Register of the William E. Ratliff papers

Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: William E. Ratliff papers
Date (inclusive): 1942-2012
Collection Number: 88023
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Spanish
Physical Description: 59 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box. (25.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, sound recordings of interviews, reports, memoranda, legal proceedings, internal bulletins, opinion polls, printed matter, and photographs, relating to communism in Latin America; political and economic conditions, and especially laissez-faire economics, in Argentina, elsewhere in Latin America, and Hong Kong; President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica; and the Socialist Workers Party of the United States and Trotskyist groups in Latin America.
Creator: Ratliff, William E.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

Sound recordings may not be duplicated.

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988, with numerous increments added on a regular basis.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William E. Ratliff papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Biography Note

1937 Born, Evanston, Illinois
1959 Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College
1968 Master of Arts, University of Washington
1969-Present Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
1974 Ph.D. in Latin American and Chinese history, University of Washington
1976 Author, Castroism and Communism in Latin America
1986-Present Latin American Curator, Hoover Institution Library and Archives
1986 Author, Follow the Leader in the Horn: Cuban-Soviet Presence in East Africa
1990 Author, Changing Course: The Capitalist Revolution in Argentina (with Roger W. Fontaine)
1993 Author, The Civil War in Nicaragua: Inside the Sandinistas (with Roger Miranda)
2000 Author, A Strategic Flip-Flop in the Caribbean (with Roger Fontaine)
  Author, Law and Economics in Developing Countries (with Edgardo Buscaglia)
2001 Author, Report from Havana: Time for a Reality Check on U.S. Policy toward Cuba (with Jonathan Clarke)
  Author, War and Lack of Governance in Colombia: Narcos, Guerrillas, and U.S. Policy (with Edgardo Buscaglia)
2003 Author, Russian Oil in America's Future
  Author, Doing It Wrong and Doing It Right: Education in Latin America and Asia
2004 Author, China's "Lessons" for Cuba's Transition?

Scope and Content of Collection

Acquired in 1988, with numerous increments added on a regular basis since then, the William E. Ratliff collection in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives consists largely of primary source materials relating to Latin American history, with some additional materials concerning the transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. There is also a considerable amount of printed matter in the collection relating to Trotskyism in Latin America and elsewhere.
As the Latin American curator of the Hoover Library and Archives, and as a scholar in the field of Latin American studies, Ratliff has made frequent research trips to Central and South America, as well as to Cuba, and has written extensively on topics pertaining to political and social developments in Latin America. He went to El Salvador in 1984 to monitor that country's elections and later wrote several analyses of this event. A number of Ratliff's many published articles are contained in the Speeches and Writings series of the collection.
A major component of the collection is the extensive series of interviews conducted by Ratliff with prominent political figures from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Nicaragua, as well as with former officials from the United States and ex-Soviet Union with experience in Latin American affairs. A related group of interviews comprises an oral history of Costa Rican politics during the presidency of José Figueres. Other interviews cover such subjects as the civil war in El Salvador; conflict within Nicaragua during the period of the Sandinista government; views on Cuba from defectors from the Castro regime; and developments in Argentina following the end of military rule in the 1980s.
A subject of particular interest to Ratliff has been the question of market liberalization in Latin America during recent decades, and there are a number of interviews with economists and officials from the region on this subject. A smaller part of the Interviews series consists of interviews with officials in Hong Kong regarding the transfer of sovereignty in the former crown colony to China.
During the early 1980s, Ratliff was called as an expert witness in a trial involving a lawsuit brought by the Socialist Workers Party against the United States government, which was eventually found liable for damages inflicted during its surveillance of the Trotskyist SWP. Ratliff gave testimony on behalf of the government, giving his opinion on the relation, if any, between Latin American Trotskyism and terrorism. The Socialist Workers Trial File in the collection contains some transcripts of proceedings in the lawsuit, and an extensive amount of articles, pamphlets, and serial issues relating to Trotskyist groups in Latin America and elsewhere.
An early research focus of Ratliff's was the question of Chinese communist influence on leftist movements in Latin America during the 1960s. The British Foreign Office File in the collection contains a large number of articles on this subject. These excerpts from small circulation newsletters on Latin American politics are arranged by country.

