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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1910-1929.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 580; v. National Archives record group 59.
249 reel(s)
Records from the central files of the Department of State contain instructions to and dispatches from diplomatic and consular officials. The dispatches are often accompanied by diplomatic notes exchanged, pamphlets, pictures, and newspaper clippings. The largest group of records relates to Great Britain's military affairs. Other groups of records cover political affairs, economic matters, financial conditions, communication, and transportation. Records relating to British merchant vessels include accounts of the sinkings of the S.S. Lusitania and the S.S. Titanic. The collection also covers social, agricultural, industrial, and religious concerns. Other documents cover the internal affairs of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The collection constitutes one of the Department of State's decimal files.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Great Britain, 1910-1929, is located in the Special Collections Office. The lists of documents on reels 1 through 5 give brief abstracts of documents reproduced and serve as a finding aid for the documents. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of States decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GREECE, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 443; v. National Archives record group 59.
45 reel(s)
Political and financial affairs of Greece are the principal subjects treated in this Department of State decimal file. Included are records related to war loans as well as loans for the handling of refugee problems that occurred as a result of the Greco-Turkish War of 1921-1923. Records in the file also relate to United States representation on the Interallied Financial Commission in Greece and the Refugee Settlement Commission. Other topics discussed are public health, military preparedness, education, disasters, industry, and transportation. There are a few documents relating to political affairs, race problems, and disaster relief in Crete.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Greece, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office and is also filmed preceding the complete list of documents which comprises reels 1-3 of the collection. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GUATEMALA, 1910-1929.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1966.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 655; v. National Archives record group 59.
40 reel(s)
The largest single group of documents in this Department of State decimal file relates to Guatemalan political affairs, which include the political unrest under President Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the activities of the Unionist party, the overthrow of President Cabrera, and general political conditions under his successors, President Carlos Herrera, General Jose Maria Orellano, and President Lazaro Chacon. Other documents discuss revolutionary activities of Honduras in Guatemala, entrance of Guatemalan military bodies into the United States, and the flights of Guatemalan Army aviator Jacinto R. Diaz to capitols of Central America and Panama. Documents relating to economic matters discuss banks and banking, taxation, and land concessions. Agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and transportation are also discussed.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Guatemala, 1910-29 is available in the Special Collections Office. The guide is reproduced preceding the complete list of the documents that comprise reels 1-2 of the collection. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF HAITI, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 610; v. National Archives record group 59.
94 reel(s)
The United States' occupation of Haiti (1915-1934) and control of Haitian financial affairs are thoroughly documented in this Department of State decimal file. The frequent changes in the presidency, the activities of Haitian nationalist agitator Joseph Jolebois, and activities of a militarized police force are discussed in correspondence and other records. Annual reports of the general receiver of Haiti, monthly bulletins of the United States government financial advisers, and daily reports of United States military officers are included. Appointment papers and other documents preliminary to the 1930 United States Commission to Investigate Conditions in Haiti are also in the collection. Non-political subjects discussed include the growing of sisal, the tobacco monopoly of the Tobacco Rehandling Company of England, coffee culture, the pineapple industry, rubber production, and the Artibonite Irrigation Project.
A reel contents list is available in the Special Collections Office and a complete list of the documents included is filmed on reels 1-2. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF HONDURAS, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1966.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 647; v. National Archives record group 59.
49 reel(s)
The turbulent political situation and the almost continuous revolutionary activity in Honduras during this period is the subject of approximately one half of this decimal file. Included are discussions of boundary disputes and border troubles with El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, revolutionary movements originating from those neighboring countries and from Mexico, movements of United States naval vessels in Honduran waters, German activities in Honduras in World War I, shipment of arms and munitions to Honduras from the United States, and the participation of Sumner Welles in a conference to mediate the revolution of 1924. Another large group of records relate to financial affairs, specifically the proposed adjustment of the Honduran debt by the United States, loan negotiations and agreements between Honduras and the J. P. Morgan Company, and other United States banks, settlement of Honduras' foreign debt, and loans to Honduras by various fruit companies.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Honduras, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. It precedes the complete list of documents on reels 1-2 of the collection. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF INDIA AND BURMA, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 335; v. National Archives record group 59.
