Register of the Robert A. Fearey papers

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Konzak

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Robert A. Fearey papers

Date (inclusive): 1939-2004

Collection Number: 2005C5

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (3.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, interviews, reports, memoranda, press releases, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American-Japanese relations before and after World War II, American occupation policy in postwar Japan, the treaty of peace between Japan and the United States in 1951, and the American administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

Creator: Fearey, Robert A.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert A. Fearey Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Alternative Forms of Material Available

Selected writings and other documentation about Robert A. Fearey found in the collection may also be found in electronic format on the website of his son, Seth Fearey, at: http://www.connectedcommunities.net/robertfearey/

Biography Note

1918 July 4	Born, New York City
1937-1941	Attended Harvard University
1941-1942	Private secretary to Ambassador Joseph C. Grew in Tokyo and after repatriation, in Washington D.C.
1942-1945	Japanese and Far East post-war planning in the Department of State, Washington D.C.
1945-1946	Special assistant to Ambassador George Atcheson, U.S. political adviser to General MacArthur, in Tokyo
1946-1950	Japanese desk officer in the Department of State
1950	Special assistant to the director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, detailed to Japanese peace treaty planning
1950-1951	Assistant to Ambassador John Foster Dulles in negotiation of Japanese peace treaty in Washington, Tokyo, London; technical adviser at the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francisco
1952	Staff of U.S. representative on NATO Council of Deputies, London
1952-1956	Member of U.S. delegation to NATO, Paris
1956-1957	Officer in charge of North Atlantic Treaty Economic and Military Assistance Affairs, Department of State
1957-1958	NATO adviser, Department of State
1958-1959	Student, National War College
1959-1961	Chief, Political-Military Affairs Branch, American Embassy, Tokyo, concerned with negotiation of U.S.-Japan security treaty
1961-1962	Officer in charge of Japanese affairs, Department of State
1963-1966	Deputy director, and then director, for East Asian affairs, responsible for Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China, Department of State
1966-1969	Political adviser, Department of State Commander in Chief Pacific (CINCPAC)
1969-1972	U.S. Civil Administrator of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR)in Okinawa, the last U.S. civil administrator before reversion to Japan
1972-1975	Chairman, Department of International Relations and Area Studies, National War College
1975-1977	Special assistant to the secretary of state and coordinator for combating terrorism
1977-1978	Consultant to Agency for International Development
1978-1979	Special assistant to coordinator of population affairs, Department of State
1979-1997	Special assistant to the president of Population Action International, Washington, D.C.
2004 February 28	Died

Scope and Content of Collection

The Robert A. Fearey papers document Fearey's role as an American statesman and diplomatic official in Japan and the Far East. A majority of the documentation relates to American-Japanese relations before and after World War II, American occupation policy in postwar Japan, the treaty of peace between Japan and the United States in 1951, and American administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

The bulk of the collection documents the positions held by Fearey in the U.S. Department of State and Foreign Service. Of particular note is information in the Biographical File about the United States Embassy in Tokyo in 1940-1942, when Fearey worked as the personal secretary to Ambassador Joseph C. Grew. Documents include speech texts, memos, social programs, photographs, and a log book that documents the internment of the Embassy's staff from December 16, 1941, to June 17, 1942. This period is also discussed in Fearey's My Year with Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, found in the Writings and Speeches series.

Additional information in the Biographical File documents Fearey's role from 1969-1970 as the last U.S. Civil Administrator of the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) before reversion of the area to Japan. Files, news releases, photographs, and photograph albums describe the time.

Correspondence includes letters of both a business and personal nature, arranged by name of correspondent. Additional correspondence may be found in the Writings and Speeches series.

Documentation in the Writings and Speeches includes drafts, versions, and final published articles as well as correspondence and other materials relating to these articles. Some articles were published in multiple periodicals. The series also contains notes, drafts and correspondence regarding speeches and interviews.

Collected Research consists of documents that are of similar subject content to the materials in the Writings and Speeches series, collected by Fearey as background research or collected due to use of Fearey's own interviews in others' writings.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Writings and Speeches, and Collected Research.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history

Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States

United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan

Diplomats -- United States

Ryukyu Islands

Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

United States. Department of State

Biographical File 1939-2004.

