Register of the Ivan D. Yeaton Papers, 1908-1979
Processed by ; machine-readable finding aid created by
Michael C. Conkin
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
© 1998
Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Register of the Ivan D. Yeaton Papers, 1908-1979
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Encoded by:
- Michael C. Conkin
© 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ivan D. Yeaton Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1979
Collection number: 76013
Creator:
Yeaton, Ivan D.
Collection Size:
7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 envelopes
4.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and
photographs, relating to his 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 theinspection of United States Army procurement contracts,
1952-1953
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection 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
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
Memoirs may not be quoted without the written permission of I. D. Yeaton
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ivan D. Yeaton Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1976.
Accruals
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.
Access Points
United States. Army--Officers.
United States. Army--Procurement.
United States. Observer Mission to Yenan, 1944-1945.
Communism.
Communism--China.
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.
China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union--Armed Forces.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
Military attaches.
Biographical Note
| 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 |
Series Description
Box No. 1.
MEMOIRS OF COLONEL IVAN D. YEATON (1919-1953), 1977.
Note
Memoirs may not be quoted without the written permission of Ivan D. Yeaton
Scope and Content Note
The "Memoirs" were 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
Box No. 1.
SUBJECT FILE, 1939-1961.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders, citations, charts, and other matter, arranged
alphabetically by subject
Box. 2-4.
MEMOIRS (1919-1953), 1974-1976.
Scope and Content Note
Additional material
Box No. 5-8.
INCREMENT, 1980.
Scope and Content Note
Writings, correspondence, orders, memoranda, notes, photographs, certificates, and
memorabilia, 1908-1979, relating to U.S. military intelligence activities, the Soviet
Union on the eve of World War II, the Chinese communists during the war, and postwar
world politics
Container List
MEMOIRS (1919-1953), 1977
Box 1.
Final bound, typewritten photocopy, 1977 August (with appendices)
Box 1.
Biographical file of Ivan D. Yeaton
Kuomintang passport to enter Chinese Communist Party area (Yenan)
Personnel file, Office of the Assistant Military Attaché, Shanghai, China, 1946-1947
Correspondence file of Ivan D. Yeaton as military attaché, Moscow, 1939-1941
Memorandum on the Soviet labor unions prepared for Ivan D. Yeaton. typewritten draft, n.d.
"Russia Combat Estimate," typewritten, mimeographed copy, 1942 April 1
[Soviet petroleum production]. Typewritten draft, 1947 November 19
"Fourth International." Typewritten carbon copy, 1947 November 26
"Northeast Asia." Typewritten copy, n.d.
U.S. Department of Defense.
Directive: Standards of Conduct, 1961 December 12. Printed copy
Wedemeyer, A. C., General, "The Truth About Korea," national radio and television talk delivered in Los Angeles, California,
1952 November 2. Typewritten, mimeographed copy
MEMOIRS (1919-1953), 1974-1976
Box 2.
First typewritten draft, 1974 June
First typewritten draft with corrections by Ivan D. Yeaton, 1974 August
First typewritten draft with corrections by Ivan D. Yeaton, A. C. Wedemeyer, Frank E. Mason, Ralph C. Smith, and Charles G.
Palm, 1974 September
Second typewritten draft, 1976 January (with appendices)
Box 4.
Bound typewritten photocopies of the "Memoirs," 2 copies
Suggested changes for copies to be produced after 1977 August 8
Box Box No. 5-8.
INCREMENT, 1980.
Scope and Content Note
Writings, correspondence, orders, memoranda, notes, photographs, certificates, and
memorabilia, 1908-1979, relating to U.S. military intelligence
activities, the Soviet Union on the eve of World War II, the Chinese communists during
the war, and postwar world politics
