Belcher, Stephen Paterson -USIA., 01/01/1948-12/31/1972

File — Box: 1, Folder: 35

Identifier: GAMMS416.1.35

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates

01/01/1948-12/31/1972

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 FAOH transcript interview with Stephen Paterson Belcher by Jack O'Brien, with discussion of Cairo, Egypt; Lagos, Nigeria; Paris, France; and Tanzania. TABLE OF CONTENTS Belcher Background 1948: To The Film Shop At HICOG's Civil Affairs Division In New York; Documentaries For Post War Occupied Areas Civil Affairs Division Phases Out - Belcher Moves To State Department's Motion Picture Unit 1952: Assignment Cairo - Deputy Films, Later Book Translations Officer A. Ambassador Jefferson Caffrey - A Success; Ambassador Byroade - Something Else B. Ambassador Raymond Hare: PAO William Weathersby Arrive In Time For First Suez Crisis, The French, British, Israeli Attack Book Translation Plan Helps Publicize Eisenhower Middle East Peace Plan, And Later Gets USIS Books Widely Distributed in Arab World 1957: From Cairo To Lagos; Nigeria In the Early Throes Of Being Independent A. President Kennedy's Shift In Diplomatic Attention To Third World Including African Highly Popular B. Belcher Rejects Offer To Head Dahomey Government 1963: Reluctantly, Belcher Goes To Paris; Takes Over Dragon Student Center A. Visit of Roy Wilkins (Head of NAACP) To Paris; Embassy Reception, Then Butterfly McQueen's Night Club B. SNCC Visitors Show Up Frequently C. The State Department "Blows" An Opportunity To Score Points During Martin Luther King Visit. Brief Reminiscence Of Leaving Cotonou On Weekend Of Kennedy Assassination: African Reaction Direct Transfer From Paris To Tanzania: Late 1966 A. Close contact With Communist Country Diplomatic Representatives At Height Of Vietnam War Sometimes Difficult B. USIS Frequently Identified As Being CIA: Concocts Novel Way To Refute The Rumors Run-In With Bruce Herschensohn, Assistant Director, USIA For Mopix And Damaging To Belcher's Career Final Assignment: Washington - Resource Analysis Staff Not A Happy Assignment Belief That Agency Under Shakespeare Mishandled And Twisted Vietnam And Watergate News

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BELCHER, STEPHEN PATERSON -USIA: Manuscript

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY: Manuscript

EGYPT -CAIRO: Manuscript

NIGERIA -LAGOS: Manuscript

FRANCE -PARIS: Manuscript

TANZANIA: Manuscript