Reminiscences of H. H. Kung : oral history, 1958

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Name: Kung, H. H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967 (Interviewee); How, Julie Lien-ying, -1982 (Interviewer)
Title: Reminiscences of H. H. Kung : oral history, 1958
Other Titles: Oral history interview with Kong Xiangxi, 1958; 孔祥熙口述回憶錄, 1958; 孔祥熙口述回忆录, 1958
Abstract: Childhood, family's position in business, early influence of missionaries, experiences in politics, the Boxer Rebellion; education in China and United States, return to China; early association with Kuomintang and rise within Nationalist government; trip to Europe 1937 and meetings with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Neville Chamberlain, Eduard Benes, Hitler, and Mussolini; view of many government policies , role in currency stabilization, information about the Sian Incident and increasing Japanese pressure; friendship with various Chinese and foreign leaders. Sound recordings of the Chinese Oral History project were the basis for edited memoirs. Kung's interviews were conducted in English and Chinese and compiled as an English-language memoir. There is also a Chinese translation of the English-language memoir, which was contributed by a scholar in 2024
Collection Name: Chinese oral history project
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers; Cabinet officers--China; China History 20th century; China Foreign relations; Kung, H. H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967
Format: oral histories
Genre: Interviews
Date: 1958

Physical Description: Transcript (Chinese) pages
Note (Biographical): Cabinet member, financier.
Note (Language): Original transcript in English. Chinese translation available. Portions of recording in Chinese.
Note: Interviewed by Julie Lien-ying How.
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13848373
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-jkf2-ww03
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.