Kwang Pu Chen papers, 1936-1968

Kwang Pu Chen papers, 1936-1968

Summary Information

Abstract

The K.P. Chen papers documented the banking and finance career of a banker, entrepreneur, and finance advisor, Kwang Pu Chen dating from 1936 to 1968. Materials in the papers include accounts, loan contracts, correspondence, telegrams, diaries, financial reports, , letters, news clippings, notes, photographs, press releases, printed materials, and reports.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0215
Bib ID:
4079003 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Chen, Guangfu, 1881-1976
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
4.27 linear feet (11 boxes); 2 Reels (Microfilms)
Language(s):
English , Chinese .
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Description

Summary

The Kwang Pu Chen papers consist of documents and printed materials assembled during Chen's career in banking and finance, including his negotiations for American loans (1938-1940), his affiliation with the Universal Trading Corporation (1938-1958), Foreign Trade Commission (1939-1940), Burma Road (1939-1940), Chinese Currency Stabilization Fund and the Stabilization Board of China (1939-1943), and Foreign Exchange Equalization Fund Committee (1947-1948). Other files including memoranda, diaries, and notes, printed papers, and the biography of K.P.Chen written by Chang Kia-ngau.

Arrangement

Arranged in original order.

Using the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Kwang Pu Chen papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Material

Chinese oral history project collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University. Finding Aid. This collection contains administrative information related to the project, including the interviewee files relating to his oral history interviews.

Reminiscences of Kuang-fu Ch'en, 陳光甫口述回憶錄

Ta-Chun Hsu papers; C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Kwang Pu Chen, 1968.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Chen, K. P. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968. Accession number--M-68.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89. Processed in October 2018 and finding aid updated by Yingwen Huang.

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2009-06-26 File created.

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2018-10-23 Finding aid updated

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Biographical / Historical

K. P. Chen (Wade Giles: Chen, Kwang Pu, Chen, K. P.; Pinyin: Chen, Guangfu; traditional Chinese: 陳光甫; simplified Chinese: 陈光甫; original name: Huizu, 輝祖, Huide, 辉德; courtesy name: Guangfu, 光甫) was born in Jiangsu province, 1880. He is a banker, entrepreneur, finance advisor, and the founder of the Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank and the China Travel Service. He began studying aboard in the United States in 1904 and received his B.S. from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1909. In 1912, he was the General Manager of the Jiangsu Bank and moved headquarter of the bank to Shanghai. After he left Jiangsu Bank, he became a financial consultant to the Bank of China and became close to Chang Kia-ngau. In 1915, he founded the Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank. In 1928, he founded the China Travel Service. During the Sino-Japanese War, he was responsible for consolidating the economy and the negotiation of American loans. In 1941, H. H. Kung appointed K.P. Chen as the Director of the Stabilization Board of China to stabilize the Chinese currency. He also held other leading financial advisor positions in various committees such the Chairman of the Cotton Control Commission, the Universal Trading Corporation, Committee of International Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Trade Commission, and Foreign Exchange Equalization Fund Committee. After the Communist occupied most of mainland China, he followed the Nationalist government to Taiwan, where he resided until his death in 1976 at the age of 96.

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Genre/Form
Accounts
Biographies (literary works)
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Commercial correspondence
Contracts
Diaries
Financial records
Financial statements
Letters (correspondence)
Notes (documents)
Photographs
Press releases
Reports
Telegrams
black-and-white photographs
indexes (reference sources)
Name
Chang, Kia-ngau, 1889-1979
Chang, Kia-ngau, 1889-1979
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
Exchange Stabilization Fund
Hu, Shi, 1891-1962
International Monetary Fund
Kung, H. H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967
Lochhead, Archie
Miao, Yuntai, 1894-1988
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967
Pei, Tsuyee, 1893-1982
Shanghai shang ye chu xu yin hang
Soong, T. V (Tzu-wen), 1894-1971
Universal Trading Corporation
Wei, Tao-Ming, 1899-1978
Young, Arthur N. (Arthur Nichols), 1890-
Place
Burma Road (China and Burma)
China -- Commerce
China -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century
China -- Commerce -- United States
China -- Economic conditions
China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Subject
Bank management -- China
Bankers
Banks and banking -- China
Banks and banking -- United States
Banks and banking, Chinese
Business enterprises, Foreign -- China
Corporations -- China
Corporations -- China -- Finance
Currency question -- China
Economic development -- China -- 20th century
Exports -- China
Finance
Finance, Public -- China -- History
Industries -- China
Inflation (Finance) -- China
International trade
Money -- China -- History
Negotiation in business -- China
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- China

Index


Box 1 Folder 1

Index to K. P. Chen papers

Series 1: Negotiations for U.S. purchase of Chinese silver, 1936-1937


Box 1 Folder 2-4

A. Letters, press releases, reports, March-May 1936


Box 1 Folder 5

B. Secondary assignment, 1936

Mar. 13, 1936: Minister Kung's instructions and memos. Re: extension of period of payment of Flood Relief loan (1931) and Cotton and Wheat Loan (1933) and settlement of Chicago Bank and Pacific Development loans (1919)


Box 1 Folder 6-7

C. Reference, 1935


Box 1 Folder 6-7

Dr. Arthur Young's report to Minister Kung-Outline of a program of financial reform for China, Sept. 21, 1935


Box 1 Folder 6-7

Formulas re exchange rate calculation of Shanghai silver dollar, undated


Box 1 Folder 6-7

List ot materials furnished by Dr. Arthur Young


Box 1 Folder 6-7

Cooperative credit


Box 1 Folder 6-7

Purchase of railway materials


Box 1 Folder 8

D. Report of the mission, 1936


Box 1 Folder 9

E. U.S. additional purchase of Chinese silver, September 1938-March 1940

Series 2: Loan Mission, 1938


Box 2 Folder 1

A. Correspondence and invitation to loan mission, May-September 1938


Box 2 Folder 2

B1. Instructions on first loan, 1938


Box 2 Folder 3

B2. Memos from Rogers, 1938

A loan to be secured upon the proceeds of the Government's wolfram and antimony monopolies

Aide memoire re China's needs and loan possibilities

Note on Chinese exchange policy during the war

North China currency

References: Puppet currency in North China, 1938


Box 2 Folder 4

C1. Memoranda prepared at time of negotiation, 1938-1939

First Loan and organizing of Universal Trading Corporation, Sept. 1938 - Jan. 1939


Box 2 Folder 5

C2. First loan (Woodoil Loan) contract, 1939

First Loan (Woodoil Loan) contract, Feb. 8, 1939

Contract between Export-Import Bank of Washington and Universal Trading Corporation


Box 2 Folder 6

C3. Repayment of Woodoil loan, 1942


Box 2 Folder 7

D1. Memos submitted to US authorities responding to second loan, 1939-1940


Box 2 Folder 8

D2. Second loan (tin loan) contract, April 20, 1940

Contract between Bank of Washington and Universal Trading Corporation


Box 2 Folder 9

E. Detail report of first and second loan negotiation, 1946


Box 2 Folder 10

F1. S. D. Ren's diary, 1938

Negotiations for Woodoil Loan, Sept. 9-Dec. 16, 1938


Box 2 Folder 11

F2. Extracts from correspondence with C.C. Yang, 1938-1939


Box 2 Folder 12

F3. Writings and documents about the loan mission by Hu Shih, 1937-1940


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 1: Exchange of cables between H. H. Kung and Hu Shih


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 2: A chronology of loan negotiations 1938-1940 by Hu Shih


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 3: From Hu Shih's scrapbooks


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 4: Notes on "American Neutrality and Loans to China"


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 5: Copy of letter from Hu Shih to Key Pittman on American neutrality


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 6: Speech made by Hu Shih over the radio in 1937


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 7: Personal views of Hu Shih on question of neutrality (Handed to Secretary of State on Mar. 29, 1939)


Box 2 Folder 12

Part 8: Extra copies of two memoranda found in Hu Shih's file marked "K. P. Chen"


Box 2 Folder 13

G1. Loan negotiations, 1938


Box 2 Folder 13

G.1a

Sept. 17-Oct. 16, 1938: Loan negotiation including: Barter agreement, Wheat loan, Tin loan, Chinese foreign loan repayment, Cotton yarn loan

Oct. 18-Nov. 17, 1938: Loan negotiation including: Truck purchase, news re fall of Canton

