Inventory of the Michael Djordjevich papers

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Title: Michael Djordjevich papers
Date (inclusive): 1977-2016
Collection Number: 2018C41
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Serbo-Croatian
Physical Description: 27 manuscript boxes (13.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, notes, writings, memoranda, press releases, position papers, declarations, bulletins, newsletters, and printed matter relating to the breakup of Yugoslavia and to Serbian-American efforts to influence American and international foreign policy in the region and to influence Serbian government policy.
Creator: Djordjevich, Michael, 1936-
Creator: Serbian Unity Congress
Creator: Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Michael Djordjevich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Biographical Note

Serbian-American businessman; president, Serbian Unity Congress; president, Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, notes, writings, memoranda, press releases, position papers, declarations, bulletins, newsletters, and printed matter relating to the breakup of Yugoslavia and to Serbian-American efforts to influence American and international foreign policy in the region and to influence Serbian government policy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
Serbian Americans
Serbia -- Politics and government -- 1992-2006
United States -- Foreign relations -- Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia -- Sforeign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Serbia
Serbia -- Foreign relations -- United States

box 1, folder 1

Serbian Manifesto 1977

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence, Helen Bentley 1989

box 1, folder 3

Reflections on Kosovo 1988

box 1, folder 4

Handwritten drafts 1989

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence, Bogdan Maglic 1989

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence, articles, clippings, Bogdan Maglic 1989

box 1, folder 7

American-Yugoslav Ethno Bank Holding Corporation; Documents, notes, letters, Zbigniew Brzezinski on Yugoslavia 1989

box 1, folder 8

"The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia - What the Serbs Want?"; Notes, articles, clippings, and letters 1990

box 2, folder 1

The Phoenix Plan 1991 January - March

box 2, folder 2

Mission of Good Will 1991 March - April

box 2, folder 3

Mission of Friendship to Serbia 1991 May - June

box 2, folder 4

Reflections on Serbian Economic Realities 1994-1995

box 2, folder 5

Mission of Goodwill - correspondence

box 2, folder 6

Agricultural report 1991

box 3, folder 1

Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia – letter, articles, and clippings 1991

box 3, folder 2

Correspondence to J.R. Biden, G.L. Ackerman, copy from Helen Bentley 1989

box 3, folder 3

Serbian Unity Congress, Yugoslavia – Context of a Crisis Report 1991

box 3, folder 4

Handwritten notes 1992

box 3, folder 5

"The Picture That Fooled the World" article 1992

box 3, folder 6

Correspondence: H. Ross Perot, Joseph de Courcy, Lee, H. Hamilton, Lewis Dolinsky, T.W. Carr, etc. 1992

box 3, folder 7

Lobbying - handwritten notes 1993

box 3, folder 8

Backup materials 1993

box 3, folder 9

Correspondence, Jews 1993

box 3, folder 10

Clippings 1993

box 3, folder 11

Helen D. B. - Important Letter 1989-2014

box 3, folder 12

Monarchy 1994

box 3, folder 13

Two opinions 1991-1993

box 3, folder 14

Correspondence, clippings 1993

box 4, folder 1

Articles (Yugoslavia, conflict, Serbia, Montenegro, sanctions) 1992-1994

box 4, folder 2

Correspondence (Serbian Unity Congress, Leon Panetta, Lee H. Hamilton, President G. Bush, Helen Bentley, Dr. W. Glen Campbell, etc) 1992-1993

