IVO DUCHACEK
A REGISTER OF HIS PAPERS
IN THE HOOVER INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
PREPARED BY
BLANKA PASTERNAK
HOOVER INSTITUTION
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
2000
IVO DUCHACEK
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
1913 February 27
Born, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia
1936-1939
Correspondent for Lidove noviny in Paris
1939-1945
Diplomatic officer, Government in Exile, London
1940-1944
Broadcast weekly commentaries on BBC to Germanoccupied Czechoslovakia
1941-1945
Chef de cabinet to the deputy minister of foreign
affairs, Hubert Ripka
1945
Returned to Czechoslovakia as a liaison officer with
General Patton’s third army
1945-1948
Chief-editor and co-founder (with Pavel Tigrid) of
Obzory
Leader of the Czechoslovak People’s Party, Member of
the Czechoslovak Parliament, and chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the National
Assembly
1948 February
Dismissed from the Czechoslovak People’s Party, and
after the Coup d’Etat emigrated to Great Britain,
and later to the United States
1948-1953
Professor of political science, Yale University
1949-1954
Editor-in-chief, Czechoslovak Service, Voice of
America, New York
1949 October 30 – 1988
Broadcast weekly political commentaries, known as
“Zapisnik,” on Voice of America, under the name
of Martin Cermak
1951-1953
Research Consultant on the Yale Human Resources
Project, sponsored by the U.S. Army
1954-1980
Professor of political science, The City College of
the City University of New York
1955-1956
Broadcast commentaries on international politics on
Radio Free Europe
1981-1984
Member, Executive Committee, Center for European
Studies, the City University of New York
1984 spring
Visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies,
University of California, Berkeley
1988 March 1
Died, Kent, Connecticut
IVO DUCHACEK PAPERS
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Ivo Duchacek papers were donated to the Hoover Institution Archives by
Ivo Duchacek himself over a period of several years. The first installment
consisting of typewritten transcripts of his broadcasts on Voice of America
and cassettes of voice rehearsals of broadcasts arrived in 1984. Duchacek’s
diaries covering the years 1939-1945 were accessioned in 1985 and additional
radio broadcasts were added to the collection in the years 1986 to 1988.
The bulk of the collection consists of Ivo Duchacek’s speeches and writings
and his radio broadcasts, mostly on Voice of America. For 39 years until his
death, Duchacek delivered a weekly commentary over Voice of America,
broadcast to Czechoslovakia under the pen name Martin Cermak. From 1949 to
1988, “The Sunday Notebook,” as it was called, offered analyses of important
world developments, evaluated American domestic and international policies,
and in an informal and witty style interpreted life in the United States. At
the same time, Duchacek’s commentaries examined Czechoslovak history and
conditions under Soviet domination, and with scathing criticism and sarcasm
uncovered the true face of the Stalinist doctrine and practices (see his
parody of the Slansky and Gottwald trials in the radio broadcasts file).
Of significant importance in the speeches and writings file are Duchacek’s
memoirs based on his political diaries kept throughout World War II, in which
he exercised his intimite knowledge of the political scene and developments
in Central Europe before and during the war (see, “In the Funnel of Two
Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political
Diaries”).
Equally important are his writings on the communist coup (see,
“The Strategy of Communist Infiltration:
Czechoslovakia, 1944-1948.
The
February Coup in Czechoslovakia”) and the annexation of Ruthenia (see,
“Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet Browbeat Politics”).
Also of great importance are documents in the government service file
relating to the Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, and Duchacek’s internal
reports of discussions with foreign diplomats, agents, and journalists.
REGISTER
IVO DUCHACEK PAPERS
SERIES DESCRIPTION:
Box Nos
Series
1.
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1939-1941. Identity papers, calling
cards, list of names and addresses, arranged
alphabetically by physical form
1.
DIARIES, 1939-1945. Political diaries kept since March
1939 throughout the war until May 1945, arranged
chronologically
1.
CORRESPONDENCE, 1949-1952. Letters, notes, and telegrams,
arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
2-3.
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1939-1988. Articles, papers,
reports, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically
by title
4-23.
RADIO BROADCASTS, 1940-1988. Consists mostly of
transcripts of broadcasts on the British Broadcasting
Corporation, Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, and
World Radio University, arranged alphabetically by
broadcast station and therein chronologically
24.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE, 1939-1948. Dispatches from Moscow to
London relating to Soviet annexation of Ruthenia, internal
reports of discussions in Paris and London with foreign
diplomats, agents, journalists, and speeches, arranged
alphabetically by physical form, and therein
chronologically
25.
SUBJECT FILE, 1939-1961. Articles, clippings, reports,
speeches, writings, miscellany, clippings, and other
printed matter, relating to various persons, organizations
and countries, arranged alphabetically by subject
25.
PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d.
other individuals
Cassette
cabinet
PHONOTAPE CASSETTES, 1977-1983. 7 cassettes of voice
rehearsals done at home before actual broadcasting
1 print depicting Ivo Duchacek and
CONTAINER LIST:
Box Folder
Nos Nos
1.
1
2
3
4
5-6
7-8
9-10
11-12
13-14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
2.
1
2
3
4-5
6
7
8
9
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1939-1941
Identity papers issued by the Czechoslovak National
Committee, Paris, 1940
Calling cards
List of names and addresses
DIARIES, 1939-1945. Political diaries kept since March 1939
throughout the war until May 1945. Typescript (mostly in
Czech, some in French and English)
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
CORRESPONDENCE, 1949-1952
Dvornik, 1949
Feierabend, Ladislav, 1940
Firt, Julius, 1941
Gottlieb, Hanus, 1941
Heidrich, Arnost, 1949
Lettrich, Jozef, 1949
Mowrer, Edgar Ansel, 1949
Nase Hlasy, 1958
Pospisil, Leopold, 1951-1952
Puhan, Alfred, 1950
Rada Svobodneho Ceskoslovenska (Council of Free
Czechoslovakia), 1949
Speier, Hans, 1949
United States. Department of State, 1949
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1939-1988
“Americka pomoc Ceskoslovensku?” n.d. Typescript (in
Czech)
“Analysis of the Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia,” n.d.
Typescript
“Dilemmas of the Doctrine of Liberation,” n.d.
Typescript
“In the Funnel of Two Tornadoes: The Nazi and Soviet
Captures of the Heart of Europe. Political Diaries,”
n.d. Typescript of unfinished and unpublished
memoirs
Part I – “The Fall of France: From Munich to
Bordeaux”
Part II – “The British Fort – 1940-1941”
“The Lesson of Prague,” n.d. Typescript
“The Purge …… and After,” n.d. Typescript
“The Present Situation in Czechoslovakia,” report,
International London Assembly, 1942. Typescript
2
2. (Contd.)
10
11
12
13-14
15
3.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS (Contd.)
“Cardinal Verdier and Mgr. Sramek,” 1942 December 21.
Typescript and printed copy (in English and Czech)
“Thirty Years of Czechoslovakia,” 1948 October 28.
Typescript
“Ruda armada zastrasila Evropu,” New Yorkske Listy, 1949
August 23. Printed copy (in Czech)
“The Strategy of Communist Infiltration:
Czechoslovakia, 1944-1948. The February Coup in
Czechoslovakia,” World Politics, 1950 July.
Typescript and printed copy
“Liberation of Central Europe Through Neutralization,”
The New York Times, 1955 May 15 (date written).
Typescript
“The Bonapartist Unity of Eastern Europe,” The Annals of
the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
1955 October. Typescript
“The Classic Maneuver,” 1957. Typescript. Includes
correspondence with the editor of the New Leader
“A ‘Loyal' Satellite: The Case of Czechoslovakia,” The
Annals of the American Academy of Political and
Social Science, 1958 May. Printed copy
“East Central Europe: Soviet Internal Affair?” 1958
October. Typescript. Includes some correspondence
“Soviet Annexation of Ruthenia: A Lesson in Soviet
Browbeat Politics,” 1965 August? Typescript. See
also RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe and Voice of
America, and GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Dispatches
“National Constitutions: A Functional Approach,”
Comparative Politics, 1968 October. Printed copy
“O zahranicne politickou orientaci CSR pred unorem,”
Svedectvi, 1973. Typescript (in Czech)
“External and Internal Challenges to the Federal
Bargain,” paper, Seminar on Urbanization in Federal
Systems, Temple University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 1973 April 26. Typescript and printed
copy
“Antagonistic Cooperation: Territorial and Ethnic
Communities,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism,
1977 Fall. Typescript
“Federalist Responses to Ethnic Demands: An Overview,”
paper, the Second Paterson Conference on Federal
Responses to Current Political Problems, 1978 January
29-February 2. Typescript
“Jak Ruda armada mapovala stredni Evropu: Tesinsko a
Podkarpatsko, 1980 September. Typescript. Includes
some correspondence and reviews by V. Precan and J.
W. Brugel
“Consociations of Fatherlands: The Revival of
Confederal Principles and Practices,” paper,
conference on The Continuing Legacy of the Articles
of Confederation, Temple University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 1981 August 30-September 2. Typescript
3
3. (Contd.)
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
4.
1
2-5
6-9
5.
1
2-5
6-8
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS (Contd.)
“Perforated Sovereignties: Comparative Subnational
Politics and their International Dimension,” paper,
8th annual Political Science Conference, City
University of New York, 1982 December 10. Typescript
“Transborder Linkages: Quebec, Canada, and the United
States,” paper, Research Group on Canadian-American
Relations, Harvard University, 1982 December 11-12.