Scope and Contents note

Includes a curriculum vitae, commissions, assignments, evaluations, commendations, awards, and personal documents, as well as information on Fearey's wife, Mrs. Shirley Fearey. Career files contain documentation on most positions Fearey held in government or private business, including his time in the Tokyo Embassy during 1940-1942 and his work as the last U.S. Civil Administrator of the Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa. Arranged in two groups, general and career files.

General

box 1, folder 1

Curriculum vitae 2002, undated

box 1, folder 2

Diplomas and commissions 1939-1969

box 1, folder 3

Assignment notices 1943-1974

box 1, folder 4

Foreign Service and Department of State evaluations 1951-1977

box 1, folder 5

Commendations 1941-2002

Foreign Service promotions congratulations

box 1, folder 6

1960

box 1, folder 7

1966

box 1, folder 8

Decoration for distinguished civilian service, Civil Administration of Okinawa 1972

box 1, folder 9

Retirement reception from Population Action International 1997

box 1, folder 10

Mrs. Shirley Fearey 2004

box 1, folder 11

Clippings 1942-1981, undated

box 1, folder 12

"Nuggets of Expression" clippings undated

Career Files

box 1, folder 13-14

Private secretary to Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, Tokyo 1941-1942, undated

box 1, folder 15

"O.D. book" log book, American Embassy, Tokyo 1941 December 16 - 1942 June 17

box 1, folder 16

Tokyo embassy and Ambassador Joseph C. Grew photographs 1941, undated

box 1, folder 17

Japanese post war planning 1943-1946

box 2, folder 1

Japanese post war agrarian reform 1945

box 2, folder 2

Harvard Board of Overseers Committee on Far Eastern Civilizations 1947-1949

box 2, folder 3

National War College 1958-1974

box 2, folder 4

Japan-Dulles Peace Treaty January 1951

box 2, folder 5-6

Japan peace treaty negotiations September 1951

box 2, folder 7

Political Adviser, Department of State Commander in Chief Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii 1967-1968

U.S. Civil Administrator of the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) 1969-1972

box 2, folder 8

Appointment 1969

box 2, folder 9

Directory chart 1971

box 2, folder 10

News releases 1969-1972

box 2, folder 11

Interviews, reminiscences 1972-1982

box 2, folder 12

Photographs 1969-1972

box 2, folder 13

Official captioned photographs 1969

box 8

Photograph albums 1969-1972

box 2, folder 14

Clippings 1969-1972

box 3, folder 1

Special Assistant to Secretary of State Kissinger and Coordinator for Combating Terrorism 1975-1976

box 3, folder 2

Conference on International Terrorism photographs 1976

box 3, folder 3

Commemorative events for the 20th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa, Tokyo 1992

box 3, folder 4

Events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Japan Peace Treaty, San Francisco 2001

box 3, folder 5

San Francisco and the 1951 U.S.-Japan Peace Treaty Conference, by Uldis Kruze 2001

Correspondence 1950-2004.

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence of both a business and personal nature. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Additional correspondence relating to his writings, speeches, and interviews may be found in Writings and Speeches, while correspondence relating to Fearey's career may be found in the Biographical File.

box 3, folder 6-7

General 1950-2004

box 3, folder 8

Acheson, David C. 1993-2001

box 3, folder 9

Bix, Herbert 2000-2003

box 3, folder 10

Dore, R.P. 1958

box 3, folder 11

Eldridge, Robert D. 2001-2002

box 3, folder 12

Foster, Clifton 2001

box 3, folder 13

Grove, Brandon 2003

box 3, folder 14

Janssens, Rudolf 1994-1995

box 3, folder 15

Maechling, Charles 1979-2000

box 3, folder 16

Ota, Masahide 1984

box 3, folder 17

Nakasone, Yasuhiro 1988-2001.

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs

box 4, folder 1

Schwartzberg, Steven 1990, 1993

box 4, folder 2

Smith-Hutton, Henri undated

box 4, folder 3

Sullivan and Cromwell 2000-2001

box 4, folder 4

Taniguchi, Tomoniko 2001

box 4, folder 5

United States-Japan Foundation 2003

Writings and Speeches 1941-2003.

