Institute of Pacific Relations

Attendees of the Fourth Biennial Conference in Shanghai, China, October 21 to November 2, 1931. The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was an international NGO established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. The International Secretariat, the center of most IPR activity over the years, consisted of professional staff members who recommended policy to the Pacific Council and administered the international program. The various national councils were responsible for national, regional and local programming. Most participants were members of the business and academic communities in their respective countries. Funding came largely from businesses and philanthropies, especially the Rockefeller Foundation. IPR international headquarters were in Honolulu until the early 1930s when they were moved to New York and the American Council emerged as the dominant national council.

IPR was founded in the spirit of Wilsonianism, an awareness of the United States' new role as a world power after World War I, and a belief that liberal democracy should be promoted throughout the world. To promote greater knowledge of issues, the IPR supported conferences, research projects and publications, and after 1932 published a quarterly journal ''Pacific Affairs''.

After World War II, charges that the IPR was infiltrated with Communists led to Congressional hearings and loss of tax exempt status. The investigation of the IPR was the first major investigation initiated by the subcommittee. Many IPR members had liberal left orientations typical of internationalists of the 1930s, some ten IPR associates were shown to have been Communists, others were sympathetic to the Soviet Union, and the anti-imperialist tone of the leadership aroused resentment from some of the colonial powers, but the more dramatic charges, such as that the IPR was responsible for the fall of China, have not been generally accepted. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Mayer, Adrian C.
    Published 1952
    London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1952.
    viii, 158 p. ; 22 cm.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations...
  2. 2
    by Mitchell, Kate Louise, 1909-
    Published 1942
    New York, A. A. Knopf, 1942.
    x, 140, ix p. incl. tables. 20 cm.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations...
  3. 3
    New York, N.Y. : $b American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations, $c 1935-1961.
    27 v. ; $c 26 cm.
    ...American Institute of Pacific Relations...
  4. 4
    Zai Hua wai qiao zhi di wei
    在華外僑之地位
    by Bau, Mingchien Joshua, 1894-
    Published 1932
    [S.l.] : Zhongguo Taiping yang guo ji xue hui, Minguo 21 [1932]
    22 p.
    ...China Institute of Pacific Relations...
  5. 5
    Berkeley : Student Institute of Pacific Relations,
    v. : ill.
    ...Student Institute of Pacific Relations...
  6. 6
    Zui jin Taiping yang wen ti
    最近太平洋問題
    Published 1932
    Shanghai : Zhongguo Taiping yang guo ji xue hui, Minguo 21 [1932]
    604 p. : ill.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations. Conference...
  7. 7
    Published 1938
    San Francisco, 1938?
    85 p. 21 cm.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations...
  8. 8
    by Pratt, Helen Gay, 1889-
    Published 1937
    [Camden, N.J.] : American Council of Pacific Relations, 1937.
    vi, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
    Also issued online.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council...
  9. 9
    by Fernando, Enrique M.
    Published 1950
    Manila, Philippines : Philippine Council, Institute of Pacific Relations, [1950?]
    45 p. ; 24 cm.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations. Philippine Council...
  10. 10
    Published 1938
    San Francisco, Calif., Department of the Pacific Area, Golden Gate International Exposition [1938]
    30 p. 22 cm.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations...
  11. 11
    Published 1932
    New York, N.Y. : American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1932-1934.
    3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
    Kraus reprint available online via the World Wide Web to JSTOR subscribers.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council...
  12. 12
    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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    Issued also on microform.
    ...Institute of Pacific Relations...
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    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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  14. 14
    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
    v. ill., maps. 25 cm.
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    Vancouver [etc.] University of British Columbia [etc.]
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