Kenneth on Drafting Telegrams for the Foreign Service

Kenneth on Drafting Telegrams for the Foreign Service

Kenneth continued working with Donovan in an unofficial way, though he was no longer with the OSS. He helped with the Free Thai movement and then he started drafting telegrams to Gen. Timmerman in Colombo. The response to the first of these came to the State Department, so Kenneth went over to pick up the replies. This drew some confusion, concern, and anger because the officer at the State Department wondered how Kenneth got these secret communication numbers. In the end everything came back to normal. 

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)

January 1, 1942

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Kenneth Landon (1903-1993)

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Box 82: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles," CDs 51-75

Hour 66, clip 10

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical