History Microforms

This microfiche collection reproduces French doctoral dissertations selected by l'Association Universitaire Pour La Diffusion Internationale de la Recherche for wide dissemination. The first two catalogs cover three disciplines: history, political science and sociology. The third catalog lists and describes theses about China.

The dissertations are individually cataloged.

Items are entered in the indexes first alphabetically by author within the various disciplines. The second section of the indexes classes the theses by broad sub;ect. The third section lists authors, thesis advisors and keywords taken from dissertation titles.

This collection contains one hundred forty-four reports which were written for the information of U.S. and Allied leaders. It includes studies which detail the political and military activities in the large area of China which the Japanese did not occupy during World War II, monographs which probe the Nationalist-Communist struggle for China from before World War II until the final Communist victory, and analyses of India's internal affairs and its key role in Asian politics.

Reports are arranged in chronological order. The reel guide must be used for access to material.

The reel guide contains a subject index.

See also O.S.S./State Department intelligence and research reports for the following areas: Germany and Its Occupied Territories During World War II, The Middle East, Postwar Europe, and The Soviet Union.

These reports, written during World War II and the early years of the Cold War, had a profound influence on Allied wartime strategy and on American postwar foreign policy. They emphasize parliamentary and constitutional reforms, civil liberties, the labor supply, reparations, political purges and industrial reconstruction in occupied Japan.

The reports were filmed by country and are generally arranged chronologically within geographical divisions. The index contains a reel guide which lists each item by title and indicates date and pagination. It also provides a subject approach to the materials.

The collection also includes many reports on the postwar status of Korea, Indochina, Burma, the Philipines and the East Indies. Among the topics covered: diet, the economy, land reform, politics and labor strikes.

This collection contains materials relating to the internal affairs of China. The materials consist of instructions to and dispatches from diplomatic and consular officals, notes exchanged, pamphlets, pictures, and newspaper clippings; notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives in the U.S.; memoranda prepared by officials of the department; and correspondence with officials of other government departments and with private firms and persons.

The documents are arranged by subject in general chronological order. These documents have been classified with the State Department decimal classification system. The documents are assigned the number 893 for Internal Affairs of China. The number following 893 is the specific subtopic, and the number following the slant mark (/) designates the order of accumulation. Example: decimal number 893.516/15 is read, subject 516 (banks and banking) and the 15th document.

The Lists of Documents on rolls 1 - 6 provide brief abstracts of the documents and are a finding aid to the actual documents. The arrangement of the entries on the lists generally corresponds to the arrangement of the documents in the file.

The selections in this collection were drawn from Military Intelligence Division Files: China, Record Group #65 and from U.S. State Department records collected by the Military Intelligence Division during the period from 1911 to 1941.

Items are arranged on each microfilm reel in order of their document numbers; with each reel a new numbering sequence is introduced. materials are not necessarily in chronological order.

The reel index, contained in the guide (see above), must be used for access to this collection. The subject index follows the reel index in the guide.

These reports were prepared by American military attaches and their staffs. They are based upon interviews with military and government officials, evaluations of activities of political parties, and eyewitness accounts of military action.

Westmoreland v CBS had its origins on January 23, 1982, when CBS broadcast "The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception." On Sept 13, 1982 General William C. Westmoreland who served for four years (1964-1968) as commander of U.S. Military Forces in Vietnam sued CBS, several CBS employees, and Samuel Adams (a former CIA Analyst) for libel.

This collection includes extensive testimony by civilian and military leaders of the Johnson administration, as well as by top CBS News executives. Many of the Vietnam-era documents were classified "top secret" before they were obtained for use in the trial through Freedom of Information Act requests and other legal processes.

The papers are divided into seven series, arranged chronologically or alphabetically depending on the contents.

The Calendar of the Martin Van Buren Papers is a chronological listing of documents day by day, with a short description of each document. There is a name and subject index at the end of the list. The Library of Congress has not yet published an Index for the collection.