Hurwitz, Edward (Ambassador)., 01/01/1956-12/31/1996

File — Box: 1, Folder: 157

Identifier: GAMMS2.2.769

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/01/1956-12/31/1996

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 Ambassador Edward Hurwitz, covering his career in the foreign service. Includes his early life and Korean War service, and his experiences in the State Department, INR, in Soviet Economics, 1956-60; as Staff Aide to the Ambassador in Moscow, USSR, 1958-60; studying Korean at Yale University, 1960-61; in Yonsei, Korea, 1961-66; in Seoul, Korea, 1962-66 with the State Department, INR, on East Asia, 1966-69; as Political officer, in Moscow, USSR, 1969-72; at the Czech-Bulgarian desk at the State Department, 1972-74; in Seoul, Korea, 1974-75; at the State Department, as Korean desk officer, as Director of Australian/New Zealand Affairs, and at the Soviet desk, 1975-1982; in Kabul, Afghanistan for language training, 1983-86; at Bowling Air Field, 1986; in Leningrad, USSR, 1986-88; at the State Department, (INR) in Soviet Union and Eastern Europe affairs, 1988; with the Board of Examiners, 1991-92; as Ambassador in Kyrgyzstan, 1992-94 and with the State Department's Historian Office, 1994-96.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

USSR - MOSCOW - 1958-60: Other Types

HURWITZ, EDWARD (AMBASSADOR) - INTERVIEWED BY C.S. KENNEDY - 1996: Other Types

KOREA - YONSEI - LANGUAGE SCHOOL - 1961-62: Other Types

KOREA - SEOUL - 1962-66 and 1974-75: Other Types

CHINA AND VIETNAM - 1966-69: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - INR - EAST ASIA - 1966-1969: Other Types

USSR - MOSCOW - 1969-72: Other Types

BREZHNEV ERA - COMMENTS ON - 1969-72: Other Types

CZECH-BULGARIAN DESK - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1972-74: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - MCT - TERRORISM OFFICE - 1975-76: Other Types

KOREA DESK - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1976-77: Other Types

AUSTRALIAN / NEW ZEALAND AFFAIRS 1977-78: Other Types

SOVIET DESK - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1979-82: Other Types

AFGHANISTAN - KABUL - 1983-86: Other Types

BOWLING AIR FIELD - 1986: Other Types

USSR - LENINGRAD - 1986-88: Other Types

AFGHANISTAN - SOVIET WAR IN - 1983-86: Other Types

"REFUSNIKS" ISSUE - 1986-88: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - INR - SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE - 1988: Other Types

GULF WAR - SOVIET REACTION TO - 1988: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - BOARD OF EXAMINERS - 1991-92: Other Types

KYRGYZSTAN - AMBASSADOR - 1992-94: Other Types

STATE DEPARTMENT - HISTORIAN OFFICE - 1995-96: Other Types

KISSINGER - DOBRYNIN RELATIONSHIP: Other Types

HOLBROOKE, RICHARD - RE KOREA - 1976-77: Other Types

GERMANY - UNIFICATION OF: Other Types

TURKEY - ISSUES WITH KYRGYZSTAN: Other Types

CHINA - ISSUES WITH KYRGYZSTAN: Other Types

SOVIET POLICY - RE GULF WAR: Other Types

TERRORISM OFFICE - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1975-76: Other Types

EAST ASIA - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1966-69: Other Types