Valeo, Francis R. (Francis Ralph) 1916-2006 creator mixed material monographic eng 14,200 45 1 18 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). Open to research. Classified, in part. 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 Secretaries, U.S. Senate mm 81057299 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009064.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 820107 20260227111709.0 mm 81057299