Arrangement

[The collection is organized into nine series: Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Sound Recordings of Interviews, Research Materials, Socialist Workers Party Trial File, British Foreign Office File, United States Information Agency File, Subject File, and Audiovisual File.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
Free enterprise
Communism -- United States
Subversive activities -- United States
Costa Rica -- Politics and government
Communism -- Latin America
Hong Kong (China)
Internal security -- United States
Terrorism
Petroleum industry and trade -- Argentina
Public opinion -- Argentina
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1983-2002
Argentina -- Economic conditions -- 1983-
Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982-
Fourth International
Socialist Workers Party
Figueres Ferrer, José, 1906-1990

 

Correspondence 1961-1970.

Scope and Contents note

Letters and enclosures, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1, folder 1

Paton, Alan 1966

box 1, folder 2

Ravines, Eudocio 1970

box 1, folder 3

Russell, Bertrand 1966

box 1, folder 4

Strout, Richard L. 1963

box 1, folder 5

White, Theodore H. 1961

box 1, folder 6

Wu, K. C. 1963

 

Speeches and Writings 1966-2000.

Scope and Contents note

Articles, correspondence, interviews, reports, and speech, arranged chronologically
box 1, folder 7

"A New Old Che Guevara Interview," The Hispanic American Historical Review 1966 August.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy. Folder includes related correspondence with Antonio de la Carrera, Theodore Draper, Rollie E. Poppino, Richard L. Walker, and Li Yu-Wan, 1960-1967
box 1, folder 8

"The Hobbit and the Hippie," Modern Age 1968 Spring.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy. Folder includes related correspondence with J. R. R. Tolkien, 1966-1967
box 1, folder 9

History of the Cuban labor movement and Cuban communism (with George Volsky) ca. 1984.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 1, folder 10

"1984 El Salvador Election Project: Background and Outlook Report" (with William Perry), Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University 1984.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy. Also includes typewritten and holograph summaries of interviews conducted with Salvadoran and American officials in relation to El Salvador election
box 1, folder 11

"The Inter-Election Period and Run-Off Outlook" (with William Perry), CSIS Latin American Election Studies Series: The Salvadoran Presidential Elections, Report No. 3, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University 1984 April 27.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 12

"Critics of Panama's Dictator Must Stop Shooting from Hip," The Wall Street Journal 1987 November 6.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy. Folder includes printed copy of editorial from La República (Panama) commenting on Ratliff's article, 1987 November 15
box 1, folder 13

"The FMLN Double Standard in Human Rights," opening remarks of a debate with Oscar Orellano, Stanford University 1989 May 5.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 1, folder 14

"Pre-Election Report," CSIS Latin American Study Series: The 1989 Chilean Elections, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University 1989 December 8.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 15

"What's to Be Done in Panama?" (with Fred F. Woerner), The Miami Herald 1989 December 24.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 16

"Asylum, in the Drug Lords' Gun Sights, May Be the Best Medicine" (with Fred F. Woerner), Los Angeles Times 1989 December 27.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 17

"Several Steps Remain for the U.S. to take in Panama" (with Fred F. Woerner), Chicago Tribune 1989 December 27.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 18

"Yanqui Don't Go Home--Yet," Los Angeles Times 1990 January (?).

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 19

"The Electoral Transition to Democratic Rule," CSIS Latin American Election Study Series: The 1989 Chilean Elections, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University 1990 January 16.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 20

"The Inauguration and Looking toward the Future," CSIS Latin American Election Study Series: The 1989 Chilean Elections, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University 1990 April 25.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 21

Interview conducted by William Ratliff with Domingo Cavallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1993 August 9.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 1, folder 22

Interview conducted by William Ratliff and Timothy Brown with Alberto Fujimori, Lima, Peru 1996 June 28.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript summary
box 1, folder 23

