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John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, April 3, 1968
… on this: at the time of your discussions with the president was it seen that there might be some difficulty with placing berlin in the russian sector and not having a corridor? during the time of the meeting on the u.s.s. potomac , what was mr. … about getting things back into operation. [532] hess: in the foreword written by george elsey of the president's trip to berlin he mentions that fred vinson had been scheduled to make the trip to potsdam but had dropped out of the party on the … a great deal about what he had learned in those last days of our holding back our troops while the russians rushed on to berlin, and there seemed to have been an understanding somewhere in the background that the russians would come into berlin …
British Broadcasting Corporation Records
… of president truman, and comments on truman’s impact on the world of his time. he also discusses the marshall plan, the berlin blockade, and the possible impetuosity of some of truman’s decisions. (sr99-17) nitze, paul paul nitze, u. s. state …
Sundquist, James L. Papers
… administrative analyst, u.s. bureau of the budget 1947-1949 director of management control, european command, u.s. army, berlin 1951-1953 reports and statistics officer, office of defense mobilization 1953-1954 aide to stephen mitchell, …
Governor W. Averell Harriman Oral History Interview, January 10,1980
… russia after the war. we demobilized very rapidly and the russians kept very large forces and there were the problems in berlin. you remember we had the berlin blockade and that was in 1948 and we had to have forces in europe. there was cooperation between my office and the … or early march of 1948. it did a great deal to stimulate congressional action in passing the marshall plan. then the berlin blockage was a very important factor in stimulating the discussions which had already started on the necessity of …
Records of the National Archives and Records Administration: Records of the Harry S. Truman Library: Public Program Files (Record Group 64)
… march 12: nato accession ceremony 1999, march 18: real woman essay contest 1999, march 25: jean carnahan 1999, april 17: berlin airlift commemoration 1999, may: truman week 1999: fourth of july ceremony 1999, august 28: harry s. truman …
Michael J. Dux Oral History Interview
… about the downfall of the middle-of-the-road democratic government and extended soviet influence. mckinzie: how did the berlin airlift -- or the berlin blockade, i should say -- affect the work that you were doing at that time? that was '48. dux: that was '48, yes. by … an investment policy, and, of course, [24] the currency reform of 1948. mckinzie: which was ostensibly the reason for the berlin blockade. dux: yes. mckinzie: you have been involved in the planning of the currency reform itself? dux: yes. …
Records of the National Archives and Records Administration: Records of the Harry S. Truman Library: Museum Exhibit Case Files (Record Group 64)
… of the trails traveling exhibit 1986: uss missouri model exhibit 1986: airlift! bridge to a post-war alliance exhibit (berlin airlift) box 12 1987: marshall plan exhibit 1987: marshall plan traveling exhibit (german marshall fund of the u.s.) … the u.s. capitol exhibit 1994: health care exhibit 1995: treasures of the truman library exhibit 1995: american forces in berlin exhibit box 26 1995: 50 years ago today exhibit [1 of 4] 1995: 50 years ago today exhibit [2 of 4] 1995: 50 years ago …
The President's News Conference at Key West
… unofficially, either. q. they were supposed to have been from stockholm. somebody had a story out of paris and berlin that it was suggested you meet with stalin? the president. i saw that in the paper, but that is the only place. q. in …
Oral Histories
… 1949-53. 110 pages. laukhuff, perry. foreign service officer; secretary of mission, u.s. political adviser for germany, berlin, 1945-49; director, office of german political affairs, department of state, 1949-52; special assistant to the … member, committee for european economic cooperation, italy. 27 pages. matthews, h. freeman. member, u.s. delegation, berlin conference, 1945; political adviser, council of foreign ministers meetings, moscow, 1945, paris, 1946, new york, 1946; …
The President' s News Conference
… to take over greece and turkey. well, you know the result of that. greece and turkey are free countries. then came the berlin airlift, and berlin is still a free city. then came korea, and that march into korea was against a united nations republic. it was against …
Joint Report With Allied Leaders on the Potsdam Conference
