Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek papers

Finding aid prepared by Blanka Pasternak, revised by Jim Sam

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Title: Ivo D. Duchacek papers

Date (inclusive): 1939-1988

Collection Number: 81063

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In Czech and English

Physical Description: 25 manuscript boxes, 7 phonotape cassettes (10.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Radio broadcast recordings and transcripts, writings, diaries, dispatches, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to Czechoslovakia during World War II, wartime diplomacy, Soviet annexation of Ruthenia in 1945, the communist coup of 1948, and American broadcasting to Czechoslovakia.

Creator: Duchacek, Ivo D., 1913-1988

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ivo D. Duchacek Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (25 reels).

Biographical Note

1913 February 27	Born, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia
1936-1939	Correspondent for Lidove noviny in Paris
1939-1945	Diplomatic officer, Government in Exile, London
1940-1944	Broadcast weekly commentaries on BBC to German-occupied Czechoslovakia
1941-1945	Chef de cabinet to the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Hubert Ripka
1945	Returned to Czechoslovakia as a liaison officer with General Patton's third army
1945-1948	Leader of the Czechoslovak People's Party, Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly
	Chief-editor and co-founder (with Pavel Tigrid) of Obzory
1948 February	Dismissed from the Czechoslovak People's Party, and after the Coup d'Etat emigrated to Great Britain, and later to the United States
1948-1953	Professor of political science, Yale University
1949-1954	Editor-in-chief, Czechoslovak Service, Voice of America, New York
1949 October 30 - 1988	Broadcast weekly political commentaries, known as "Zapisnik," on Voice of America, under the name of Martin Cermak
1951-1953	Research Consultant on the Yale Human Resources Project, sponsored by the U.S. Army
1954-1980	Professor of political science, The City College of the City University of New York
1955-1956	Broadcast commentaries on international politics on Radio Free Europe
1981-1984	Member, Executive Committee, Center for European Studies, the City University of New York
1984 spring	Visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley
1988 March 1	Died, Kent, Connecticut

Scope and Content Note

The Ivo Duchacek papers were donated to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives by Ivo Duchacek himself over a period of several years. The first installment, consisting of typewritten transcripts of his broadcasts on Voice of America and of cassettes of voice rehearsals of broadcasts, arrived in 1984. Duchacek's diaries covering the years 1939-1945 were accessioned in 1985, and additional radio broadcast transcripts were added to the collection in the years 1986 to 1988.

The bulk of the collection consists of Ivo Duchacek's speeches and writings and his radio broadcasts, mostly on Voice of America. For 39 years until his death, Duchacek delivered a weekly commentary over Voice of America, broadcast to Czechoslovakia under the pen name Martin Cermak. From 1949 to 1988, "The Sunday Notebook," as it was called, offered analyses of important world developments, evaluated American domestic and international policies, and in an informal and witty style interpreted life in the United States. At the same time, Duchacek's commentaries examined Czechoslovak history and conditions under Soviet domination, and with scathing criticism and sarcasm uncovered the true face of the Stalinist doctrine and practices (see his parody of the Slansky and Gottwald trials in the radio broadcasts file).

Of significant importance in the speeches and writings file are Duchacek's memoirs based on his political diaries kept throughout World War II, in which he exercised his intimite knowledge of the political scene and developments in Central Europe before and during the war (see, "In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries"). Equally important are his writings on the communist coup (see, "The Strategy of Communist Infiltration: Czechoslovakia, 1944-1948. The February Coup in Czechoslovakia") and the annexation of Ruthenia (see, "Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet Browbeat Politics").

Also of great importance are documents in the government service file relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, and Duchacek's internal reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, and journalists.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes

World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history

World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia -- History -- Coup d'état, 1948

Radio broadcasting -- Czechoslovakia

Ruthenia (Czechoslovakia)

Voice of America (Organization)

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1939-1941

Scope and Contents note

Identity papers, calling cards, list of names and addresses, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 1, folder 1

Identity papers issued by the Czechoslovak National Committee, Paris 1940

box 1, folder 2

Calling cards

box 1, folder 3

List of names and addresses

DIARIES 1939-1945

Scope and Contents note

Political diaries kept since March 1939 throughout the war until May 1945. Typescript (mostly in Czech, some in French and English)

box 1, folder 4

1939

box 1, folder 5-6

1940

box 1, folder 7-8

1941

box 1, folder 9-10

1942

box 1, folder 11-12

1943

box 1, folder 13-14

1944

box 1, folder 15

1945

CORRESPONDENCE 1949-1952

Scope and Contents note

Letters, notes, and telegrams, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

box 1, folder 16

Dvornik 1949

box 1, folder 17

Feierabend, Ladislav 1940

box 1, folder 18

Firt, Julius 1941

box 1, folder 19

Gottlieb, Hanus 1941

box 1, folder 20

Heidrich, Arnost 1949

box 1, folder 21

Lettrich, Jozef 1949

box 1, folder 22

Mowrer, Edgar Ansel 1949

box 1, folder 23

Nase Hlasy 1958

box 1, folder 24

Pospisil, Leopold 1951-1952

box 1, folder 25

Puhan, Alfred 1950

box 1, folder 26

Rada Svobodneho Ceskoslovenska (Council of Free Czechoslovakia) 1949

box 1, folder 27

Speier, Hans 1949

box 1, folder 28

United States. Department of State 1949

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1939-1988

Scope and Contents note

Articles, papers, reports, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically by title

box 2, folder 1

"Americka pomoc Ceskoslovensku?" n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript (in Czech)

box 2, folder 2

"Analysis of the Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 2, folder 3

"Dilemmas of the Doctrine of Liberation," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

"In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of unfinished and unpublished memoirs

box 2, folder 4-5

Part I - "The Fall of France: From Munich to Bordeaux"

box 2, folder 6

Part II - "The British Fort - " 1940-1941

box 2, folder 7

"The Lesson of Prague," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 2, folder 8

"The Purge ...... and After," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 2, folder 9

"The Present Situation in Czechoslovakia," report, International London Assembly, . 1942

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 2, folder 10

"Cardinal Verdier and Mgr. Sramek," . 1942 December 21

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and printed copy (in English and Czech)

box 2, folder 11

"Thirty Years of Czechoslovakia," . 1948 October 28

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 2, folder 12

"Ruda armada zastrasila Evropu, New Yorkske Listy, . 1949 August 23

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy (in Czech)

box 2, folder 13-14

"The Strategy of Communist Infiltration: Czechoslovakia, . The February Coup in Czechoslovakia," World Politics, . 1944-1948 1950 July

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and printed copy

box 2, folder 15

"Liberation of Central Europe Through Neutralization," The New York Times, (date written). 1955 May 15

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 1

"The Bonapartist Unity of Eastern Europe," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, . 1955 October

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 2

"The Classic Maneuver," . 1957

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes correspondence with the editor of the New Leader

box 3, folder 3

"A 'Loyal' Satellite: The Case of Czechoslovakia," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, . 1958 May

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy

box 3, folder 4

"East Central Europe: Soviet Internal Affair?" . 1958 October

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes some correspondence

box 3, folder 5

"Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet Browbeat Politics," 1965 August?

General note

See also RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, and GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Dispatches

Scope and Contents note

Typescript.

box 3, folder 6

"National Constitutions: A Functional Approach," Comparative Politics, . 1968 October

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy

box 3, folder 7

"O zahranicne politickou orientaci CSR pred unorem," Svedectvi, . 1973

Scope and Contents note

Typescript (in Czech)

box 3, folder 8

"External and Internal Challenges to the Federal Bargain," paper, Seminar on Urbanization in Federal Systems, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, . 1973 April 26

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and printed copy

box 3, folder 9

"Antagonistic Cooperation: Territorial and Ethnic Communities," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, . 1977 Fall

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 10

"Federalist Responses to Ethnic Demands: An Overview," paper, the Second Paterson Conference on Federal Responses to Current Political Problems, . 1978 January 29-February 2

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 11

"Jak Ruda armada mapovala stredni Evropu: Tesinsko a Podkarpatsko, . 1980 September

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes some correspondence and reviews by V. Precan and J. W. Brugel

box 3, folder 12

"Consociations of Fatherlands: The Revival of Confederal Principles and Practices," conference paper, The Continuing Legacy of the Articles of Confederation, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, . 1981 August 30-September 2

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 13

"Perforated Sovereignties: Comparative Subnational Politics and their International Dimension," paper, 8 th annual Political Science Conference, City University of New York, . 1982 December 10

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 14

"Transborder Linkages: Quebec, Canada, and the United States," paper, Research Group on Canadian-American Relations, Harvard University, . 1982 December 11-12

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 15

"Foreign Relations of Major Non-Capital Cities, New York and Montreal, Geneva and Strasbourg: Micro-Actors in International Politics," paper, annual meeting of the Study Group on Canadian-United States Relations, New York City, . 1983 April 8-9

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 16

"Transborder Regional Linkages in the Era of Interdependence," paper, Borderlands Studies Section, Albuquerque, New Mexico, . 1983 April 27-30

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 17

"Transborder Regionalism and Microdiplomacy: A Comparative Study," paper, Seminar on Canadian-United States Relations, Harvard University, . 1983 December 6