Nov. 18-Dec. 15, 1938: Loan negotiation including: Concluding of Wood oil Loan, war news, Burma Road transporation


Box 2 Folder 13

G.1b

Dec. 17-Dec. 31, 1938: Foreign loan repayment problem

Jan. 1-Feb. 2, 1939 Universal Trading Corporation directorship, suspension of previous foreign loan repayments, wood oil shipments

Feb. 2-Sept. 26, 1939: Loan negotiations: possibility of a political loan, additional loan on wood oil for cotton and wheat. Highway transportaion experts, UTC-orders received and shipment made, Silver in Shanghai and Tianjin


Box 2 Folder 14

G2. Loan negotiations, 1938

Sept. 28 - Nov. 19, 1939: Loan Negotiation including: Memo on seeking for US assistance, Tin Loan and Neutrality Act, Importance ot transportation, Peace possibility

Nov. 21 - Jan. 30, 1940: Memo on Chinese tin, Chinese government reorganisation rumor, US Treasury's proposed proposed purchase of tungsten, Cash loan request, Political news and analysis

Jan. 31-Mar. 14, 1940: Export-lmport Bank's capital increase

LOAN Negotiation including: Terms of tin loan (with reference to Finnish loan), Conclusion of tin loan, UTC cargo in Haiphong and transportation, C. T. Wang's case, War news and information

Mar. 15 - May 21, 1940: Tin Loan's guarantee problems, Signig of agreement, NRC - Tin and tungsten, Mr. Chen's leaving for China


Box 3 Folder 1

G3. Exchange of cables among K. P. Chen, S. D. Ren, and H. H. Kung, 1940

May 20 -Sept. 6, 1940: UTC cargo in Haiphong, Export-Import Bank, Bank of China and private credits, T. V. Soong and new (3rd) loan, Hu Shih, Burma Road and Haiphong-Kuming Railway, Mr. Chen in Kuming, Mr. Chen's inspection of Burma Road, NRC and Miao Yun-tai and tin, Wood oil smuggling, Tungsten loan, UTC, NRC and Wah Chong


Box 3 Folder 2-3

G4. Correspondence mostly with H. H. Kung, including letters and cables, 1939-1944

June 28, 1944: UTC and Export-Import Bank

March 17, 1944: Capital

Nov. 6, 1943: Part in economic and financial oooperation with US

Sept. 29, 1939: Unfriendly attitude of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai towards UTC

June 10, 1939: Studbaker's case and UTC purchase procedure

March 24, 1942: Loan Liquidation of Wood oil Loan

April 29, 1940: Conclusion of Tin Loan

Aug. 23, 1940: Provision for improvement of tin mining

Dec. 1, 1940: Political loan - 100 million

July 11, 17, 1940 Highway Transportation Commission

PROPOSALS:

July 1940: Submitted to Generalissimo Chiang re: strengthening of Sino-American political and economic relations

July 1940: Submitted to Dr. Kung re: Foreign Trade Commission Personnel

Aug. 10, 1940: Control of essential materials

Nov. 11, 12, 1940: Inspection of Burma Road transportation

Nov. 20, 1940: Tank truck scheme

Sept. 26, 1940: Inspection of tin mines

Aug.-Sept. 1940: UTC cargoes in Haiphong

July-Oct. 1940: US need of tungsten


Box 3 Folder 4

G5. Memos and information on tin, tungsten, transportation, UTC shipments, Oct. 1939 -Jan. 1940

Memoranda and information on: Tin, Tungsten, Transportation, UTC Shipments made. Proposed terms of 2nd (tin) loan


Box 3 Folder 5

G6. UTC cargo in Haiphong and transportation, Aug. 1939 - Jan. 1940


Box 3 Folder 6

H. Correspondence exchanged between ambassador Hu Shih and K. P. Chen, Jan. 1939 - Apr. 1940

Loan negotiation and US attitude towards China in War


Box 3 Folder 7-8

I1-2. Diaries prepared by C. Tsang during negotiation, 1939-1940


Box 4 Folder 1

I3. Diaries prepared by C. Tsang during negotiation, 1939-1940

Series 3: Universal Trading Corporation, 1938-1958


Box 4 Folder 2

A1. Certificate of incorporation, 1938


Box 4 Folder 3

A2. Lochhead's contract, 1945


Box 4 Folder 4

B1. Report on formation, activities and final liquidation, undated


Box 4 Folder 5

B2. Report on purchases and sales up to March 31, 1940


Box 4 Folder 6

C1. Lawsuit against UTC, 1939


Box 4 Folder 7

C2. Case of Rudolf Hecht v. UTC, 1939


Box 4 Folder 8

D. Correspondence, clippings, photographs during tour of mid-east, Dec. 1938-Jan. 1939

Series 4: Foreign Trade Commission, 1939


Box 4 Folder 9-10

A1-2. P. W. Tsou's correspondence with K. P. Chen, Jan. 1939-April 1940

1. Organization and personal: Foreign Trade Commission, Foo Shing, China Transportation

2. Conflicts in authorities; FTC with other institutions

3. Transportation; UTC cargo or tungoil

4. Congestion in Haiphong


Box 5 Folder 1-2

B1-2. Reports, 1939-1940

B1-From: C. T. Tung; Chambers Chow; S. C. Ting

Re: China Transporation Co.; Foo Shing

B2-From T. Y. Chang; T. K. Chao


Box 5 Folder 3

C1. Foo Shing trading corporation reports, 1939-1940

Haiphong (May 1939-1940): Transporation conditions, Transhipment statistics

Rangoon (April 1939-April 1940): Transporation conditions, Transhipment of UTC cargo


Box 5 Folder 4

C2. Reports (information as received by US consulate), Oct. 1939-Mar. 1940

Congestion of cargo in Haiphong

French attitude towards China's exports or cargo in transit

Sheaban's plan for centralized control of motor transport

Condition in Haiphong subsequent to Japanese capture of Nanning

Highways of Northwest China

Woodoil export to US under loan agreement

Transportation problem

Plans for centralizing purchase of woodoil-export trade monopolies

Transshipment from Haiphong to Rangoon

Effects of Japanese invasion of Kwangsi/Guangxi on highway transportation in South China

Indo-China Yunnan Railway and 1ta freight capacity

Sheaban's remarks regard transit and transportation to China

Burma's transit trade with China

Woodoil shipments from Indo-China

Series 5: Burma Road, 1939-1940


Box 5 Folder 5

A. American Highway Mission to China, 1939-1940


Box 5 Folder 6

B. Correspondence with Shuying during inspection trip, October-November 1940

Series 6: Chinese Currency Stabilization Fund, 1939-1942


Box 5 Folder 7

A. paper by S.H.Chow: About Fund's background, mechanisms, and policies, 1935-1949


Box 5 Folder 8

B. Hong Kong committee, preservation copy, 1939-1942


Box 6 Folder 1

B. Hong Kong committee, 1939-1942

Series 7: Stabilization Board of China, 1939-1943


Box 6 Folder 2

A1. Board's history, operations, successes and failures, reference attached, 1939-1951


Box 6 Folder 2

Part 1: Cables exchanged between H. H. Kung and Hu Shih re: US financial loan, March 1939


Box 6 Folder 2

Part 2: Notes, 1943-1944

Revision of Sino-American Agreement, June 25, 1943

Selling of gold to reduce note issue and Board's importace to post war international monetary cooperation, July 15, 1943

Renewal of ? winding up the Board (Letter to H. H. Kung dated July 29 for renewal attached), June 25-August 13, 1943

Chi Chao-ting's unfaithfulness, August 8, 1943

Resignation as Board's chairman, August 14, 1943

Latest news of revision negotiations, Nov. 15, 1943

British attitude towards the Board, December 7, 12, 1943

Different views of Board's relevant parties and dissolution of Board, March 10, 1944

Staff's termination pay, March 28, 1944


Box 6 Folder 2

Part 3: Memorandum-Evan Thomas; The Stabilization Board of China-an abortive attempt at cooperation; Tsuyee Pei's letter (August 29, 1951)


Box 6 Folder 3-4

A2. Review of the Board's accomplishments, by K. H. Yang (楊桂和)


