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Title: Ivan D. Yeaton papers
Date (inclusive): 1908-1979
Collection Number: 76013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 envelopes
(4.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and photographs relating to Ivan D. Yeaton's military
career; Soviet military strength in 1941; Soviet-American relations, 1941-1949; organization of American military intelligence
during World War II; lend-lease operations; American relations with the Chinese communists, 1944-1946; and the inspection
of United States Army procurement contracts, 1952-1953.
Creator:
Yeaton, Ivan D.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1976, with an increment received in 1980.
[Identification of item], Ivan D. Yeaton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1919-1920 | Lieutenant, American Expeditionary Force Siberia |
| 1939-1941 | Military attaché, Moscow |
| 1942 | Promoted to Colonel, U.S. Army |
| 1942-1945 | Specialist, Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1945 | Chief of Intelligence, Headquarters, China Theater |
| 1945-1946 | Commanding officer, Yenan Observer Group, Shensi Province |
| 1946 | Assistant military attaché, Shanghai |
| 1947 | Assistant Director of Counter Intelligence, General Headquarters, Far East Command, Tokyo |
| 1948-1949 | Chief, Psychological Warfare Section, Plans and Operations Division, General Staff |
| 1949-1950 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Intelligence, Sixth Army, Headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco |
| 1952-1953 | Chief, Detroit Field Office, Army Inspector General |
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and photographs relating to Ivan D. Yeaton's military
career; Soviet military strength in 1941; Soviet-American relations, 1941-1949; organization of American military intelligence
during World War II; lend-lease operations; American relations with the Chinese communists, 1944-1946; and the inspection
of United States Army procurement contracts, 1952-1953.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Communism -- China
Soviet Union -- Armed Forces
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
Military attachés
Procurement
United States. Army
United States. Observer Mission to Yenan, 1944-1945