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Endicott, Dr. James G. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

169612

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1966-01

Item number (ISN):

169612

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Type of material:

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

ENDICOTT, J.G.

Accession:

1976-0135

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1966-01

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Autobiographical interview of Dr. James G. Endicott by Marjorie McAneny of the CBC. Dr. Endicott speaks of his childhood; his father; his early schooldays in Chungking; his early days in China to 1911; his schooldays in Canada; his vivid memories of army life; his experiences as a factory worker; his year at army college; his stay at Victoria College; his organizing the Student Christian Movement; his presidency of Toronto University Student Council; his organizing the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; the development of his social philosophy; the effect of depression on his thinking; the inadequacy of university training; his university debating career; being ordained as a Methodist minister in 1925; his marriage to Mary Austen in 1925; and his missionary posting in Chungking.~Dr. Endicott speaks about China and anti-foreign feelings circa 1925; the evacuation of missionaries in 1926; his evacuation to Shanghai in 1926; the slaughter of the left in China in 1927; his return to Chungking in 1927; his teaching English to Chinese students; his disillusionment with missionary practices; his teaching religion to Communist prisoners; and his teaching in Chungking from 1934 to 1938. Dr. Endicott talks of the kidnapping of Chiang Kai-Shek; the unity struggle against Japan; Communist support for Chiang Kai-Shek; his meeting Chiang Kai-Shek in 1938; his organizing the Chinese Rotary Club; his teaching Chinese children from 1938 to 1940; his becoming an advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek around 1940; his enthusiasm for Chiang Kai-Shek in 1940 and his work for him; his prophetic speech in Chatham, Ontario; and his anti-communist position during the 1920s and 1930s.~Dr. Endicott evaluates the political aspects of the Kuomintang party; the proposed Japanese-Chinese anti-communist alliance circa 1931; the Kuomintang during the Japanese war; and corruption of the Kuonmintang.~Dr. Endicott discusses his disillusionment with Chiang Kai-Shek circa 1940; his dispute with Madame Chiang; his return to university life in 1940; his return to Canada in 1941; his support for Chiang Kai-Shek in 1941 and his public critism for Chiang in 1943/1944; left-wing influences on his thinking around this time; his return to China in 1944; the corruption and inefficiency in Chiang Kai-Shek's army; his meeting left-wing students; his intelligence work for the United States; his education in communist Chinese interpretations; malnutrition in Chiang Kai-Shek's army in 1945; his move to Shanghai in 1946; rethinking his role as a missionary in 1945/1946; being joined by his wife; publishing a newsletter; the United States; and the realistic assessment of the Chinese civil war.~Dr. Endicott tells of his fears of assassination; support for Chinese communists; his return to Canada in 1947; his public predictions on the Chinese civil war; and proper analysis of the Chinese revolution. He discusses his reasons for publishing his Far Eastern Newsletter; his lectures on China in 1948; his appreciation of Henry Wallace; and the founding of the Canadian peace movement.~Dr. Endicott speaks of Communist support for peaceful co-existence from 1948; Soviet and Chinese support for the peace movement; Chinese support for peaceful co-existence; repudiation of peaceful co-existence in 1956; the Sino-Soviet split at the 20th Congress in 1956; international relations; the split in the peace movement in 1956; the policy of the USSR toward China; and the military importance of the USSR for the communist world.~Dr. Endicott discusses the press campaign against him from 1949 to 1956; harassment from the RCMP; friendships lost and gained; his censure by the church missionary board; and belief in his vindication by history. He ends the interview speaking of the reactionary nature of church policy in China. <4h 46mn>

Language:

English

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1. Recorded at the residence of Dr. Endicott in Toronto, Ontario.~2. At the end of the interview there is approximately ten minutes of CBC news recorded off air.
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Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 24066

Reproduction access:

restricted; until two years after the death of vendor James G. Endicott

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