Box 6 Folder 5

B1. Operation reports, Oct. 1941-Mar. 1942


Box 6 Folder 5

B2. Operations, Jan.-June 1943

Series 8: Foreign Exchange Equalization Fund Committee, 外匯平衡基金委員會, 1947-1948


Box 6 Folder 6

A1-a. Documents on regulations, policies, and operations, 1947-1948


Box 7 Folder 1

A1-b. Documents on accounts, changeovers, reports, 1947-1948


Box 7 Folder 2

A2-a. Documents on international balance of payments; imports and exports thru appointed banks; exports, smugglings, etc., 1947-1948


Box 7 Folder 3

A2-b. Documents on Hong Kong-Fisher Yu; Cyril Rogers; A.E. Marker; International Monetary Fund; miscellaneous, 1947-1948


Box 7 Folder 4-5

B1-B2. Notes, letters, news clippings, reports, speeches, studies, diaries, May 1947-June 1948


Box 7 Folder 4-5

News Editorial on export promotion, 1947 May 09


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Letter from Bang How to S.D. Ren, re: woodoil exports, market price and smuggling, 1947 May 23


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Letter from Chopp about woodoil price and smuggling, 1947 June 02


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: New measures of foreign exchange and foreign trade control, 1947 August 25


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Why the Fund differs from Stabilization Board, 1947 August 27


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Fund-a difficult task (discussion with Tsuyee Pei, Karl Wu, C.S. Tung, K.N. Chang, and Li Ming), 1947 September 01


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Reasons for accepting Fund's chairmanship, 1947 September 05


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Reflections on eve of becoming Fund's chairman, 1947 September 06


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Press report about Fund, 1947 September 08


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Speech on Fund's functions before members of Foreign Trade Conference, 1947 September 08


Box 7 Folder 4-5

News Editorial on Fund and trade control, 1947 September 10


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Conversations with Chang Chun, O.K. Yu, 1947 September 12


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Contradictions in regulations, the first month operation, rumors affecting exports and remedies sought, 1947 September 24


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Rate, 1947 September 26


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: A review of Fund's operation-its temporary success, difficulties and disadvantages, 1947 September 27


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: Differences between Fund and Stabilization Board, 1947 September 27


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: New exchange policy, 1947 October 04


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: Free exchange market and tight money policy, 1947 October 04


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: Comments and suggestions on the memorandum proposing revisions of present exchange policy, 1947 October 07


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: Agreement for collaboration with Hong Kong Government in measures of financial control, 1947 October 07


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Black Tuesday-speculators, measures to deal with speculation, agreement with Hong Kong and reporters meeting, 1947 October 09


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Government expenditures, increasing need for arms, ammunition and imports, US aid not in sight and personnel rate adjustments ineffective, 1947 October 13


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: Reasons that Fund is incapable of eliminating black market, 1947 October 14


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: on woodoil exports, 1947 October 16


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Difficulties to improve bristle export, 1947 October 16


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Draft letter to Lawrence Morris about woodoil smuggling and UTC, 1947 October 16


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Wong Yuen-ping--his proposed revisions of current exchange program, 1947 October 18


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Black market and rate revision, aid, etc., 1947 October 24


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: What to do with the rate?, 1947 October 29


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: A review of the loan policy of the Joint Office of the 4 government banks, 1947 October 29


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: How to reestablish fapi's credit?, 1947 October 29


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Factors contributing to present quiet market and importance of psychological factors, 1947 November 05


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Black market again becoming active, 1947 November 07


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Attacks of the mosquito papers, clippings attached, 1947 November 17


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Disappointed aid news and war news Hong Kong Authorities unwilling to implement agreement, low interest rate and loan policy of the Joint Office of the 4 government banks, and uncontrolled note issue, 1947 November 20


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Is China's currency going to collapse very soon?, 1947 November 29


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Central Bank to go into black market in Hong Kong and operate and its handicaps, 1947 December 02


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Tight money policy and issuance of large denomination notes, 1947 December 06


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Pros and cons of putting up the rate, 1947 December 10


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Rate revision and cooperation with Hong Kong authorities to stop smuggling, 1947 December 17


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Time for rate revision, 1947 December 18


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Factors for not putting up the rate as agreed. Personal opinions as told to Generalissimo re US aid, 1948 January 29


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Factors for and against putting up the rate. Military defeat, inflation and social unrest. US aid, 1948 February 02


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Clashes between Thomas and Rogers on rate revision, 1948 February 07


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Fund rate. Central Bank's foreign exchange assets and gold and loans under negotiation. General financial situation. New committee members, 1948 March 08


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Research on government finance-Lui [Lobeing?], 1948 March 13


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Treasury note redemption against rate revision. Public borrowing and public confidence, 1948 April 02


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: Stabilization-mobilization of government properties, 1948 April 02


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Rate adjustment unsuccessful due to aid coming slow, shortage of goods and money being loose, 1948 April 11


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: on the rate adjustment of April 6th-its advantages and disadvantages, 1948 April 16


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Suspension of rate making and those for link system, 1948 April 21


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Diary: Resignation from Fund and concerns for the political confusion, 1948 May 22


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Notes: New exchange progress and certificate operation, clippings attached, 1948 June 01


Box 7 Folder 4-5

Study: Current financial situation of china on commodity prices, government revenues and expenditures, bank and foreign exchange, 1948 June 02


Box 7 Folder 6

C. Fund's history, operations, successes and failures, by K. H. Yang, 1947-1948

Series 9: Loan and Monetary Cooperation, 1936-1942


Box 8 Folder 1

A. Statements and press releases, 1936-1942


Box 8 Folder 1

Statement by Secretary Morgenthau (Press release); Report on Secretary Morgenthau's press conference, 1936 May 18

Subject: purchase of silver from China with proceeds to help China to stabilize its currency


Box 8 Folder 1

Joint statement by Secretary of Treasury and Minister of Finance of China (Press release), 1937 July 09

Subject: additional silver purchase for gold and dollar exchange facilities


Box 8 Folder 1

Statement by the President (Press release), 1940 November 30

Subject: a credit for $100,000,000 half for general purposes and half for stabilization arrangement


Box 8 Folder 1

Joint statement by Secretary Morgenthau and T.V. Soong (Press release), 1941 April 25

Subject: stabilization agreement


Box 8 Folder 1

Treasury's press release, 1941 December 24

Subject: extension of dollar exchange facilities


Box 8 Folder 1

Joint statement by Secretary Morgenthau and T.V. Soong (Press release), 1942 March 21

Subject: $500,000,000 aid


Box 8 Folder 2

B. British Credit Loans, 1939

Part 1: Loan Contracts

Part 2: Correspondence between K. P. Chen and P. W. Kuo


Box 8 Folder 3

C. Credit loans, 8 contracts, 1937

Series 10: Special Files, 1944-1948


Box 8 Folder 4

International Business Conference, 1944


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with Lauchlin Currie about China's postwar industry, Sino-Russo relationship, Stilwell and others, 1944 October 21


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with Ambassador Wei Tao-ming, 1944 October 22


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Eric Johnston's off-record talk, 1944 October 23


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with H. H. Kung, 1944 October 24


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with George W. Wolf of US Streel Products, 1944 October 24


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: H.H. Kung's interview with Chinese delegates to IBC, 1944 October 25


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with Edward Riley of General Motors about delegations, loans to China and commercial policies, 1944 October 26


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with K.N. Chang about Stilwell's recall and rumor of Chinese cabinet reshuffle, 1944 October 28


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with Johnston and Jackson of Chemical Bank about Bretton Woods Agreements, IBC, production and consumption, etc., 1944 October 28


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: About Wei Wen-hai and others, 1944 October 28


Box 8 Folder 4

Memo: Tsuyee Pei and IBC, 1944 November 02


Box 8 Folder 4

Memo: Modern aviation, 1944 November 02


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Conversation between Pei and Kung about K.N. Chang and K.P. Chen, 1944 November 07


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Some highlights on the Chinese Delegations meeting, 1944 November 10


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Second day of IBC-on currency relations among nations, 1944 November 10


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Material for Journal of Commerce on business and industrial developments in China including industrialization, foreign investment, foreign trade and private enterprise, 1944 November 10


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Highlights of Chinese Delegation Meeting-about press conference, 1944 November 11


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: About secretary at meetings, cocktail invitations, 1944 November 13


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Press conference and press release, 1944 November 15


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Cocktail party given by Jack White of Westinghouse, 1944 November 16


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Farewell luncheon of IBC, 1944 November 20


