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Title: Mark Roberti collection
Date (inclusive): 1967-1994
Collection Number: 97007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes
(4.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Dispatches, reports, memoranda, and sound recordings relating to negotiations and plans for the transfer of Hong Kong from
British to Chinese sovereignty. Includes photocopies of United States State Department documents released under the Freedom
of Information Act; drafts of the Basic Law of Hong Kong; and recordings of interviews of British and Chinese officials. Used
as research material for Mark Roberti's book,
The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1996).
Creator:
United States. Department of State
source:
Roberti, Mark, 1961-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 4 closed until 2027 June 30. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance
via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted
before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1997.
[Identification of item], Mark Roberti collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Mark Roberti is a former Hong Kong correspondent for
Asia Week. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1984, the year the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed. Roberti wrote the book
The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1996), based on the materials in the collection.
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains dispatches, reports, memoranda, and sound recordings relating to negotiations and plans for the transfer of Hong
Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty. Includes photocopies of United States State Department documents released under
the Freedom of Information Act; drafts of the
Basic Law of Hong Kong; and recordings of interviews of British and Chinese officials. Used as research material for Mark Roberti's book
The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1994).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government
Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997
Roberti, Mark, 1961-