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Johnson, Nelson T.

(Washington D.C. 1887-1954 Washington D.C.) : Diplomat

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Johnson, Nelson Trusler
Johnson, Nelson T.

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Chronology Entries (9)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1907-1909 Nelson T. Johnson studiert Chinesisch in Beijing.
2 1909-1910 Nelson T. Johnson ist Vize-Konsul des amerikanischen Konsulats in Shenyang.
3 1910-1911 Nelson T. Johnson ist Vize-Konsul des amerikanischen Konsulats in Harbin.
4 1911-1915 Nelson T. Johnson ist Vize-Generalkonsul und handelnder Generalkonsul des amerikanischen Konsulats in Shanghai.
5 1915 Nelson T. Johnson ist Konsul des amerikanischen Konsulats in Chongqing (Sichuan).
6 1915-1918 Nelson T. Johnson ist Konsul des amerikanischen Konsulats in Changsha (Hunan).
7 1918-1930 Nelson T. Johnson arbeitet in der Division of Far Eastern Affairs des Department of State in Washington D.C.
8 1929-1941 Nelson T. Johnson ist Gesandter / Botschafter der amerikanischen Gesandtschaft / Botschaft in Beijing.
9 1941.04.06-04.15 Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn fly to Chongqing. They live in Song Ziwen's house Whatchumcallit .
Hemingway met Theodore H. White, had a meeting with Chinese generals and a session with He Yingqing and Zhou Enlai. He met William Lederer.
Hemingway later admit to Harry Dexter White and Henry Morgenthau that life in Chongqing was extremely difficult and unpleasant.
April 9, Hemingway and Gellhorn meet Ambassador Nelson Trusler Johnson in Chongqing.
April 10, Hemingway flies to Chengdu (Sichuan), Martha Gellhorn remained in Chongqing.
April 11, Hemingway sees the construction of the airfield of Chengdu (Sichuan). He visited a Chinese military academy, watched workers who build an airfield and met professors at Chengdu University.
April 12, Hemingway returns to Chongqing.
April 14, Hemingway and Gellhorn have lunch with Chiang Kaishek and Soong May-ling and a banquet at Jialin Hotel. They discussed military, political and economic affairs and the relations with the Communists.
April 15, Hemingway and Gellhorn have their second interview with Soong May-ling.
  • Document: Gilenson, B. Hemingway in China. In : Far Eastern affairs ; no 6 (1988). (Hem9, Publication)
  • Document: Moreira, Peter. Hemingway on the China front : his WWII spy mission with Martha Gellhorn. (Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2006).
    [Permission for quotations from Moreire, Peter. Hemingway in China by Samuel R. Dorrance, Ed. Potomac Books]. S. 109, 111, 115, 121, 210. (Hem6, Publication)
  • Person: Chiang, Kai-shek
  • Person: Chiang, May-ling Soong
  • Person: Gallhorn, Martha
  • Person: Hemingway, Ernest
  • Person: Lederer, William
  • Person: Song, Ziwen
  • Person: White, Theodore H.
  • Person: Zhou, Enlai

Secondary Literature (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2009 Nelson Trusler Johnson :
http://books.google.ch/books?id=kZMeeXLSQhsC&pg=PA201&lpg=
PA201&dq=%22Nelson+Trusler+Johnson&source=bl&ots=WsfUzO4
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