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Guaranty Trust dinner--about relationship between Chinese government and American commercial banks, 1944 November 20


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: UTC dinner, 1944 November 24


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: George Wolf's luncheon party, 1944 November 27


Box 8 Folder 4

Speech: Broadcast to Chungking about IBC, 1944 November 27


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with P.Y. Tan about ship-building, 1944 November 29


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Conversation with Noel Sargen of NAM about private enterprising, 1944 November 30


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Conversation between Bank and UTC colleagues on postwar plans and preparations, 1944 December 04


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Chemical Bank luncheon, 1944 December 12


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Socony Luncheon with Philo Parker, 1944 December 12


Box 8 Folder 4

Diary: Chase Bank luncheon, 1944 December 13


Box 8 Folder 4

Notes: Impressions on changes in State Department personnel, 1944 December 16


Box 8 Folder 4

Speech at luncheon given by Edwards of Saco-Lowell about China's postwar industrialization, 1944 December 19


Box 8 Folder 5

Bank's Postwar Plans, In USA, September 1945-April 1946


Box 8 Folder 5

Memo: Policy-I, 1945 September


Box 8 Folder 5

Memo: Destiny, 1945 October


Box 8 Folder 5

Memo: Personnel, Policy-II, 1946 February


Box 8 Folder 5

Memo: Policy-III, New York Office, China Industries, Anderson Meyer, 1946 March


Box 8 Folder 5

Letter To Karl C. Wu about cooperation with Chekiang Bank in investment, 1945 April


Box 8 Folder 6

State Council Meetings, 1947-1948


Box 8 Folder 6

Notes: On eve of joining State Council, 1947 April 01


Box 8 Folder 6

Message: From Stuart to Marshall, 1947 April 19


Box 8 Folder 6

Notes: Council's first meeting; Reports, discussions, impressions and reflections, 1947 April 23


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Reports and discussions on Dalian and Port Arthur, US, loan, international situation, military situation, budget, note issue and rising prices, 1947 May 07


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Post-UNRRA appropriations and US loan, military developments in Manchuria, public utility rates, budget and US aid, 1947 May 24


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Reports and discussions on post-UNRRA aid of food stuffs, US loan, military situation and peace talks, 1947 June 07


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Interview with Generalissimo, conversation covered loan, new currency and taxation, 1947 June 07


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Generalissimo's Party, 1947 June 21

Situation in Manchuria, War or Peace


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Interview with Generalissimo; Loan situation and negotiator, 1947 July 06


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Mobilization order; US loan and appropriations, 1947 July 07


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Nanking trip-to attend Council meeting Calls, 1947 August 07


Box 8 Folder 6

Diaries: Nanking diaries, 1947 October 18

Meeting Chen Lifu about legislative election; Lunch with Chang Chun about aid and black market rate; Visit O.K. Yui about loan and nation's financial conditions


Box 8 Folder 6

Diaries: Council Meeting discussions on declaration of Chinese-owned foreign assets, bank deposits repayment, and pay increase to civil employees and soldiers, 1947 October 18


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: US loan situation, 1947 November 01

Reports on international relations and internal war situation; Discussions on questions of Chinese-owned foreign assets and pre-war bank deposits


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Penal Committee, 1947 December 15


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: 1948's first 6 month budget--a farce, 1947 December 18


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: Council's 20th meeting, 1948 January 23

Economic reforms being loan's pre-requisiite


Box 8 Folder 6

Memo: State Council, 1948 April 21

Knowledge, courage, and responsibility


Box 8 Folder 6

Notes: Council's last meeting, 1948 May 19


Box 8 Folder 7

U.S. Aid, 1947-1948


Box 8 Folder 7

Letter to Wei Tao-ming by Gimo's secretary, 1947

Transmission of Marshall's message dated Apr. 1, 1947 re terms of a US $500 million loan


Box 8 Folder 7

Wei's cable to Ministry, 1947 April 07

Reiterates Exim Bank's terms


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes on US aid, 1947 April 16

Repayment problem


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Wayne Taylor, 1947 April 16

Past loan negotiations and Taylor's impressions


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US Loan Proposition - I, 1947 April 19

A study of the proposed loan - its nature and circumstances


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Gimo, 1947 April 22

Different schools of thoughts of how to approach the loan


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Butterworth's party, 1947 April 22

About Loan and UTC


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US Loan Proposition - II, 1947 April 24

Marshall's attitude and lack of intelligent communications between US and Chinese governments


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US Loan Proposition - III, 1947 April 25

Wang Shih-chieh 's ways of approach a US $1,000 million loan half for reconstruction and half for importing cotton and wheat anf for currency stabilisation; American politics and America's international politics


Box 8 Folder 7

News clippings, 1947 April 29


Box 8 Folder 7

Letter to K. N. Chang, 1947 April 29

Proposed approaches


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on loan negotiation, 1947 April 30

A realistic approach would be to follow Exims. Propose uses, repayment and operation


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Wang Shih-chieh/王世杰, 1947 May 08

Views re the loan


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Kung-chuan, 1947 May 09

Proposed answers to charges ot Joint Memo to State Dept. by Amarioan business organizations


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on exports, silver, loan, etc., 1947 May 29

Silver loan - a possible prelude to political loan


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US loan, 1947 June 12

From American point of view - a difficult formula


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on new currency, 1947 June 21

Fapi and proposed new currency and its possible effects


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes on US loan, 1947 July 06

Conversation with Gimo


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo - a loan proposal, 1947 July 07

To negotiate a US $200 million loan with Exim Bank to import American cotton


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Albert C. Wedemeyer, 1947 July 28

Discussion covered China's exports, currency, foreign aid, technical know-how and personnel, government control and foreign investments


Box 8 Folder 7

Letter to Foreign Ministry from US Embassy, 1947 August 19

Present problems confronting American business in North China - mostly import duties


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Wedemeyer's statement, 1947 September 8

Full or oriticism but aid not impossible


Box 8 Folder 7

US aid to China, 1947 November 11

News of US $1.5 billion loan: Restoration or national econmy relies on political stability and early cessation of civil war


Box 8 Folder 7

Lunch with Kung-chuan, 1947 November 17

Declined to be negotiator


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on Lee Kan, 1947 November 22

To assist Ambassador Koo on aid problem: Difficulties with supervision and repayment


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US aid, 1947 November 24

Tsuyee Pei to be negotiator: Internal reforms necessary


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US aid, 1947 December 04

Talk vith Kung-chuan-again problem of negotiator


Box 8 Folder 7

Memo on US aid, 1947 December 15

Meet Hu Shih and Holly Tong


Box 8 Folder 7

Nanking diaries, 1947 December 15

See Gimo and submit memo emphasizing immediate use of US $300 million


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes on Fund and US aid, 1947 December 27

Arthur Young's suggestions for a declaration by Chinese Government and invitation of US advisors in reforms


Box 8 Folder 7

Diary, 1948 January 12

Tsuyee Pei's technical mission to US


Box 8 Folder 7

Diary, 1948 January 26

Cold reception of Pei in Washington Marahall's indifference and need of detailed and workable programs


Box 8 Folder 7

Letter to Bang Bow, 1948 March 19

for Pei about urgency for a stop-gap measure


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes, 1948 March 22

Administration of aid and possibilities of corruption


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes, 1948 May 05

Bullitt, Hottman and their assignment


Box 8 Folder 7

Letter to Hoffman, 1948 May 07

about aid administrator and effective use of aid


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes on US aid administration, 1948 May 10

An analysis of adequacy of the aid, right approaches and needed parallel actions


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes on Stilman and US aid, 1948 June 17

Also problems of inland navigation and private enterprise


Box 8 Folder 7

Notes on US aid, 1948 June 22

As discussed in Legislative Meeting


Box 8 Folder 7

Letter to Tsuyee Pei (as diary), 1948 July 15

About urgency of situation in China


Box 8 Folder 8

Currency Reform, 1948


Box 8 Folder 8

News clippings on Currency Reform-by T. H. Chuang, 1948


Box 8 Folder 8

Study: Before and after reform by K. N. Yang, 1948 June 05

Scope of discussion, condition before and after reform, differences between voluntary and compulsory reform, ato problem, redemption problem and deman of cash and possible dangers of reform


Box 8 Folder 8

Study: Proposed plan for reform by K. N. Yang, 1948 August 21

Essential points, conditions hereafter, price tendency and business, foreign exchange and trade, flow of capital, cost of living, and possible effects to the bank