26 reel(s)
The documents in this decimal file cover the period of increasing anti-British agitation in India. Consequently the reports deal mainly with the activities of individuals and groups struggling for Indian home rule. There is information concerning civil unrest, non-cooperation campaigns, and tribal uprisings in the Northwest and Northeast. The dispatches also report on political trials and suppression of the nationalist movement led by the Indian National Congress. The dispatches devote attention to the activities of Indian students in the United States and to communist propaganda inside India. Other topics dealt with include the war with Afghanistan in 1919, communal and religious conflicts in India (between Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs), government, the judiciary and police organization, and the economic file of the country.
Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications, pp. 74-75 provides a summary of reel contents. A complete list of the documents included is on the first reel. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State decimal classification system.
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United States. National Archives and Records Service. Catalog of national archives microfilm publications..
United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF ITALY, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 527; v. National Archives record group 59.
60 reel(s)
This decimal file contains records of the United States Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Italy from 1910 to 1929. Most of the records are dispatches from United States diplomatic and consular officials in Italy. The records on political affairs include regular reports on the political and economic situation in Italy, intelligence reports on politics and military affairs, transcripts of speeches, and clippings from Italian and other foreign newspapers. The documents cover the period of political chaos from 1910 to 1922 including World War I and the rise of Fascism. Dispatches for October 1922 deal with the Fascist march on Rome and the request by King Victor Emanuel to Mussolini to form a government. The records document the implementation of Mussolini's dictatorship and the establishment of the Italian corporate state. References are made to the Italian occupation of Corfu in 1923 and the subsequent military take over of Fiume which was opposed by Yugoslavia. The Matteotti affair is also dealt with as is the Aventine secession. The reports on military affairs include details on troop dispositions, military activities of Italy in Albania, and the National Militia which was derived from the Fascist Blackshirts. There is also information on exchanges of United States and Italian military personnel and visits of Italian warships to United States ports.
A complete list of the documents in this collection is filmed on reels 1-3. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system. A summary of reel contents is available in SPEC-R CD3026 .A522 1974, Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications, p. 75.
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United States. National Archives and Records Service. Catalog of national archives microfilm publications..
United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 426; v. National Archives record group 59.
43 reel(s)
Documents concerning the changing political situation in Japan during the World War I years and concerning political parties, elections, riots and political conspiracies comprise the largest group of records in this Department of State decimal file. Other documents relate to Japanese military activities abroad, the Tokyo-Yokohama earthquake in 1923, financial affairs, including assistance to various cities and enterprises in Japan, and merchant vessels. Sub-topics that relate to Japanese internal affairs include government, visits of Japanese vessels to other nations, patents, trademarks, copyrights, immigration, emigration, and the public press.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Japan, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the filmed documents is on reels 1-3 of the collection. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF KOREA (CHOSEN), 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1962.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 426; v. National Archives record group 59.
9 reel(s)
Japan's annexation of Korea, armed and passive resistance by the Korean people to Japanese rule, and Japan's ruthless suppression of Korean nationalism are the principal subjects of the portion of this decimal file which relates to internal political affairs. The 1919 proclamation of independence by prominent Koreans and the subsequent demonstrations and prosecutions are also documented. Other letters and memoranda relate to missionary schools, censuses, production of rice, tobacco, and silk, mining concessions, trafficking in drugs, and the adoption of a system of land surveys.
A complete list of the contents of the collection precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF LIBERIA, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 613. National Archives record group 59.
34 reel(s)
The largest group of records in this Department of State decimal file relates to economic matters. Included are records relating to negotiation of loan agreements with France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, controversies involving the Customs Receivership, alleged violation of neutrality on the part of the German receiver of customs in World War I, appointment of finance officials for the Liberian government, administration of the sinking fund on the 5% gold bond loan of 1913, a loan of five million dollars by the United States, and criticism in the Liberian press of United States policies. Documents in the collection also pertain to the Kru revolt, equipping and staffing the Liberian Frontier Force, the scheme for colonization of American blacks, and the palm oil and rubber industries. Numerous documents discuss rubber concessions and the loan agreement between Liberia and the Firestone Rubber Company.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Liberia, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office and is also filmed on reel one. A complete list of the documents in the collection is on reels one and two. The documents are arranged by subject in accordance with the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF MEXICO, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1959.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 274; v. National Archives record group 59
243 reel(s)
The Mexican Revolution, a war that began in 1910 and continued sporadically until the new constitution was adopted in 1917, is the chief subject of this Department of State decimal file. There are accounts of President Porfirio Diaz's forced resignation, the election and assassination of President Francisco I. Madero, the military dictatorship of Victoriano Huerta, the unsuccessful attempt by revolutionary leaders Venustiano Carranza, Francisco "Pancho" Villa, and Emiliano Zapata to settle their differences, the defeat of Villa in 1915 by Carranza forces, and the de facto recognition by the United States of the Mexican government under Carranza and Villa. Many documents relate to military activities and movements of government and rebel forces. During the 1920s correspondence concerns problems resulting from the Mexican government's attempt to introduce various reforms provided for in the constitution of 1917. Other documents are concerned with the expropriation of foreign owned property, labor disputes, and land reforms.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Mexico, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office and is also filmed preceding the complete list of documents that comprise reels 1-9. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF MONTENEGRO AND TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MONTENEGRO, 1910-1929.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 349; v. National Archives record group 59.