box 4, folder 3

The Yugoslav Question - materials from Serbian Unity Congress 1991

box 4, folder 4

Materials used in the book or to support research 1990-1993

box 4, folder 5

Clippings (Milan Panic) 1992

box 4, folder 6

St. Sava Day proclamation 1992 Febuary

box 5, folder 1

Serbian Unity Congress 1992-1993

box 5, folder 2

Clippings 1995

box 5, folder 3

SUC position papers 1997 May

box 5, folder 4

Manatos & Manatos 1992

box 5, folder 5

Manatos & Manatos 1993

box 5, folder 6

Manatos & Manatos 1994

box 5, folder 7

Manatos & Manatos 1995

box 5, folder 8

Manatos & Manatos 1996

box 5, folder 9

Manatos & Manatos 1997

box 5, folder 10

Manatos & Manatos 1999

box 6, folder 1

Correspondence 1994

box 6, folder 2

Clippings, articles 1994

box 6, folder 3

Important for the book 1994

box 6, folder 4

Should be reviewed - letters, notes, excerpts 1994

box 6, folder 5

Reflections on Serbian Commercial Economic and Business Realities 1994-2016

box 6, folder 6

Correspondence - Nora Beloff 1993-1994

box 6, folder 7

Monarchy - Plan "S" in English and in Serbian 1993

box 6, folder 8

Monarchy - notes, letters 1994

box 6, folder 9

Correspondence with Holbrooke 1995

box 6, folder 10

Ambassador R. McCormick 1995

box 16, folder 11

Article 1995

box 6, folder 12

Printed media articles 1995

box 6, folder 13

Documents in archives (book), used for quotes 1995

box 6, folder 14

Serbian Unity Congress - correspondence 1995

box 6, folder 15

Correspondence and related articles 1995

box 7, folder 1

Correspondence with USA Congress 1994-1995

box 7, folder 2

Correspondence with Sen. Phil Gramm 1995

box 7, folder 3

Clippings (material for final edition not used) 1995

box 7, folder 4

Code of Conduct for the Bosnian Mission - correspondence 1995

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence with Kay B. Hutchinson, Dan Burton, Steve Chabot, John W. Warner, John McCain. Also includes an open letter to President Clinton.
box 7, folder 5

Text of Dayton Agreement 1995

box 7, folder 6

Correspondence - reviewed (used) 1995

box 7, folder 7

Clippings, articles, letters, documents, (paid ads in major newspapers) 1992-1995

box 7, folder 8

Brana Markovic - "Yugoslav Crisis and the World," Belgrad 1996

box 8, folder 1

Articles 1995

box 8, folder 2

Various correspondence e.g. letters to S. Milosevic, and R. Karadzic, N. Gingrich, congressmen, senators, etc 1994-1995

box 8, folder 3

Correspondence with Lee H. Hamilton Committee on International Relations 1995

box 8, folder 4

Serbian Unity Congress, e.g. Vuk Draskovic; Memorandum on the Political Crisis in Serbia, Synopsis of 1996 Goals, etc. 1996

box 8, folder 5

Clippings, press regarding Labus, Perisic 1996 December

box 8, folder 6

Clippings, correspondence (FSA), handwritten notes 1996

box 8, folder 7

Clippings, press 1996-1997

box 8, folder 8

Selected correspondence with Senator Richard Lugar 1996-1999

box 8, folder 9

Prof. Zarko Bilbija, notes, letters, etc. 1996

box 8, folder 10

SUC 1996

box 8, folder 11

Correspondence: Lee H.Hamilton, Richard Lugar, James Holmes, Vladimir Lukic, etc. 1996

box 8, folder 12

Articles, clippings, documents, (evidence of donation to Dan Burton) 1996

box 8, folder 13

Council on Foreign Relations, Report: "Proposes Ways to Prevent Conflict in Kosovo"; correspondence 1996

box 9, folder 1

Materials, articles, clippings, (Nasa Borba, SUC bulletin, The Guardian, Bulletin of the Jerusalem Institute, etc.) 1996-1997

box 9, folder 2

Correspondence (Zarko Bilbija, Rade Simovic, Robert S. Gelbard, Slavka Draskovic-Jovanovic, Mark Gage, Biserka Matic, Madeleine Albright, etc.) 1996-1997

box 8, folder 3

Some correspondence with related articles and clippings, (Monad Financial) 1997

box 9, folder 4

Lobbying of SUC 1997

box 9, folder 5

Development of Democracy in the Republic of Serbia, draft 1997

box 9, folder 6

Correspondence: Nora Beloff, Bruno Beloff, etc. 1994-1997

box 9, folder 7

M. Djordjevich - Candidate, bio, clippings, interviews, handwritten notes, etc. 1997

box 9, folder 8

Freedom House 1992

box 10, folder 1

Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia 1998

box 10, folder 2

Correspondence, e.g. Zarko Bilbija, Jonathan Clarke, Slobodan, Samardzic, etc. 1998

box 10, folder 3

Handwritten notes 1998

box 10, folder 4

Serbian Public Opinion Survey (excerpts), Democracy in Serbia, articles, comments, etc. 1998

box 10, folder 5

Democratic changes in Serbia, (articles, clippings, comments, etc.) 1998

box 10, folder 6

Norma von Ragenfeld-Feldman, "The War in Former Yugoslavia and the American News Media"

