Durbrow, Elbridge, 1903-1997

Portrait of Elbridge Durbrow, for Oral History no. 251. Mr. Durbrow was U. S. Foreign Service Officer, 1930-68, including service as liaison secretary at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 1944; chief, Eastern European Division, Department of State, 1944-46; counselor of Embassy, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1946-48; deputy for Foreign Affairs, National War College, 1948-50; chief, Division of Foreign Service Personnel, Department of State, 1950; and minister counselor, American Embassy, Rome, Italy, 1952-54. Subsequently, served as U. S.

From left to right President Ngo Dinh Diem, Mr. Vu Van Thai, Leland Burrows and Ambassador Elbridge Durbrow standing in the Presidential Palace in Vietnam. They are attending a party for Mr. Barrows, who is departing as the United States Operations Mission Director in Vietnam. Others are unidentified.

Guests seated at the table for a dinner party at the Presidential Palace in Saigon, Vietnam, in honor of the departing United States Operations Mission Director Leland Barrows. Clockwise, starting at the head of the table in the lower left corner: President Ngo Dinh Diem; Mabel (Mrs. Leland) Barrows; Mr. Ha Van Vuong; Mrs. Smuckler; Mr. Vu Van Thai; Mr. Smuckler; Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thuan; Mrs. Ha Van Vuong; United States Ambassador to Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow; Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu.

A luncheon is taking place between visiting members of the Harvard Business School and United States and South Vietnamese dignitaries in Saigon, South Vietnam. From left to right (seated with backs to the window): Mr. Hanson from the Harvard Business School; unidentified man; United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow; Vice-President Nguyen Ngoc Tho of South Vietnam (standing); United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner; Professor Franklin Folts of the Harvard Business School; and Mr. Chieu. All others are unidentified.

A luncheon is taking place between visiting members of the Harvard Business School and United States and South Vietnamese dignitaries in Saigon, South Vietnam. From left to right at the back table: unidentified man; United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow; and Vice-President Nguyen Ngoc Tho of South Vietnam (standing); and United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner. All others are unidentified.

Harvard Business School professor Franklin Folts (standing) is speaking at a luncheon during his visit to Saigon, South Vietnam. From left to right at the back table: unidentified man, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow, Mr. Folts, Vice-President of South Vietnam Nguyen Ngoc Tho, and United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner. All others are unidentified.

Various United States and South Vietnamese dignitaries are sitting in the palace in the Republic of Vietnam. From left to right: unidentified man; United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow; President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem; unidentified man; United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner; unidentified man.

The United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow (center), is standing with Mr. Parsons and Mr. Ladensky at the Saigon River Bridge in Vietnam.

Interior view of diplomat and author Charles Thayer (center of the photograph). Friends seated with him and sharing a drink are believed to be fellow-diplomat Elbridge Durbrow on the left and Mme. Marie Victoire Alphand, daughter of the French ambassador, on the right. Location believed to be Thayer's residence in Moscow.