Mark Roberti collection, 1967-1994

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Summary

Creators:
United States. Department of State and Roberti, Mark, 1961-
Abstract:
Dispatches, reports, memoranda, and sound recordings relating to negotiations and plans for the transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty. Includes photocopies of United States State Department documents released under the Freedom of Information Act; drafts of the Basic Law of Hong Kong; and recordings of interviews of British and Chinese officials. Used as research material for Mark Roberti's book, The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1996).
Extent:
4 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes (4.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark Roberti collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains dispatches, reports, memoranda, and sound recordings relating to negotiations and plans for the transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty. Includes photocopies of United States State Department documents released under the Freedom of Information Act; drafts of the Basic Law of Hong Kong; and recordings of interviews of British and Chinese officials. Used as research material for Mark Roberti's book The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1994).

Biographical / historical:

Mark Roberti is a former Hong Kong correspondent for Asia Week. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1984, the year the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed. Roberti wrote the book The Fall of Hong Kong: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal (New York, 1996), based on the materials in the collection.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1997.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 4 closed until 2027 June 30. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark Roberti collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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