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MEMOIRS OF COLONEL IVAN D. YEATON (1919-1953) 1977 August

Scope and Contents note

Final bound, typewritten photocopy (with appendices). Written by Col. Ivan D. Yeaton, USA (Ret.), with editorial assistance from General A. C. Wedemeyer, USA (Ret.), Colonel Frank E. Mason, USA (Ret.), Major General Ralph C. Smith, USA (Ret.), and Charles G. Palm, deputy archivist at the Hoover Institution.
 

SUBJECT FILE 1939-1961

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Reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders, citations, charts, and other matter, arranged alphabetically by subject.
 

Biographical file of Ivan D. Yeaton

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General

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Kuomintang passport to enter Chinese Communist Party area (Yenan)

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Personnel file, Office of the Assistant Military Attaché, Shanghai, China 1946-1947

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McFarland, Kermit

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Richard Sorge spy case

 

Russia

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Correspondence file of Ivan D. Yeaton as military attaché, Moscow 1939-1941

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Memorandum on the Soviet labor unions prepared for Ivan D. Yeaton, typewritten draft undated

 

Report by Ivan D. Yeaton

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"Russia Combat Estimate," typewritten, mimeographed copy, 1942 April 1

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[Soviet petroleum production], typewritten draft 1947 November 19

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"Fourth International," typewritten carbon copy 1947 November 26

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"Northeast Asia," typewritten copy undated

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U.S. Department of Defense, Directive: Standards of Conduct, printed copy 1961 December 12

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Wedemeyer, A. C., General, "The Truth About Korea," national radio and television talk delivered in Los Angeles, California, typewritten, mimeographed copy 1952 November 2

 

MEMOIRS (1919-1953) 1974-1976

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Additional material.
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First typewritten draft 1974 June

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First typewritten draft with corrections by Ivan D. Yeaton 1974 August

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First typewritten draft with corrections by Ivan D. Yeaton, A. C. Wedemeyer, Frank E. Mason, Ralph C. Smith, and Charles G. Palm 1974 September

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Second typewritten draft (with appendices) 1976 January

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Faymonville file

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Ribbon copy of "Memoirs"

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Bound typewritten photocopies of "Memoirs," 2 copies

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Suggested changes for copies to be produced after 1977 August 8

 

1980 INCREMENT 1908-1979

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Writings, correspondence, orders, memoranda, notes, photographs, certificates, and memorabilia relating to U.S. military intelligence activities, the Soviet Union on the eve of World War II, the Chinese communists during the war, and post-war world politics.
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1980 INCREMENT 1908-1979

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1980 INCREMENT 1908-1979

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1980 INCREMENT 1908-1979

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1980 INCREMENT 1908-1979

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Award plaques 1908-1979

Conditions Governing Access

Box 9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
 

DECLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS 1947 1953

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Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation.
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2016 February release of records 1947 1953

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Consists of materials used as appendices for "Memoirs": Memorandum, "The Control of Russia in the Event of an Unconditional Surrender," December 1947; typescript re "system of control to be established over the Soviet Union," 4 December 1947; and memorandum (photocopy), "General Motors Corporation: Acquisition of Industrial Facilities at Government Expense," 23 November 1953.
 

Photographs

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1 portrait photo of Ivan D. Yeaton, 1950, and 1 photo of Ivan D. Yeaton receiving the Legion of Merit undated

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9 photos of Ivan D. Yeaton and other members of the 27th Infantry Regiment, A.E.F. Siberia 1919-1920

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1 photo of Ivan D. Yeaton and other members of a horsemanship class, Fort Sill 1929

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1 photo of Gen. George Strong presenting Lt. Gen. Filipp R. Golikov, Soviet Union, with the Legion of Merit (see page 33 in Memoris for details) 1941

envelope E

18 photos of Ivan D. Yeaton as Deputy Commander, Sixth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, and others undated

envelope F

52 photos of Ivan D. Yeaton, Patrick Hurley, A.C. Wedemeyer, Mao Tse-Tung, Chou En-Lai, Chu Teh, Huang Hua, and others in Yenan, China 1945-1946

envelope G

1 photo of Ivan D. Yeaton and others in Shanghai 1946