{"id":14634,"date":"2023-09-13T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/?p=14634"},"modified":"2023-09-24T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T14:32:51","slug":"conference-clandestine-operations-against-china-during-the-early-cold-war-sept-21-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/2023\/09\/13\/conference-clandestine-operations-against-china-during-the-early-cold-war-sept-21-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference: \u201cClandestine Operations Against China During the Early Cold War\u201d (Sept. 21, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future<\/strong>, the Center for the Study of Asia<\/strong>, and the Kilachand Honors College<\/strong> for a conference titled<\/p>\n

Clandestine Operations Against China during the Early Cold War<\/span><\/h2>\n

This conference will, in part, honor the service and sacrifice of CIA officer Richard \u201cDick\u201d Fecteau, a Lynn, MA, native and Boston University alumnus.<\/p>\n

The conference will be a hybrid event, combining in-person participation with remote webinar attendance. The half-day conference will be held in the first-floor common room of Boston University\u2019s Kilachand Honors College (91 Bay State Road) on Thursday, September 21, 2023. The full conference agenda is below.<\/p>\n

This conference is convened by\u00a0<\/span>Prof. John Woodward<\/a>, in his capacity as a Pardee Center\u00a0<\/span>Faculty Research Fellow<\/a>. Delta Phi Epsilon, the BU chapter of the International Business and Foreign Service society, is providing logistical and operational support for this conference.<\/p>\n

Please register to attend HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

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About Richard Fecteau:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Richard \u201cDick\u201d Fecteau, a Massachusetts hero, is one of the CIA\u2019s most highly decorated officers. He spent twenty years in a Communist Chinese prison enduring horrible conditions when a CIA clandestine operation into China, in which he was a participant, went horribly wrong in 1952. The Chinese released Fecteau from prison in 1972. He retired from the CIA and became an assistant athletic director at BU in 1976. Upon his retirement from BU, he enjoys a quiet retirement in his hometown. On September 23, BU will honor Mr. Fecteau with its highest alumni award at a banquet on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:<\/u><\/span><\/h5>\n
12:30-1:00 pm: Registration<\/h5>\n
1:00-1:10 pm: Welcome<\/h5>\n

Amb. Jorge Heine<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(BU Pardee School; Pardee Center Interim Director)<\/em><\/p>\n

1:10-2:00 pm: \u201cSetting the Stage: The Early Cold War\u201d<\/h5>\n

Prof. June Grasso<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(BU College of General Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n

2:00-2:50 pm: \u201cSecret Missions Against China in the 1950s\u201d<\/h5>\n

Prof. Thomas Christensen<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Columbia University)<\/em><\/p>\n

2:50-3:10 pm: Break<\/h5>\n
3:10-4:00 pm: \u201cThe Service and Sacrifice of Richard Fecteau\u201d<\/h5>\n

Dr. Nicholas Dujmovic<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Retired CIA Deputy Chief Historian)<\/em><\/p>\n

4:00-4:50 pm: Panel of BU Alumni: \u201cWorking with Dick Fecteau\u201d<\/h5>\n

Panel Chair:\u00a0<\/span>Jack Parker<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Former BU Men\u2019s Ice Hockey Coach)<\/em><\/p>\n

4:50-5:00 pm: Concluding Remarks<\/h5>\n

Prof. John Woodward<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(BU Pardee School)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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