box 10, folder 7

Democratic changes in Serbia - Correspondence (problem, obstacles) 1998

box 11, folder 1

Democratic changes in Serbia - Correspondence, handwritten notes, etc. 1998

box 11, folder 2

Bird's-eye View of the Transition to Democracy Path in Serbia; notes 1998

box 11, folder 3

Program Outline Alliance for Change; correspondence, SUC, etc. 1998

box 11, folder 4

Plan for Transition to Democracy in Serbia Submitted to the US Department of State by the Council for Democratic Changes; correspondence, notes, etc. 1998

box 11, folder 5

Council For Democratic Changes in Serbia, selected items 1998

box 11, folder 6

Handwritten draft, correspondence, notes, etc 1998

box 11, folder 7

Handwritten drafts – preparations for a major meeting in Belgrade 1998

box 11, folder 8

How to Attain Peace and Stability in the Balkans 1998

box 11, folder 9

Letters with attachments - Transitions to Democracy in Serbia 1998 January 20

box 12, folder 1

Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia (Diaspora) – roster (members signatures) 1998

box 12, folder 2

VDPS, Toronto, Canada 1998 February 13-15

box 12, folder 3

Correspondence: Panic/Vukobrat/Djordjevich 1998 November December

box 12, folder 4

Handwritten notes, Nasa Borba (Internet) 1998

box 13, folder 1-3

Correspondence 1999

box 13, folder 4

Searching for grants 1999

box 13, folder 5

Faxes 1999 October-November

box 13, folder 6

Emails

box 14, folder 1-2

SUC - IRS harassment 2000

box 14, folder 3

Printed articles, materials, (diaspora) 1999-2000

box 14, folder 4

Veca Za Demokratske Promene U Srbiji 1999

box 14, folder 5

Branko Dragas, Program on Economy for CDCS 1999

box 14, folder 6

Protest letters against NATO 1999 March 22 - June 1

box 14, folder 7

St. Andrea's Declaration, draft, materials, letters 1999 October 28

box 15, folder 1

Correspondence, articles, e.g. G-7, Dinkic, material for the book, etc. 1999

box 15, folder 2

Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia, Confidential Documents 1999

box 15, folder 3

Kostunica 1997-1999

box 15, folder 4

Correspondence with Professor Nenad Mileusnic 1999

Scope and Contents note

Includes an unknown photograph circa 1999-2000.
box 15, folder 5

Agenda for the meeting with Ambassador James F. Dobbins, letters, materials, St. Andrea, etc. 1999 August 4

box 15, folder 6

Saint Andrea's Sabor 1999 October 14

box 15, folder 7

Meetings and correspondence with Mrs. Alright 1999

box 15, folder 8

Press on Mrs. M. Albright 1999

box 15, folder 9

Press on Serbia 1999

box 16, folder 1

Materials/articles after Kosovo 1999

box 16, folder 2

Kosovo - NATO attack 1999

box 16, folder 3

Kosovo – historical value materials 1999

box 16, folder 4

Kosovo – historical value materials 1989-1999

box 16, folder 5

Kostunica 2000

box 16, folder 6

Kosovo KLA 1999

box 17, folder 1

VECE 2000

box 17, folder 2

Peter Gross - letters 1999

box 17, folder 3

Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia 2000

box 17, folder 4

Correspondence 2000

box 17, folder 5

Post mortem of the Decade of Illusions book 2001-2010

box 17, folder 6

Serbian Unity Congress Herald; Studenica Foundation; etc. 2001

box 17, folder 7

Top Tier Members SUC - Questionnaire 2001

box 17, folder 9

SUC Herald, Clippings, articles 2002

box 17, folder 8

Correspondence, articles 2003

box 17, folder 10

Serbian Unity Congress - New Beginning 2002

box 17, folder 11

Mission of SUC Year 2001 onwards, correspondence 2001

box 18, folder 1

Correspondence, confidential 2003-2009

box 18, folder 2

SUC 20th Anniversary Convention 2010

box 18, folder 3

Correspondence - Slobodan, Milosevic 1989-1996

box 18, folder 4

Prolog 1989

box 18, folder 5

Annexes 1991-1992

box 18, folder 6

Handwritten notes 1990-2000

box 18, folder 7

"Before 1990" article 2000

box 18, folder 8

Brief Biographies of Members of the Mission 1991

box 18, folder 9

Footnotes 1992

box 18, folder 10

New York Times articles - copy 1993

box 18, folder 11

Correspondence and related articles 1994

box 19, folder 1

Nora Beloff - Yugoslavia an avoidable war 1997

box 19, folder 2

Correspondence with Bill Clinton; related articles, footnotes on Bosnia 1995

box 19, folder 3

Correspondence and related articles 1995

box 19, folder 4

Simovic; Elections in Serbia 1996

box 19, folder 5

Alex Dragnich, project: Inicijativa Zajedno 1996 February 26 - July 8

box 19, folder 6

Koalicija Zajedno, Perisic and Labus 1996 December

box 19, folder 7

Footnotes 1996

box 19, folder 8

Zajedno, statement 1996

box 20, folder 1

Important footnotes 1997-2000

box 20, folder 2

Serbian Unity Congress 1997

box 20, folder 3

Interview with M. Djordjevitch, Svedok 1997

box 20, folder 4

Radovi Esperata za prirucnik i korespondencija 1999

box 20, folder 5

Correspondence and footnotes included 1998

box 20, folder 6

Srbija Vece 1998

box 20, folder 7

Correspondence; handwritten notes; Excerpts from Serbian Public Opinion Survey (excluding Kosovo) 1998

box 21, folder 1

Kosovo 1999

box 21, folder 2

M. Djordjevich press 2000

box 21, folder 3

Correspondence wth James F. Dobbins 2000

box 21, folder 4

Correspondence 2000

box 21, folder 5

Articles, publications, clippings 2000

box 21, folder 6

Saint Andrea Sabor 1999

box 21, folder 7

Saint Andrea List for communication/registration 1999

box 22, folder 1

St. Andrea Roster 1999

box 22, folder 2

St. Andrea registration forms, Budapest 1999

box 22, folder 3

Travel and arrangements 1999

box 22, folder 4

St. Andrea registration forms, Chicago 2000 January

box 22, folder 5

St. Andrea assembly meeting, Chicago 2000

box 22, folder 6

St. Andrea documents, letters, articles, etc. 2000

box 22, folder 7

St. Andrea documents, letters, articles, etc. Athens 2000

box 22, folder 8

St. Andrea documents, letters, etc. Banja Luka 2000

box 23, folder 1

Saint Andrea FUS Notes 1999

box 23, folder 2

Completed used material (book) 1999

box 23, folder 3

Reactions - post St. Andrea 1999

box 23, folder 4

St. Andrea - the most important documents 1999

box 23, folder 5

St. Andrea Sabor - various important information 1999

box 23, folder 6

Minutes of St. Andrea Sabor

box 23, folder 7

Background materials - St. Andrea Sabor 1999

box 24, folder 1

Correspondence with the State Department 1999

box 24, folder 2

Newspaper articles in Serbian (St Andrea Sabor)

box 24, folder 3

Materials not used in the book 1999

box 24, folder 4

Materials not used in the book; St. Andrea 1999

box 24, folder 5

Correspondence, St. Andrea Sabor 1999

box 24, folder 6

St. Andrea Sabor – Organizing Committee 1999

box 24, folder 7

St. Andrea 1999 June, August

box 25, folder 1

Germany and US involvement in the Balkans

box 25, folder 2

Economic proposals for Serbian Govt 2001

box 25, folder 3

Articles chosen by L. Brugger 1999

box 25, folder 4

Serbian Unity Congress 1990-1999

box 25, folder 5

Various informative materials/back up files (articles, correspondences, faxes, etc.) 1990-2000

box 25, folder 6

Articles in Serbian, notes, correspondence, e-mails, etc. 1990-2009

box 25, folder 7

SUC, correspondence, faxes, etc. 1990

box 25, folder 8

SUC, handwritten notes, articles – Council for Democratic Changes in Serbia 1998-2016

box 26, folder 1

Confederation of Intermarium 2012

box 26, folder 2

Incoming mail 1992-1993

box 26, folder 3

Calendar #256 1999

box 26, folder 4

Various correspondence, articles, e-mails, etc. 1999-2009

box 26, folder 5

SUC 1991-1992

box 26, folder 6

Articles 1990-2000

box 26, folder 7

Serbian Medal of Merit 1996

box 26, folder 8

Correspondence with Gelbard 1998

box 26, folder 9

General interest - not the book

box 26, folder 10

Two speeches 1992

box 26, folder 11

Correspondences, articles, notes, etc. 1998-2001

box 26, folder 12

Correspondences, articles, notes, etc. 2000-2015

box 26, folder 12

St. Andrea Declaration - list of participants; Copy of photograph "The First Signatures of the St. Andrea Declaration"; Photograph of M. M. Djordjevich; Pamphlet (in Serbian) from publishing house – A Decade of Illusions 1999 November 14

box 27, folder 2

M. M. Djordjevich: A Decade of Illusions, Belgrade (in Serbian) – two volumes 2016