"Development and Governance in Latin America," 1998.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of a series of short interviews with Harald Beyer, Enrique Cardenas Sanchez, Hernando De Soto, and an anonymous Mexican official
box 1, folder 24

Interview conducted by William Ratliff with Lawrence Harrison 1998 March 10.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 1, folder 25

Interview conducted by William Ratliff with anonymous former official in the Argentine Economy Ministry 1998 March 13.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 1, folder 26

Interview conducted by William Ratliff with anonymous former Argentine ministerial official 1998 March 16.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 1, folder 27

"National Bipartisan Commission on Cuba - 1998," 1998 October 19.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of a series of short interviews with Lawrence Eagleburger, Roger Fontaine, and William D. Rogers
box 1, folder 28

"The Panama Canal: An Online NewsHour Special Report," PBS 1999 December.

Scope and Contents note

Transcript of online interview with William E. Ratliff and John J. Tierney
box 1, folder 29

Interview conducted by William Ratliff, Scott Hogenson, and R. Emmett Tyrell with Nursultan Nazarbayev, Astana, Kazakhstan 2000 March 21.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript summary (in English) of interview, and typescript of written answers (in Russian) provided by Nazarbayev
 

Sound Recordings of Interviews 1992-1999.

Scope and Contents note

Compact and mini sound cassettes with recorded interviews, arranged chronologically by subject, thereunder chronologically by name of interviewee
 

Costa Rica 1992.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews conducted in San José, Costa Rica, as part of an oral history of Costa Rican politics and, in particular, the administration of José (Pepe) Figueres
box 2, folder 1

Jorge Manuel Dengo and Jorge Rossi 1992 January 27.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 2

Uladislao Gá mez 1992 January 27.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 3

Padre Benjamín Nuñez 1992 January 27.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 4-5

Max Cortés 1992 January 28.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 2, folder 6

Gastó n Kogan 1992 January 28.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 7-8

Jorge Manuel Dengo and Jorge Rossi (second interview) 1992 January 29.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 2, folder 9

Luis Alberto Monje (name on label is misidentified as Monge-Lamarge) 1992 January 29.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 10

Alberto Cañas 1992 January 30.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 11

José Joaquín Trejos Ferná ndez 1992 January 30.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 12

Carlos Vicente 1992 January 30.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 13

Herná n Garró n 1992 January 31

Scope and Contents note

(name on label is misidentified as Garrou). One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 14-15

Rufino Gil Pacheco (name on one label is misidentified as G.4 Pochivo) 1992 February 3.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 2, folder 16-17

Guillermo Villegas Hoffmaister 1992 February 3.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 2, folder 18

Rodrigo Fournier (name on one label is misidentified as Rodriy Founnier) 1992 February 4.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 19-20

Manuel Mora Valverde 1992 February 5.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 2, folder 21

Nini Chinchilla de Mora 1992 February 6.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 2, folder 22

Fernando Naranjo 1992 February 6.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

José Gutiérrez Gó ngora 1992 November.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 3

José Maria Figueres 1992 November.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Luis Alberto Monje (second interview) 1992 November.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Oscar Arias 1992 November.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
 

Nicaragua 1992-1993

box 3

Brooklyn Rivera, unknown location 1992 October.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Alfonso Robelo, unknown location 1992 November.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Antonio Ybarra Rojas, Cochabamba, Bolivia 1993 March 14-18.

Scope and Contents note

Eight compact sound cassettes
box 3

Moises Hassan, lecture and interview, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1993.

Scope and Contents note

Three compact sound cassettes
 

Market liberalization in Latin America 1992-1993

Scope and Contents note

(interviews unless otherwise indicated)
box 3

Emetério Gó mez, CEDICE conference, Caracas Venezuela 1992 November 16.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Salvador á vila, Caracas, Venezuela 1992 November 17.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Arturo Salazar, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1992 November 19.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 3

Martin Krause, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1992 November 20.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 3

Staci Sticht, International Republican Institute, Washington, D.C. 1993 January 6.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
 

Cuba 1993

box 3

Mario Chanes and Ernesto Diaz, San Francisco, California 1993 October 3.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 3