… joint report with allied leaders on the potsdam conference august 2, 1945 i. report on the tripartite conference of berlin on july 17, 1945, the president of the united states of america, harry s. truman, the chairman of the council of … minister of great britain, winston s. churchill, together with mr. clement r. attlee, met in the tripartite conference of berlin. they were accompanied by the foreign secretaries of the three governments, mr. james f. byrnes, mr. v. m. molotov, … policy for the control of germany and austria would in future fall within the competence of the allied control council at berlin and the allied commission at vienna. accordingly, it was agreed to recommend that the european advisory commission be …
The President's News Conference
… and john w. mccormack, house majority leader. [4.] q. mr. president, what do you think of the agreement to relax the berlin blockade? the president. well, of course i am happy that there is a chance to take up where we left off, over 10 …
The President's News Conference at Independence, Missouri
… in washington. q. probably tuesday, did you say, mr. president? the president. probably. q. who will accompany you to berlin, mr. president? the president. well, whoever is necessary to carry on negotiations for the government of the united …
Special Message to the Senate Transmitting a Convention on Relations With Germany, and Related Documents
… present international situation. these exceptions relate to the stationing and security of allied forces in germany, to berlin, and to questions of unification, a peace settlement, and other matters concerning germany as a whole. when the new …
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9702
… & yadkin ry baltimore & annapolis rr barre & chelsea rr beaver, meade & englewood rr benwood & wheeling connecting ry berlin mills ry birmingham southern rr boston terminal co. butte, anaconda & pacific ry blue ridge ry columbia, newberry & …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History
… pulgencio, 536 battersea power station, 16 battle of the bulge, 339 beatty, morgan, 289 berkeley, california, 563-564 berlin, germany, 255 allied access to, 305-306 blockade of, 1039 truman, harry s., tour of, 299-304 biffle, leslie, 368-369 , … nixon, robert g., 389 , 1012 atomic bomb: japan, opinion of use in, 315-317 knowledge of the project to create, 312-314 berlin, germany, tour of, 299-304 biographical information, 1-3 brest, france, evacuated from, 9-11 churchill, winston, … background of, 152 barkley, alben, as his vice presidential candidate, 583-584 berkeley, california, speech at, 563-564 berlin, germany, tours, 299-304 byrnes, james f.: relationship, 245-254 secretary of state, appointed, 244 canfil, fred a., …
Acheson, Dean G. Papers
… and the under secretary of state. the documents relate to the carnegie corporation, the lend-lease and neutrality act, the berlin crisis, the united nations, and palestine. the secretary of state file is comprised of twelve subseries. the … and reports related to acheson’s role as an advisor to the white house and state department. the topics include nato, berlin, portugal, the cuban missile crisis, france, greece, cyprus, europe, foreign aid, vietnam, and the united nations. … and discharge of duties, communism, conferences, nuclear weapons, nato, the cuban missile crisis, vietnam, rhodesia, berlin, china and tributes to winston churchill, george marshall and harry s. truman. the newspaper clipping file consists of …
Vernice Anderson Oral History Interview
… security council), which led subsequently to the convening of a foreign ministers meeting in paris and the lifting of the berlin blockade. [20] in the united nations delegates lounge one day at lake success, new york (on what appeared to be a most … kingsbury smith of international news service, and joseph stalin, of the key issue of the currency question in berlin. this, you will recall, was the initial basis for the extreme measure of the blockade, which was a very aggravating … their respective governments to a meeting of the council of foreign ministers on may 23 in paris and to the lifting of the berlin blockade on may 11. it was through ambassador jessup's intuition and skill at the negotiating table, and based on …
The President's News Conference
… request was made to the white house recently that the full minutes of our conversations with the russians on the setup in berlin be released to the public, and that-- the president. they should not be released, and they will not be released at …
The President's News Conference
… say, since the end of world war ii? the president. it is just as great as it ever has been. we were faced with that in the berlin airlift. we were faced with it in greece and turkey. we were faced with it in iran, when the troops of the allies and …
Remarks at a Conference of the Industry Advisory Councils of the Department of the Interior
… one abroad and two at home. aggression is the first one. we are shooting that one out in korea, as we did in greece and berlin and other places. number two is inflation. that is a home product we are taxing and by controls curing inflation--we …
The President's News Conference
… this time. [8.] q. mr. president, do you plan to hold a big two meeting with prime minister churchill before going to the berlin meeting ? the president. i do not. there is going to be a big three meeting, and all three will be there,-- q. mr. …
