Register of the Ivan D. Yeaton papers
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Title: Ivan D. Yeaton papers
Date (inclusive): 1908-1979
Collection Number: 76013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 envelopes
(4.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and photographs relating to Ivan D. Yeaton's military
career; Soviet military strength in 1941; Soviet-American relations, 1941-1949; organization of American military intelligence
during World War II; lend-lease operations; American relations with the Chinese communists, 1944-1946; and the inspection
of United States Army procurement contracts, 1952-1953.
Creator:
Yeaton, Ivan D.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 9 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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1976, with an increment received in 1980.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ivan D. Yeaton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1919-1920 |
Lieutenant, American Expeditionary Force Siberia |
| 1939-1941 |
Military attaché, Moscow |
| 1942 |
Promoted to Colonel, U.S. Army |
| 1942-1945 |
Specialist, Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1945 |
Chief of Intelligence, Headquarters, China Theater |
| 1945-1946 |
Commanding officer, Yenan Observer Group, Shensi Province |
| 1946 |
Assistant military attaché, Shanghai |
| 1947 |
Assistant Director of Counter Intelligence, General Headquarters, Far East Command, Tokyo |
| 1948-1949 |
Chief, Psychological Warfare Section, Plans and Operations Division, General Staff |
| 1949-1950 |
Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Intelligence, Sixth Army, Headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco |
| 1952-1953 |
Chief, Detroit Field Office, Army Inspector General |
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and photographs relating to Ivan D. Yeaton's military
career; Soviet military strength in 1941; Soviet-American relations, 1941-1949; organization of American military intelligence
during World War II; lend-lease operations; American relations with the Chinese communists, 1944-1946; and the inspection
of United States Army procurement contracts, 1952-1953.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Communism -- China
Soviet Union -- Armed Forces
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
Military attachés
Procurement
United States. Army
United States. Observer Mission to Yenan, 1944-1945
box 1
MEMOIRS OF COLONEL IVAN D. YEATON (1919-1953)
1977 August
Scope and Contents note
Final bound, typewritten photocopy (with appendices). Written by Col. Ivan D. Yeaton, USA (Ret.), with editorial assistance
from General A. C. Wedemeyer, USA (Ret.), Colonel Frank E. Mason, USA (Ret.), Major General Ralph C. Smith, USA (Ret.), and
Charles G. Palm, deputy archivist at the Hoover Institution.
SUBJECT FILE
1939-1961
Scope and Contents note
Reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders, citations, charts, and other matter, arranged alphabetically by subject.
Biographical file of Ivan D. Yeaton
box 1
Kuomintang passport to enter Chinese Communist Party area (Yenan)
box 1
Personnel file, Office of the Assistant Military Attaché, Shanghai, China
1946-1947
box 1
Correspondence file of Ivan D. Yeaton as military attaché, Moscow
1939-1941
box 1
Memorandum on the Soviet labor unions prepared for Ivan D. Yeaton, typewritten draft
undated
box 1
"Russia Combat Estimate," typewritten, mimeographed copy,
1942 April 1
box 1
[Soviet petroleum production], typewritten draft
1947 November 19
box 1
"Fourth International," typewritten carbon copy
1947 November 26
box 1
"Northeast Asia," typewritten copy
undated
box 1
U.S. Department of Defense,
Directive: Standards of Conduct, printed copy
1961 December 12
box 1
Wedemeyer, A. C., General, "The Truth About Korea," national radio and television talk delivered in Los Angeles, California,
typewritten, mimeographed copy
1952 November 2
MEMOIRS (1919-1953)
1974-1976
Scope and Contents note
Additional material.
box 2
First typewritten draft
1974 June
box 2
First typewritten draft with corrections by Ivan D. Yeaton
1974 August
box 2
First typewritten draft with corrections by Ivan D. Yeaton, A. C. Wedemeyer, Frank E. Mason, Ralph C. Smith, and Charles G.
Palm
1974 September
box 2
Second typewritten draft (with appendices)
1976 January
box 4
Bound typewritten photocopies of "Memoirs," 2 copies
box 4
Suggested changes for copies to be produced after 1977 August 8
1980 INCREMENT
1908-1979
Scope and Contents note
Writings, correspondence, orders, memoranda, notes, photographs, certificates, and memorabilia relating to U.S. military intelligence
activities, the Soviet Union on the eve of World War II, the Chinese communists during the war, and post-war world politics.
box 9
Award plaques
1908-1979
Conditions Governing Access
Box 9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
DECLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS
1947
1953
Scope and Contents note
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date
of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation.
box 7
2016 February release of records
1947
1953
Scope and Contents note
Consists of materials used as appendices for "Memoirs": Memorandum, "The Control of Russia in the Event of an Unconditional
Surrender," December 1947; typescript re "system of control to be established over the Soviet Union," 4 December 1947; and
memorandum (photocopy), "General Motors Corporation: Acquisition of Industrial Facilities at Government Expense," 23 November
1953.
envelope A
1 portrait photo of Ivan D. Yeaton, 1950, and 1 photo of Ivan D. Yeaton receiving the Legion of Merit
undated
envelope B
9 photos of Ivan D. Yeaton and other members of the 27th Infantry Regiment, A.E.F. Siberia
1919-1920
envelope C
1 photo of Ivan D. Yeaton and other members of a horsemanship class, Fort Sill
1929
envelope D
1 photo of Gen. George Strong presenting Lt. Gen. Filipp R. Golikov, Soviet Union, with the Legion of Merit (see page 33 in
Memoris for details)
1941
envelope E
18 photos of Ivan D. Yeaton as Deputy Commander, Sixth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, and others
undated
envelope F
52 photos of Ivan D. Yeaton, Patrick Hurley, A.C. Wedemeyer, Mao Tse-Tung, Chou En-Lai, Chu Teh, Huang Hua, and others in
Yenan, China
1945-1946
envelope G
1 photo of Ivan D. Yeaton and others in Shanghai
1946
