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Ivo D. Duchacek Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt587012vp No online items Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek Papers Prepared by Blanka Pasternak Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek 81063 1 Papers Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek Papers Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Prepared by: Blanka Pasternak Date Completed: 2000 Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications © 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Ivo D. Duchacek papers, Date (inclusive): 1939-1988 Collection number: 81063 Creator: Duchacek, Ivo D., 1913- Extent: 25 manuscript boxes, 7 phonotape cassettes(10.8 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Radio broadcast recordings and transcripts, writings, diaries, dispatches, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to Czechoslovakia during World War II, wartime diplomacy, Soviet annexation of Ruthenia in 1945, the communist coup of 1948, and American broadcasting to Czechoslovakia. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: Czech, and English. Access Collection is open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ivo D. Duchacek Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired. Accruals Increments may have been received since this finding aid was prepared. Please check Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat to find the full extent of the collection. Alternative Form Available Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek 81063 2 Papers Also available on microfilm (25 reels). 1913 Born, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia February 27 1936-1939 Correspondent for Lidove noviny in Paris 1939-1945 Diplomatic officer, Government in Exile, London 1940-1944 Broadcast weekly commentaries on BBC to German-occupied Czechoslovakia 1941-1945 Chef de cabinet to the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Hubert Ripka 1945 Returned to Czechoslovakia as a liaison officer with General Patton's third army 1945-1948 Chief-editor and co-founder (with Pavel Tigrid) of Obzory Leader of the Czechoslovak People's Party, Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly 1948 Dismissed from the Czechoslovak People's Party, and after the Coup d'Etat emigrated to Great Britain, and later February to the United States 1948-1953 Professor of political science, Yale University 1949-1954 Editor-in-chief, Czechoslovak Service, Voice of America, New York 1949 Broadcast weekly political commentaries, known as "Zapisnik," on Voice of America, under the name of Martin October 30 Cermak - 1988 1951-1953 Research Consultant on the Yale Human Resources Project, sponsored by the U.S. Army 1954-1980 Professor of political science, The City College of the City University of New York 1955-1956 Broadcast commentaries on international politics on Radio Free Europe 1981-1984 Member, Executive Committee, Center for European Studies, the City University of New York 1984 spring Visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley 1988 March Died, Kent, Connecticut 1 Scope and Content Note The Ivo Duchacek papers were donated to the Hoover Institution Archives by Ivo Duchacek himself over a period of several years. The first installment, consisting of typewritten transcripts of his broadcasts on Voice of America and of cassettes of voice rehearsals of broadcasts, arrived in 1984. Duchacek's diaries covering the years 1939-1945 were accessioned in 1985, and additional radio broadcast transcripts were added to the collection in the years 1986 to 1988. The bulk of the collection consists of Ivo Duchacek's speeches and writings and his radio broadcasts, mostly on Voice of America. For 39 years until his death, Duchacek delivered a weekly commentary over Voice of America, broadcast to Czechoslovakia under the pen name Martin Cermak. From 1949 to 1988, "The Sunday Notebook," as it was called, offered analyses of important world developments, evaluated American domestic and international policies, and in an informal and witty style interpreted life in the United States. At the same time, Duchacek's commentaries examined Czechoslovak history and conditions under Soviet domination, and with scathing criticism and sarcasm uncovered the true face of the Stalinist doctrine and practices (see his parody of the Slansky and Gottwald trials in the radio broadcasts file). Of significant importance in the speeches and writings file are Duchacek's memoirs based on his political diaries kept throughout World War II, in which he exercised his intimite knowledge of the political scene and developments in Central Europe before and during the war (see, "In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries"). Equally important are his writings on the communist coup (see, "The Strategy of Communist Infiltration: Czechoslovakia, 1944-1948. The February Coup in Czechoslovakia") and the annexation of Ruthenia (see, "Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet Browbeat Politics"). Also of great importance are documents in the government service file relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, and Duchacek's internal reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, and journalists. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. Subjects Radio broadcasting--Czechoslovakia. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia--History--Coup d'état, 1948. Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek 81063 3 Papers Ruthenia. World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. Voice of America (Organization) Genres and Forms of Material Phonotapes. box 1 Biographical File, 1939-1941. Scope and Content Note Identity papers, calling cards, list of names and addresses, arranged alphabetically by physical form box 1 Diaries, 1939-1945. Scope and Content Note Political diaries kept since March 1939 throughout the war until May 1945, arranged chronologically box 1 Correspondence, 1949-1952. Scope and Content Note Letters, notes, and telegrams, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent box 2-3 Speeches and Writings, 1939-1988. Scope and Content Note Articles, papers, reports, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically by title box 4-23 Radio Broadcasts, 1940-1988. Scope and Content Note Consists mostly of transcripts of broadcasts on the British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, and World Radio University, arranged alphabetically by broadcast station and therein chronologically box 24 Government Service, 1939-1948. Scope and Content Note Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, internal reports of discussions in Paris and London with foreign diplomats, agents, journalists, and speeches, arranged alphabetically by physical form, and therein chronologically box 25 Subject File, 1939-1961. Scope and Content Note Articles, clippings, reports, speeches, writings, miscellany, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to various persons, organizations and countries, arranged alphabetically by subject box 25 Photographs, n.d. Scope and Content Note 1 print depicting Ivo Duchacek and other individuals Cassette cabinet Phonotape Cassettes, 1977-1983. Scope and Content Note 7 cassettes of voice rehearsals done at home before actual broadcasting Box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1939-1941 Register of the Ivo D. Duchacek 81063 4 Papers BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1939-1941 Box/Folder 1 : 1 Identity papers issued by the Czechoslovak National Committee, Paris, 1940 Box/Folder 1 : 2 Calling cards Box/Folder 1 : 3 List of names and addresses DIARIES, 1939-1945. Scope and Content Note Political diaries kept since March 1939 throughout the war until May 1945. Typescript (mostly in Czech, some in French and English) Box/Folder 1 : 4 1939 Box/Folder 1 : 5-6 1940 Box/Folder 1 : 7-8 1941 Box/Folder 1 : 1942 9-10 Box/Folder 1 : 1943 11-12 Box/Folder 1 : 1944 13-14 Box/Folder 1 : 15 1945 CORRESPONDENCE, 1949-1952 Box/Folder 1 : 16 Dvornik, 1949 Box/Folder 1 : 17 Feierabend, Ladislav, 1940 Box/Folder 1 : 18 Firt, Julius, 1941 Box/Folder 1 : 19 Gottlieb, Hanus, 1941 Box/Folder 1 : 20 Heidrich, Arnost, 1949 Box/Folder 1 : 21 Lettrich, Jozef, 1949 Box/Folder 1 : 22 Mowrer, Edgar Ansel, 1949 Box/Folder 1 : 23 Nase Hlasy, 1958 Box/Folder 1 : 24 Pospisil, Leopold, 1951-1952 Box/Folder 1 : 25 Puhan, Alfred, 1950 Box/Folder 1 : 26 Rada Svobodneho Ceskoslovenska (Council of
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