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Title: STCIRCUS Archive of Tibetan Resistance
Date (inclusive): 1958-2011
Collection Number: 2006C8
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 digital print, 2 videorecordings, digital media
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, instructional and propaganda material, printed matter, photographs, video tapes, and memorabilia, relating to Central
Intelligence Agency programs to train Tibetan guerrillas.
Creator:
Walker, Bruce, 1932-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 5 and art rack items 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 2006.
[Identification of item], STCIRCUS Archive of Tibetan Resistance, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Title of collection changed from Bruce Walker papers to STCIRCUS Archive of Tibetan Resistance in 2022 at the request of the
donor.
| 1932 August 29 | Born, Bronxville, New York |
| 1953 | Second lieutenant, United States Marines |
| Graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, with a major in economics and minor in Spanish | |
| 1954-1955 | Stationed in Korea with the First Marine Air Wing. Promoted to first lieutenant |
| 1955 | Honorably discharged at Treasure Island |
| 1956-1973 | Case officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| 1957-1959 | Assigned to U.S. Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 1960 | Enrolled in Tibetan studies courses at the University of Washington, Seattle |
| Transferred to Near East Division and started work on STCIRCUS | |
| 1962 | Private audience with the Dalai Lama |
| Student, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, Sikkim, India | |
| 1962-1964 | Trained Tibetans at Camp Hale, Colorado, as part of STCIRCUS project |
| 1965-1966 | Worked at Tibetan project desk, where one of his duties was to oversee the Cornell University program for Tibetans under the STCIRCUS project |
| 1966 | Assigned to U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, using State Department cover, as the replacement STCIRCUS representative at the Joint Operations Center |
| 1968 | Six month leave of absence from CIA |
| 1969 | Transferred to Hong Kong desk in China Operations |
| 1971 | Assigned to U.S. Consulate-General in Hong Kong as a case officer under State Department cover |
| 1973 | Married Mary Frances Doyle |
| Resigned from CIA | |
| 1974 | Moved to San Francisco |
| 1974-1988 | Worked in several business development departments of Bechtel Corporation |
| 1980-1988 | Member, Board of Directors, Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera |
| 1985 | Established a Merola scholarship endowment fund |
| 1994 | Became a volunteer at the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum |
| 2004 | Elected president of the board of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum |
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents Bruce Walker's role in STCIRCUS, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to give support to the
Tibetan resistance by training Tibetan guerrillas, providing arms to the Chushi Gangdruk fighters, and using radio teams to
communicate information to the CIA. Bruce Walker's initial assignment for the project was to transfer Tibetans to Camp Hale,
Colorado, for training in "high-speed radio operations, clandestine communications, small arms, map reading, tradecraft,"
and other skills, including parachuting (curriculum vitae, box 1, folder 1). In 1962, Walker became part of the training staff
at Camp Hale.
The arrangement of the
STCIRCUS file is based on the order of materials found in a partial inventory of the collection created by Bruce Walker, although the arrangement
does not exactly match this list. The file includes photographs at Camp Hale and of Chushi Gangdruk fighters, clippings, a
report by Sam Curry, and propaganda booklets. Detailed descriptions of materials in the collection can be found in Walker's
inventory (box 1, folder 2).
Items not listed in Walker's inventory of September 2005 can be found in the
Incremental material. Several folders include detailed container lists. The
Oversize material contains cloth flags with the logo of the Chushi Gangdruk and the painting "The Secret PLA Pouch Heads for CIA's K Building,
West Tibet" by Keith Woodcock. The listed biography is for Bruce Walker.
American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees Records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
S. Fawl typescript, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Secret service -- United States
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- 1951-
Guerrillas -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
United States. Central Intelligence Agency