Box 8 Folder 8

Diary: The Reform (new economic measure) as announced by the government, 1948 August 21


Box 8 Folder 8

Study: The reform by K. H. Yang; Difficulties with price control; What should government do with regard to its new economic measure?, 1948 August 23


Box 8 Folder 8

Diary: New Currency, 1948 August 23

Who wants it and why? Who are behind the GY plan? Own opinions and Gimo's speech


Box 8 Folder 8

Notes: Some comments concerning new currency and finance, public confidence, prices, wages, exports, imports, US aid and general business, 1948 August 23


Box 8 Folder 8

Diary: Cooperation with government necessary, 1948 August 28


Box 8 Folder 8

Notes: Future of the new currency, 1948 August 30

Stability, reforms, US aid, and Hu Shih


Box 8 Folder 8

Notes: New currency items being unrealistic, 1948 September 03

Black market, budgetory deficit, and government lowprice policy


Box 8 Folder 8

Notes: Surrender of foreign assets, 1948 September 07

Banks being accused, importance of foreign assets to Bank and its human asset


Box 8 Folder 8

Notes: Exchange surrender, 1948 September 17

National Commercia, Chekiang and Shanghai banks; Gimo's dissatisfaction with Chekiang's report; Conversation with OK Yu and Pau po-yuan


Box 8 Folder 8

Study: A review of the reform, 1948 September 25


Box 8 Folder 8

Reference: A brief account of Chinese silver yuan (1914-1935)


Box 8 Folder 8

Reference: The new monetary policy of China (1935 November 04)

Series 11: Manuscripts, 1963, 1968, undated


Box 8 Folder 11

Birthday tribute and a document relating to the Red Swastika Society of Thailand, 1960


Box 8 Folder 9

Biography of K. P. Chen, written by Chen Yih, in English, undated

Part 1 Introduction; Silver Mission; Woodoil Loan negotiation; Tin Loan negotiation.

Part 2 Fulfillment of a contract; Repayment of Woodoil Loan.

Part 3 Stabilisation Board of 1941-43; An attempt at international monetary cooperation.


Box 8 Folder 10

K. P. Chen's silver mission, written by J.S.Mou, in Chinese, 民國25年中美締訂白銀協定記錄稿, 1968


Box 9 Folder 1

K. P. Chen's loan mission, written by J.S.Mou, in Chinese, 中美桐油借款商談記要稿, 1968


Box 11

Chen Kwang-pu and Shanghai Commercial & Saving Bank, written by Dr. Chang Kia-ngau, 陳光甫與上海銀行, 張公權撰, 1963

Also available in Microfilm (MN# 98-8006, 2 copies).

Series 12: Printed materials, 1949, 1963


Box 9 Folder 2

K. P. Chen's speeches, 陳光甫先生言論集, 1949


Box 9 Folder 2

Growth of the Shanghai Commercial & Saving Bank, 本行生長之由來, 1949


Box 9 Folder 2

Brief History of China Travel Service, 中國旅行社簡史, 1963

Series 13: Memos, diaries, notes, and correspondence, 1936-1949

Prepared mostly by T.C. Hsu in English and W.S. Nie in Chinese. All photocopies.


Box 9 Folder 3

Selected sections of correspondence mostly with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. H. H. Kung, 1936-1947


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1936 May 09

US silver policy, observations and recommendations


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1938

Loan mission and woodoil proposition


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1940 April 29

Woodoil loan as good precedence to second loan


Box 9 Folder 3

Cable from Generalissimo, 1940 May 04

Expression of appreciation


Box 9 Folder 3

Reply to Generalissimo, 1940 May 15

Lay emphasis on production increase and loan repayment


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to T. P. Hou, 1940 June 07

Impossible for UTC to pa commission on Yungli purchases


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1940 July 11

Resigned as chairman of Foreign Trade Commission


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to Generalissimo, 1940 July 11

Significance in enforcing Sino-American political and economic relations; Emphasis on strengthening present government trade organization


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1940 October 02

Suggestion for Kung to take up chairmanship of Foreign Trade Commission


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1941 August 23

Machinery for improvement of tin production


Box 9 Folder 3

Cable from Jesse Jones to H. H. Kung, 1942 March 25

Congratulation upon liquidation of woodoil loan


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1943 July 29

Revision of Sino-American Stabilization Agreement of 1941 and advantages for such cooperation in future


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1943 November 06

Some notes on post war financing from foreign sources


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1944 June 28

UTC's work


Box 9 Folder 3

Letter to Generalissimo, 1947 December 14

Views concerning US loan (diaries attached)


Box 9 Folder 4

File 1. In Chongqing, 1942-1944


Box 9 Folder 4

Diary: Pacific War and policy to be adopted by Bank, 1942 January 04


Box 9 Folder 4

Speech: Broadcast sponsored by Sino-American Cultural Association, 1942


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Conversation with Wu Chung-sing about Tibet, Gimo, monetary conference, Kuomintang and UTC, 1943 May 13


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to Bang How about Lochhead's UTC contract, 1943 June 24


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Shang-chuan Industrial Co., 1943 July 09

Tsang Nai-chi's cooperation most unsatisfactory


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to Bang How about K.N. Chang, Stabilization fund, Da-yeh and Paofoong, 1943 July 10


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Opinions of US proposed monetary conference re: capital, participation, exchange rate and voting power, 1943 July 14


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to Bang How about Tsuyee Pei, K. N. Chang, Nelson Chiang, and Texaco, 1943 July 27


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Stabilization Agreement and Chi Chao-ting, 1943 August 08


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to S. D. Ren about monetary conference and Chi, 1943 August 08


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to C. Tsang about Chi, 1943 August 09


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to Bang How about Chi's behavior and purpose of sending D. C. Lee, K. L. Pan, and Nelson Chiang to US, 1943 August 09


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to Lochhead, Ren, How, and Tsang about stabilization fund, 1943 August 12


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to H. H. Kung, 1943 November 06

Measures of building up our internal economy-to improve exports, to aid textile industry and to make use of UTC's relations with Exim Bank


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Stabilization Fund--Termination of US agreement, 1943 November 15


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Postwar foreign investment in China--US Steel, 1943 December 14


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Stabilization Fund--British view re: Fund, 1943 December 15


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to S. D. Ren about organizing a new company, 1943 December 30


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Conversation with S. T. Fan about chemical plant, 1943 December 30


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Central Planning Board, 1944 March 15


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to S. R. Ren and Bang How about draft regulations re: Foreign banks and foreign investment in China, 1944 March 28


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to Ren about T. C. Lin's plan of writing biography, 1944 April 01


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo about Central Planning Board, 1944 April 08


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Merit medal-knowledge and achievement, 1944 May 05


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Fapi and US dollar exchange rate, 1944 May 12


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Bank's new board and personal observations, 1944 May 18


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Dumping and banks' call loan, 1944 May 26


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: War situation, 1944 May 30


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: The Bank--past and future, 1944

Merits of T. F. Yang and C. C. Yang; Policy to be adopted; Re-registration and inaugration


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Bank's head office in Chungking, 1944 June 01


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Officials and merchants seen in Chungking, 1944 June 01

Indifferent, impractical and some even greedy


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Difficulties of commercial banks at present, 1944 June 12


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Reflections in attending Bank of China's Board Meeting, 1944 June 13


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to C. Tsang re: Lochhead and future of UTC, 1944 June 19


Box 9 Folder 4

Draft letter to D. C. Lee and Bang How, 1944 June

Propose to establish a New York Liason office for Bank and E. L. Pan's joining the office


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: What the Bank should do?, 1944 June 26

Improvement of knowledge, training of personnel and knowing of environment


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Conversation with Lochhead on people Lochhead visited and UTC, 1944 July 13


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Conversation with T. H. Wu, chairman of Bankers Association in Chungking, 1944 August 15


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: International Business Conference about choosing of Delegates and views of National Industrial Association, 1944 August 29-30


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Delegates to International Business Conference, 1944 September 04-08


Box 9 Folder 4

Letter to S. D. Ren about Fooshing's selling US dollar to various parties and purchasing for them from Anderson Meyers spindles, trucks and auto accessories, 1944 September 09


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Gimo's invitation to dinner for Nelson of WPB, 1944 September 19

conversation with Nelson re: possible Sino-American cooperation in developing China's textile industry


Box 9 Folder 4

Memo: Personal view towards legislators' proposal for government to buy over private interests in "government banks", 1944 September


Box 9 Folder 5

File 2. In US, 1945-1946


Box 9 Folder 5

Memo: Program for revitalising UTC, 1945 January


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Talk to E.L. Pan about CTS plan, 1945 January 05


Box 9 Folder 5

Memo: Trip to Chinatown, 1945 January 05


Box 9 Folder 5

Memo: UTC cocktail party, 1945 January 17


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Trip to Washington (Jan. 19-21, 1945), 1945 January 23


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Jones vs Wallace, 1945 January


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: International civil aviation luncheon, 1945 January 24


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Future of China's raw silk, 1945 January 31


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: President's birthday ball, 1945 February 01


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Reflections on Chinese attitude toward Britain, 1945 February 01


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Visit to the Export-Import Bank, 1945 February 07


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Reflections on UTC personnel, 1945 February 08


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Conversation with Archie Lochhead, 1945 February 09


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: 11 day record of Washington visit, 1945 February 18

(Feb. 5-16--Conversations with Morgenthau Harry White, Herbert Feis, Thomas Child, Eric Johnston, etc.)


