Area Studies: Southeast Asia
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CIA RESEARCH REPORTS: VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1946-1976.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982.
7 reel(s)
This is a collection of Central Intelligence Agency material which was intended to provide the president and his advisers with accurate information upon which to base strategic decisions. Beginning in 1946 with records from the CIA's predecessor, the Central Intelligence Group, the collection provides examples of cables, memos, biographical reports, and situation reports covering the period from the final years of French colonial rule in Indochina through the end of United States military involvement in the region. Sample titles within the collection are "Consequences of Communist Control of French Indochina" (1949), "Threat of a Chinese Communist Invasion of Indochina" (1950), "Analysis of the Strategic Hamlets Program and the Montagnard Situation in South Vietnam" (1965), "An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam" (1965), and "An Analysis of Viet Cong Tet Offensive: Military Defeat, Psychological Victory" (1968).
Guides:
CIA research reports : Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976 [guide].
The records are arranged geographically and chronologically.
CONFIDENTIAL U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL FILES. INDOCHINA: INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1945-1949.
Frederick, M.D.: University Publications of America, 1985.
10 reel(s)
The material in this collection is arranged topically. The first seven reels are devoted to political affairs. The remaining information is arranged under such headings as public order, military and naval affairs, social and economic matters, industrial matters, communication and transportation, navigation, public press, and the sciences. Topics include agriculture, aviation, China, education, race problems, entertainment, and labor unions. The documents are from National Archives record group 59, records of the Department of State decimal files.
Guides:
Confidential U.S. State Department central files, Indochina internal affairs, 1945-1949.
The guide contains a table of contents, reel index, and a subject index.
CONFIDENTIAL U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL FILES: INDOCHINA INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1950-1954.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984.
44 reel(s)
The majority of documents in this Department of State decimal file relates to internal political and national defense affairs in Indochina, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Other records are concerned with economic, industrial, and social affairs including agriculture, manufacturing, public order and safety, communication, and transportation. Specific topics documented are the Economic Cooperation Administration Program in Indochina, Communism in Indochina, the Mutual Security Program in Laos, Indochina, and Cambodia, the growing of rice and alkaloidal plants, and the mining of atomic minerals. The documents in this collection are from National Archives record group 59.
Guides:
Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. Indochina, internal affairs 1950-1954.
The guide provides a reel table of contents and a subject index.
Great Britain. Foreign Office. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1883-1922. F.O. 422.
London: Public Record Office,
7 reel(s)
Letters of the Foreign, Colonial, and India Offices and their ministers relate to British interests in Southeast Asia. Correspondence, beginning in 1883, documents the establishment of a French protectorate over Annam and Tonquin, later known as Indochina and as Vietnam. Other correspondence reports on the affairs of Burma and Siam (Thailand). In 1893, France took over Laos east of the Mekong, leading to fears of a French attack on Bangkok. The British favored the maintenance of a buffer state between French holdings and British possessions such as Burma and others. In final negotiations, both Great Britain and France guaranteed the independence of Siam. The letters discuss various treaty negotiations, the protection of British-registered companies and British subjects, trade, the construction of railways, and conferences concerning the demarcation of the frontiers of Burma and Siam.
A list of correspondence with subject notes precedes each volume. The general arrangement is chronological with some subject grouping by region.
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HUMAN RELATIONS AREA FILES.
Ann Arbor, Mich: University Microfilms International, 1968.
Human Relations Area Files
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) were developed to facilitate study, teaching, and research in the behavioral sciences, in area studies, and in the humanities. They should be especially valuable as a basis for world and comparative studies of human behavior, social life, and culture in the fields of anthropology, sociology, geography, politics, and psychology. The HRAF files are reputed to be one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of cultural data in existence and they cover approximately three hundred world cultures. The collection contains books, articles, unpublished manuscripts, and the results of field work. HRAF material includes many rare sources and many exclusive translations from foreign texts. HRAF's unique arrangement facilitates comparative studies.
An uncataloged guide, The Nature and the Use of HRAF Files, is available in the Special Collections Office. The collection is organized into separate Cultural Files, each of which corresponds to a cultural unit listed in the Outline of World Cultures (OWC). Within each cultural file the material is organized according to the subject classification system in the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). A complete list of the titles included in the collection is available in HRAF Source Bibliography. The researcher may also wish to consult the Index to the Human Relations Area Files and its supplement (1979). Users are encouraged to ask a Special Collections staff member for assistance in the use of this collection.
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Guides:
Murdock, George Peter Outline of World Cultures (OWC)..
Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM)..
Contains a list of titles in the HRAF collection.
Index to the Human Relations Area Files.
The index is a page-by-page, line-by-line index to the sources included in the HRAF files organized (up to 1979) according to the subject categories in the OCM.
VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1960-80.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982.
Special studies series
13 reel(s)
The collection contains 101 studies and analyses of Southeast Asia and the countries of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Most of the collection is about Vietnam, especially concerning United States military involvement. Topics include aerial warfare, agriculture, chemical warfare, communism, insurgency and counterinsurgency, economics and foreign aid, limited warfare, military operations, morale, political groups, prisoners of war, public opinion, and refugees. These studies were contracted by various federal agencies from a number of private and governmental "think tanks" such as the Rand Corporation, the Army War College, American University's Center for Research in Social Systems, and the Hudson Institute, Inc.
Guides:
Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1960-1980 : [guide].
The annotated guide contains a table of contents, a reel index and a subject index. The authors and their institutional affiliation are also indicated.
Laos
Viravong, Maha Sila. HISTORY OF LAOS.
New York: U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, 1958.
1 reel(s)
This book is a short history of Laos.
Translated from “Phong savadan Lao,” v. 1 (1957) p. 1-301.
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Myanmar
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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Guides:
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 POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND BURMA AND OTHER STATES, 1910-29.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 344. National Archives record group 59.
1 reel(s)
This small Department of State decimal file reproduces documents that discuss India's relations with Turkey, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), and Afghanistan. It also contains discussion of agreements made by Great Britain that effected India's relations with Afghanistan. The majority of the documents relate to negotiations between India and Afghanistan to settle disputes over trade subsidies, transportation of arms across borders, the establishment of foreign consuls in each country, and the control of Waziristan. A 1923 Indo-Afghan border violation is also discussed. Other issues covered in the file are Indian Moslems' fight for freedom, India's posture in the event of Great Britain's participation in a war with Turkey, and the attack by Ethiopian soldiers on a British caravan carrying supplies and mail to visiting British and Ethiopian officials.
A complete list of the documents in 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 THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA AND BURMA, 1910-1929.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1961.
National Archives microfilm publications. Microcopy no. M 343; v. National Archives record group 59.
1 reel(s)
Most of the documents in this small Department of State decimal file relate to the negotiation and ratification of treaties of arbitration and conciliation and the acceptance of India as an original signatory to the Kellogg-Briand Pact for the renunciation of war. The appeal by the United States for the resumption of commerce and navigation is documented. An 1833 handwritten document to the president of the United States from the King of Burma expresses the desire for amity and commerce between the two nations. Documents that recount Baptist missionary Eugene Chanced's role as emissary are also included.
An introduction to the collection and a list of contents precede the documents. The documents are arranged by subject according to the Department of State's decimal classification system.
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Vietnam
CIA RESEARCH REPORTS: VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1946-1976.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982.
7 reel(s)
This is a collection of Central Intelligence Agency material which was intended to provide the president and his advisers with accurate information upon which to base strategic decisions. Beginning in 1946 with records from the CIA's predecessor, the Central Intelligence Group, the collection provides examples of cables, memos, biographical reports, and situation reports covering the period from the final years of French colonial rule in Indochina through the end of United States military involvement in the region. Sample titles within the collection are "Consequences of Communist Control of French Indochina" (1949), "Threat of a Chinese Communist Invasion of Indochina" (1950), "Analysis of the Strategic Hamlets Program and the Montagnard Situation in South Vietnam" (1965), "An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam" (1965), and "An Analysis of Viet Cong Tet Offensive: Military Defeat, Psychological Victory" (1968).
Guides:
CIA research reports : Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976 [guide].
The records are arranged geographically and chronologically.
VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1960-80.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982.
Special studies series
13 reel(s)
The collection contains 101 studies and analyses of Southeast Asia and the countries of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Most of the collection is about Vietnam, especially concerning United States military involvement. Topics include aerial warfare, agriculture, chemical warfare, communism, insurgency and counterinsurgency, economics and foreign aid, limited warfare, military operations, morale, political groups, prisoners of war, public opinion, and refugees. These studies were contracted by various federal agencies from a number of private and governmental "think tanks" such as the Rand Corporation, the Army War College, American University's Center for Research in Social Systems, and the Hudson Institute, Inc.
Guides:
Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1960-1980 : [guide].
The annotated guide contains a table of contents, a reel index and a subject index. The authors and their institutional affiliation are also indicated.