2 reel(s)
The earliest documents in this decimal file concern the celebration of the golden jubilee of the reign of Nicholas I. Later correspondence, memoranda, reports, and published documents report the exile of Nicholas I after the invasion of Montenegro by Austrian and Hungarian armies and the subsequent occupation by Serbia (now part of Yugoslavia). The majority of the documents are protests by supporters of self-determination for Montenegro, remonstrations against annexation by Serbia, and appeals for representation at the peace conference. Several documents discuss student protest against Serbian rule. Exiled government officials published a number of the included documents from their base in Rome from 1920 to 1921. Other subjects documented are the exploitation of the economy by Austria and Bulgaria, and the role of the Red Cross, the United States Food Administration, and the British Mission of Relief in aiding Albanian refugees in Montenegro.
A complete list of the documents is on the first reel. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF MOROCCO, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 577; v. National Archives record group 59.
26 reel(s)
Morocco's political affairs, both domestic and foreign, comprise a large portion of this Department of State decimal file. Topics documented include the Algeciras Convention of 1906, internationalization of Tangier, the Convention of Tangier and the Four-Power (Great Britain, France, Spain, and Italy) agreement on Tangier, grievances of the Riffs, and Spanish military activities in Morocco. Other letters and memoranda relate to port concessions at Tangier, the Imini Manganese Mine, the American Mannesmann Morocco Corporation, municipal governments, public works, economic problems in Spanish Morocco, the French Protectorate, and in Tangier Zone, and American loans for railway construction.
Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Morocco, 1910-29 is available in the Special Collections Office and provides a summary of the reel contents. A list of the documents on reels 1-13 and 26 is on the first reel. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classifications system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF NICARAGUA, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1966.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 632; v. National Archives record group 59.
106 reel(s)
Approximately two-thirds of this extensive Department of State decimal file relates to Nicaragua's transformation into a United States military and financial protectorate, the Liberal-Conservative fight for power and resulting Civil War, the United States marine occupation of Nicaragua, the United State's supervision of elections, the presidencies of Jose Santos Zelaya, Adolfo Diaz, and others, the United States establishment of a National Guard to oppose rebel leader General Augusto Cesar Sandino, and the control of the economy by New York banks. Agriculture, mining, manufacturing, communication, transportation, postal service, and aviation are also discussed in diplomatic and consular dispatches and other documents.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Nicaragua, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office and is also filmed on the first reel. A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960.
National Archives Microfilm Publication. Microcopy no. M 316; v. National Archives record group 59.
174 reel(s)
The March Revolution of 1917, the development of the Bolshevik bureaucracy, Trotsky's negotiations with Germany, Japan's entry into Siberia, the 1919 United States Peace Mission to Russia, the New Economic Policy of 1921-28, the death of Lenin, the Stalin-Trotsky power struggle, communist party activities, recognition of the Soviet government, and numerous other political matters are the subjects of reels 7-76 of this Department of State decimal file. Documents also discuss military affairs, antireligious acts and policies of the Soviet government, famine and disease, the relief provided by the United States Food Administration, the collectivization of agriculture, Soviet cooperatives, affairs of the Interallied Railway Commission in Siberia, and the Chinese Eastern Railway. A separate sequence of documents discusses the internal affairs of Siberia (reels 173-175) and of the Russian portion of the Sakhalin Islands (reels 176-177, not held by Ellis Library).
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1910-1929, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the documents is on reels 1-6. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF SERBIA AND TO THE POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SERBIA, 1910-1929.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 357; v. National Archives record group 59.
