Box: 3 Fold: 26 Far Eastern Affairs 1960 - Correspondence G-I
Box: 3 Fold: 27 Far Eastern Affairs 1960 - Correspondence J-L
Box: 3 Fold: 28 Far Eastern Affairs 1960 - Correspondence M-R
Box: 3 Fold: 29 Far Eastern Affairs 1960 - Correspondence S-Y
Box: 3 Fold: 30 Far Eastern Affairs 1961 - Correspondence A-E
Box: 3 Fold: 31 Far Eastern Affairs 1961 - Correspondence G-J Box: 3 Fold: 32 Far Eastern Affairs 1961 - Correspondence K-P Box: 3 Fold: 33 Far Eastern Affairs 1961 - Correspondence R-z
Box: 3 Fold: 34 Far Eastern Affairs 1958-61 - Correspondence Unidentified
Box: 3 Fold: 35 Far Eastern Affairs - Career Ambassador/Minister Reports Box: 3 Fold: 36 Far Eastern Affairs - Memoranda Box: 3 Fold: 37 Far East Tour 1959 - Itinerary/Memoranda Box: 3 Fold: 38 Far East Tour 1959 - Cambodia: Itinerary/misc. Box: 3 Fold: 39 Far East Tour 1959 - Cambodia: Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 40 Far East Tour 1959 - Cambodia: Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 41 Far East Tour 1959 - Cambodia: Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 42 Far East Tour 1959 - Japan: Itinerary/Memos Box: 3 Fold: 43 Far East Tour 1959 - Japan: Miscellaneous/Clippings Box: 3 Fold: 44 Far East Tour 1959 - Korea Box: 3 Fold: 45 Far East Tour 1959 - Laos: Miscellaneous Box: 3 Fold: 46 Far East Tour 1959 - Taipei: Miscellaneous Box: 3 Fold: 47 Far East Tour 1959 - Taipei: Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 48 Far East Tour 1959 - Thailand: Photographs Box: 3 Fold: 49 Far East Tour 1959 - Thailand: Programme of Visit by Parsons Box: 3 Fold: 50 Far East Tour 1959 - Thailand: Newsclippings (in Thai) Box: 3 Fold: 51 Far East Tour 1959 - Newsclippings Box: 4 Fold: 1 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan: Crown Prince Akihito Visit to U.S. Box: 4 Fold: 2 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan: Treaty of Mutual Coop. & Security Box: 4 Fold: 3 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan: Treaty of Mutual Coop. & Security Box: 4 Fold: 4 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan: Treaty of Mutual Coop. & Security Box: 4 Fold: 5 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan: Treaty of Mutual Coop. & Security Box: 4 Fold: 6 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan/U.S. Commemorative Stamp Box: 4 Fold: 7 Far Eastern Affairs - Japan: Economic Relations with U.S. Box: 4 Fold: 8 Far Eastern Affairs - Laos: Country Team Memos Box: 4 Fold: 9 Far Eastern Affairs - Laos: Notes Box: 4 Fold: 10 Far Eastern Affairs - Laos: Paper by Gordon Rhea Box: 4 Fold: 11 Far Eastern Affairs - Newsclippings re Laos Corruption Charges Box: 4 Fold: 12 Far Eastern Affairs - Laos: Newsclippings Box: 4 Fold: 13 Far Eastern Affairs - Baguio, Philippines: Chiefs of Mission Conf. Box: 4 Fold: 14 Far Eastern Affairs - SEATO Conference, New Zealand Box: 4 Fold: 15 Far Eastern Affairs - SEATO Conference, Washington, D.C. Box: 4 Fold: 16 Far Eastern Affairs - "The Ugly American" by W.J. Lederer Box: 4 Fold: 17 Far Eastern Affairs - Miscellaneous Studies
Box: 4 Fold: 18 Far Eastern Affairs - Personnel File (Parsons) Box: 4 Fold: 19 Far Eastern Affairs - Awards/Appointments Box: 4 Fold: 20 Far Eastern Affairs - Newsclippings/News releases Box: 4 Fold: 21 Far Eastern Affairs - Photographs: Visit by H. Imai (Japan) Box: 4 Fold: 22 Far Eastern Affairs - Photographs: Swearing-in Ceremony (Parsons) Box: 4 Fold: 23 Far Eastern Affairs - Photographs: Chinese Delegation Visit Box: 4 Fold: 24 Far Eastern Affairs - Photographs: Indonesian Embassy Reception Box: 4 Fold: 25 Far Eastern Affairs - Photographs: Romulo-Snyder Agreement
1960
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. State Department. Includes correspondence from the following: Arthur Z. Gardner; Sam Gilstrap; Marshall Green (carbon from Parsons); Windsor Hackler; Loy W. Henderson; Julius C. Holmes; Stanley K. Hornbeck.