Box 9 Folder 5

Letter: Te Ho Tsui-lien about Johnston, 1945 February 21


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Conversation with Chopp on woodoil, 1945 March 10


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Visit to a varnish factory, 1945 March 12


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Fan Shuton, T. P. Hou and Yungli's postwar plan with US loan, 1945 April 05


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: UTC, C. Tsang, Yungli's loan, etc., 1945 April 11


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Conversation with Phil LeFevre, 1945 June 04


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Plan for writing memoirs, 1945 June 05


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Reflections on Bank's past 30 years, 1945 June 06


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Bank's next 30 years, 1945 June 09


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Great struggle of the next generation, 1945 June 27

Labor-capital unrest--an observation


Box 9 Folder 5

Speech: Inaugration of China Industries, 1945 October 27


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Training of personnel--E. L. Pan, 1945 December 07


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: A word to the wise-on caustic soda plant, 1945 December 07


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Personal observations of UTC's past 8 year record, 1946 February 07


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: UTC cocktail party, 1946 February 08


Box 9 Folder 5

Paper: Life and Death, by T. C. Lin, 1946 March 18


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: General Marshall's letter to Gimo re: a US$500 million credit as transmitted to T. M. Wei, 1946 April 01


Box 9 Folder 5

Notes: Wei Tao-ming's cable re: Exim's terms, 1946 April 07


Box 9 Folder 6

File 3. Return to Shanghai from US, 1946


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Draft speech to Bank's staff, 1946 June


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: General reflections, 1946 September 20

Kuomintang and communists, planned economy and Bank's service


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: P. Y. Hsu's visit about commercial banks, 1946 September 24


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Speculations in Shanghai market, 1946 September 25


Box 9 Folder 6

Diaries: Trip to Tianjin, 1946 October 03-06


Box 9 Folder 6

Diaries: Trip to Manchuria, 1946 October 07-16


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: New constitution and new hope, 1946 October 27


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: China Travel Service in Manchuria, 1946 October 27


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Manchuria, 1946 October 28


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Personnel--Unrest and seeking for expression of life, 1946 October 30


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Treasure--concentration of power, 1946 October 30


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Vogelstein--Alien's visa, 1946 November 04


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Conversation with O. K. Yu about economic policy, 1946 November 11


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Kuling trip-for rest and planning, 1946 November 27


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Jiangsu Bank--its management and handicaps, 1946 November 27


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: Kiukiang Observations--a city at standstill, 1946 November 29


Box 9 Folder 6

Memo: General economic conditions, 1946 December 09


Box 9 Folder 7

File 4. In Shanghai, 1947-1948


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Bad organization--CNAC, 1947 January 08


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Deadlocks--political and economic, 1947 January 09


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Anselm Chuh--his ingenuity, 1947 January 13


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Bank of China--its board, personnel, operation, and policy, 1947 January 15


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Commercial banking--principles and practices, 1947 January 16


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Bank of China--about its nationalization, 1947 January 29


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Bankers--abuse of banking executives, 1947 January 31


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Proposed Sino-British cooperation in export of Manchurian beans, 1947 February 04


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Panic--inflation and speculation, 1947 February 12


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Bank of China, 1947 February 12


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Current crisis, 1947 February 13


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Tsuyee Pei--an analysis of his success and failure as Governor of Central Bank, 1947 February 17


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Leadership, 1947 February 20


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Proposed study program, 1947 March 01


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: K. N. Chang and T. V. Soong, 1947 March 03


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: T. V. Soong's resignation under attack, 1947 March 03


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: George Yeh, 1947 March 03


Box 9 Folder 7

Notes: Report on Mysberg's case, 1947 March 04


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Chen Lifu, 1947 March 07


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Soong--sung (Pei) and Chen Ching-han, 1947 March 13


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Maurice Sheahan--motor transport expert, 1947 March 17


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Kung-chuan (Chang)--discussions on how to absorb surplus funds (memos for issuing saving bonds attached, how to make Central Bank bank of banks, and Gimo's invitation to join State Council, 1947 March 17


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Remunerations and self-cultivation, 1947 March 17


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Chang Chun--about joining State Council, 1947 March 19


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Conversation with Hu Shih re: State Council and loan mission, 1947 March 19


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Hu Shih's talk to T. C. Hsu re: loan mission, 1947 March 20


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: IPR (China-Institute of Pacific Relations), 1947 March 21


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Cyril Rogers--differences under Pei and Chang, 1947 March 21


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: US loan, 1947 March 21


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: K. K. Hsu's mission to American I, 1947 March 22


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Tsuyee Pei--his import-export policy and mission to Hong Kong, 1947 March 26


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: Central Bank's new policy under K. N. Chang, 1947 March 26


Box 9 Folder 7

Memo: K. K. Hsu's mission to American II, 1947 March 28


Box 10 Folder 1-4

File 5-7. In Shanghai, 1947-1948


File 5


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: On eve of joining State Council, 1947 April 01


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Xi'an Branch, 1947 April 09


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Impressions on Chingking, 1947 April 10


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: My early life and my career, 1947 April 10


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Downfall of China since Qing Dynasty, 1947 April 14


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: US aid and China's exports, 1947 April 16


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Hu Shih's view re: current government reorganization, 1947 April 18


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Wayne Taylor and US loan, 1947 April 19


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Message from Stuart to Marshall on State Council reorganization, 1947 April 19


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Loan Proposition--I (clippings attached), 1947 April 19


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Butterworth's party and talk of loan formula, 1947 April 22


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Gimo's dinner--discussions on loan proposition, 1947 April 22


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: State Council first meeting--impression, 1947 April 23


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Jiangsu Bank, 1947 April 24


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Loan Proposition--II, re: amount, formula, and supervisions, 1947 April 24


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Loan Proposition--III, re: impracticability of Wang Shih Chieh's proposal, 1947 April 25


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Letter to K.N. Chang re: US loans, 1947 April 29


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Loan negotiation--to follow Exim's terms a realistic approach; proposed uses, repayment, and operation, 1947 April 30


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Loan management and UTC, 1947 April 30


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Letter to Lawrence Morris about loan possibilities in draft, 1947 May 01


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Bank meeting, 1947 May 01


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Letter Draft to Lawrence Morris about joining State Council and US loan possibilities, 1947 May 05


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Wang Shih-chieh (Wang Shijie ???) and his view re: US loan, 1947 May 08


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Kung-chuan (Chang)--about joint memo submitted by American businessmen on "state control of industry and trade in China", 1947 May 09


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: St. Louis Exposition and further study in US, 1947 May 19


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Sulphur black (letter of inquiry attached), 1947 May 27


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Exports, silver loan, etc., 1947 May 29


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Cheng Pao-nan's view re: US loan, 1947 June 04


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: State Council meeting--Post UNRRA aid, US loan and war situation, 1947 June 07


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Conversation with Generalissimo about loan, new currency and taxation, 1947 June 07


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: US loan and Soviet American relations, 1947 June 12


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: on Da-yeh's business policy, 1947 June 14


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: New Currency--its plan and basic ideas, 1947 June 21


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Gimo's party and talk about Manchria and war, 1947 June 21