Typescript
“Foreign Relations of Major Non-Capital Cities, New York
and Montreal, Geneva and Strasbourg: Micro-Actors in
International Politics,” paper, annual meeting of the
Study Group on Canadian-United States Relations, New
York City, 1983 April 8-9. Typescript
“Transborder Regional Linkages in the Era of
Interdependence,” paper, Borderlands Studies Section,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1983 April 27-30.
Typescript
“Transborder Regionalism and Microdiplomacy: A
Comparative Study,” paper, Seminar on Canadian-United
States Relations, Harvard University, 1983 December
6. Typescript
“Federalism: Constitutional and Majoritarian Mix in
Systems of Institutionalized Territorial
Segmentation,” paper, annual meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois,
1983 September 1-4. Typescript
“International Competence of Subnational Governments:
Borderlands and Beyond,” paper, conference on
Comparative Borders, University of Texas, El Paso,
1984 March 20. Typescript
“Transborder Overlaps Between Three Federal Systems:
From Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean,” paper,
Association of Borderlands Scholars, San Diego, 1984
April 25-28. Typescript
RADIO BROADCASTS, 1940-1988. Consists mostly of typewritten
transcripts. Includes some correspondence
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Czechoslovak
Programme
Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk
1955
1963-1965. Includes Duchacek’s writings on the
annexation of Ruthenia
Voice of America, Czechoslovak Service
Correspondence, 1957-1975
Transcripts
1949. Includes Duchacek’s writings on the
annexation of Ruthenia
1950
6.
1-2
3-8
1950
1951
7.
1-7
1952. Includes parody of trials of Slansky
and Gottwald by Duchacek
4
8.
1
2-7
9.
RADIO BROADCASTS (Contd.)
Voice of America (Contd.)
Transcripts (Contd.)
1952
1953
1-4
5-7
1954
1955
10. 1-3
4-6
1956
1957
11. 1-3
4-6
1958
1959
12. 1-3
4-6
1960
1961
13. 1-3
4-6
1962
1963
14. 1-3
4-6
1964
1965
15. 1-3
4-6
1966
1967
16. 1-3
4-6
1968
1969
17. 1-2
3-4
5-6
1970
1971
1972
18. 1-2
3-5
1973
1974
19. 1-3
4-6
1975
1976
20. 1-3
4-5
1977
1978
21. 1-2
2-4
5-6
7-8
1979
1980
1981
1982
22. 1
2-4
5-6
1983
1984
1985
23. 1-3
4-5
6
1986
1987
World Radio University (WRUL), Boston
5
24.
1-2
3
4
5
6-9
10
11
12
13
25.
1
2
3
4
5-6
7-8
9
10-11
12
13
14
15-16
17-24
25
26
27
28
29
Cassette
cabinet
GOVERNMENT SERVICE, 1939-1948
Dispatches from Moscow to London relating to the Soviet
annexation of Ruthenia, 1944-1945. See also SPEECHES
AND WRITINGS and RADIO BROADCASTS/Radio Free Europe
and Voice of America
Reports (internal reports of discussions with foreign
diplomats, agents, journalists, in Paris and London).
Includes report on Slovak uprising and Benes’s
messages from London to the Protectorate
1939-1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1947
1948
Speeches written for Hubert Ripka, 1943
SUBJECT FILE, 1939-1961. Articles, clippings, reports,
speeches, writings, miscellany, clippings, and other
printed matter
Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation (Proposed)
Czechoslovakia
Foreign relations
Germany. Includes “Nove reseni nemecke
otazky v CSR” by Hubert Ripka
Soviet Union. Includes “Ceskoslovenskosovetska smlouva” by Hubert Ripka
Government in Exile, Great Britain. Includes “The
Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile During World
War II” by Vojtech Mastny
Politics and government--1945-1992
Czechoslovakia. Ministerstvo Zahranicnich Veci (Ministry
of Foreign Affairs)
Czechoslovakia. Statni Rada (National Council)
Europe, Central. Includes printed copy of chapter of
book by Stephen Denis Kertesz, The Fate of East
Central Europe: Hopes and Failures of American
Foreign Policy (written by Duchacek?)
Heydrich, Reinhard
Hurban, Vladimir Ladislav
Ripka, Hubert. See also GOVERNMENT SERVICE/Speeches
Slansky, Rudolf--Trials, litigation, etc.
Clippings
Transcripts of edited broadcasts of court
proceedings, 1952
Slovakia. Includes report to Statni Rada by General
Sergej Ingr about the Slovak uprising
Slovakia. Slovenska narodni rada (Slovak National
Council)
Sramek, Jan
World War, 1939-1945
PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d. One print depicting Ivo Duchacek and other
individuals
PHONOTAPE CASSETTES, 1977-1983. 7 cassettes of voice
rehearsals done at home before actual broadcasting