Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of John Stewart Service : oral history, 1978
Creator: | Service, John S. 1909-1999. | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 515 pages Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteForeign service officer
Scope and ContentsFamily background, birth and early years in China; Oberlin, 1927-1931; passed foreign service examination and return to China, 1933; vice consul, Kunming; language officer, Peking, 1935-1937; outbreak of Sino-Japanese War, 1937; political reporting; United States Embassy, Chung-king, 1941-1943, contacts and travels; on General Stilwell's staff, 1943: Dixie Mission to Communist headquarters, Yenan, 1944; recalled to Washington, 1945, AMERASIA case, arrest, clearance, assigned to Japan, New Zealand, 1946-1948; McCarthy hearings, Loyalty Security Boards, Tydings Committee, 1950; firing from State Department 1951; business career; appeals carried to Supreme Court; reinstated by State Department, 1957; United States Consul, Liverpool; retirement in 1962; Center for Chinese Studies, Berkeley, California; author THE AMERASIA PAPERS, trips to China in 1971 and 1975
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