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Title: Laurence Maxon Wiig collection
Dates: 1942-1988
Collection Number: 94006
Collector: Wiig, Laurence Maxon, collector.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, and photocopies of United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch, Office of War Information, State
Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports, relating to activities of the Japanese-American Koji
Ariyoshi as an American psychological warfare specialist and liaison with Chinese communist forces during World War II, as
a Smith Act case defendant in Hawaii in 1951, and subsequently as president of the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
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copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Laurence Maxon Wiig collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1994.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, and photocopies of United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch, Office of War Information, State
Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports, relating to activities of the Japanese-American Koji
Ariyoshi as an American psychological warfare specialist and liaison with Chinese communist forces during World War II, as
a Smith Act case defendant in Hawaii in 1951, and subsequently as president of the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ariyoshi, Koji, 1914-1976.
World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
Propaganda, American--Japan.
Internal security--United States.
Communism--United States.
Japanese Americans.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
Hawaii.
United States--Armed Forces.