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Title: Victor Hoo papers
Date (inclusive): 1931-1972
Collection Number: 77046
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and French
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, 1 sound tape reel
(3.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to Chinese political
events and foreign relations, international diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet relations, and the United Nations.
Creator:
Hoo, Victor, 1894-1972
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
[Identification of item], Victor Hoo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1894 November 16 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1905 | Graduated from Kaiser Primary School, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1912 | Graduated from Annen Schule, St. Petersburg |
| 1916 | Licencie en Droit, University of Paris Law School |
| 1918 | Docteur en Droit, University of Paris Law School |
| 1919 | Assistant Secretary, Chinese Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference |
| 1920 | Technical Member, Chinese Delegation to the International Finance Conference, Brussels |
| Member, Chinese Delegation to the Conference of Associations for the League of Nations, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 1921 | Technical Delegate, Chinese Delegation to the Conference for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1921-1924 | Second Secretary, First Secretary, and Charge d'Affaires, Chinese Legation, Berlin, Germany |
| 1925-1927 | Technical Expert to the Sino-Soviet Conference and Assistant Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Served in the Tariff Conference in Beijing as assistant director of the Treaty Department | |
| Returned to China | |
| 1926 | Secretary of Cabinet |
| Sectional Chief, Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1927 | Assistant Director of the Treaty Department |
| 1928 | Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government |
| Secretary, Reorganization Commission | |
| Counsellor, Shanghai City Government | |
| 1930-1931 | Director, Department of Asiatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1931 | Secretary General, Chinese Delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations |
| Technical Advisor, Chinese Delegation to the Sino-Soviet negotiations on the Chinese Eastern Railway | |
| 1932 | Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs |
| Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland | |
| Director, Permanent Office of the Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations | |
| 1933-1942 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bern, Switzerland |
| 1937-1942 | Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Social Questions |
| 1942-1945 | Returned to China and served as vice-minister of foreign affairs |
| 1944 | Delegate, Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks Conferences |
| 1945 | Technical Expert, Sino-Soviet Conference for the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance |
| Secretary-General, Chinese Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco | |
| 1945-1946 | Substitute Delegate, Executive Committee, Preparatory Commission and General Assembly, United Nations, London |
| 1946 | Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations, in charge of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories |
| 1947 | Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) |
| 1948 | Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK) |
| 1955-1962 | Under-Secretary for Conference Services, United Nations |
| 1962-1972 | Commissioner for Technical Co-Operation, United Nations |
| 1972 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Victor Chi-tsai Hoo consist of diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda,
and photographs relating to Chinese political events and foreign relations, international diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet
relations, and the United Nations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
China -- Foreign relations
Diplomats -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland
Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- China
United Nations