Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek papers
Finding aid prepared by Blanka Pasternak, revised by Jim Sam
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Title: Ivo D. Duchacek papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-1988
Collection Number: 81063
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Czech and English
Physical Description:
25 manuscript boxes, 7 phonotape cassettes
(10.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Radio broadcast recordings and transcripts, writings, diaries, dispatches, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to
Czechoslovakia during World War II, wartime diplomacy, Soviet annexation of Ruthenia in 1945, the communist coup of 1948,
and American broadcasting to Czechoslovakia.
Creator:
Duchacek, Ivo D., 1913-1988
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ivo D. Duchacek Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Form Available
Also available on microfilm (25 reels).
Biographical Note
1913 February 27 |
Born, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia |
1936-1939 |
Correspondent for
Lidove noviny in Paris
|
1939-1945 |
Diplomatic officer, Government in Exile, London |
1940-1944 |
Broadcast weekly commentaries on BBC to German-occupied Czechoslovakia |
1941-1945 |
Chef de cabinet to the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Hubert Ripka |
1945 |
Returned to Czechoslovakia as a liaison officer with General Patton's third army |
1945-1948 |
Leader of the Czechoslovak People's Party, Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the National Assembly
|
|
Chief-editor and co-founder (with Pavel Tigrid) of
Obzory
|
1948 February |
Dismissed from the Czechoslovak People's Party, and after the Coup d'Etat emigrated to Great Britain, and later to the United
States
|
1948-1953 |
Professor of political science, Yale University |
1949-1954 |
Editor-in-chief, Czechoslovak Service, Voice of America, New York |
1949 October 30 - 1988 |
Broadcast weekly political commentaries, known as "Zapisnik," on Voice of America, under the name of Martin Cermak |
1951-1953 |
Research Consultant on the Yale Human Resources Project, sponsored by the U.S. Army |
1954-1980 |
Professor of political science, The City College of the City University of New York |
1955-1956 |
Broadcast commentaries on international politics on Radio Free Europe |
1981-1984 |
Member, Executive Committee, Center for European Studies, the City University of New York |
1984 spring |
Visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley |
1988 March 1 |
Died, Kent, Connecticut |
Scope and Content Note
The Ivo Duchacek papers were donated to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives by Ivo Duchacek himself over a period of
several years. The first installment, consisting of typewritten transcripts of his broadcasts on Voice of America and of cassettes
of voice rehearsals of broadcasts, arrived in 1984. Duchacek's diaries covering the years 1939-1945 were accessioned in 1985,
and additional radio broadcast transcripts were added to the collection in the years 1986 to 1988.
The bulk of the collection consists of Ivo Duchacek's speeches and writings and his radio broadcasts, mostly on Voice of America.
For 39 years until his death, Duchacek delivered a weekly commentary over Voice of America, broadcast to Czechoslovakia under
the pen name Martin Cermak. From 1949 to 1988, "The Sunday Notebook," as it was called, offered analyses of important world
developments, evaluated American domestic and international policies, and in an informal and witty style interpreted life
in the United States. At the same time, Duchacek's commentaries examined Czechoslovak history and conditions under Soviet
domination, and with scathing criticism and sarcasm uncovered the true face of the Stalinist doctrine and practices (see his
parody of the Slansky and Gottwald trials in the radio broadcasts file).
Of significant importance in the speeches and writings file are Duchacek's memoirs based on his political diaries kept throughout
World War II, in which he exercised his intimite knowledge of the political scene and developments in Central Europe before
and during the war (see, "In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries").
Equally important are his writings on the communist coup (see, "The Strategy of Communist Infiltration: Czechoslovakia, 1944-1948.
The February Coup in Czechoslovakia") and the annexation of Ruthenia (see, "Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet
Browbeat Politics").
Also of great importance are documents in the government service file relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, and Duchacek's
internal reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, and journalists.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia -- History -- Coup d'état, 1948
Radio broadcasting -- Czechoslovakia
Ruthenia (Czechoslovakia)
Voice of America (Organization)
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE
1939-1941
Scope and Contents note
Identity papers, calling cards, list of names and addresses, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1
Identity papers issued by the Czechoslovak National Committee, Paris
1940
box 1, folder 3
List of names and addresses
DIARIES
1939-1945
Scope and Contents note
Political diaries kept since March 1939 throughout the war until May 1945. Typescript (mostly in Czech, some in French and
English)
CORRESPONDENCE
1949-1952
Scope and Contents note
Letters, notes, and telegrams, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1, folder 17
Feierabend, Ladislav
1940
box 1, folder 24
Pospisil, Leopold
1951-1952
box 1, folder 26
Rada Svobodneho Ceskoslovenska (Council of Free Czechoslovakia)
1949
box 1, folder 28
United States. Department of State
1949
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
1939-1988
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, reports, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically by title
box 2, folder 1
"Americka pomoc Ceskoslovensku?"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript (in Czech)
box 2, folder 2
"Analysis of the Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 3
"Dilemmas of the Doctrine of Liberation,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
"In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript of unfinished and unpublished memoirs
box 2, folder 4-5
Part I - "The Fall of France: From Munich to Bordeaux"
box 2, folder 6
Part II - "The British Fort - "
1940-1941
box 2, folder 7
"The Lesson of Prague,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 8
"The Purge ...... and After,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 9
"The Present Situation in Czechoslovakia," report, International London Assembly, .
