James R. Lilley papers M1849

Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
2014


Title: James R. Lilley papers,
Identifier/Call Number: M1849
Contributing Institution: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 11.0 Linear feet (22 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1937-2009
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts and chapter outlines relating to James Lilley’s book China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia. The rest of the collection consists of articles written by James Lilley, United States Department of State Diplomatic Cables, interviews of Lilley, business and personal correspondence (of note are personal letters to, from, and about George Herbert Walker Bush from 1976, 1980, 1993, and 1999), copies of speeches, photographs, newspaper clippings on a variety of subjects, 16 books (including Lilley’s) relating to China’s military and to North Korea, audio visual materials which include VHS tapes of several television interviews of James Lilley, two personal diaries, and photocopies of official United States documents.
Creator: Lilley, James R.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], James R. Lilley papers (M1849). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Access to Collection

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Publication Rights

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Scope and Contents

Material was separated into two groups: Papers and Media. A folder listing of the Papers has been made and the material has been re-housed. The Media has been listed individually.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given by Sally Lilley to Stanford University, Special Collections in 2011.

Biography

James Roderick Lilley (1928-2009) was an American diplomat who was the ambassador to China during the time of the Tianamen Square protests. The youngest of three children, he was born to American parents in China and was educated in American schools there until he returned to the US in 1940. After graduation from Yale University in 1951, he was employed by the CIA from 1951-1978 and worked in various Asian countries. He served as director of the American Institute in Taiwan from 19981-1984, Ambassador to South Korea from 1986-1989, and Ambassador to China from 1989-1991. He was Assistant Secretay of Defense from 1991-1993, and upon retirement from government service worked at the American Enterprise Institute. His memoir China Hands : nine decades of adventure, espionage, and diplomacy in Asia was published in 2004.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bush, George, 1924-
Lilley, Sally Booth
Thomas, Lowell
China--Foreign relations--United States
China--Politics and government--1949-
Diplomats--China--Biography.
Diplomats--United States--Biography.
East Asia--Foreign relations--United States
East Asia--Politics and government--1945-
United States--Foreign relations--China
United States--Foreign relations--East Asia

 

1. Papers

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts and chapter outlines relating to James Lilley’s book China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia. The rest of the collection consists of articles written by James Lilley, United States Department of State Diplomatic Cables, interviews of Lilley, business and personal correspondence (of note are personal letters to, from, and about George Herbert Walker Bush from 1976, 1980, 1993, and 1999), copies of speeches, photographs, newspaper clippings on a variety of subjects, 16 books (including Lilley’s) relating to China’s military and to North Korea, audio visual materials which include VHS tapes of several television interviews of James Lilley, two personal diaries, and photocopies of official United States documents.
Box 1, Folders 1-2

Cables C. Peking 89-91

Box 1, Folder 3

June '89 Cables & Documents

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence, notes, receipts and other documents relating to: China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia.

Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence, 1989

Box 1, Folders 6-7

Wally Booth

Box 2, Folders 1-4

'China Hands' Letters

Box 2, Folders 5-6

State Dept. Papers

Box 2, Folder 7

CIA Material

Box 3, Folder 1

CIA Material

Box 3, Folder 2

Discharge Papers

Box 3, Folder 3

James Lilly Bio

Box 3, Folders 4-5

CRS-Shirley Kan

Box 3, Folder 6

Korea

Box 3, Folder 7

De Trani/Korea

Box 3, Folder 8

Correspondence (mainly email) 2005-2009

Box 4, Folder 1

Bush China Trip 1977

Box 4, Folder 2

Book Letters

Box 4, Folder 3

Documents (Expired Identification Cards, Etc.)

Box 4, Folder 4

Publicity and Performances

Box 5, Folder 1

Publicity and Performance

Box 5, Folder 2

Speeches

Box 5, Folder 3

Exeter-Yale-Jim Tsina Tao

Box 5, Folder 4

Lowell Thomas

Box 5, Folder 5

Retirement Ceremony 1979

Box 5, Folder 6

Taiwan Media 1982-84

Box 5, Folder 7

James Lilly Personal Correspondence Aug-Dec 1981

Box 6, Folder 1

Speeches

Box 6, Folder 2

China Trip 2008

Box 6, Folder 3

"Military Power of the People's Republic of China", 2009

Box 6, Folder 4

Taiwan-China

Box 6, Folder 5-6

Oklahoma

Box 6, Folder 7

China-U.S.

