HOWARD M. HANDLEMAN PAPERS
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
West Branch, Iowa
The papers of Howard M. Handleman (1913-1994) document the career of this longtime International News Service and U.S. News and World Report correspondent and editor. Donated by Handleman’s family in 1995, this collection comprises approximately 35 linear feet of material, largely files of correspondence, notes, and background material concerning the various places throughout the world where he filed stories.
Howard Marcus Handleman was born in Los Angeles, California on December 16, 1913. He attended the University of Redlands in California, and started his career in journalism in nearby San Bernardino, where he worked for the Orange Belt Daily News. In 1935 he began an association with the International News Service that would last for over two decades. For the first eight years, he worked in several cities across the United States, including Boston, New York, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles. In 1943, however, in the midst of World War II, he was sent to cover the war in the Pacific Theatre, and was present at battles in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, the Allied landings at Leyte Gulf and at Luzon in the Philippines, as well as at Okinawa. When the war ended, he was appointed Far East director for INS, and in this capacity established bureaus in several cities, including Tokyo, Manila, Seoul, and Taipei.
Returning on assignment to the United States in 1952, Handleman became bureau manager for INS in San Francisco, and in 1954 became a diplomatic correspondent based in Washington. He was sent to Paris as chief European correspondent in 1956, where he remained until INS was merged with United Press in 1958. Returning to Washington DC, Handleman worked for the Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization. However, he soon joined the staff of U.S. News and World Report, working as a foreign correspondent and editor for the remainder of his career. In addition to reporting, Handleman authored several books, including Bridge to Victory: The Story of the Reconquest of the Aleutians (1943), and Leyte Calling (1945), an account written with Joseph St. John describing an underground radio network in the Philippines during Japanese occupation.
Howard Handleman died in Vienna, Virginia on August 10, 1994.
The Howard Handleman Papers (35 linear feet) consist largely of manuscripts of stories that he filed, correspondence with other journalists, and background material in the form of news clippings, reports, and other printed material. The chronological coverage extends from 1943 through the early 1990s, although the bulk of the material dates from 1960-1980. These files are arranged alphabetically by subject, according to the following series:
· Countries (23 linear feet): The focus in this series is on the countries from which or about which Handleman reported most extensively. These include China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Korea, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam.
· Geographic Areas (3 linear feet): These files are grouped by broad regions, such as Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, and are then broken down further by country or topic.
· Intelligence (4.6 linear feet): This series covers topics such as international espionage, national security, the Central Intelligence Agency, and prominent individuals associated with these topics.
· Notebooks, photographs, and professional activities (0.8 linear feet): This grouping contains journalistic notebooks from Handleman except for those used in World War II, files on his employment with U.S. News and World Report, and photographs which date mostly from 1944-1955. The photos usually depict Handleman on assignment during World War II, in post-war Japan, and during the Korean War, and include photos of Handleman with Emperor Hirohito of Japan and General Douglas MacArthur. Also included are photos of General William Westmoreland taking during the Vietnam War.
· United Nations (0.8 linear feet): Files similar in content to those of the first two series, yet grouped according to geographic areas where the United Nations intervened during political and military crises.
· World War II (1.25 linear feet): Contains notebooks Handleman kept in the Aleutian Islands and Guam, manuscripts for books he wrote about World War II, and stories he filed from the battle field.
· Bound reports (1.25 linear feet): Published background material, chiefly government reports.