Scope and Contents note

Consists of Fearey's writings, speeches, and interviews. Arranged chronologically

box 4, folder 6

Eyewitness to the U.S.-Japan Peace Treaty Conference, An Interview with Robert Fearey undated

Scope and Contents note

(VHS videocassette, 55 minutes)

box 4, folder 7

Commodity Exchanges (Harvard honor's thesis) 1941

box 4, folder 8

"Report," Foreign Relations 1945, volume VI, Japan 1945

The Occupation of Japan: Second Phase 1948-1950,

Scope and Contents note

Macmillan Company,

box 4, folder 9

Incomplete photocopies 1950

box 4, folder 10

Correspondence 1951

box 4, folder 11

Newspaper reviews 1951

box 4, folder 12

"Japan Peace Treaty", speech, Groton School 1952

"The Concept of Responsibility"

box 4, folder 13

Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science 1954 June

box 4, folder 14

Related research 1951-2003

box 5, folder 1

Related research 2003-2004

box 5, folder 2-3

Versions 2001-2002

box 5, folder 4-7

Correspondence 1998-2003

box 5, folder 8

Related clippings 1986-2001

box 5, folder 9

U.S. versus U.S.S.R.: Ideologies in Conflict, Public Affairs Press 1960

box 5, folder 10

"Terrorism", speech, Federal Bar Association 1975

box 5, folder 11

Silent Explosion, with Marshall Green, Department of State Bulletin 1978

box 5, folder 12

Kyodo News Service interview 1982

box 5, folder 13

Agriculture Policy Research Committee, Inc. interview 1984

box 5, folder 14

Asahi Broadcasting Corp. interview 1984

box 5, folder 15

"Japan: Constitutional Revision" 1987 interview 1946-2003

box 6, folder 1

John Foster Dulles Centennial Conference: The Challenge of Leadership in Foreign Affairs, speech 1988

box 6, folder 2

Gohda, Kimikazu, interview 1989

box 6, folder 3

NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, interview on the treaty of mutual cooperation and security 1990

"My Year with Ambassador Joseph C. Grew," 1991-2004

box 6, folder 4

Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection, Association for Diplomatic Studies, Arlington, VA, 1991. Self interviewed written history

box 6, folder 5

Journal of American-East Asian Relations Spring 1992

box 6, folder 6

Self Published by Seth G. Fearey 2004

box 6, folder 7

Research materials 1941

box 6, folder 8

"Tokyo 1941: Diplomacy's Final Round" Foreign Service Journal, December 1991. Secondary publication: Foreign Service Reader: Selected Articles 1997

box 6, folder 9

NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation interview on U.S.-Japan relations 1992

box 6, folder 10

Okinawa speech 1992

"Might the Pacific War Have Been Avoided?" 1994-2003

box 6, folder 11

Groton School Quarterly May 1994

box 6, folder 12

Bungei Shunju (Japanese Translation) November 2001

box 6, folder 13

http://connectedcommunities.net 2002

box 6, folder 14

Correspondence 1978-2003

box 7, folder 1

Documentary Workshop, Inc. interviews, Osaka Japan 1995-1996

box 7, folder 2

NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation interview on U.S.-Japan relations 1999-2002

box 7, folder 3

National association of Japan-American societies, interview for the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco treaty 2001

box 7, folder 4

Kruze, Uldis interview 2003

box 7, folder 5

MBC Korean TV Station interview 2003

Collected Research 1939-1998.

Scope and Contents note

consists of materials by other authors similar to his own work. Arranged chronologically.

box 7, folder 6

Clippings 1939-1975

box 7, folder 7

Ambassador Joseph C. Grew: A Tribute, by J. Graham Parsons undated

box 7, folder 8

Naughty Marietta: Ni Ni Koko, by Jeff Parsons undated.

Scope and Contents note

Draft

box 7, folder 9

Tokyo 1941: Parts I and II, by John K. Emmerson, Foreign Service Journal 1976

box 7, folder 10

The Occupation of Japan, Economic Policy and Reform, Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the MacArthur Memorial, ed. Lawrence H. Redford 1980

box 7, folder 11

Okinawan Reversion Story: War, Peace, Occupation, Reversion, 1945-1972, by Gordon Warner, published by Gordon Warner 1995

box 7, folder 12-13

Okinawa in Postwar U.S.-Japan Relations, 1945-1952: The origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem, by Robert D. Eldridge, dissertation, Kobe University 1998