Ivo D. Duchacek Papers

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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

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 Free Czechoslovakia), 1949 Box/Folder 1 : 27 Speier, Hans, 1949 Box/Folder 1 : 28 United States. Department of State, 1949 Box 2 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1939-1988

Box/Folder 2 : 1 "Americka pomoc Ceskoslovensku?" n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript (in Czech)

Box/Folder 2 : 2 "Analysis of the Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia," n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 2 : 3 "Dilemmas of the Doctrine of Liberation," n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript

"In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries," n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript of unfinished and unpublished memoirs

Box/Folder 2 : 4-5 Part I - "The Fall of France: From Munich to Bordeaux" Box/Folder 2 : 6 Part II - "The British Fort - 1940-1941"

Box/Folder 2 : 7 "The Lesson of Prague," n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 2 : 8 "The Purge ...... and After," n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 2 : 9 "The Present Situation in Czechoslovakia," report, International London Assembly, 1942. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 2 : 10 "Cardinal Verdier and Mgr. Sramek," 1942 December 21. Scope and Content Note Typescript and printed copy (in English and Czech)

Box/Folder 2 : 11 "Thirty Years of Czechoslovakia," 1948 October 28. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 2 : 12 "Ruda armada zastrasila Evropu, New Yorkske Listy, 1949 August 23. Scope and Content Note Printed copy (in Czech)

Box/Folder 2 : "The Strategy of Communist Infiltration: Czechoslovakia, 1944-1948. The February 13-14 Coup in Czechoslovakia," World Politics, 1950 July. Scope and Content Note Typescript and printed copy

Box/Folder 2 : 15 "Liberation of Central Europe Through Neutralization," The New York Times, 1955 May 15 (date written). Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 1 "The Bonapartist Unity of Eastern Europe," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1955 October. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 2 "The Classic Maneuver," 1957. Scope and Content Note Typescript. Includes correspondence with the editor of the New Leader

Box/Folder 3 : 3 "A 'Loyal' Satellite: The Case of Czechoslovakia," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1958 May. Scope and Content Note Printed copy

Box/Folder 3 : 4 "East Central Europe: Soviet Internal Affair?" 1958 October. Scope and Content Note Typescript. Includes some correspondence

Box/Folder 3 : 5 "Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet Browbeat Politics," 1965 August? Note See also RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, and GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Dispatches Scope and Content Note Typescript.

Box/Folder 3 : 6 "National Constitutions: A Functional Approach," Comparative Politics, 1968 October. Scope and Content Note Printed copy

Box/Folder 3 : 7 "O zahranicne politickou orientaci CSR pred unorem," Svedectvi, 1973. Scope and Content Note Typescript (in Czech)

Box/Folder 3 : 8 "External and Internal Challenges to the Federal Bargain," paper, Seminar on Urbanization in Federal Systems, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1973 April 26. Scope and Content Note Typescript and printed copy

Box/Folder 3 : 9 "Antagonistic Cooperation: Territorial and Ethnic Communities," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 1977 Fall. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 10 "Federalist Responses to Ethnic Demands: An Overview," paper, the Second Paterson Conference on Federal Responses to Current Political Problems, 1978 January 29-February 2. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 11 "Jak Ruda armada mapovala stredni Evropu: Tesinsko a Podkarpatsko, 1980 September. Scope and Content Note Typescript. Includes some correspondence and reviews by V. Precan and J. W. Brugel

Box/Folder 3 : 12 "Consociations of Fatherlands: The Revival of Confederal Principles and Practices," conference paper, The Continuing Legacy of the Articles of Confederation, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981 August 30-September 2. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 13 "Perforated Sovereignties: Comparative Subnational Politics and their International Dimension," paper, 8 th annual Political Science Conference, City University of New York, 1982 December 10. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 14 "Transborder Linkages: Quebec, Canada, and the United States," paper, Research Group on Canadian-American Relations, Harvard University, 1982 December 11-12. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 15 "Foreign Relations of Major Non-Capital Cities, New York and Montreal, Geneva and Strasbourg: Micro-Actors in International Politics," paper, annual meeting of the Study Group on Canadian-United States Relations, New York City, 1983 April 8-9. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 16 "Transborder Regional Linkages in the Era of Interdependence," paper, Borderlands Studies Section, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1983 April 27-30. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 17 "Transborder Regionalism and Microdiplomacy: A Comparative Study," paper, Seminar on Canadian-United States Relations, Harvard University, 1983 December 6. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 18 "Federalism: Constitutional and Majoritarian Mix in Systems of Institutionalized Territorial Segmentation," paper, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1983 September 1-4. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 19 "International Competence of Subnational Governments: Borderlands and Beyond," paper, conference on Comparative Borders, University of Texas, El Paso, 1984 March 20. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box/Folder 3 : 20 "Transborder Overlaps Between Three Federal Systems: From Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean," paper, Association of Borderlands Scholars, San Diego, 1984 April 25-28. Scope and Content Note Typescript

Box 4 RADIO BROADCASTS, 1940-1988. Scope and Content Note Consists mostly of typewritten transcripts. Includes some correspondence

