Heads of state

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: Nikita Khrushchev, W. Averell Harriman and 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. 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 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).

Exterior view which includes W. Averell Harriman on the left and Nikita Khrushchev on the right with Mr. Yuri Zhukov and Anastas Mikoian behind them. It is believed that the picture was taken at the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. They may be walking beside the Moskva River. 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).

Exterior view with Nikita Khrushchev bending down near a plant or bush. It is believed that the picture was taken in the gardens of the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. Thayer reported that Khrushchev bent down and picked up a rolled up hedgehog seen along the path. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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 taken in the gardens of the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. Left to right: Yuri Zhukov (first on left in second row), possibly an interpreter named Oleg Trianovski, W. Averell Harriman, Nikita Khruschev, and Anastas Mikoian. 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).

Exterior view believed to have been taken in the gardens of the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. Nikita Khrushchev is on the left holding a hedgehog found along the path. W. Averell Harriman is on the right and Frol Kozlov and Yuri Zhukov are in the center looking at the hedgehog. Photograph appeared with Harriman article published in Life Magazine, July 13, 1959. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

Exterior view believed to have been taken in the gardens of the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. W. Averell Harriman is on the right and Nikita Khrushchev is partially in view standing next to him. 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.

Exterior view believed to have been taken in the gardens of the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. Going from left to right, visible men included in the image are believed to be: unidentified man, possibly an interpreter named Oleg Trianovski, Mr. Yuri Zhukov, W. Averell Harriman, Frol Kozlov, Nikita Khrushchev, and Anastas Mikoian. 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).

Exterior view with Nikita Khrushchev bending down near a plant or bush. It is believed that the picture was taken in the gardens of the government's guest dacha Ogarevo located west of Moscow, Russia. Thayer reported that Khrushchev bent down and picked up a rolled up hedgehog seen along the path. 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).