Juan Antonio Rodriquez Menier, United States (undisclosed location) 1993 October 5.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
 

Argentina 1993-1996.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews conducted in Buenos Aires unless otherwise noted
box 4, folder 1

Luis Calviño and Julio César Ará oz 1993 February 24-March 5.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 2

Alberto Massa and Mario Kamelman Levitin 1993 March 1.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 3

Mario Kamelman Levitin (part two) 1993 March 1.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 4

Juan Manuel Cassella and Alfredo Olivera 1993 March 3.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 5

Juan Manuel Cassella (part two) 1993 March 3-4.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 6-7

Enrique Tanoni, Salta, Argentina 1993 March 6.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 4, folder 8

Richard Boucher and Luis Calviño (second interview) 1993 March 7.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 9

Peter Whitney 1993 March 8.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 10

Palo Carlos Rojo 1993 July 26.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 11-12

Jose Luis Tagliaferri 1993 July 26.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 4, folder 13

Antonio Cafiero 1993 August 6.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 14

Domingo Cavallo 1993 August 9.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 15

Martin Oyuela 1993 August 9.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 16

Hugo Haime 1993 August 10.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 17

Manuel Mora 1993 August 11.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 4, folder 18-19

Mario Bronemberg, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1993 October 12-19.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 4, folder 20-24

U.S. Policy in Central America 1993.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews with Roger Fontaine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1993 March 2-8. Five compact sound cassettes
box 4, folder 25-26

Central America and Chile 1994.

Scope and Contents note

Interview with John Biehl, 1994. Two mini sound cassettes
box 4, folder 27-31

Peru 1994.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews with Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Stanford University, 1994 April 4-6. Five compact sound cassettes
 

Argentina 1996-1997.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews conducted in Buenos Aires unless otherwise noted
box 5, folder 1

Manuel Mora (second interview) 1996 April 22.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 5, folder 2-3

Luis Calviño (second interview) 1996 April 27.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 5, folder 4

Martin Krause (second interview) 1996 April 29.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 5, folder 5-7

Domingo Cavallo, Healdsburg, California 1996 May 5.

Scope and Contents note

Includes some comments by Milton Friedman. Three compact sound cassettes
box 5, folder 8-9

Jose Octavio Bordon, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1997 May 9.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 5, folder 10-27

Latin America and the Soviet Union 1996-1997.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews with Oleg Daroussenkov, Healdsburg and Stanford, California, 1996 December 7 - 1997 April 12. Eighteen compact sound cassettes (thirteen cassettes are mislabeled as Darousseykov)
 

Latin America and the United States 1997-1999

box 5, folder 28-33

P. Peter Sarros, location unknown 1997-1999.

Scope and Contents note

Five compact sound cassettes
box 6, folder 1-8

Lawrence Harrison, location unknown 1998 January 6-15.

Scope and Contents note

Eight compact sound cassettes
box 6, folder 9

Bulgaria, 1997. Interview with King Simeon II, Madrid, Spain 1997 December 11.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
 

Hong Kong 1997.

Scope and Contents note

Interviews conducted in Hong Kong
box 6, folder 10-17

Francis Lui 1997 July.

Scope and Contents note

Eight compact sound cassettes
box 6, folder 18-19

Chi His-sheng 1997 July 2.

Scope and Contents note

Two compact sound cassettes
box 6, folder 20-22

Law Chi Kwong 1997 July 2.

Scope and Contents note

Three compact sound cassettes
box 6, folder 23

Allen Lee Peng-fei 1997 September 22.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 6, folder 24

Martin Lee 1997 September 23.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
 

Research Materials 1984-1990.

Scope and Contents note

Article, clippings, interview, leaflets and sticker, press releases, reports, serial issues, speech, and surveys used in the preparation of Changing Course: The Capitalist Revolution in Argentina, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 7, folder 1

Article, Floria, Carlos, "La turbulenta transició n de la Argentina secreta," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 7, folder 2-3

Clippings 1990

box 7, folder 4

Interview conducted by William Ratliff and Roger W. Fontaine with Raul Alfonsin 1990 May.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 7, folder 5

Leaflets and sticker 1990

box 7, folder 6-7

Press releases issued by the foreign ministry of Argentina 1989-1990.

