doi:10.7916/9cv7-wg46Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine, 1961Ballantine, Joseph, 1888-1973oral historiestextDiplomatsPearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952United States Foreign relations 20th centuryUnited States Foreign relations JapanBallantine, Joseph, 1888-1973United States. Department of StateChildhood in India; United States consular service beginning at Tokyo, 1909; Dairen and Yokohama earthquakes; Japan Desk, State Department; London Naval Conference; Consul General, Canton and Mukden; Japanese government in Manchuria; adviser to Cordell Hull during Japanese conversations, 1941; Pearl Harbor investigations; Head, Far Eastern Division; Director, Office of Far Eastern Affairs; post-war program for Far East; occupation policies; Owen Lattimore, Joseph Grew, Eugene Dooman, Douglas MacArthur