Manuscripts

South-East Asian Trip

Description: Approx. 60 items. Memos, letters, newspaper clippings and invitations. Subjects included: many items concern planning (during 1961 and 1962) for a trip which eventually took place in 1963; correspondence with officials in Japan, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Thailand, South Vietnam etc.; travel itineraries, thank you notes all around; LAT articles written relating to the trip; etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1961 - 1963
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Latin American Trip

Manuscripts

Approx. 70 items. Memos, letters, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: letter to George Nathanson of LAT Mexico Bureau about upcoming Latin American trip of Williams, Otis Chandler and James Bassett; several pieces of correspondence related to plans and goals for the trip; itineraries and guest lists; "Brief Sketches of Persons to be Interviewed"; copies of letters of appreciation sent following the trip; newspaper clippings about the trip; etc. / The trip was originally planned for Feb. 1965, eventually kicked off in late May that year. The trip extended from May 23 until June 16.s / Also in the file is 3 pages of biographical material on General Robert W. Porter, Jr.

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Middle East Trip

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items. Letters, memos, itineraries, info. sheets, notes. Subjects include: correspondence with journalists in the region in preparation for the upcoming trip; copy of long report from The Sunday Telegraph(12/4/1966), titled "Inside Egypt's Spy Network," noting that "war is perilously close in the Middle East"; Williams' itinerary for the Feb. 11-March 11 trip: copy of "Iranian Port of Entry Regulations"; visa requirements for Kuwait; Williams' letters (not for publication) from the region; James Bassett (who accompanied W.) wrote a 3 pp. report for Among Ourselves; "Notes" on Lebanon, Dubai, Kuwait, Israel, etc.; letters of appreciation to various political leaders, monarchs, journalists and other who met with or aided the Times contingent; etc.

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European Trip

Manuscripts

Approx. 55 items. Subjects include: memos discussing and planning the upcoming trip. Nick Williams and James Bassett spent between Sept. 28 and Oct. 20 in Western Europe, Otis Chandler joined them from Oct. 2 until Oct. 11. Also itineraries, programs, and letters of appreciation to/from the Times party and to/from European political leaders, etc. Also in the file are hard copies of Nick Williams articles with European datelines published during the trip.

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Canada Trip - American Society of Newspaper Editors

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. LAT memos, correspondence with Canadian political and business leaders, itineraries and other items related to the May 1966 Canadian trip of Williams, James Bassett, and Louis Fleming (LAT United Nations Correspondent).

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Far East Trip

Manuscripts

Includes itinerary for month-long trip taken by Bassett in Aug. and Sept. of 1940. Typed journal in form of rough draft and notes. Also maps, etc.

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Far East; Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Korea, China

Rare Books

Includes (selected items): book: "Royal State Railways of Siam, Fiftieth Anniversary, 1897-1947" (1947); "South Manchuria Railway Company" guidebook (1938); snapshot photographs of trains in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Manila.

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South-East Asian Trip

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