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Title: Bruce Walker papers
Collection Number: 2006C8
Date (inclusive): 1958-2011
Creator:
Walker, Bruce, 1932-
Collection Size:
Number of Containers: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 painting
(3.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, instructional and propaganda material, printed matter, photographs, video tapes, and memorabilia, relating to Central
Intelligence Agency programs to train Tibetan guerrillas.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Bruce Walker papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2006.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees Records, Hoover Institution Archives
S. Fawl typescript, Hoover Institution Archives
| 1932 August 29 | Born, Bronxville, New York |
| 1953 | Graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, with a major in economics and minor in Spanish |
| Second lieutenant, United States Marines | |
| 1954-1955 | Stationed in Korea with the First Marine Air Wing. Promoted to first lieutenant |
| 1955 | Honorably discharged at Treasure Island |
| 1956-1973 | Case officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| 1957-1959 | Assigned to U.S. Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 1960 | Transferred to Near East Division and started work on STCIRCUS |
| Enrolled in Tibetan studies courses at the University of Washington, Seattle | |
| 1962 | Student, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, Sikkim, India |
| Private audience with the Dalai Lama | |
| 1962-1964 | Trained Tibetans at Camp Hale, Colorado, as part of STCIRCUS project |
| 1965-1966 | Worked at Tibetan project desk, where one of his duties was to oversee the Cornell University program for Tibetans under the STCIRCUS project |
| 1966 | Assigned to U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, using State Department cover, as the replacement STCIRCUS representative at the Joint Operations Center |
| 1968 | Six month leave of absence from CIA |
| 1969 | Transferred to Hong Kong desk in China Operations |
| 1971 | Assigned to U.S. Consulate-General in Hong Kong as a case officer under State Department cover |
| 1973 | Resigned from CIA |
| Married Mary Frances Doyle | |
| 1974 | Moved to San Francisco |
| 1974-1988 | Worked in several business development departments of Bechtel Corporation |
| 1980-1988 | Member, Board of Directors, Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera |
| 1985 | Established a Merola scholarship endowment fund |
| 1994 | Became a volunteer at the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum |
| 2004 | Elected president of the board of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers document Bruce Walker's role in STCIRCUS, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to give support to the Tibetan
resistance by training Tibetan guerrillas, providing arms to the Chushi Gangdruk fighters, and using radio teams to communicate
information to the CIA. Bruce Walker's initial assignment for the project was to transfer Tibetans to Camp Hale, Colorado,
for training in "high-speed radio operations, clandestine communications, small arms, map reading, tradecraft," and other
skills, including parachuting (curriculum vitae, box 1, folder 1). In 1962, Walker became part of the training staff at Camp
Hale.
The arrangement of the
STCIRCUS file is based on the order of materials found in a partial inventory of the collection created by Bruce Walker, although the arrangement
does not exactly match this list. The file includes photographs at Camp Hale and of Chushi Gangdruk fighters, clippings, a
report by Sam Curry, and propaganda booklets. Detailed descriptions of materials in the collection can be found in Walker's
inventory (box 1, folder 2).
Items not listed in Walker's inventory of September 2005 can be found in the
Incremental material. Several folders include detailed container lists. The
Oversize material contains cloth flags with the logo of the Chushi Gangdruk and the painting "The Secret PLA Pouch Heads for CIA's K Building,
West Tibet" by Keith Woodcock.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--1951-
Secret service--United States.
Guerrillas--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.