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W. Averell Harriman During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

2008-1424-10
Accession Number
2008-1424-10
3.25x5
Black & White
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NAID 350476858
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Breakfasts
Diplomats
Journalists
HST Keywords
Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing second from the right. His interpreter is probably on the far right and the other man is unidentified. Exact location not given but Harriman may have been having a meal (breakfast?) while in the eastern part of the Soviet Union, perhaps in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. 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. There is an original 35mm negative.
Date(s)
June 1959