Diplomacy

Interior view, believed to have been taken in a room in the Kremlin in Moscow as W. Averell Harriman is meeting Nikita Khrushchev before formal talks begin. The men in the photograph are left to right: Yuri Zhukov, W. Averell Harriman, and Nikita Khrushchev. Harriman's account of the visit can be found in Life Magazine, July 13, 1959, p. 33-36. 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).

Interior view, believed to have been taken in a room in the Kremlin in Moscow as W. Averell Harriman is preparing to meet formally with Nikita Khrushchev. Mr. Khrushchev is on the left and W. Averell Harriman is in front of him seen walking toward the table. The man in the forefront may be the interpreter, Mr. Oleg Trianovski, and the man in the back may be Yuri Zhukov. Harriman's account of the visit can be found in Life Magazine, July 13, 1959, p. 33-36. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

Interior view of an unidentified man seated in a chair. Photograph taken while W. Averell Harriman was in Yalta during his 1959 Russian trip. Location would have been in the palace where the Yalta Conference was held. Location was a sanitarium when Harriman visited. 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).

Exterior view of a group of people, taken at an unknown location during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. 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. Original 35mm negative.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (second from left)shaking hands with an unidentified individual upon arrival in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma. Also pictured are: Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup (left), William Gibson (third from right), and Mr. Day (second from right). In the background, in the polka-dotted dress is Vernice Anderson, Secretary to Mr. Jessup. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by Ambassador Jessup and party. All other individuals are unidentified.

Mr. Gibbons (left) and Mr. and Mrs. Wright (right) in Indonesia. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party.

Miss Vernice Anderson awaiting to depart from Saigon during a trip to the Far East with American Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup.

Miss Vernice Anderson (front, center) awaiting to depart from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) during a trip to the Far East with American Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup. All other individuals are unidentified.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (center) and party prepare to board their plane to depart Saigon, Indochina, during Ambassador Jessup's mission to the Far East. Miss Vernice Anderson, Secretary to Ambassador Jessup, and Mr. William Gibson, aide to Ambassador Jessup, can be seen in the far right hand corner. On the left is George M. Abbott, Consul General of the United States Embassy in Saigon. All other individuals are unidentified.