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W. Averell Harriman Waiting to Talk With Nikita Khrushchev During 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

2008-1402-05
Accession Number
2008-1402-05
1x1.5
Black & White
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NAID 350477870
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Meetings
HST Keywords
Russia; Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Thayer, Charles Wheeler, 1910-1969
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Description
Interior view, believed to have been taken in a room in the Kremlin in Moscow as W. Averell Harriman is waiting for his meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. W. Averell Harriman is seated on the left and the man seated on the right is believed to be Charles W. Thayer. The man in the center may be a Mr. Shohukov as noted in Thayer's typewritten account. Harriman's account of the visit can be found in Life Magazine, July 13, 1959, p. 33. 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)
June 23, 1959