File 6


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Conversation with Generalissimo on US loan, 1947 July 06


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Memo: Mobilization order, 1947 July 06


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Letter to K.N. Chang about Gimo's conversation and proposal for negotiation loan with Exim Bank to import American cotton (Proposal attached), 1947 July 07


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Conversation with General Wedemeyer, 1947 July 28


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: State Council meeting about American business in China, banking law, etc., 1947 August 07


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Letter Draft to Lawrence Morris about Wedemeyer and aid to China, UTC and American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, 1947 August 10


Box 10 Folder 1-4

Notes: Equalization Fund--Why it differs from Stablisation Board, 1947 August 27


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Notes: Fund--a difficult task--Discussions with Tsuyee Pei, Karl Wu, C. S. Tung, K. N. Chang and Li Ming, 1947 September 01


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Notes: Reasons for accepting Fund's chairmanship, 1947 September 05


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Notes: On eve of becoming Fund's chairman, 1947 September 06


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Press report: Equalization Fund, 1947 September 08


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Memo: Reactions to Wedemeyer's statement, 1947 September 08


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Memo: On s/s Kiang An, 1947 September 10


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Diary: State Council meeting--Talk with Chang Chun, O. K. Yui, Wu Ting-Chong, K. N. Chang about fund's work, overseas remittance and rate-making formula, 1947 September 12


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Memo: Difficulties to improve bristle export, 1947 September 12


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Notes: Fund's operation in the first month, 1947 September 24


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Notes: Rate, 1947 September 26


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Notes: Fund--C. S. Tung's comments and suggestions, 1947 September 30


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Notes: Exchange rate, 1947 October 01


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Notes: Fund--black Tuesday, 1947 October 09


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Notes: Note issue, US aid and rate making, 1947 October 13


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A study: Fund incapable of eliminating black market, 1947 October 14


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Diary: Call on Chen Lifu, Chang Chun, and O. K. Yui State Council meeting, 1947 October 18

Proposed laws for declaration of Chinese-owned foreign assets and payment of firxed deposit by 2500 times


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Memo: Wong Yuen-ping's proposed revision of the current exchange program, 1947 October 18


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Diary: Fund, 1947 October 24


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Memo: H. Y. Hu, 1947 October 24


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Diary: Fund, 1947 October 29


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Notes: State Council meeting, 1947 November 01

UN Assembly, war situation, Chinese-owned foreign assets and prewar bank


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Diary: Run for legislative election, 1947 November 04


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Diary: Fund, 1947 November 05


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Diary: Fund, 1947 November 07


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Notes: US aid to China and how it will help the situation, 1947 November 11


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Notes: Lunch with K. N. Chang--talk about negotiation for a US$300 million loan, 1947 November 17


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Poem: Congratulate Mr. Chen's birthday--T. C. Hsu, 1947 November 17


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Diary: Attacks from mosquito papers, 1947 November 17


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Diary: US aid to China--about Hu Shih's proposal, 1947 November 17


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Diary: Fund rate, 1947 November 20


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Notes: Lee Kan's mission to US, 1947 November 22


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Diary: A house in Nanking for retreat, 1947 November 24


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Diary: Tsuyee Pei and Arthur Young--their mission to Washington, 1947 November 24


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Diary: Fund, 1947 November 24


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Diary: Fund--Is China's currency going to collapse very soon?, 1947 November 29


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Diary: Fund--Central Bank to go into black market in Hong Kong as means of intervention, 1947 December 02


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Nots: US aid to China--talk with K. N. Chang about the proposal mission, 1947 December 04


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Nots: Tight money policy, 1947 December 06


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Diary: Fund, 1947 December 10


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Letter to Generalissimo outlining thoughts on US aid problem, 1947 December 14


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Diary: US aid to China, 1947 December 15

State Council meeting and talk with Gimo recommending Hu Shih as man for the mission


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Memo: Penal committee--case for P. H. Ho (CNRRA), 1947 December 15


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Memo: Underpay of civil servants, 1947 December 15


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Memo: US aid to China--appraisal of the situation and a possible course of action, 1947 December 15


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Notes by W. S. Nie on Mr. Chen and his view re: the proposal mission, 1947 December 15


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Diary: Fund, 1947 December 17


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Diary: Fund and US aid--Arthur Young's suggestions re: possible amount of aid, size of mission, delcaration and handling, 1947 December 27


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Diary: The budget--a farce, 1947 December 28


File 7


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Diary: Trip to Peiping, 1948 January 05


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Letter draft to K. N. Chang about disturbances created in exchange and commodity markets by Wong Yuen-ping's statement, 1948 January 09


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Memo: Da-yeh's future and suggestions, 1948 January 09


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Memo: China Travel Service--plan for the year, 1948 January 09


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Diary: Tsuyee Pei--mission to US, 1948 January 12


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Memo: State Council 20th meeting--Economic reforms being loan's pre-requisits, 1948 January 23


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Memo: Cold reception of Pei in Washington--Marshall's indifference and need of detailed and workable programs, 1948 January 26


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Diary: Fund--tight money policy and views re: the loan, 1948 January 29


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Diary: Fund--rate revision and general difficulties, 1948 February 02


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Diary: Fund--differences of opinions between Thomas and Rogers, 1948 February 07


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Diary: Fund, 1948 March 08


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Notes: An unplanned journey--Trip to Hankou, Canton and Hong Kong (February 18-March 02, 1948), 1948 March 12


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Notes: Research on "government finance"--a plan, 1948 March 13


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Letter to Bang How for Pei about urgency for a stop-gap measure, 1948 March 19


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Diary: Art collection, 1948 March 20


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News clipping: Hsu Chi-ching--case of corruption, 1948 March 22


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Notes: Aid administration and possibilities of corruption, 1948 March 22


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Notes: Haiyang Library of Western Thoughts--its organization and activities, 1948 March 23


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Letter from Charles F. Thomas complaining rate-making being unrealistic, 1948 March 27


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Notes: Stabilization--efficiency, issurance of US$ shares and "link" system, 1948 April 02


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Notes: Treasury note redemption and rate revision, 1948 April 02


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Letter to Tsuyee Pei about Fund:s rate-making function and Hu Shih as possible candidate for presidency, 1948 April 06


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Diary: Fund--shortage of commodities and gold to combat inflation, 1948 April 11


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Notes: Kung Chuan--"economic dictator", 1948 April 14


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Notes: Fund, 1948 April 14


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Notes: Andersen Meyer re: Schelke, 1948 April 21


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Notes: Bank of China--T. M. Hsi, 1948 April 21


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Notes: State Council--knowledge, courage and responsibility, 1948 April 21


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Diary: Fund and Central Bank, 1948 April 21


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News clippings: Legislative election, 1948 April 23


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Notes: Hangchow trip--visit Chang Chi-yun of Chekiang University, 1948 May 05


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Notes: Bullitt, Hoffman and their assignment, 1948 May 05


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Letter to Hoffman about aid administrator and effective use of aid, 1948 May 07


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Notes: US aid administration, 1948 May 10

An analysis of adequacy of aid, the right approaches and parallel actions


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Notes: Legislative Yuan--the right of consent, 1948 May 18


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Notes: State Council last meeting, 1948 May 19


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Notes: Presidential inauguration and question of nominee for premiership, 1948 May 21


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Notes: Bullitt--looking for Lapham's counterpart, 1948 May 22


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Diary: Resignation of Fund's chairman, 1948 May 23


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Diary: Underlying motive to run for legislator, 1948 May 25


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Notes: New exchange program--certificate system, 1948 June 01


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Notes: Businessmen--times to think, choose and decide, 1948 June 03


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Diary: Meeting of Kuomintang legislators--Wong Wen-hao's program as premier, 1948 June 07


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Notes: Premier's report--control vs shortage, 1948 June 12


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Notes: Stillman and US aid--also problems of inland navigation and private enterprise, 1948 June 17


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Notes: Reicher, 1948 June 15


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Reference: Economic report of US president (for 1947), 1948 June 15


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Notes: Question of UTC's future, 1948 June 20


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Notes: US aid as discussed in legislative meeting, 1948 June 22


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Clippings: "K. P. Chen to be finance minister", 1948 June 28


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Notes: Legislative Yuan meeting--report on food shortage, 1948 July 12


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Letter draft to Tsuyee Pei--about urgency of situation, 1948 July 15