· Oversize material (0.3 linear foot): Primarily atlases from the C.I.A. and other material that Handleman kept as reference material.
HOWARD M. HANDLEMAN PAPERS
Box and Folder Inventory
COUNTRIES FILES
BOX Contents
1
China: People's Republic of
"Art of War" by Sun Tsu, [ca.1986]
Africa, 1963-68
Americans Detained, 1949-55
Anti-United States campaign, 1960-66
Bound Reports to Congress, 1970, See: Box 83
Chen-pai, Miao (Defected to U.S.), 1966, Interview
Chronology, 1921-45
Communist Party, 1970-73
Cultural Revolution
1966-68
Post-Cultural Revolution, 1970
Red Guards, 1966-78
Diplomacy, 1964-72
Economy, 1950-76
Foreign Aid, 1965-72
2
Foreign Relations, 1954
Foreign Trade, 1964-74
General Background, 1975
Great Britain, 1949
Handleman, H. M., Notebooks, 1949-53
Japan, Relations with, 1948-54
Leaders
1966-72
1973-76
1977
Maps--See: Box 87 (Oversize)
Military Forces
1960-73
Army Tactics, 1950
Nuclear Weapons, 1964-68
Nixon Trip to, 1976
Normalization, 1977
Peacetime Strategy, 1977
Poland, 1957
Politics, Internal
1956-58
1960-74
1975, Fourth National People's Congress
3
1969, Ninth Party Congress
1977, Eleventh National People's Congress
Population, 1953-86
Soviet Union, Relations With,
1949-59
1960-62
1963-66
1967-69
1972-73
1958-72, Economic Offensive
Spies, 1990
Student Unrest
1989, May-June
4
1989, July
World Reaction to, 1989
Succession Struggle, 1972-76
Sun Tsu, See: "Art of War"
Trade
1978
Japan, 1949-52
United States, Relations with
1951-61
1977
China: Republic of
1950
5
1951-52
1955
1961-1981
Chiang Kai-shek, 1949-53
Troop Strength, 1977
United States, Relations with, 1947-49
Cuba
Air Piracy, 1968-73
Americans, Kidnapped, 1958
Batista, Fulgencio, 1958-59
Bay of Pigs
Aftermath. 1961-79
Air Cover, 1961-63
6
Americans Involved, 1961-70
Anti-Castro Resistance
After Bay of Pigs, 1961-63
Before Bay of Pigs, 1960-61
Brigade 2506, 1961-70
Central Intelligence Agency, 1965
Invasion, 1961-64
Preparation for, 1961-64
Prisoners of War, Cuban 1961-62
Prisoners of war, American, 1963-66
Resistance After, 1961-62
Taylor Hearings, 1961-79
Meetings
Numbers 1-6, 1961
7
Numbers 7-20, 1961
United States Policy, Embargo, 1973-74
United States Role, 1961-1979
Bethel, Paul D., "Takeover," Unpublished Manuscript, 1961
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Bound Reports to Congress, 1961-76--See Box 84
Brainwashing, 1962
Cardona, Jose Miro, 1962-64
Castro, Fidel
1959
1960-1970
First Five Years, 1963
First Ten Years, 1968-69
Black Power, 1968
8
Problems of
1962
1966
1967
1969
1971-75
Speeches
1959-62
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1970
Visit to United States, 1959
China-Cuba Relations, 1965-70
Chronology of, 1977-81
9
Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba, 1962
Communist Party in Cuba, 1958-70
Confiscation of Property, 1957
Court Cases and Executions, 1959
Criminals, 1963
Cuba-Unites States History, 1898-63
Cuban Policy on United States, 1962-68
Cuban Youth, 1963
Defections and Purges, 1964-78
Economy
1958-1960
1961
1962
1963-64
10
1968-69
1970
1972-76
Black Market, Hoarding, 1962-64
Expropriations, 1962-64
Industry, 1961-63
Labor, 1962-68
Rationing, 1962-67
Shipping, 1963-64
Shortages, 1967-68
Sugar, 1960-1967
Trade with Free World, 1962-67
Trade with United States, 1961-1964
Transportation, 1962-63
Education, 1960-65
Executions, 1962-70
11
Expropriation of American Property, 1963-71
General, 1961-89
Graft, 1958
Guantanamo Naval Base
1959
1970-78
Castro's Policies Toward, 1962-66
Cuban Defenses, 1962-66
Defenses, 1962-68
Statistics, 1960-72
Water Crisis, 1964
Workers, 1962-64
Guevaro, Ernesto (Che)
1959-63
1964-65
1967
12
Housing, 1962
Justice, 1963-64
Labor, 1959
Land Reform, 1959
Latin American Solidarity Organization, Conference, 1967
Latin American Opposition to Cuba, 1960-70
Map--See: Box 87 (oversize)
Matos, Hubert, 1959
Matthews, Herbert L., 1957-75
McGovern, George, Trip to Cuba, 1975
Military Build-up, 1962-70
Military Weapons, 1960-67
Missile Crisis
1962-1974
Dean Acheson, Robert F. Kennedy, Roles of, 1968-69
Guantanamo Naval Air Base, 1962
13
Reflections on by Policy Makers, 1964
Statements, 1962-63
New-Left Americans, 1963-70
Organization of American States,
1962-74
1962, printed material
Political Offensive, 1958
Political Prisoners, 1962-70
Politics, Internal
1959-68
Alfonso, Marcus Rodriguez, 1964
14
Personalities, 1960-65
Post-Castro Plans, American, 1962
Press, 1962-69
Prisons, 1963-64
Propaganda, 1961-67
Punta del Este Conference, 1962
Reforms, 1959
Refugees
1958
Airlift, 1965-71
Become Citizens of United States, 1966
Effects on Miami Economy, 1963-69
Escapes, 1963-73
Federal aid, 1961-71
Mariel Exodus, 1980