Box 6, Folder 8

Taiwan

Box 7, Folder 1

Democracy/China

Box 7, Folder 2

China-External

Box 7, Folder 3

Chilton/Boulder

Box 7, Folders 4-5

Correspondence-1981

Box 7, Folders 6-7

American Institute In Taiwan - Correspondence and Ephemera

Box 7, Folder 8

Special Messages

Box 7, Folder 9

1973-74 letters

Box 8, Folder 1

Personal Correspondence 1984

Box 8, Folders 2-3

Taiwan

Box 8, Folder 4

Personal Correspondence 1982-1983

Box 8, Folders 5-6

James Lilley: Correspondence 2004, 2005

Box 8, Folders 7-8

James Lilley: Correspondence, 2005

Box 9, Folder 1

China One - 1973 Chapter 10

Box 9, Folder 2

Schlesinger Trip 1978 [Nickles/Dawley borrowed 5/18/10]

Box 9, Folder 3

Hearst, Nancy: Bio of Han Xu (on CD)

Box 9, Folder 4

James Lilley's Diary, China 1974

Box 9, Folder 5

James Lilley's Diary, China 1973

Box 9, Folder 6

May '89 Documents

Box 9, Folder 7

Questions from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Box 9, Folder 8

Biographic Summary

Box 9, Folder 9

Committee on Foreign Relations April 13, 1989

Box 9, Folder 10

Life Magazine Image China, circa 1945

Box 9, Folder 11

Correspondence - Clergy - 1989-1990

Box 9, Folder 13

Lilley James: Correspondence 1991

Box 9, Folder 12

Nomination of Ambassador Lilley

Box 10, Folder 1

Beijing 1989-1991

Box 10, Folder 2

Congratulations Messages (S. Korea)

Box 10, Folder 3

Chinese News Clips

Box 10, Folder 4

Miscellaneous News Clipping

Box 10, Folder 5

Speeches and Notes - Harvard 1991

Box 10, Folder 6

Media and Newsclippings, 1990s

Box 10, Folder 7

Media and News clippings, 1990s

Box 10, Folder 8

Beijing Publicity 1980s and 1990s

Box 11, Folder 1

Lilley James: Correspondence 1991

Box 11, Folder 2

Communications from U.S. Embassy in Beijing

Box 11, Folder 3

Unclassified Memorandum

Box 11, Folder 4

Correspondence - other U.S. Agencies 1989-1990

Box 11, Folder 5

Correspondence - Military - 1989-1990

Box 11, Folder 6

Leo A. Orleans

Box 11, Folder 7

Contacts + Books to read

Box 11, Folder 8

Jeff's notes on Frank info

Box 11, Folder 9

Guidance

Box 11, Folder 10

Childhood in China

Box 11, Folder 11

Pyengyang, Korea

Box 11, Folder 12

Manuscripts Drafts

Box 11, Folder 13

Tientsin

Box 11, Folder 14

Battle of Tientsin July-August 1937

Box 11, Folder 15

Battle for Shanghai 8137

Box 11, Folder 16

Battle of Acking 7-8137

Box 11, Folder 18

Interviews

Box 11, Folder 19

Post-War Shanghai

Box 11, Folder 20

Fall of China '48 Tsing

Box 11, Folder 21

Yale recruitment

Box 12, Folder 1

Press and news clippings relating to James Lilley, 1991

Box 12, Folder 2

Bush, George H.W: Correspondence and Ephemera 1970s-1990s

Box 12, Folder 3

Bush, George H.W: Correspondence and Ephemera, 1970-1990s

Box 12, Folder 4

Bush, George H.W: Correspondence and Ephemera 1970s-1990s

Box 12, Folder 5

Bush, George H.W: Correspondence and Ephemera 1970s-2009

Box 13, Folder 1

Korean War, ROC-PRC friction, Downey

Box 12, Folder 6

State Correspondence

Box 13, Folder 3

JRL on 1950s Cambodia and Philippines

Box 13, Folder 4

Quemoy + Matsu GLF

Box 13, Folder 5

Chapter notes and ideas

Box 13, Folder 6

Laos -65-68

Box 13, Folder 2

Hong Kong 1953

Box 13, Folder 7

Hong Kong 68-70

Box 13, Folder 8

Washington, Lo-Wn 1970-1973

Box 13, Folder 9

China Articles -70-News-Sun

Box 13, Folder 10

1975-1981

Box 13, Folder 11

China 73-75

Box 13, Folders 12-14

Taiwan, Politics, Notes on Books

Box 13, Folder 15

Arms to Taiwan

Box 14, Folder 1

Arms to Taiwan

Box 14, Folders 2-3

Taiwan 82-84 (3/2000 trip interviews)

Box 14, Folder 4

North Korea

Box 14, Folders 5-7

South Korea '86-'88

Box 14, Folder 8

Interviews - China '89-'91

Box 14, Folder 9

Rupture

Box 14, Folder 10

China '89-'91 Book notes

Box 15, Folder 1

Reconsiliation

Box 15, Folder 2

Cable Topics-China '89-'91

Box 15, Folder 3

Grane (Epilogue)

Box 15, Folder 4

Epilogue: Draft 4

Box 15, Folder 5

OP.ED on China Mention of JRL/Testimony

Box 15, Folder 6

Lilley Communication GHWB (41)