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Notes: Currency reform, 1948 August 21


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Notes: New currency--men behind the plan, 1948 August 23


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Notes: Comments on monetary and economic reforms, 1948 August 23


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Notes: Peace rumours, 1948 August 25


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Notes: New currency--requirements for its success, 1948 August 30


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Notes: Little knowledge--lack of adequate price control, 1948 September 01


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Notes: Surrender of foreign assets, 1948 September 07


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Notes: Exchange surrender, 1948 September 17

National Commercia Chekiang First and Shanghai Commercial, Gimo's dissatisfaction with Chekiang


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Notes: Universal Trading--facing more difficulties, 1948 November 02


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Diaries: Trip to Nanking, Hankow, Chungking, Chengtu, Kunming, Hong Kong and planning for Bank, 1948 November 12-28


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Diary: 6 days on board s/s Hunan--efficiency of B & S, 1948 December 30


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Diary: President's new year statement, 1948 December 31


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File 8. In Shanghai and Hong Kong, 1949


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Notes: Hong Kong--as compared with Shanghai, 1949 January 06


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Notes: Peace--news clippings attached, 1949 January 10


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Notes: Universal Trading Corp.--its past and future, 1949 January 19


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Notes: on current situation and plan-making newsclippings attached, 1949 January 21


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Notes: Capitalism and communism, 1949 February 01


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Notes: Peace mission to Peiping, 1949 February 02


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Notes: Meeting Acting President and discuss financial problems, 1949 February 09


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Notes: Decision against joining peace mission, 1949 February 14


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Notes: William Strang and anti-communism in Asia, 1949 February 19


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Notes: New financial measures--an observation, 1949 February 19


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Notes: A review of Bank, CTS, Da-yeh and plan for new bank in Hong Kong, 1949 February 28


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Notes: W. W. Yen, 1949 March 03


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Notes: H. J. Shen, 1949 March 07


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Notes: Government monopoly and democratic economy, 1949 March 07


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Notes: Tsang Shih-chao and his impressions about reds, 1949 March 11


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Notes: Ho Ying-chin, 1949 March 14


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Notes: Cooperation with Lee brothers, 1949 March 16


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Notes: Caginet reshuffle--formation of Ho Ying-chin's cabinet, 1949 March 20


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Notes: Earnings of Hong Kong Branch, 1949 March 22


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Clippings: New York Times about US policy in China, 1949 April 17


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Notes: Tea with Tu Yueh-sen, 1949 April 22


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Diaries: Trip to Bangkok to attend NCAFE Conference (March 19-April 16, 1949), 1949 April 26


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Letter to Lawrence Morris about retirement, 1949 May 03


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Clippings: Shanghai on April 25, 1949, 1949 May 03


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Notes: Fall of Shanghai and the needs of people, 1949 May 28


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Notes: Exploitation--reds' ignorance of CTS, 1949 May 29


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Notes: Freeze accounts--against banking practice, 1949 June 01


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Notes: Medical notes, 1949 June 05-09


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Notes: Whither we go?, 1949 June 05-09


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Notes: We chart a course, 1949 June 18


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Notes: Alertness the Bank's managemeent should have, 1949 June 18


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File 9. In Hong Kong, 1949


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Notes: World wide depression, 1949 July 01


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Notes: K. C. Li, 1949 July 01


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Notes: Nelson Chiang--plans for CTS southward expansion, 1949 July 01


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Notes: Hung Lai-yu speaking for Gimo, 1949 July 03


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Notes: How to file personal papers? chronologically or by subject, 1949 July 03


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Notes: Bank meeting discussion Bank's situation, 1949 July 08


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Notes: CTS's difficulties, 1949 August 03


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Notes: 'Guarantee of prosperity', 1949 August 12


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Notes: Stanley Tsou's observation re: Chinese communists, 1949 August 24


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Clippings: General Yen Shih-shan criticising US "White Paper", 1949 August 29


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Memo: James Chang's observation re: Shanghai under communist rule, 1949 September 07


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Notes: Some running notes about Bank and self, 1949 September 14


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Notes: Ta-chun's forthcoming visit to Shanghai, 1949 September 20, 22


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Notes: General Ma Pu-fang, 1949 September 22


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Notes: About planned economy, 1949 September 24


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Notes: Difficulties in return to Shanghai, 1949 September 26


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Notes: About Bank, 1949 September 28


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Notes: About Bank--new show, 1949 October 04


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Notes: For private enterprise, 1949 October 04


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Notes: Bank, self and Ke-Chia, 1949 October 05


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Notes: Employees' Association--ignorant and proud, 1949 October 05


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Notes: Private banking, foreign assets, etc., clippings attached (red "constitution"), 1949 October 07


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Notes: Employees' Association, 1949 October 08


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Notes: Invitation from mainland, 1949 October 22


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Letter: Invitation declined, 1949 October 31


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Notes on Coastwise case of remittance, 1949 November 19-December 18


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Memo: on 69th birthday--about what Bank should do, 1949 December 15


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Notes: US aid and Taiwan, 1949 December 19


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Notes: US aid and Taiwan--a follow up, 1949 December 20


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Notes: Bank (Hong Kong) to adopt conservative policy, 1949 December 24


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Letter to Ke-chia about philosophical attitude to take, 1949 December 24


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Memo: Shanghai Textiles Union--their difficulties, 1949 December


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File 10. In Hong Kong, 1949


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Notes: Reflections on the year past, 1950 January 01


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Diary: Sung Han-chuang and Bank of China, 1950 January 04


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Note: A preliminary study of conditions under new regime by Yang Kwei-ho, 1950 January 07


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Notes: Kiang Shang-ta--his view re: communist China, 1950 January 10


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Notes: Bank's future--stability first, 1950 January 11


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Notes: Half century--experience and accomplishment, 1950 January 16


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Notes: Coastwise case, 1950 January 27-28


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Clipping: Red General Deng Xiaoping's speech--summary and comments, 1950 January 28


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Notes: T. N. Wang's observation re: Bank's conditions in Shanghai, 1950 January 28


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Notes: Question of domicile--return or not to return to Shanghai, 1950 January 29


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Notes: Bank's external and internal problems, 1950 January 31


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Notes: C. T. Chi's attitude re: Coastwise case, 1950 February 05


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Notes: K. H. Yang's talk with Y. H. Tse, 1950 February 08


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Diary: on receiving brother's letter, 1950 February 09


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Clippings: "Victory bond" purchase and comments, 1950 February 10


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Letter from 4th brother thinking to return to Bank's job, 1950 February 11


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Notes: Y. H. Tse's new role in preservation of Bank, 1950 February 14


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Clippings: "Chen Kwang-pu--talent scout and personnel expert", 1950 February 19-21


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Clippings: "Kan Tung-pu--conservative banker", 1950 February 22-24


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Notes: Setting up a new Hong Kong Bank, 1950 February 25


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Notes: T. C. Lin's conversation with Tse on letter's return to north, 1950 February 27


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Notes: Haikwang Library--problem of maintenance, 1950 February 27


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Diary: on Imin Hsu's letter about Ke-chia's illness and need to rest, 1950 March 02


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Article: Rubble--newe political weapon, 1950 March 10


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Letter from Lo Chun-yung about "new democracy" article on "Nation's economic rights" attached, 1950 March 18


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Diary: Letter to T. C. Hsu about Bank Employees' Association--pamphlet attached, 1950 March 26


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Notes: about Board of Directors of Bank of China, 1950 March 31


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Notes: to incorporate Bank under Hong Kong laws, 1950 April 17-18


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Diary: Board meeting of Bank of China--Invitations both from mainland and Taiwan attached, 1950 April 18, 22


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Notes: about Employees' Association, 1950 April 30


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Letter from H. S. Hsu--need of a Bank's detail memo, 1950 May 01


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Notes: Board meeting of Bank of Communication--Invitations both from mainland and Taiwan attached, 1950 May 03-07


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Diary: About Dah Yeh, CTS and Shang Chuan, 1950 September 18


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Letter undispatched, about China State Commercial Bank in Canton, 1950 October


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Diary: Imposters, 1950 November 11, 13


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Letter undispatched, about Hanson Chao--why not the right man for general managership, 1950 November


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Diary: Developement of air transportation, tourist industry and future role of CTS, 1950 December 29


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Diary: Bank's Hong Kong registration and possible expansion, 1950 December 29