Register of the Victor Hoo papers,

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1 No online items Finding aid prepared by Linda Bernard Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, (650)

2 Title: Victor Hoo papers Date (inclusive): Collection Number: Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English and French Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, 1 sound tape reel (3.7 linear feet) Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to Chinese political events and foreign relations, international diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet relations, and the United Nations. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Hoo, Victor, Access Collection is open for research. Use copies of all sound recordings in this collection are available. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Victor Hoo papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid November Born, Washington, D.C Graduated from Kaiser Primary School, St. Petersburg, Russia 1912 Graduated from Annen Schule, St. Petersburg 1916 Licencie en Droit, University of Paris Law School 1918 Docteur en Droit, University of Paris Law School 1919 Assistant Secretary, Chinese Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference 1920 Member, Chinese Delegation to the Conference of Associations for the League of Nations, Brussels, Belgium Technical Member, Chinese Delegation to the International Finance Conference, Brussels 1921 Technical Delegate, Chinese Delegation to the Conference for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children, Geneva, Switzerland Second Secretary, First Secretary, and Charge d'affaires, Chinese Legation, Berlin, Germany Returned to China Served in the Tariff Conference in Beijing as assistant director of the Treaty Department Technical Expert to the Sino-Soviet Conference and Assistant Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1926 Sectional Chief, Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of Cabinet 1927 Assistant Director of the Treaty Department 1928 Counsellor, Shanghai City Government Secretary, Reorganization Commission Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government Director, Department of Asiatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1931 Technical Advisor, Chinese Delegation to the Sino-Soviet negotiations on the Chinese Eastern Railway Secretary General, Chinese Delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations 1932 Director, Permanent Office of the Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations Charge d'affaires in Switzerland Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs

3 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bern, Switzerland Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Social Questions Returned to China and served as vice-minister of foreign affairs 1944 Delegate, Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks Conferences 1945 Secretary-General, Chinese Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco Technical Expert, Sino-Soviet Conference for the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance Substitute Delegate, Executive Committee, Preparatory Commission and General Assembly, United Nations, London 1946 Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations, in charge of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories 1947 Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) 1948 Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK) Under-Secretary for Conference Services, United Nations Commissioner for Technical Co-Operation, United Nations 1972 Died Scope and Content of Collection The papers of Victor Chi-tsai Hoo consist of diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to Chinese political events and foreign relations, international diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet relations, and the United Nations. Subjects and Indexing Terms United Nations. China--Foreign relations--soviet Union. China--Foreign relations--switzerland. China--Foreign relations. China--Politics and government China. Diplomats--China. Phonotapes. Russia (Federation) Soviet Union--Foreign relations--china. Soviet Union. Switzerland--Foreign relations--china. Switzerland. World War, Diplomatic history. World War, Box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, Clippings, photographs, and tribute, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Scrapbook Loose scrapbook sheets, mainly of clippings and photographs. Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : 3 Tribute,

4 CORRESPONDENCE, Boxes 1-2 CORRESPONDENCE, Mainly letters and telegrams, arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence with Ralph Bunche, C. L. Hsia, V. K. Wellington Koo, Trygve Lie, T. Y. Lo, William E. Rappard, Syngman Rhee, David Rockefeller, Nelson A. Rockefeller, T. V. Soong, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Adlai E. Stevenson, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, U. Thant, and Tsune-chi Yu. Also includes some documents, particularly on the League of Nations. Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 1 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Box/Folder 2 : Boxes 3-4 DIARIES, Arranged chronologically. Box/Folder 3 : July September 21 Box/Folder 3 : April December 30 Box/Folder 3 : January July 12 Box/Folder 3 : July March 22 Box/Folder 3 : March March 3 Box/Folder 3 : April May 24 Box/Folder 4 : July December 16 Box/Folder 4 : October March 1 Box/Folder 4 : February March Boxes 4-6 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, Broadcast transcripts, interviews, notes, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically. General Box/Folder 4 : 4 Undated Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 :

5 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, General Box/Folder 4 : Box/Folder 4 : Includes Chunking lectures. Box/Folder 5 : Includes Chunking lectures. Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Box/Folder 5 : Official Box/Folder 6 : Box/Folder 6 : Box/Folder 6 : Boxes 6-8 SUBJECT FILE, Mainly correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, and speeches, including by Victor Hoo, arranged alphabetically by subject. China Box/Folder 6 : 4-6 General, Foreign relations Box/Folder 6 : 7 Argentina, 1945 Box/Folder 6 : 8 Dominican Republic, 1945 Box/Folder 6 : 9 Soviet Union, Box/Folder 7 : 1 Confucianism Box/Folder 7 : 2 Narcotics, Box/Folder 7 : 3 Trusteeships and non-self-governing territories, Box/Folder 7 : 4-8 United Nations, Includes documents relating to the Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks conferences, as well as to the United Nations Conference on International Organization. See also: DECLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Box/Folder 8 : 1-4 United Nations Box/Folder 8 : 5 Miscellany Box 8 TRIP REPORTS, Arranged chronologically. Box/Folder 8 : Box/Folder 8 :

6 CARD FILE, Box 9 CARD FILE, Mainly speeches, arranged chronologically. Tape cabinet SOUND RECORDING, 1963 "People at the United Nations," interview of Victor Hoo, 1963 September 14 Access Use copy reference number: 77046_a_ Photo file PHOTOGRAPHS, 1940s-1960s 36 prints depicting Victor Hoo, alone and with others, especially at United Nations functions and meetings, 1940s-1960s General note See also: BIOGRAPHICAL FILE. Box 10 DECLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS, Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Includes some interfiled, unclassified government records. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation. Box/Folder 10 : February release of records, Correspondence, memoranda, proposals, summaries, and meeting minutes largely relating to the United Nations, especially the Dumbarton Oaks Conference