3 reel(s)
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports in this decimal file document the aid given to postwar Serbia (now part of Yugoslavia) by the United States. The majority of the documents concern the Red Cross, including the solicitation and distribution of funds for Serbia and Bulgaria, the role of the Red Cross in the distribution of food during the floods of 1910 and the famine of 1915 and 1916, relief in German-occupied Serbia, and work with refugees. Also treated are the death of Peter I, the cabinet crisis of 1918, the Black Hand Trials of 1917, and the reconstruction of railroads destroyed by war.
The complete list of documents on the first reel serves as a finding aid for the collection. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1966.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 626; v. National Archives record group 59.
79 reel(s)
This collection contains the records of the Department of State decimal file relating to the internal affairs of the Dominican Republic during the period from 1910 to 1929. There are documents in the collection concerning the Dominican Republic's political affairs, public order and safety, military affairs, naval affairs, social matters, economic matters, industrial matters, communications and transport, navigation, and other internal affairs. During this entire period the United States controlled the collection of Dominican customs and the records reveal that much of United States intervention in the internal affairs of the country was conducted in order to protect the interests of creditors to the republic in addition to United States lives and property. Much of the collection is concerned with the insurrectionary activity which was endemic in the republic between 1910 and 1916. These records detail the activities of the Army of the Dominican Republic in its attempts to suppress the various rebel factions and the dispatch of United States warships in order to quell rebellion and protect American interests. Included are communications regarding attempts to forestall revolutionary expeditions thought to be embarking from Britain's West Indian possessions and regarding United States marine intervention from 1916 to 1924. The records on military affairs provide details of small arms negotiations for the Army of the Dominican Republic. Those on social affairs include documents on race problems, religion, education, cultural relations with Spain, and disasters.
A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE NETHERLANDS, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1967.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 682; v. National Archives record group 59
54 reel(s)
Records in this decimal file concern internal political affairs of the Netherlands and Netherlands' possessions, which include the Netherlands East Indies, especially Java, Madura, Sumatra, and Celebes and the Netherlands West Indies, specifically Surinam and Curacao. Internal affairs discussed include Bolshevik and Socialist activities, national courts, public health, military affairs, economic matters including financial affairs of Amsterdam and Haarlem, and patent and trademark registration and infringement. Several reels are devoted to the subject of petroleum in the Netherlands East Indies.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of the Netherlands, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the contents is on reels 1-3. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE PAPAL STATES (HOLY SEE), 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 561; v. National Archives record group 59.
1 reel(s)
The collection contains the communications between the Department of State and the American Embassy and consulate in Rome concerning the affairs of the Papal States and the Vatican. The communications deal with the elections of Pope Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI, nominations of cardinals, financial affairs of the Papal See, and the international status of the Vatican State in the wake of the Italian-Vatican treaty of 1929 that recognized the sovereignty of the Papal States. The records are part of the Department of State's decimal file
A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF TURKEY, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 353; v. National Archives record group 59.
88 reel(s)
Documents that relate to World War I activities in Turkey dominate this Department of State decimal file. Included are correspondence, memoranda, and other documents which discuss the United States Peace Mission of 1919, conditions in Baghdad, Smyrna, and Damascas, the Lausanne Conference, the expulsion and persecution of Armenians in Turkey, and opposition to the Zionist movement. Reproduced are Turkish High Command weekly reports of war operations as well as war diaries of United States naval commanding officers. Non-war related documents are concerned with public health, concessions to United States corporations, emigration, disasters, religion, and archaeological expeditions in Asia Minor. Documents relating to domestic affairs in Palestine are also included. These discuss government, constitutions, courts, laws, public works, education, financial affairs, petroleum, manufacturing of matches, excavation of salt from the Dead Sea, and conflicts between Arabs and Jews over incidents at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
A complete list of the documents in the collection is on reels 1-3. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF VENEZUELA, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 366; v. National Archives record group 59.
32 reel(s)
The largest group of records in this Department of State decimal file relates to Venezuela's internal political affairs. The collection chronicles the overthrow of President Cipriano Castro, the presidency of Juan Vincente Gomez, the development of a Venezuelan revolutionary movement in Costa Rica and Puerta Rico, and the anti-Gomez movement in Mexico. Other records pertain to public safety, military affairs, education, disasters, labor conditions, agricultural expositions, mining concessions to American firms, communication, and transportation. There are also a number of documents on petroleum concessions and the mining of phosphate, manganese, mica, salt, potassium nitrate, and asphalt.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Venezuela, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF YUGOSLAVIA, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 358; v. National Archives record group 59.
