Kwang Pu Chen papers, 1936-1968

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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)