03952cpcaa2200673 a 4500 mm 81057299 DLC 20260227111709.0 cr ||||||||||| 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 81057299 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd Valeo, Francis R. (Francis Ralph), 1916-2006. Francis R. Valeo papers, 1916-1987 (bulk 1946-1985). 14,200 items. 45 containers plus 1 classified. 18 linear feet. Open to research. Classified, in part. Correspondence, agenda, reports and other writings, subject and travel files, bibliographies, photographs, and other papers documenting Valeo's career as an East Asian specialist with the Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, foreign affairs advisor to Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, and secretary of the U.S. Senate; and Valeo's postretirement activities as a consultant in Chinese and Asian affairs. Includes material on political, economic, and military affairs in East Asia following World War II, especially in China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines; senate files relating to Democratic party strategy, East Asian policy, the Vietnamese conflict, and the Commission on the Operation of the Senate; three senate leadership missions to China (1972-1976) for which he served as chief negotiator; and his directorship of studies on Asia sponsored by the United States Association of Former Members of Congress and coeditorship of a comparative study of the Japanese Diet (Kokkai) and the U.S. Congress (1983). Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Secretary of the U.S. Senate and foreign affairs consultant. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064 Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001. Democratic Party (U.S.) Japan. Kokkai. Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service. United States. Commission on the Operation of the Senate. United States. Congress. United States. Congress. Senate Officials and employees. United States Association of Former Members of Congress. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Asia Politics and government 1945- China Economic conditions 20th century. China Foreign relations United States. China History, Military 20th century. China Politics and government 1945-1949. China Politics and government 1949- Japan Economic conditions 1945- Japan History, Military 1945- Japan Politics and government 1945- Korea Economic conditions 1945- Korea History, Military. Korea Politics and government. Philippines Economic conditions 1946-1986. Philippines History, Military. Philippines Politics and government 1946- United States Foreign relations China. United States Foreign relations East Asia. United States Politics and government 1945- Consultants. itoamc Secretaries, U.S. Senate. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064.3 43212 43212