1942
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 10
"Cardinal Verdier and Mgr. Sramek," .
1942 December 21
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy (in English and Czech)
box 2, folder 11
"Thirty Years of Czechoslovakia," .
1948 October 28
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 12
"Ruda armada zastrasila Evropu,
New Yorkske Listy, .
1949 August 23
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy (in Czech)
box 2, folder 13-14
"The Strategy of Communist Infiltration: Czechoslovakia, . The February Coup in Czechoslovakia,"
World Politics, .
1944-1948 1950 July
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
box 2, folder 15
"Liberation of Central Europe Through Neutralization,"
The New York Times, (date written).
1955 May 15
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 1
"The Bonapartist Unity of Eastern Europe,"
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, .
1955 October
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 2
"The Classic Maneuver," .
1957
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Includes correspondence with the editor of
the New Leader
box 3, folder 3
"A 'Loyal' Satellite: The Case of Czechoslovakia,"
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, .
1958 May
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 4
"East Central Europe: Soviet Internal Affair?" .
1958 October
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Includes some correspondence
box 3, folder 5
"Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet Browbeat Politics,"
1965 August?
General note
See also RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, and GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Dispatches
Scope and Contents note
Typescript.
box 3, folder 6
"National Constitutions: A Functional Approach,"
Comparative Politics, .
1968 October
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 7
"O zahranicne politickou orientaci CSR pred unorem,"
Svedectvi, .
1973
Scope and Contents note
Typescript (in Czech)
box 3, folder 8
"External and Internal Challenges to the Federal Bargain," paper, Seminar on Urbanization in Federal Systems, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, .
1973 April 26
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
box 3, folder 9
"Antagonistic Cooperation: Territorial and Ethnic Communities,"
Publius: The Journal of Federalism, .
1977 Fall
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 10
"Federalist Responses to Ethnic Demands: An Overview," paper, the Second Paterson Conference on Federal Responses to Current
Political Problems, .
1978 January 29-February 2
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 11
"Jak Ruda armada mapovala stredni Evropu: Tesinsko a Podkarpatsko, .
1980 September
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Includes some correspondence and reviews by V. Precan and J. W. Brugel
box 3, folder 12
"Consociations of Fatherlands: The Revival of Confederal Principles and Practices," conference paper, The Continuing Legacy
of the Articles of Confederation, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, .
1981 August 30-September 2
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 13
"Perforated Sovereignties: Comparative Subnational Politics and their International Dimension," paper, 8
th annual Political Science Conference, City University of New York, .
1982 December 10
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 14
"Transborder Linkages: Quebec, Canada, and the United States," paper, Research Group on Canadian-American Relations, Harvard
University, .
1982 December 11-12
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 15
"Foreign Relations of Major Non-Capital Cities, New York and Montreal, Geneva and Strasbourg: Micro-Actors in International
Politics," paper, annual meeting of the Study Group on Canadian-United States Relations, New York City, .
1983 April 8-9
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 16
"Transborder Regional Linkages in the Era of Interdependence," paper, Borderlands Studies Section, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
.
1983 April 27-30
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 17
"Transborder Regionalism and Microdiplomacy: A Comparative Study," paper, Seminar on Canadian-United States Relations, Harvard
University, .
1983 December 6
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 18
"Federalism: Constitutional and Majoritarian Mix in Systems of Institutionalized Territorial Segmentation," paper, annual
meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, .
1983 September 1-4
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 19
"International Competence of Subnational Governments: Borderlands and Beyond," paper, conference on Comparative Borders, University
of Texas, El Paso, .
1984 March 20
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 20
"Transborder Overlaps Between Three Federal Systems: From Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean," paper, Association of Borderlands
Scholars, San Diego, .
1984 April 25-28
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
RADIO BROADCASTS
1940-1988
Scope and Contents note
Consists mostly of typewritten transcripts. Includes some correspondence
box 4, folder 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Czechoslovak Programme
Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk
box 4, folder 6-9
.
