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W. Averell Harriman Being Interviewed at Moscow University During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

2008-1340
Accession Number
2008-1340
4.75x7
Black & White
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Russia; Soviet Union
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Description
Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the left shown being interviewed by an unidentified man. Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University at the time, is standing on the right. Inscription on back of photograph reads: "Gov. Harriman recording exchange with Mr. Petrovski, Rector of Moscow University." Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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.
Date(s)
May 18, 1959