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Chalmers Benedict Wood Papers
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Chalmers Benedict Wood was born in 1917. After graduating from Harvard College in 1940, he served in the Army Air Force from 1940 to 1945. He then joined the Foreign Service in 1947. He was stationed in Brussels and Manila before going to Washington to serve as the State Department's officer for Greece.
In 1957, he was named second secretary at the United States Embassy in Saigon and from 1959 to 1963 was in charge of Vietnamese affairs at the State Department. From 1964 to 1966 he served as first secretary in London and the next year directed the Cyprus office at the State Department.
Mr. Wood was then senior adviser for Binh Dinh province in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. He returned to the State Department in 1970 with the office of Philippine affairs and from 1971 to 1974 served in the American Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, as deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires.
This collection includes writings, correspondence, clippings, and State Department documents from Chalmers Benedict Wood's time as a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam in 1967-1969.
Gift of Felicity Wood in May 2011 [ML.2011.019] and September 2012 [ML.2012.039].
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Finding aid written by Maureen Callahan in May 2011.At this time, materials were re-housed in archival folders and boxes. Finding aid was updated by Maureen Callahan in April 16, 2013 to include materials from the September 2012 accession.
No material was separated from this collection at time of processing or accession.
Subject
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Vietnam -- 20th century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
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- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Author
- Maureen Callahan
- Finding Aid Date
- 2011
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Collection Inventory
The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
An appointment book from 1967-1968, while Wood was a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam, as well as a 1974 resume.
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The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
Personal correspondence to family and friends. These materials are not in any particular order; many letters remain in original envelopes.
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The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
Writings, mainly produced from time in State Department in Vietnam.
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Includes confidential memo about ROK non-cooperation; Ambush Check Sheet
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Between 1971 and 1974, Wood served in the American Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, as deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires. This binder is from a visit to Washington, DC.
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