1960
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. State Department. Includes correspondence from the following: U. Alexis Johnson (carbons from Parsons); Dato'Nik Ahmed Kamil (ambassador of Malaya); Thanat Khoman (minister of foreign affairs, Thailand), carbons from Parsons; Nobusaka Kishi (prime minister of Japan); Ridgway Knight; William F. Knowland (attaching offprint of his article: "Should the U.S. Recognize Red China? No!"); Henry L.T. Koren (carbon from Parsons); Zentaro Kosaka (minister of foreign affairs, Japan), carbon from Parsons); Wolf Ladejinsky; Truong-vinh Le (pres., national assembly, Vietnam); William Leonhart; Do Vang Ly (consul general of Vietnam, New Delhi), carbon from Parsons; Cecil Lyon.
1960
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. State Department. Includes correspondence from the following: William P. Maddox; Vu Van Mau (minister of foreign affairs, Vietnam), carbon from Parsons; John A. McVickar; Calvin E. Mehlert; Livingston Merchant re Parsons' official notice of resignation to Pres. Eisenhower; Brewster H. Morris; Acosta Nichols; Howard L. Parsons; James Granum Parsons; Donald L. Ranard; George W. Renchard; Walter Robertson; Carlos P. Romulo (ambassador of the Philippines).
1960
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. State Department. Includes correspondence from the following: Alejo S. Santos (secretary of national defense, Philippines), carbon from Parsons; Katsuo Sato (governor Nagasaki prefecture, Japan), carbon from Parsons; William J. Sebald; Horace H. Smith; Hamilton Southworth; J.W. Stilwell (dep. com. gen., XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg) enclosing printed souvenir photograph booklet of Parsons' visit to Fort Bragg 8/3/1960); Sarit Thanarat (prime minister of Thailand) carbon from Parsons; Henry de Torrente (ambassador of Switzerland); William C. Trimble; L. Rohe Walter; Joseph W. Yager; George K.C. Yeh (Chinese ambassador); Kenneth Young.
1961
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. State Department. Includes correspondence from the following: William D. Boulton; Arleigh Burke; Homer Byington; R.L.G. Challis (New Zealand consulate general); Everett Drumbright (carbon from Parsons).
1961
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, State Department. Includes correspondence with the following: carbon from Brooks Hays to Sen. James W. Fulbright re nomination of U. Alexis Johnson to position of assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs; Alexander S.C. Fuller; Joseph N. Greene, Jr.; Windsor Gregory Hackler; A.D.P. Heeney (ambassador of Canada) carbon from Parsons; Julius Holmes; U. Alexis Johnson; Howard P. Jones.
1961
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs. Includes correspondence with Dr. Yi-seng Kiang (Chinese minister); William Leonhart; Walter McConaughy; William P. Maddox; John Gordon Mein; Roy M. Melbourne.
1961
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs. Includes correspondence with Walter S. Robertson; William J. Sebald; Gerard C. Smith; William P. Snow; Hamilton Southworth; Lorenzo Sumulong (Philipine senate); Gengo Suzuki (exec. dir. Intl. Monetary Fund); William C. Trimble; John Hay Whitney; Evan M. Wilson; Owen Zurhellen.
1958-61
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs. Correspondence not identified.
1958-60
DESCRIPTION: Contains reports on career ambassadors/ministers in the division of Far Eastern Affairs prepared by J. Graham Parsons.
1958-61
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous memoranda received by J. Graham Parsons relating to his offices as deputy assistant and assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs. Memos include Parsons' appointment; Japan Trade Mission (3/13/1958); Authority and Responsibilities of Chiefs of Mission (11/14/1960); Mutual Security Program (11/18/1960); White House press release re meeting between John F. Kennedy and Keith J. Holyoake, prime minister of New Zealand (3/3/1961); memo by Parsons re U.S. policy towards China (3/31/1961); memo by Parsons re NATO and U.S. policies towards underdeveloped areas (n.d.).
April-May 1959
DESCRIPTION: Various itineraries and memoranda concerning tour of Far East by J. Graham Parsons as assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs.
April 28-30, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Itinerary for tour visit of Cambodia by J. Graham Parsons. Includes official invitations to functions/receptions.
April 28-30, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs taken during visit by J. Graham Parsons of Phnom Penh, forwarded with TLS by colleague William Trimble (8/9/1983).
April 28-30, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains album of b/w photographs taken of visit to Cambodia by J. Graham Parsons as deputy assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs.
April 28-30, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous b/w photographs taken of visit to Cambodia by J. Graham Parsons as deputy assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs.
May 6-8, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains itinerary and memoranda concerning visit to Japan by J. Graham Parsons and Marshall Green (regional planning advisor).
Mary 6-8, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous newsclippings and invitations concerning visit to Japan by J. Graham Parsons as deputy assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs.
May 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs taken during visit to Korea by J. Graham Parsons.
April 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains itinerary for visit to Laos by J. Graham Parsons. Also includes souvenir programs for visit to civic action operations and a Laotian New Year's celebration.
