Register of the Mark Roberti collection
Finding aid prepared by Yuan Tian
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1997.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mark Roberti collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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-
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence released in 1993
box 1, folder 9
Department of State Executive Secretariat action slips
1988-1990
1997
box 1, folder 10
List of Appeals Panel members
undated
box 1, folder 12
Press releases and news reporting
1980-1984
Speeches and writings
circa 1967-1990
box 3, folder 5
"The Confrontation in Hong Kong: Its Past and Its Future"
1967 November 16
box 3, folder 6
Hong Kong Constitution
undated
box 3, folder 7
Hong Kong's Reversion to China
undated
box 3, folder 8
"Indochinese Refugees: Protection, Care, And Processing Can Be Improved"
1980 August 19
box 3, folder 9
Vietnamese Refugees
1988-1990
Sound recordings
circa 1967-1991
Scope and Content
100 sound cassettes documenting various conferences, research notes, and interviews.
box 5
Cater, Jack
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 5
Chang, S. Y.
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 5
Cheng, Kai-nam
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 5
Cradock
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 5
Ehrman, William
1991 November 27
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 5
Ho, Albert
1991 December 3
box 6
Howe, Geoffrey, press conference
1988 May 31
box 6
Huang, Rayson
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 6
Kan, Y. K.
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 6
Lee, Martin
circa 1991
Physical Description: 6.0 sound_cassettes
box 6
Lee, Q. W.
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 6
Lo, Vincent
Physical Description: 3.0 sound_cassettes
box 6
Luk, Michael
1991 December 10
box 7
Margolis
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 7
Parr, Chris and Small, Frank
box 7
Szeto, Wah
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 7
Walden
Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes
box 7
Wu, Raymond
Physical Description: 3.0 sound_cassettes