1963-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes Duchacek's writings on the annexation of Ruthenia
Voice of America, Czechoslovak Service
box 5, folder 2-5
.
1949
Scope and Contents note
Includes Duchacek's writings on the annexation of Ruthenia
box 7, folder 1-7
.
1952
Scope and Contents note
Includes parody of trials of Slansky and Gottwald by Duchacek
box 23, folder 6
World Radio University (WRUL), Boston
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
1939-1948
Scope and Contents note
Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, internal reports of discussions in Paris and London
with foreign diplomats, agents, journalists, and speeches, arranged alphabetically by physical form, and therein chronologically
box 24, folder 1-2
Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, .
1944-1945
General note
See also SPEECHES AND WRITINGS and RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of America
Reports (internal reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, journalists, in Paris and London).
Scope and Contents note
Includes report on Slovak uprising and Benes's messages from London to the Protectorate
box 24, folder 13
Speeches written for Hubert Ripka
1943
SUBJECT FILE
1939-1961
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings, reports, speeches, writings, miscellany, clippings, and other printed matter
box 25, folder 1
Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation (Proposed)
box 25, folder 2
Germany.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Nove reseni nemecke otazky v CSR" by Hubert Ripka
box 25, folder 3
Soviet Union.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Ceskoslovensko-sovetska smlouva" by Hubert Ripka
box 25, folder 4
Government in Exile, Great Britain.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "The Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile During World War II" by Vojtech Mastny
box 25, folder 5-6
Politics and government--1945-1992
box 25, folder 7-8
Czechoslovakia. Ministerstvo Zahranicnich Veci (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
box 25, folder 9
Czechoslovakia. Statni Rada (National Council)
box 25, folder 10-11
Europe, Central.
Scope and Contents note
Includes printed copy of chapter of book by Stephen Denis Kertesz,
The Fate of East Central Europe: Hopes and Failures of American Foreign Policy (written by Duchacek?)
box 25, folder 13
Hurban, Vladimir Ladislav
box 25, folder 14
Ripka, Hubert.
General note
See also GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Speeches
Slansky, Rudolf--Trials, litigation, etc.
box 25, folder 17-24
Transcripts of edited broadcasts of court proceedings
1952
box 25, folder 25
Slovakia.
Scope and Contents note
Includes report to Statni Rada by General Sergej Ingr about the Slovak uprising
box 25, folder 26
Slovakia. Slovenska narodni rada (Slovak National Council)
box 25, folder 29
PHOTOGRAPHS
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
One print depicting Ivo Duchacek and other individuals
Sound recordings
1977-1983
Scope and Contents note
7 cassettes of voice rehearsals done at home before actual broadcasting
cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1425-1430
23 October 1977 - 30 November 1977
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1425: 10/23 1977: Manhattan + Conn.
1426: 10/30 Liberty Island
Part 2:
1427: 11/06 Rowanberries Vuznesensky
1428: 11/13 Marx? or Wilson
1430: 11/30 Gray America Cowell
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cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1436-1439
8-29 January 1978
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1/8 1978 #1436 - WILSON 14 POUND
1/15 1978 #1437 - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Part 2:
1/22 #1438 - Truckers Cowboys
1/29 #1439 - Snow - Vermont Lake Placia
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cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1517-1522
19 August - 22 September 1979
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1518 - 8/26 ANIMALS - 1979
Part 2:
1517 (8/19 1979) LETTER FROM PRAGUE
1520 (9/9 1979) KALEID USA: US FOR THE [???]
1522 9/22 Tel
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cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1537-1540
3 February - 2 March 1980
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1537 (2/3 1980) JOB INTERVIEWS
1538 (2/10 1980) TV in CRIM.COURTS
Part 2:
1539 (2/24 1980) SUGAR MAPLE
1540 (3/2 1980) MASARYK BOY
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cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1570-1573
11 January - 8 February 1981
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1570 (1/11 1981)-NEWBORN AMERICANS-PARENTS
1571 (1/18 1981)-REAGAN-INAUGURATION
Part 2:
1572 (1/25 1981) WILD WEST FASHION
1573 (2/8 1981) SHIFT TO S.W.
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cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1632-1636
26 September - 7 November 1982
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1632 (9/26/82) N.Y. PRIMARIES
1634 (10/24) PENTAGON
Part 2:
1635 - HIGH TECH - NEW ENGLAND
1636 - 11/7 1982 - 65 YEARS AFTER
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cassette cabinet
Voice rehearsal recordings 1652-1654
17-24 April 1983
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: Czech.
Scope and Contents
Part 1:
1652 4/17 AISACE + AMERICA
1653 4/24 KALEIDOSC. EUROPE - U.S. LENSES
Part 2
1654: May 1 1789 - G. Wash. First Presidential Day in NYC
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