Scope and Contents note

Consists of transcripts of interviews and press conferences given by foreign minister Domingo Cavallo
 

Reports.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript drafts and printed copies
box 7, folder 8

1989-1990

box 7, folder 9-11

1993

box 7, folder 12

Serial issues 1990.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copies
box 7, folder 13

Speech by Julio César Ará oz, Latin American Energy Forum, Houston, Texas 1990 June 27.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
 

Surveys 1990.

Scope and Contents note

Results of opinion polls conducted in Argentina, listed by polling firm
 

Aftalió n Mora y Araujo Noguera y Asociados

box 8, folder 1-3

1984

box 8, folder 4-5

1985

box 8, folder 6-7

1986

box 8, folder 8-9

1987

box 9, folder 1-2

1987

box 9, folder 3-10

1988

box 9, folder 11-12

1989

box 10, folder 1-12

1989

box 11, folder 1-6

1989

box 11, folder 7-12

1990

box 12, folder 1-2

1990

box 12, folder 3-7

1993

box 12, folder 8

Hugo Haime y Asociados 1993

 

Muraro y Asociados

box 13, folder 1

1992

box 13, folder 2-9

1993

box 13, folder 10

Telecom S. A. 1990

 

Socialist Workers Party Trial File 1949-1981.

Scope and Contents note

Background materials, clippings, correspondence, and trial documents relating to a lawsuit brought by the Socialist Workers Party against the U.S. government, arranged alphabetically by physical form
 

Background materials used by William Ratliff in preparation for his testimony 1949-1981

 

Declassified Central Intelligence Agency reports and cables 1949-1976

box 14, folder 1-2

Fourth International 1949-1975

 

Trotskyism in Latin America

box 14, folder 3

General 1965-1974

box 14, folder 4

Argentina 1967-1976

box 14, folder 5

Bolivia 1961-1971

box 14, folder 6

Brazil 1967

box 14, folder 7

Cuba 1961

box 14, folder 8

Mexico 1964-1972

box 14, folder 9

Peru 1962-1972

box 14, folder 10

Uruguay 1965-1970

box 14, folder 11

Notes and draft of question 1981

box 14, folder 12-13

Printed matter 1960-1981.

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, monograph excerpts, and serial issues relating to international Trotskyism, especially Trotskyism in Latin America. Includes some photocopies of miscellaneous correspondence relating to Trotskyist organizations
box 15, folder 1-9

Printed matter 1960-1981.

box 17, folder 1-8

Printed matter 1960-1981.

box 18, folder 1

Clippings 1981

 

Correspondence 1981

box 18, folder 2

Unidentified 1981

box 18, folder 3

Auerswald, Steve 1981

 

Trial documents 1981

box 18, folder 4

Affidavits 1981

 

Digests of testimony 1981

box 18, folder 5

George Baxtrum

box 18, folder 6

William Ratliff

box 18, folder 7

Transcripts of proceedings 1981

box 18, folder 8-9

Post-trial memoranda 1981

box 18, folder 10

Judge's opinion 1981

 

British Foreign Office File 1962-1971.

Scope and Contents note

Newsletters arranged alphabetically by title, and clippings arranged alphabetically by subject
 

Newsletters

 

Communism and Latin America

 

1967

box 19, folder 1

January-March

box 19, folder 2

April-June

box 19, folder 3

July-August

box 19, folder 4

September

box 19, folder 5

October

box 19, folder 6

November-December

 

1968

box 19, folder 7

January-February

box 19, folder 8

March-April

box 19, folder 9

May-June

box 19, folder 10

July-August

box 20, folder 1

September-October

box 20, folder 2

November-December

 

Latin America Notes

 

1968

box 20, folder 3

January 4 - March 28

box 20, folder 4

April 4 - June 27

box 20, folder 5

July 11 - September 26

 

