Harada, Ken., 04/17/1967-03/12/1987

File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Identifier: 35461

General Note

From the Series:

The Research Correspondence Series primarily consists of correspondence between Martin S. Quigley and those helping him in his research for "Peace Without Hiroshima." These correspondents include fellow O.S.S. veterans such as Earl Brennan and R. Carter Nicholas; historians such as Gaddis Smith and Richard J. Sommers; clergy members such as Robert A. Graham, S.J., Patrick O'Connor, Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi; and Japanese officials such as Ken Harada, Augustin Masahide Kanayama and Bishop Benedict Tomizawa. The extensive correspondence between Quigley, Brennan and Graham are particularly interesting, with numerous accounts of the O.S.S. and its early history.

Dates

04/17/1967-03/12/1987

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (12 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/14/7R

Container Summary

1 TLS from Ken Harada to Martin S. Quigley (12 Mar 1972), with 1 copy of a TLS from Harada to Robert A. Graham, S.J. and 3 copies of letters from Quigley to Harada. In the TLS from Harada to Quigley, Harada states the chain of events in the summer of 1945, that the Japanese government had decided to negotiate through Moscow instead of the Vatican. References to Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi, Augustin Masahide Kanayama, General William J. Donovan, Harry S. Truman, Pope Pius XII, A. C. Pinder, Emperor Hirohito, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the "Vessel" Project. The folder also includes biographical information and an obituary on Harada.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HARADA, KEN - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter

QUIGLEY, MARTIN S. - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

GRAHAM, ROBERT A., S.J. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

VAGNOZZI, EGIDIO CARDINAL - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

SOVIET UNION - JAPANESE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

KANAYAMA, AUGUSTIN MASAHIDE - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

DONOVAN, WILLIAM J., GENERAL - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

TRUMAN, HARRY S. - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

PIUS XII, POPE - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

PINDER, A. C. - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

HIROHITO, EMPEROR OF JAPAN - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

"VESSEL" PROJECT - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

HARADA, KEN - BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Autographed Letter

DIPLOMATIC RECORDS OFFICE OF JAPAN - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter