Name
Ballantine, Joseph, 1888-1973 (Interviewee)
Gordon, Beate (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine, 1961
Abstract
Childhood 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
Collection Name
Occupation of Japan project
Subjects
Diplomats; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952; United States Foreign relations 20th century; United States Foreign relations Japan; Ballantine, Joseph, 1888-1973; United States. Department of State
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1961
Physical Description
271 pages
Note (Biographical)
Consular officer
Note
Interviewed by Beate Gordon
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15862561
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/9cv7-wg46
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.