1969

box 20, folder 6

April 24 - June 26

box 20, folder 8

July 10 - September 25

box 20, folder 9

October 2 - December 18

 

1970

box 20, folder 10

January 1 - June 25

box 20, folder 11

July 2 - December 17

 

1971

box 21, folder 1

January 7 - March 25

box 21, folder 2

April 1 - June 24

box 21, folder 3

July 1 - September 30

box 21, folder 4

October 19 - December 21

 

Latin American Topics

 

1969

box 21, folder 5

April-June

box 21, folder 6

July-December

 

1970

box 21, folder 7

January-April

box 21, folder 8

May-August

box 21, folder 9

September-December

 

1971

box 21, folder 10

January-April

box 22, folder 1

May-July

box 22, folder 2

September-December

 

Subject file 1962-1968.

Scope and Contents note

Excerpts from newsletters, as organized by William Ratliff
 

Chinese communist influence in Latin America.

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials on the Sino-Soviet split and its effects on Latin American politics, especially in relation to Cuba and communist organizations
 

General

box 22, folder 3

1962-1963

box 22, folder 4

1964

box 22, folder 5

1965

box 22, folder 6

1966-1968

box 22, folder 7

Argentina 1963-1967

box 22, folder 8

Bolivia 1963-1967

box 22, folder 9

Brazil 1963-1967

box 22, folder 10

Chile 1963-1967

box 22, folder 11

Colombia 1963-1968

box 22, folder 12

Costa Rica 1963-1968

box 22, folder 13

Ecuador 1962-1968

box 22, folder 14

Guatemala 1966-1967

box 22, folder 15

Mexico 1963-1967

box 22, folder 16

Panama 1964-1967

box 22, folder 17

Peru 1963-1968

box 22, folder 18

Uruguay 1963-1968

box 22, folder 19

Venezuela 1964-1966

 

Cuba—Politics and government

box 23, folder 1

1967

box 23, folder 2

1968

 

United States Information Agency File 1956-1970.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copies of U.S.I.A. reports arranged alphabetically by series title and chronologically thereunder
 

General

box 23, folder 3

1956-1960

box 23, folder 4

1963-1965

box 23, folder 5

1966-1970

 

Communist Propaganda Activities in Latin America

box 23, folder 6

1956-1959

box 23, folder 7

1960-1962

box 23, folder 8

1963-1966

box 23, folder 9

Communist Propaganda Organizations and Activities in Latin America during 1966. 1967

 

Subject File 1966-1999.

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, correspondence, leaflet, pamphlet, and reports, arranged alphabetically by subject
 

Argentina

box 23, folder 10

Economic conditions 1993

box 23, folder 11

Politics and government 1985-1993

box 24, folder 1

China—Politics and government 1966

box 24, folder 2

Cuba—Politics and government 1984-1992

 

El Salvador

box 24, folder 3

Economic conditions 1983

box 24, folder 4

Politics and government 1984

box 24, folder 5

Kazakhstan—Politics and government (1991-) 1999

 

Panama

box 24, folder 6

Foreign relations—United States 1990

box 24, folder 7

Politics and government 1987-1988

 

Audiovisual File 1983-1993.

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Photographs taken by William Ratliff 1983-1984

box 24, folder 8

Two prints depicting Fidel Castro, Daquiri, Cuba 1984 January

box 24, folder 9

Seven prints depicting scenes in Cuba 1983

 

Sound recordings of music 1988-1991

box 24, folder 10

"Canciones patrioticas y escolares," Banda militar del ejercito argentino, Argentina 1988.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
box 24, folder 11

"Pedro Tamayo y su música," 1991.

Scope and Contents note

One compact sound cassette
 

Videorecordings.

Scope and Contents note

In Spanish with English subtitles
box 24, folder 12

"La leccíon de Malvinas," produced by the Argentine army 1992.

Scope and Contents note

One VHS videocassette
box 24, folder 13

"Cascos azules del ejercito," produced by the Argentine army 1993.

Scope and Contents note

One VHS videocassette
 

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