Clark, William (Ambassador)., 01/01/1957-12/31/1993

File — Box: 1, Folder: 197

Identifier: GAMMS2.2.809

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/01/1957-12/31/1993

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 William Clark, covering his career in the foreign service. Includes his early life, and his experiences in the State Department International Educational Exchanges, 1957-59; in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1959-61; in Tokyo, Japan, 1961-62; in Osaka, Japan, 1963-65, in Sapporo, Japan, 1965-67; at Columbia University; at the SEATO Desk, East Asia Bureau, 1968-69; in Okinawa, 1969-72; in Tokyo, Japan, 1972-74; in the Economic Bureau of the State Department, 1974-76; at the National War College, 1976-77; as Political counselor, in Seoul, South Korea, 1977-80; in the East Asia Bureau, Japan Affairs, 1980-81; as DCM in Tokyo, 1981-85; as Charge d'Affaires, Cairo, Egypt, 1985-86; as Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia Bureau, 1986-89; as Ambassador to India in New Delhi, 1989-92; and as Assistant Secretary in the East Asia Bureau, 1992-93.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

CLARK, WILLIAM (AMBASSADOR) - INTERVIEWED BY STERN, THOMAS - 1994: Other Types

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES - 1957-59: Other Types

SIERRA LEONE - FREETOWN - 1959-61: Other Types

JAPAN - TOKYO, OSAKA, SAPPORO - 1961-67: Other Types

JAPAN - HOKKAIDO - US MILITARY PRESENCE IN: Other Types

JAPANESE SELF-DEFENSE FORCE: Other Types

KURIL ISLANDS - RETURN OF: Other Types

SEATO DESK - EAST ASIA BUREAU - 1968-69: Other Types

OKINAWA - WASHINGTON AGENCIES INVOLVEMENT: Other Types

JAPAN - TOKYO - ECONOMIC ISSUES - 1972-74: Other Types

US TRADE - NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN: Other Types

ECONOMIC BUREAU - STATE DEPARTMENT - 1974-76: Other Types

OECD MEETINGS - ECONOMIC BUREAU - 1974-76: Other Types

NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE - 1976-77: Other Types

JAPANESE PROTECTIONISM: Other Types

SOUTH KOREA - SEOUL - 1977-80: Other Types

SOUTH KOREA - PRESIDENT PARK AND HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY: Other Types

PARK, TONGSUN AFFAIR: Other Types

HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSIONS - RE SOUTH KOREA: Other Types

KWANGJIU INCIDENT - SOUTH KOREA: Other Types

JAPANESE - KOREAN MILITARY COOPERATION: Other Types

JAPAN AFFAIRS - EAST ASIA BUREAU - 1980-81: Other Types

JAPAN - TOKYO - 1981-85: Other Types

EGYPT - CAIRO - 1985-86: Other Types

EGYPT - SADAT ASSASSINATION: Other Types

INDIA - NEW DELHI - AMBASSADOR - 1989-92: Other Types

INDIA - PAKISTAN TENSION: Other Types

KASHMIR CRISIS - 1990: Other Types

INDIA - BHOPAL ACCIDENT: Other Types

INDIA - NUCLEAR ISSUES: Other Types

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - INDIA: Other Types

NUCLEAR ISSUE - NORTH KOREA: Other Types

CAMBODIA: Other Types

AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN - 1970'S: Other Types

MANSFIELD, MICHAEL - AMBASSADOR: Other Types

ACHILLES LAURO INCIDENT - 1985: Other Types

KASHMIR CRISIS - 1990: Other Types

GULF WAR - AND INDIA: Other Types

USAID - INDIA: Other Types

NUCLEAR ISSUES - INDIA: Other Types