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Title: James Wei diaries
Date (inclusive): 1959-1982
Collection Number: 2003C19
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 14 card file boxes
(8.0 Linear Feet)
Creator:
Wei, James
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 1 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 2003.
[Identification of item], James Wei diaries, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
James Wei was a Taiwanese writer. A native of Chekiang, Wei graduated from Yenching University in Peking. He started his
career as a reporter in Tientsin and later worked in Shanghai. From 1942-1948, he joined the International Department, Ministry
of Information.
Wei then became head of the Shanghai Office of the Ministry of Information (later called the Government Information Office).
He then settled in Taiwan, where he served as a Reuters correspondent for three years, while simultaneously holding the post
of Deputy Director of the Central News Agency. Wei was also one of the founders of the
China News, an English language newspaper, along with being the publisher when it was first created in 1949. From 1954-1965, Wei worked
as Managing Director of the Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC). In 1966, he was appointed Director General of the Government
Information Office before becoming the Director of the CNA in 1972, before retiring from the CNA in 1978. He was also national
policy advisor to President Chiang Ching-kuo until Wei died of a heart attack in October 1982 at the age of 74.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection relates to political conditions in Taiwan and to Taiwanese-American relations between the years of 1959 and
1982. Diaries written by James Wei detail political conditions across that span of time, as well as his reactions to current
events. Wei also kept track of daily events, including descriptions of his conversations with various people and the different
activities he engaged in. A small collection of notes contains contact information for other people, as well as other accounts
of his aquaintances. A datebook details events Wei presumably attended and reminders about such events that he wrote for himself.
There is also correspondence, including notes and a letter addressed to Wei from the Chinese News Service of New York.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan
Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1945-