27 reel(s)
All aspects of Yugoslavia's domestic affairs are discussed in this Department of State decimal file, though politics and financial matters are most prevalent. Topics include the establishment and United States diplomatic recognition of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the drafting of a constitution, the cabinet crisis, United States financial support of Yugoslavia, Blair and Company's loan to the Yugoslavian government for railroad construction, and American banking syndicate loans for public works (the Rothschild loans). Minority relations focus on the Bulgarians in Yugoslavia and the Macedonian situation. Other records relate to education, a Carnegie library for the University of Belgrade, emigration, agriculture, mining, military affairs, the sugar industry, and the manufacture of matches.
A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 516; v. National Archives record group 59.
1 reel(s)
This collection contains the text of treaties and conventions signed by the Argentinean Republic with Chile, Paraguay, Peru, France, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Bolivia, the Netherlands, and Turkey. It also includes clippings of articles on foreign policy which appeared in the Argentinean press.
A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BELGIUM AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1967.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 677; v. National Archives record group 59.
4 reel(s)
Most of the records reproduced in this decimal file concern efforts made by the Belgian government to obtain post-World War I international agreements favorable to the integrity and to the sovereignty of the Belgian nation. There is correspondence relating to the dispute with the Netherlands on sovereignty over the Wielingen channel and negotiations for revision or abrogation of the treaties of 1839 regarding Belgian claims to an adequate inland waterway to the Rhine, the questions of recognition of the government of the Soviet Union and the resumption of political and commercial relations with her, regulations and control of frontier traffic and border trade with Germany, activities of the German-Belgian Boundary Commission, negotiation for treaties of commerce and navigation and of extraterritoriality, and the abrogation by China of the Sino-Belgian Treaty of 1865.
An introduction to the collection and a complete list of the documents included precedes the filmed documents. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BRAZIL AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 526; v. National Archives record group 59.
2 reel(s)
Negotiation and ratification of treaties of arbitration, naturalization, navigation, and for the limitation of arms between Brazil and other countries in South America, in Central America, Europe, and Asia are discussed in this collection. Issues of dispute between Brazil and Uruguay involved the Lake Merim-River Yaguaron boundary questions, pelagic sealing, and the 1911 fur seal treaty. Documents in the decimal file concerning Brazil and Paraguay focus on the delimitation of their mutual frontier from the mouth of the Apa River to the outlet of Bahia Negra and the use of the Paraguay River by a steamship service.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between Brazil and Other States, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the contents of the collection precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITISH AFRICA AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1966.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 585; v. National Archives record group 59.
1 reel(s)
The settlement of boundary questions is the most pervasive subject of the Department of State decimal file related to British Africa and other countries. Included are documents that discuss the delimitation of the northern boundary of Angola, the boundary dispute between British East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) and Uganda, the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and German East Africa (most ceded to Britain, now known as Tanzania, the rest is now Rwanda and Burundi), between Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi), between Kenya and Italian Somaliland (part of Somalia), and between British Somaliland (part of Somalia) and Ethiopia. Negotiated over a number of years and fully documented in this collection is the dispute between British South Africa (South Africa) and Lourenco Marquez concerning the takeover of the Delgadoes Bay Railway as well as the Mozambique Convention whose main topics were the railway problem, recruiting of labor in Portuguese East Africa for gold mining in the Rand, and equal exchange of products between Lourenco Marquez and the Transvaal.
A complete list of the contents of the collection precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHILE AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 490; v. National Archives record group 59.
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Efforts by the Chilean government to negotiate treaties of peace, alliance, commerce, and navigation are the subjects of this Department of State decimal file. There is correspondence relating to the treaty of alliance between Argentina, Brazil, and Chile (the A.B.C. Alliance), boundary questions between Chile and Argentina over the Picton, Lenox, and Nueva Islands, the Beagle Channel dispute between Chile and Argentina, and political relations between Chile and other countries. The portion of the file related to Chile's relations with Argentina contains a 1105 page document on the history and organization of sanitary legislation in Argentina.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between Chile and Other States, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 341; v. National Archives record group 59.
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A Department of State compilation of treaties and agreements with or concerning China precedes other documents in this decimal file. The documents relate to Chinese proposals for post-war readjustments of treaties with foreign powers, the issue of unequal treaties, the Washington Conference on Extraterritoriality, the Conference on Limitation of Armament, Sino-Japanese relations in Manchuria, Japan's seizure of German possessions in Shantung, and the Chinese Eastern Railway. Most of these subjects were debated over a period of several years and are extensively documented in this collection.
