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American War Production Mission in China records, 1941-1945, 1944-1945 (bulk)

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American War Production Mission in China records, 1941-1945, 1944-1945 (bulk)

Abstract

General records consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, cables, reports, and related items relating to the establishment of the Chinese War Production Board, production of materials essential to the war effort, and program planning for Free China's factories, mines, and arsenals, 1944-1945; correspondence of Edwin A. Locke, Jr., Donald M. Nelson, James A. Jacobson, and other mission members. Other items include weekly reports prepared by Mission deputies in Chungking with related memoranda and statistics, 1944-1945; a history of the Mission prepared by Mrs. Mabel Taylor Gregg; and publications collected by the Mission about China, 1941-1945. Microfilmed records are those of Mission Specialists consisting of correspondence with the Chinese War Production Board, inspection reports of Chinese factories, mines and arsenals, other reports, and minutes of the Chinese War Production Board, 1944-1945.

Extent

17 linear ft., 9 microfilm reels.