Problems in United States, 1962-64
15
Resettlement
1966
1967-71
Statistics, 1962-75
Success in Exile, 1961-71
Religion, 1961-71
Resistance
Alliance for Freedom, 1963-64
Castro Controls, Terror, 1966
Castro Counter-measures, 1961-63
External,
1961-66
1964
Organizations in exile, 1964-65
Infiltration, 1961-65
Internal, 1959
16
Armed, 1961-64
Passive, 1961-66
Personalities, 1961-65
Rivero, Manuel Ray (Manolo Ray), 1961-64
Sabotage, 1962-64
War of Liberation, 1964
Revolution
April Offensive, 1958
General, 1958
History of, 1959-64
Problems, 1962-64
Triumph and Takeover, 1962-1964
Revolutionary Council, 1962-63
Soviet Relations
1961-68
17
1969-72
Economic Aid, 1960-72
Military Aid, 1963-71
Military Build-up
1962
1963
1964
Fishing Fleet, 1964
Navy, 1970-75
Political
1962-65
18
1966-74
Subversion, Espionage and Terrorism
Africa, 1963-78
Argentina, 1961-64
Bolivia, 1960-68
Brazil, 1962-64
Chile, 1968
Columbia, 1961-68
Dominican Republic, 1962-66
Guatemala, 1966-67
Haiti, 1980-81
Latin America
1960-62
1963-64
1965-66
1967-70
19
Peru, 1961-66
Printed Material, 1965-70
Puerto Rico, 1965
Tarabochia, Alfonso L. (Cuba: The Technology of
Subversion, Espionage & Terrorism), Undated
Uruguay, 1964, 72
United States
Venezuela
1962-65
1966-69
Western Hemisphere
Support from Abroad, 1962-64
Taxes, 1959
Tricontinental Conference
1966
Printed Material, 1966,
20
United States
Business in Cuba, 1959
Citizens Arrested, 1959
Economic Offensive, 1962-64
Government Reports, 1953-64
Intelligence, 1962
Overflights, 1964
Policy
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
21
1965
1970-72
1974-77
Relations with Cuba, 1959
Statements by Leaders, 1961-62
Government Reports, 1963-64
U.S. News & World Report, 1959-61, Clippings
Dominican Republic
Background, 1961-74
Balaguer, Joaquin, 1964-70
Bennett W. Tapley Jr., 1964-65
Bosch, Juan, 1963-70
22
Communists, 1965-66
Draper, Theodore, 1965-66
Economy, 1968-70
Elections, 1966
Godoy, Garcin, 1965-66
Guzman, Antonio, 1978
Inter-American Peace Force, 1965-66
Labor, 1965-66
Police, 1966
Revolution
1965
April 26-30
May 1-7
May 8-14
May 15-28
23
June-July
May-July, Printed Material
October
1966-70
Adams, Juan Isidro Tapia, 1965-66
Center for Strategic Studies, Report, 1965
Military, 1965-66
Rebels, 1965-66
24
Settlement, 1965-66
Strikes, 1966, Feb.
Student Unrest, 1968
Terrorism, 1966-73
United Nations, 1965
United States
Aid, 1965-66
Congressional Debates, 1965-66
Intervention, 1965-66
Withdrawal, 1966
Werbell, Mitchell Livingston, III, 1965-76
Wessin, Elias Wessin Y, 1965-66
Japan
Allied Council for Japan, 1949
Americans, 1947-49
Atomic Bomb Causality Commission, 1947-52
Background Information, 1957-75
25
Baseball, 1947-49
Castaways, 1938-48
Chinese-Japanese Relations, 1947-49
Cold War, 1946-57
Communist Party
1946-48
1949-51
1960-74
Constitution, 1946-48
Crime, 1948
Economy
1946-50
Deconcentration of Zaibatsu, 1946-72
Farm, 1948-67
Education, 1948-49
Effects of defeat and occupation, 1946-50
Eisenhower Visit to, 1960
Elections, 1948
Emperor, 1945-50
26
Food Shortage, 1947
Handleman, Howard M.
Anecdotes, 1948-49
Briefing for Marvin Stone, 1951
"Occupation of Japan," Manuscript, 1988, Undated
Personal Letters and Clippings, 1947-71
Political and Military Reports, 1948
Three Winds in Japan, Manuscript
Copy 1
Pages 1-100
Pages 101-221
Copy 2
Pages 1-100
27
Pages 101-221
Trip to Japan, 1954
Japanese Imperialism, Origins of, Undated
Kennan, George, 1948
Kennedy-Ikida Talks, 1961
Kido, Koichi, Diary, 1945-47
Korean Views on Japan, 1960
Labor
1947-49
Occupation data, 1950
Land Reform, 1946-48
MacArthur, Douglas
Anecdotes, 1947-80
Biographical Material, 1950-64
Korean war, 1953-64
28
Statements
1946-51
1948
1949
Military, 1946-48
Occupation
1946-50
Bound Reports to Congress, See: Boxes 84 and 85
Organized Crime, 1947-48
Peace Treaty, 1947
Pearl Harbor Book Reviews, 1985-86
Personalities, 1946-49
29
Political Parties, 1946
Political Reform, 1946
Political Thought, 1946,Undated
Politics, 1946-49
Post-War Scandal, 1947-48
Religion, 1949
Repatriation from China and Soviet Union, 1948-49
Royall, Kenneth C., 1949
Social Changes, 1948
Terrorists, Undated
Tojo, Hideki, 1946-49
Tokyo Press Club, 1976-82
Ultra-Nationalism, 1948-51
United States
Air Force, 1947-49
Eighth Army, Undated
History of Relations With, 1905-24
War Criminal Trials, 1946-49
Korea
30
Berkson, Seymour, 1953
Chinese Statements, 1951
Clark, Mark W., 1947-55
Clippings, 1950-53
Conflict, 1950-55
Dean, William F., 1952
Economy, 1962-75
Faris, Barry, 1953
Ferrero, Lee, Obituary, 1973
Freymond, Jacques: "Supervising Agreements: The Korean
Experience", 1959
Japanese Surrender, 1945