Box/Folder 4 : 1 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Czechoslovak Programme Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk Box/Folder 4 : 2-5 1955 Box/Folder 4 : 6-9 1963-1965. Scope and Content Note Includes Duchacek's writings on the annexation of Ruthenia

Box 5 Voice of America, Czechoslovak Service Box/Folder 5 : 1 Correspondence, 1957-1975 Transcripts Box/Folder 5 : 2-5 1949. Scope and Content Note Includes Duchacek's writings on the annexation of Ruthenia

Box/Folder 5 : 6-8 1950 Box/Folder 6 : 1-2 1950

Box/Folder 6 : 3-8 1951 Box/Folder 7 : 1-7 1952. Scope and Content Note Includes parody of trials of Slansky and Gottwald by Duchacek

Box/Folder 8 : 1 1952 Box/Folder 8 : 2-7 1953 Box/Folder 9 : 1-4 1954 Box/Folder 9 : 5-7 1955 Box/Folder 10 : 1956 1-3 Box/Folder 10 : 1957 4-6 Box/Folder 11 : 1958 1-3 Box/Folder 11 : 1959 4-6 Box/Folder 12 : 1960 1-3 Box/Folder 12 : 1961 4-6 Box/Folder 13 : 1962 1-3 Box/Folder 13 : 1963 4-6 Box/Folder 14 : 1964 1-3 Box/Folder 14 : 1965 4-6 Box/Folder 15 : 1966 1-3 Box/Folder 15 : 1967 4-6 Box/Folder 16 : 1968 1-3 Box/Folder 16 : 1969 4-6 Box/Folder 17 : 1970 1-2 Box/Folder 17 : 1971 3-4 Box/Folder 17 : 1972 5-6 Box/Folder 18 : 1973 1-2 Box/Folder 18 : 1974 3-5 Box/Folder 19 : 1975 1-3 Box/Folder 19 : 1976 4-6 Box/Folder 20 : 1977 1-3 Box/Folder 20 : 1978 4-5 Box/Folder 21 : 1979 1-2

Box/Folder 21 : 1980 2-4 Box/Folder 21 : 1981 5-6 Box/Folder 21 : 1982 7-8 Box/Folder 22 : 1 1983 Box/Folder 22 : 1984 2-4 Box/Folder 22 : 1985 5-6 Box/Folder 23 : 1986 1-3 Box/Folder 23 : 1987 4-5 Box/Folder 23 : 6 World Radio University (WRUL), Boston Box 24 GOVERNMENT SERVICE, 1939-1948

Box/Folder 24 : Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, 1-2 1944-1945. Note See also SPEECHES AND WRITINGS and RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of America

Reports (internal reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, journalists, in Paris and London). Scope and Content Note Includes report on Slovak uprising and Benes's messages from London to the Protectorate

Box/Folder 24 : 3 1939-1941 Box/Folder 24 : 4 1942 Box/Folder 24 : 5 1943 Box/Folder 24 : 1944 6-9 Box/Folder 24 : 10 1945 Box/Folder 24 : 11 1947 Box/Folder 24 : 12 1948 Box/Folder 24 : 13 Speeches written for Hubert Ripka, 1943 Box 25 SUBJECT FILE, 1939-1961. Scope and Content Note Articles, clippings, reports, speeches, writings, miscellany, clippings, and other printed matter

Box/Folder 25 : 1 Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation (Proposed) Czechoslovakia Foreign relations Box/Folder 25 : 2 Germany. Scope and Content Note Includes "Nove reseni nemecke otazky v CSR" by Hubert Ripka

Box/Folder 25 : 3 Soviet Union. Scope and Content Note Includes "Ceskoslovensko-sovetska smlouva" by Hubert Ripka

Box/Folder 25 : 4 Government in Exile, Great Britain. Scope and Content Note Includes "The Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile During World War II" by Vojtech Mastny

Box/Folder 25 : Politics and government--1945-1992 5-6 Box/Folder 25 : Czechoslovakia. Ministerstvo Zahranicnich Veci (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 7-8 Box/Folder 25 : 9 Czechoslovakia. Statni Rada (National Council) Box/Folder 25 : Europe, Central. 10-11 Scope and Content Note Includes printed copy of chapter of book by Stephen Denis Kertesz, The Fate of East Central Europe: Hopes and Failures of American Foreign Policy (written by Duchacek?)

Box/Folder 25 : 12 Heydrich, Reinhard Box/Folder 25 : 13 Hurban, Vladimir Ladislav Box/Folder 25 : 14 Ripka, Hubert. Note See also GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Speeches

Slansky, Rudolf--Trials, litigation, etc. Box/Folder 25 : Clippings 15-16 Box/Folder 25 : Transcripts of edited broadcasts of court proceedings, 1952 17-24 Box/Folder 25 : 25 Slovakia. Scope and Content Note Includes report to Statni Rada by General Sergej Ingr about the Slovak uprising

Box/Folder 25 : 26 Slovakia. Slovenska narodni rada (Slovak National Council) Box/Folder 25 : 27 Sramek, Jan Box/Folder 25 : 28 World War, 1939-1945 Box/Folder 25 : 29 PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d. Scope and Content Note One 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