W. Averell Harriman Touring a State Farm During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union
W. Averell Harriman can be seen standing and second from the right in a dark suit, no hat. He is with a group of unidentified men. He may have been visiting the Viktorov State Farm not far from Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan. 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).