Blaser, Arthur F., Jr., 01/01/1942-12/31/1973

File — Box: 1, Folder: 148

Identifier: GAMMS2.2.760

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/01/1942-12/31/1973

Collection-level Access Restrictions

The Foreign Affairs Oral History Project transcripts and audio tapes have been returned to the Association for Diplomatic Study and Training in Arlington, Virginia.

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Extent

From the Collection: 30 Linear Feet (Hollinger Record Storage boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Tms transcribed oral history interview with Arthur F. Blazer, Jr. covering his career in the foreign service. Includes his early life, and his experiences at the Civil Service Commission, 1942-45; at the Treasury Department, in the Office of Monetary Research, 1945-46; In London, England, as Assistant Treasury Representative, 1946-48; at the Treasury Department working in the British Empire and the Middle East, 1948-51; on the National Security Council, 1951-56; in Tokyo, Japan as Financial Attache, 1956-63; at the Office of Industrial Nations, Treasury Department, 1963-65; in Bonn, Germany as Treasury Representative, 1965-69; at the State Department (FSI) for Portuguese training, 1969; in Brasilia, Brazil with the Treasury Department, and concludes with his observations on numerous foreign service issues.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLASER, ARTHUR F., JR. - INTERVIEWED BY EWING, RAYMOND - 1996: Other Types

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - 1942-45: Other Types

TREASURY DEPARTMENT - OFFICE OF MONETARY RESEARCH - 1945-46: Other Types

ENGLAND - LONDON - U.K. FINANCIAL SITUATION - 1946-48: Other Types

TREASURY DEPARTMENT - BRITISH EMPIRE ISSUES - 1948-51: Other Types

TREASURY DEPARTMENT - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES - 1948-51: Other Types

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL - 1951-56: Other Types

JAPAN - TOKYO - 1956-63: Other Types

GOVERNMENT RELIEF IN OCCUPIED AREAS - 1956-63: Other Types

MILITARY PAYMENT CERTIFICATES PROJECT - 1956-63: Other Types

JAPAN - U.S. GOVERNMENT LOANS TO - 1956-63: Other Types

OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL NATIONS - 1963-65: Other Types

GERMANY - BONN - 1965-69: Other Types

FSI - PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE TRAINING - 1969: Other Types

BRAZIL - BRASILIA - TREASURY DEPARTMENT - 1969-73: Other Types

AID - BRAZIL - 1969-73: Other Types

TREASURY DEPARTMENT - AFTERMATH OF WWII IN EUROPE: Other Types

BRITISH POUND - DEVALUATION OF: Other Types

USAID - JAPAN - 1956-63: Other Types

JAPAN - OKINAWA ISSUE: Other Types

GATT'S TOKYO CONFERENCE - 1959: Other Types

BRAZIL - USAID: Other Types

BRITISH EMPIRE ISSUES - TREASURY DEPARTMENT - 1948-51: Other Types

MIDDLE EAST ISSUES - TREASURY DEPARTMENT - 1948-51: Other Types

TOKYO - JAPAN - 1956-63: Other Types

DEVALUATION OF BRITISH POUND: Other Types

JAPAN - USAID - 1956-63: Other Types

OFFICE OF MONETARY RESEARCH - 1945-46: Other Types