Box 15, Folder 9

Marketing/Publicity

Box 15, Folder 10

Bush 1980 Trip

Box 15, Folder 7

Yale-Research

Box 15, Folder 11

Chinese Attacks

Box 15, Folder 12

Special Quotes and Passages

Box 15, Folder 13

Correspondence and ephemera 2005, 2006

Box 16, Folder 1

Correspondence and Ephemera 2006-2008

Box 16, Folder 2

U.S. - China Economy: Printed Material 2007, 2008

Box 16, Folder 3

Schlesinger Trip Oct./Nov. 1978: Correspondence and Ephemera

Box 16, Folder 4

Lilley 1996 Meetings/Conferences on China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Box 16, Folder 5

Lilley 1996 Meetings/Conferences on Korea

Box 16, Folder 6

Lilley 1996 Articles on Korea

Box 16, Folder 9

Lilley speeches 1998-2001

Box 16, Folder 7

Correspondence and Ephemera 1996

Box 16, Folder 8

Lilley speeches 1996, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8

Defense Comm. Nat'l Sec. Council

Box 17, Folder 1

Tiananmen/China 1989-1991 Letters, articles, and ephemera

Box 11, Folder 17

Communication about Book

Box 17, Folder 2

Miscellaneous Ephemera

Box 17, Folder 3

Lilley 1996 articles on China

Box 18, Folder 1

Lilley Duplication 2001

Box 18, Folder 2

Lilley + Hearings & Testimonies 2001

Box 18, Folder 3

Lilley 1996 Testimonies

Box 18, Folder 4

Lilley on Hong Kong

Box 18, Folder 5

Lilley on Japan

Box 18, Folder 6

Miscellaneous Notebook undated

Box 18, Folder 7

Box listing

 

2. Media

Scope and Contents

Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Box 19, Cassette 1

Special Report w/ Point 6.29.98

Box 19, Cassette 2

Dereliction of Duty H.R. McMaster

Box 19, Cassette 3

Stef Helper World Wise China 12/17/97

Box 19, Cassette 4

Governor George W. Bush 1998 GOP Convention Video

Box 19, Cassette 5

China Nuclear Show 10/1/97 NET

Box 19, Cassette 6

LHASA Trip March. April. 1991 Cathy + Mark's tapes.

Box 19, Cassette 7

Playing the China Card "Nixon & Mao" & "The Tiananmen Hostage" VHS NTSC

Box 19, Cassette 8

James Lilley 05/21/07

Box 19, Cassette 9

Crossfire 3/9/99

Box 19, Cassette 11

20010322 Slug: US - Lilley

Box 20, Cassette 2

With the Compliments of Benjamin Lu Representative Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

Box 20, Cassette 1

Larry King Live 4/11/2001 Ambassador James Lilly

Box 19, Cassette 10

Fox TV PRC White Paper 22 2000

Box 20, Cassette 3

CNN Business Asia

Box 20, Cassette 4

J. Lilly CNN

Box 20, Cassette 5

"China Now" Promo Tape TRT: 7 Minutes 02/17/95

Box 20, Cassette 6

Great Decisions 1995 Show #706 China, Taiwan, Hong Kong 02/06/95 TRT: 28:15

Box 20, Cassette 7

Oregon State of Wonder

Box 20, Cassette 8

Yes, Taiwan Does Exist.

Box 20, Cassette 9

Ambassador Lilly "Korean Situation"

Box 20, Cassette 10

Litasa, Tibet March-Apr 1991

Box 21, Cassette 1

EW 02.12.95

Box 21, Cassette 2

Lockout: The Case of Taiwan and the UN

Box 21, Cassette 3

The Death of Yugoslavia - BBC TX Programme 1: "Enter Nationalism" & 2: "The Road to War"

Box 21, Cassette 4

Korea

Box 21, Cassette 5

Charlie Rose: JAmes Lilley - 4/3/01

Box 21, Cassette 6

WNT Dub Sements from 4/2/01

Box 21, Cassette 7

[unlabeled cassette]

Box 21, Cassette 8

Downey/Fecteau/Award Ceremony 6/25/98

Box 21, Cassette 9

A Celebration of 50 Years of China Operations Stanley Bergman

Box 21, Cassette 10

America's Voice Tonight 4 May '98

Box 21, Cassette 11

7/29/99 VOA

Box 22, Cassette 1

Unlabeled Cassette

Box 22, Cassette 2

Unlabeled Cassette

Box 22, Cassette 3

China: Opening the Door to the East

Box 22, Cassette 4

"The Hazelden Experience"

Box 22, Cassette 5

Japan NHK aired a 8 April 2001

Box 22, Cassette 6

CNN/ Nick Platt/J. Lilley

Box 22, Cassette 7

The Leadership Institute presents From Dream to Reality

Box 22, Cassette 8

12:00 - 17:00

Box 22, Cassette 9

Kathrine Baumann Beverly Hills

Box 22, Cassette 10

[Empty Cassette Case]

Box 22, Cassette 11

Swearing-in Ceremony, China, 24 April '89

Box 22, Cassette 12

8/22/89 AMB Lilley W/ D. Trout/ABC

Box 22, compact_disc 13

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