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Title: Victor Hoo Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1931-1972
Collection Number: 77046
Creator:
Hoo, Victor, 1894-1972
Collection Size:
8 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, 1 phonotape reel
(3.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda, and
photographs, relating to Chinese political events and foreign relations, international
diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet relations, and the United Nations.
Language:
English and
French.
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
[Identification of item], Victor Chi-tsai Hoo Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1977.
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.
United Nations.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
China.
China--Foreign relations.
China--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
China--Foreign relations--Switzerland.
China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--China.
Switzerland.
Switzerland--Foreign relations--China.
Diplomats--China.
Phonotapes.
| 1894 November 16 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1905 | Graduated from Kaiser Primary School, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1912 | Graduated from Annen Schule, St. Petersburg |
| 1916 | Licencie en Droit, University of Paris Law School |
| 1918 | Docteur en Droit, University of Paris Law School |
| 1919 | Assistant Secretary, Chinese Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference |
| 1920 | Member, Chinese Delegation to the Conference of Associations for the League of Nations, Brussels, Belgium |
| Technical Member, Chinese Delegation to the International Finance Conference, Brussels | |
| 1921 | Technical Delegate, Chinese Delegation to the Conference for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1921-1924 | Second Secretary, First Secretary, and Charge d'Affaires, Chinese Legation, Berlin, Germany |
| 1925-1927 | Returned to China |
| Served in the Tariff Conference in Peking as assistant director of the Treaty Department | |
| Technical Expert to the Sino-Soviet Conference and Assistant Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1926 | Sectional Chief, Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Secretary of Cabinet | |
| 1927 | Assistant Director of the Treaty Department |
| 1928 | Counsellor, Shanghai City Government |
| Secretary, Reorganization Commission | |
| Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government | |
| 1930-1931 | Director, Department of Asiatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1931 | Technical Advisor, Chinese Delegation to the Sino-Soviet negotiations on the Chinese Eastern Railway |
| Secretary General, Chinese Delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations | |
| 1932 | Director, Permanent Office of the Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations |
| Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland | |
| Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs | |
| 1933-1942 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bern, Switzerland |
| 1937-1942 | Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Social Questions |
| 1942-1945 | Returned to China and served as vice-minister of foreign affairs |
| 1944 | Delegate, Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks Conferences |
| 1945 | Secretary-General, Chinese Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco |
| Technical Expert, Sino-Soviet Conference for the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance | |
| 1945-1946 | Substitute Delegate, Executive Committee, Preparatory Commission and General Assembly, United Nations, London |
| 1946 | Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations, in charge of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories |
| 1947 | Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) |
| 1948 | Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK) |
| 1955-1962 | Under-Secretary for Conference Services, United Nations |
| 1962-1972 | Commissioner for Technical Co-Operation, United Nations |
| 1972 | Died |