A list of the contents of the collection precedes the filmed documents. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CUBA AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 510; v. National Archives record group 59.
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A long printed document discussing Cuba's need to adopt a foreign policy introduces this small Department of State decimal file. This 1926 document also contains the text of an address given by a University of Havana professor of international law calling for the removal of United States naval bases in Cuba. Other documents relate to treaty negotiations between Cuba and Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Syria, China, and Japan.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between Cuba and Other States, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the contents of the collection precedes the documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT AND OTHER STATES,
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 573; v. National Archives record group 59.
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The largest group of records reproduced in this small Department of State decimal file relates to problems of extraterritorial and capitulatory rights in Egypt and includes opinions and suggested modifications. Controversial capitulatory rights related to extension of criminal jurisdiction and immunity from taxes by foreigners. Other records are concerned with Egypt's relations with various African and Asian nations and include such topics as treaty negotiations and state visits.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between Egypt and Other States, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office and is reproduced at the beginning of the collection. A complete list of the contents precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 569; v. National Archives record group 59.
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Post-war defensive or military treaties which affected France are discussed in this Department of State decimal file. Included are treaties of arbitration, commerce and navigation, war and peace, alliance, and extradition treaties negotiated between France and most African, Asian, and European nations. Boundary disputes involving Algeria, Libya, and French Equatorial Africa (Gabon, Central African Empire, Chad, and Zaire) are discussed. The International Boundary Commission which was established to arbitrate the boundary dispute between French Guinea and Liberia is fully documented.
A complete list of the contents of this collection precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GERMANY AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 354; v. National Archives record group 59.
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Treaty negotiations between Germany and Austria, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, Rumania, and Bulgaria as well as with Liberia, Egypt, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Afghanistan, and Persia (Iran) are documented in this Department of State decimal file. Documents in the file also relate to the dispute between Germany and Austria over the control of the Saar Basin and between Germany and Italy over South Tyrol, the Union of Austria with Germany, the surrender by Germany of capitulatory rights in Turkey, the return of gold deposits made by Rumania in Germany, a proposed alliance between Germany, Hungary, and Russia, and German war indemnity.
A complete list of the contents of this collection precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 582.; v. National Archives record group 59.
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Great Britain's relations with countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa are documented in this Department of State decimal file. The largest group of records reproduced concern relations between Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The file is concerned with subjects such as war, peace, friendship, alliance and non-aggression pacts, questions of neutrality, contraband, enemy property, limitation of armaments, boundary settlements, cession of territory, commerce and navigation, extraterritoriality, naturalization and immigration, fur seals and fisheries. The Index to Treaty Series 1923-1928 is also reproduced.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between Great Britain and Other States, 1910-29, is available in the Special Collections Office. A complete list of the contents of the collection precedes the documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GREECE AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1963.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 476.; v. National Archives record group 59.
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Most of the records reproduced in this Department of State decimal file relate to boundary questions that arose between Greece and Bulgaria and between Greece and Albania. The records for Bulgaria concern the Second Balkan War, the Greco-Bulgarian Boundary Commission, the meetings of the Balkan Peace Conference, frontier incidents, resumption of full diplomatic relations between the two countries, and the efforts of the League of Nations to settle differences between the two countries. The records for Albania are concerned with Greek and Albanian minorities, the dispute over Northern Epirus, the Greco-Albanian Boundary Commission, and treaties of naturalization, commerce, and navigation.
An uncataloged guide, Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between Greece and Other States, 1910-29 is available in the Special Collections Office and is also reproduced at the beginning of the collection. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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United States. Department of State. RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HAITI AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 612; v. National Archives record group 59.
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Haiti's bluebook, Documents Diplomatiques Affaires Diverse (Port-au-Prince, 1921) is filmed in this Department of State decimal file. With the exception of a very few documents relating to Haiti's political affairs with Great Britain, France, Denmark, Germany, and the Holy See, the file is concerned with the lengthy boundary dispute between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The dispute centers on the Pedernales River as the international boundary between the countries and the alleged unequal diversion of its water for irrigation. There are documents in the file related to the purchase of land by an American business, the Enriquillo Company, in the disputed territory. A 1929 treaty called for the appointment of a commission to fix the boundary.
A complete list of the contents of this collection precedes the filmed documents. They are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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