May 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous items from visit to Taipei by J. Graham Parsons. Includes press clippings regarding Parsons' view on the two Chinas. Also, official printed invitations from Taiwan dignitaries including Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.
May 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs taken at tea party given by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek for the U.S. military and other guests including J. Graham Parsons.
April 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs with captions taken during visit to Bangkok, Thailand by J. Graham Parsons. Shots include Thai foreign minister Thanat Koman and U. Alexis Johnson, U.S. ambassador to Thailand.
April 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains souvenir "Programme of the Visit to Thailand of His Excellency Monsieur J.G. Parsons, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs." April 20-22, 1959.
April 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains articles from Thai newspapers regarding visit by J. Graham Parsons.
April-May 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains newspaper clippings relating to tour of Far Eastern countries taken by J. Graham Parsons in spring 1959.
September 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains items related to the visit of Japan's Crown Prince Akihito to the U.S. Includes official printed program of the visit; 4 b/w photographs and 1 large color photograph.
January 19, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains material relating to U.S. visit by Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi to sign the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. Includes copy of signed declaration by Dwight D. Eisenhower appointing U.S. representatives including Christian Herter (U.S. Secretary of State) and J. Graham Parsons (assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs). Also includes itineraries/schedules of events, copies of the treaty, and official invitation to the signing.
1962 & 1990
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence to J. Graham Parsons from Robert A. Fearey (Japanese Affairs, East Asian Affairs, U.S.State Department) re the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security signed by Japan and the U.S. (1960). Also includes correspondence with Parsons from the NHK-Japan Broadcasting Corporation re an interview with Parsons on the treaty.
January 19, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs taken of the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security by Japan and the U.S. Includes shots of Japanese dignitaries such as Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, as well as Dwight D. Eisenhower, and other U.S. officials, Christian Herter and J. Graham Parsons.
January 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains newspaper clippings relating to the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security by Japan and the U.S.
1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS from Koichiro Asakai (Japanese embassy) to J. Graham Parsons forwarding photographs taken during dedication ceremony of the the U.S.-Japan Commemorative Stamp. Includes a souvenir album of the stamp.
March-May 1962
DESCRIPTION: Contains memorandum from Averell Harriman and 2 reports on U.S. economic relations with Japan.
1959-60
DESCRIPTION: Contains file of memoranda from country team in Laos detailing problems relating to U.S. policy/operation in Laos vis a vis rival leaderships headed by royalist and country premier Prince Souvanna Phouma and right-wing rebel Gen. Phoumi Nosavan. Includes memos & reports from Horace Smith (U.S. ambassador to Laos, 1960); and John M. Steeves (deputy asst. secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs, 1960).
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes by J. Graham Parsons on Laos.
1968
DESCRIPTION: Contains letter from Gordon C. Rhea enclosing paper entitled, "The Effect of American Intervention on Laotian Politics 1954-1960."
June 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains newsclippings re charges of corruption in U.S. foreign aid to Laos.
1961-90
DESCRIPTION: Contains newsclippings re Laos.
March 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains items relating to the Chiefs of Mission conference attended by J. Graham Parsons in Baguio, Philippines. Includes participants list; name badge; newsclippings.
April 9, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains name badge, luncheon menu, and news items relating to a conference in New Zealand of members of the South-east Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) attended by J. Graham Parsons.
May 31, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains programs for opening session and commemorative stamp ceremony for the SEATO conference held in Washington, D.C., May 31, 1960. Includes ommemorative stamp album, 3 b/w photographs, and journal article.
November 1958-July 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence concerning the publication of "The Ugly American" by William J. Lederer (New York: Norton, 1958), a novel that criticizes U.S. foreign policy in Asia. Includes book reviews and references in news articles.
1961, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Paper entitled, "Thoughts on the Far East" by Alfred Jenkins (1961). Also, transcript of talk by William P. Bundy on Vietnam (1967).
April 1958
DESCRIPTION: Personnel file for J. Graham Parsons relating to appointment as deputy assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, State Department.
April 1958
DESCRIPTION: Contains U.S. State Department awards ceremony program for meritorious service (April 2, 1958); newsclippings and photograph of appointment of career ministers, including J. Graham Parsons.
1958-1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings relating to J. Graham Parsons as deputy assistant and later, assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs. Includes State Department news releases concerning his appointment to those positions.
May 20, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs of visit by Mr. H. Imai, Japanese deputy director of defense to J. Graham Parsons, deputy assistant secretary of Far Eastern Affairs.
July 2, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs of swearing-in ceremony for J. Graham Parsons as assistant secretary for Far Eastern Affairs.
November 12, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs of visit to J. Graham Parsons, Far Eastern Affairs, from three Chinese officials.
April 21, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photograph of Margaret Parsons at Indonesian embassy reception.
March 27, 1961
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs of signing of the Romulo-Snyder agreement between the U.S. and the Philippines, represented by J. Graham Parsons and Philippines ambassador Eduardo Quintero.
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