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W. Averell Harriman At Auto Plant During Russian Trip

2008-1295
Accession Number
2008-1295
4.5x7
Black & White
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NAID 350477664
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Automobiles
Diplomats
Factories
HST Keywords
Krylov, Mr.; Russia - Moscow
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Exterior view identified on back of photograph as "Gov. Harriman inspecting grounds of Likhachev auto works with plant manager Krylov [Krilov], left, interpreter." According to Thayer's diary accounts the visit would have occurred on May 15, 1959. Location is Moscow. 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)
May 15, 1959