The United States and the Far East

WILLIAM R. LANGDON started as a Japanese language student at Tokyo in the State Department’s specialized Far Eastern Service in 1914 and remained with the Foreign Service until 1951, He served for extended periods in Japan, China, Korea, Manchuria and Malaya. From 1945 to 1948, he was Political Adviser to the Commanding General of the United States Forces in Korea. He also translated and edited “Diplomatic Commentaries of Viscount Ishii” (1936).