 February 19 Expense report Interviews with Chiang Kai-shek, and compiled notes on interviews, (latter includes notes on interview with Chou En-lai), 1941 Notes Plans and letters of introduction

6 Subject File, Box 5 Press clippings Report by American Ambassador Nelson Johnson, 1941 March 3 Report by Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt, 1941 March 15 Second trip to China, 1942 July - August Conference notes Interviews with Chiang Kai-shek, 1942 Miscellaneous Notes Plans Press clippings Report by Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt, 1942 August 24 Travel arrangements and expense Davies, John Paton - "The China-Burma-India Theater - a Reappraisal," 1942 July 31 Eisenhower, President Dwight D. - Memoranda, copy of letter, 1942 Fairbank, John K. - Memorandum on Air Program for China, (attached note by Lauchlin Currie 1942), memoranda, 1944 Flying Tigers (see American Volunteer Group) Freeman, Fulton? - Conference on situation in China, 1941 February Ho Ying-chin - Conference, 1941 February 17 Hopkins, Harry - Memoranda, 1941 August-September Hsu Yung-chang - Notes on conversation, 1941 February 20 Hull, Cordell - Notes and memoranda, 1941 April-May, 1942 September International business enterprises, 1944 January Jones, Joseph - Memoranda, 1941 April-May Koo, Y. C. - Notes on conference, 1941 February 13 Kung, H. H. - Notes on conference, letter from Henry Luce, letter to Franklin Roosevelt, , 1944 Lattimore, Owen (code name - Omita) Correspondence, Meeting notes, 1942 December 4 Memoranda on appointment as political adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, 1941 May-June LeHand, Miss - Memorandum, 1941 March 16 Liu Wei-chang - Notes on conversation, 1941 February 25 Lo Ying-ching - Report to Chiang Kai-shek June 25 Luce, Henry - Memorandum on Luce, 1942 November 10 Lynch, - Notes on conference, 1941 February 14 Magruder, Brigadier General John. Holograph report by Lauchlin Currie entitled "The Magruder Mission," undated Marshall, General George C. - notes on interview, memorandum from Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, 1942 Pai Chung-hsi - Notes on conversation, 1941 February Philippine Islands - Letter to Department of State from Laurence Salisbury, 1940 December 13 Price, Harry B. - Memorandum on "China's Economic Needs and American Aid," 1941 February 19 Roosevelt, Eleanor - Memoranda (2), 1942 September 16 and undated Roosevelt, President Franklin D. Meeting notes, 1942 June 26 Memoranda, Roy, Andrew T. - Notes on conference, 1941 February Schaberg, Benjamin F., Jr. - Memorandum on "Russia as a Source of Supply for China," 1942 September 4 Stein, Gunther - Notes on conference, 1941 February "Situation in China Since Stilwell's Recall," (carbon of article by Newsweek correspondent Harold Isaacs), 1942 December 22 Somervell, Lieutenant General Brehon - Memorandum for General Clay, 1942 August

7 Subject File, Soong, T. V. - Memorandum for Franklin Roosevelt, newspaper clipping about Soong; notes on Soong, Stilwell, General Joseph - Memoranda, notes; proposed message, holograph and typewritten memorandum by Stilwell entitled, "General View of the Situation," 1942 and undated Stimson, Henry - Memorandum, 1941 April 22 Sun Fo - Notes on conference, 1941 January 18 Sun Yat-sen, Mme. - proposed trip to the United States Tong, Hollington - excerpts from memoranda, notes on Tong, 1941, 1943 United China Relief United States Department of the Treasury Economic assistance - China Foreign relations Canada Russia Military assistance - China War Production Board, 1944 Watson, General Edwin M.? - Memorandum, 1942 February 11 Wei Tao-ming - Biography; seating arrangement at Chinese Ambassador's dinner, 1942 October 21 Welles, Sumner - Memoranda, Wheeler, Major General R. A. - Memorandum for General Stilwell on "Monthly Shipping Tonnage Required from United States to Supply One Triangular Division in India," 1942 August 11 White, Theodore - Dispatch from Loyang, (also correspondence received by Lauchlin Currie about dispatch) 1943 March 13 Willauer, Whiting - notes on conversation, 1942 June 4 World War, General Pacific theater Wu, K. C. - Notes on conference, 1941 February 15 Envelope A Photographs, circa prints (some duplicates) of bombing of Haiphong, French Indo-China (Vietnam) August 9, 1942(?) Box October Increment, 1943 May 18 Photocopy of a memorandum for the president written by L. Currie relating to the situation in China and to U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis that country. Declassified U.S. Government Records, 1941, 1945 Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Available as PDF files. The PDF files are page images, so full-text search is not possible. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder by date of creation. Reading Room Workstation 2010 release of records, 1945 Reading Room Workstation 2017 release of records,