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 18

"Federalism: Constitutional and Majoritarian Mix in Systems of Institutionalized Territorial Segmentation," paper, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, . 1983 September 1-4

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 19

"International Competence of Subnational Governments: Borderlands and Beyond," paper, conference on Comparative Borders, University of Texas, El Paso, . 1984 March 20

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

box 3, folder 20

"Transborder Overlaps Between Three Federal Systems: From Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean," paper, Association of Borderlands Scholars, San Diego, . 1984 April 25-28

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

RADIO BROADCASTS 1940-1988

Scope and Contents note

Consists mostly of typewritten transcripts. Includes some correspondence

box 4, folder 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Czechoslovak Programme

Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk

box 4, folder 2-5

1955

box 4, folder 6-9

. 1963-1965

Scope and Contents note

Includes Duchacek's writings on the annexation of Ruthenia

Voice of America, Czechoslovak Service

box 5, folder 1

Correspondence 1957-1975

Transcripts

box 5, folder 2-5

. 1949

Scope and Contents note

Includes Duchacek's writings on the annexation of Ruthenia

box 5, folder 6-8

1950

box 6, folder 1-2

1950

box 6, folder 3-8

1951

box 7, folder 1-7

. 1952

Scope and Contents note

Includes parody of trials of Slansky and Gottwald by Duchacek

box 8, folder 1

1952

box 8, folder 2-7

1953

box 9, folder 1-4

1954

box 9, folder 5-7

1955

box 10, folder 1-3

1956

box 10, folder 4-6

1957

box 11, folder 1-3

1958

box 11, folder 4-6

1959

box 12, folder 1-3

1960

box 12, folder 4-6

1961

box 13, folder 1-3

1962

box 13, folder 4-6

1963

box 14, folder 1-3

1964

box 14, folder 4-6

1965

box 15, folder 1-3

1966

box 15, folder 4-6

1967

box 16, folder 1-3

1968

box 16, folder 4-6

1969

box 17, folder 1-2

1970

box 17, folder 3-4

1971

box 17, folder 5-6

1972

box 18, folder 1-2

1973

box 18, folder 3-5

1974

box 19, folder 1-3

1975

box 19, folder 4-6

1976

box 20, folder 1-3

1977

box 20, folder 4-5

1978

box 21, folder 1-2

1979

box 21, folder 2-4

1980

box 21, folder 5-6

1981

box 21, folder 7-8

1982

box 22, folder 1

1983

box 22, folder 2-4

1984

box 22, folder 5-6

1985

box 23, folder 1-3

1986

box 23, folder 4-5

1987

box 23, folder 6

World Radio University (WRUL), Boston

GOVERNMENT SERVICE 1939-1948

Scope and Contents note

Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, internal reports of discussions in Paris and London with foreign diplomats, agents, journalists, and speeches, arranged alphabetically by physical form, and therein chronologically

box 24, folder 1-2

Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, . 1944-1945

General note

See also SPEECHES AND WRITINGS and RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of America

Reports (internal reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, journalists, in Paris and London).

Scope and Contents note

Includes report on Slovak uprising and Benes's messages from London to the Protectorate

box 24, folder 3

1939-1941

box 24, folder 4

1942

box 24, folder 5

1943

box 24, folder 6-9

1944

box 24, folder 10

1945

box 24, folder 11

1947

box 24, folder 12

1948

box 24, folder 13

Speeches written for Hubert Ripka 1943

SUBJECT FILE 1939-1961

Scope and Contents note

Articles, clippings, reports, speeches, writings, miscellany, clippings, and other printed matter

box 25, folder 1

Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation (Proposed)

Czechoslovakia

Foreign relations

box 25, folder 2

Germany.

Scope and Contents note

Includes "Nove reseni nemecke otazky v CSR" by Hubert Ripka

box 25, folder 3

Soviet Union.

Scope and Contents note

Includes "Ceskoslovensko-sovetska smlouva" by Hubert Ripka

box 25, folder 4

Government in Exile, Great Britain.

Scope and Contents note

Includes "The Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile During World War II" by Vojtech Mastny

box 25, folder 5-6

Politics and government--1945-1992

box 25, folder 7-8

Czechoslovakia. Ministerstvo Zahranicnich Veci (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

box 25, folder 9

Czechoslovakia. Statni Rada (National Council)

box 25, folder 10-11

Europe, Central.

Scope and Contents note

Includes printed copy of chapter of book by Stephen Denis Kertesz, The Fate of East Central Europe: Hopes and Failures of American Foreign Policy (written by Duchacek?)

box 25, folder 12

Heydrich, Reinhard

box 25, folder 13

Hurban, Vladimir Ladislav

box 25, folder 14

Ripka, Hubert.

General note