Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine, 1961.
Creator: | Ballantine, Joseph, 1888-1973 | Project: | Occupation of Japan project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 271 pages Sound recording 1 reel Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteConsular officer
Scope and ContentsChildhood in India; United States consular service beginning at Tokyo, 1909; Dairen and Yokohama earthquakes; Japan Desk, State Department; London Naval Conference; Consul General, Canton and Mukden; Japanese government in Manchuria; adviser to Cordell Hull during Japanese conversations, 1941; Pearl Harbor investigations; Head, Far Eastern Division; Director, Office of Far Eastern Affairs; post-war program for Far East; occupation policies; Owen Lattimore, Joseph Grew, Eugene Dooman, Douglas MacArthur
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972
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