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W. Averell Harriman During Russian Trip

2008-1285
Accession Number
2008-1285
3.25x4.5
Black & White
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NAID 350475164
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Factories
Journalists
HST Keywords
Russia
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Interior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman (right) shown visiting with unidentified industrial workers taken while on a 1959 Russian trip. Exact location not identified. 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.
Date(s)
1959