Collection MF452-MF459 - US ARMY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN EAST ASIA, 1942-1950

Key Information

Reference code

MF452-MF459

Title

US ARMY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN EAST ASIA, 1942-1950

Date(s)

  • 1942-1950 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

8 reels

Scope and content

History of Intelligence Activities under General Douglas MacArthur, 1942-1950 is a microfilmed copy of an official US Army publication relating to intelligence activities in the Far East under Gen Douglas MacArthur, as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA); Commander, US Army Pacific; and Supreme Commander, Allied Powers (SCAP), 1942-1950. The collection includes documents relating to the history of the G- Section, the US Army Intelligence Division, General Headquarters, SWPA, and affiliated US intelligence units, 1942-1945; the guerrilla resistance movement in the Philippines, 1942-1945; Allied intelligence activities in the Philippines under the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945; operations of the US Army Military Intelligence Section, General Headquarters, SWPA, 1942-1945; operations of the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS), SWPA, 1942-1946; operations of the Allied Intelligence Bureau, 1942-1946; operations of the Allied Geographical Section, GeneralHeadquarters, SWPA, 1942-1946; operations of the US Technical Intelligence Unit in the SWPA, 1942-1946; operations of the US Counter IntelligenceCorps, 1942- 1946; operations of the Civil Intelligence Section, SCAP, 1945-1948; and operations during the Allied occupation of Japan, 1945-1950.

System of arrangement

Arranged chronologically

General Information

Custodial history

Scholarly Resources Inc, via Dr Michael Dockrill, Department of War Studies, King's College London

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be printed off the microfilm/microfiche for research purposes and are charged at cost.

Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to Scholarly Resources Inc, USA

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Existence and location of originals

Office of the Chief, Military History Reference Branch, US Army

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Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

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