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W. Averell Harriman and Charles Thayer With Group During Trip to the Soviet Union

2008-1292-02
Accession Number
2008-1292-02
1x1.5
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NAID 350475216
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Journalists
HST Keywords
Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Thayer, Charles Wheeler, 1910-1969
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Description
Exterior view of a group of men and women standing with W. Averell Harriman in the center of the front row and Charles W. Thayer on the left behind Harriman. Taken on Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia and the Soviet Union, exact location not given and others in view unidentified. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. Image scanned from original negative held in Library.
Date(s)
1959