Elbridge Durbrow Oral History Interview
… internal affairs -- or call it what you will -- which they don't like. mckinzie: i guess, you were there at the time the berlin airlift began, weren't you? i wonder if you could perhaps talk a little bit about that, and maybe some of the events that transpired there before? durbrow: well, that was a very disturbing thing. of course, the czech coup plus the berlin airlift was the "straw that broke the back" of [90] resistance to nato and everything else, and induced mr. truman … it to save our boys' lives. all the other decisions -- nato, [91] the truman doctrine, all that sort of thing. so, the berlin airlift -- it was really a blockade -- came and that was just about the last straw i think for the president and …
Thomas D. Cabot Oral History Interview
… group, but we certainly were entitled to believe that the communists, the soviet union specifically, might attack berlin. we were scared about berlin, and we didn't, of course, want to start a nuclear war. berlin couldn't have been defended with ground troops, if the soviets had wanted to move in there. rearming europe seemed …
Davies, John Paton, Jr. Papers
… [loyalty investigation, 1953] annex c3 [loyalty investigation, 1956] assignments, promotions, and travel at home in moscow berlin, isaiah cbs news film, 1954 china [press clippings and notes, c. 1970-1995] china lobby china, people’s republic …
Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History Interviews
… bendetsen served as acting deputy to the first secretary of defense (mr. forrestal) during the initial phases of the berlin crisis. later that year he established the office of general counsel of the army and served as its first incumbent …
The President's News Conference
… i have no comment on it. [24.] q. mr. president, if the soviet union were, of its own accord, to lift the blockade in berlin, would the united states in cooperation with the other western powers be prepared to consider the possibility of …
Henry H. Fowler Oral History Interview
… war was still going on. while i was flying over with a small staff, with these reports, on my way to frankfurt and then to berlin, the potsdam [20] meeting occurred. you know from your other records what happened at the potsdam meeting, but it … and the british to cooperate with us and we'll have that." that is the way it worked out. i went on to frankfurt and to berlin and spent about a month there . . . johnson: in berlin. fowler: . . . acquainting general william draper, who was the economic adviser to general clay, and his staff with …
The President's News Conference
… i can't comment on that. [20.] q. mr. president, any comment on the fact that the russians are cutting off power in west berlin? the president. no comment. i have not been officially notified of it. i heard about it, but i have not been …
The President's News Conference
… and find out. [8.] q. mr. president, in recent days the situation in the negotiations in korea and also the situation in berlin seem to have deteriorated rather rapidly and drastically. i wonder if there is anything you could say on the world …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History Interview, April 30, 1969
… to the italian government for a job of broadcasting to america. the italians turned him down. then he made a trip to berlin to apply personally for a job of broadcasting to america for radio berlin. fuchs: did he do this partly because he needed money or was it solely because he wanted to work against jews? ewing: … reason they went to austria was because the cost of living made it an attractive place for them. when he applied to radio berlin they employed him at the highest salary that they paid any broadcaster. [155] the crew that the department of justice …
Dirk U. Stikker Oral History Interview, July 14, 1970
… me; and i guess, perhaps, dealing with the people on the spot. stikker: i had that same experience later on again on the berlin crises, in the years when i was secretary [27] general of nato. there again the tripartite had control, and they … on we should get together only on a personal basis. so, for instance, you had later on a blockade again of the road to berlin. i had been sitting together with larry norstad, and general [earle g.] wheeler who at that time was the man who was … things. but when the oecd and oeec and the marshal aid came into existence, it was, i think, a month later, they had the berlin blockade. the berlin blockade immediately started this sort of cold or hot or whatever you could say. now originally …
Ambassador William Fletcher Warren Oral History Interviews, Vol II
… it again. but that was what it said. it was one of the most desirable posts in the world. if they had given me london or berlin or tokyo or any other nice place they could think of, i do not think i would have been as pleased as i was with … on mr. messersmith when he was our minister in austria. earlier he had made a wonderful record as consul general in berlin. in his reporting he portrayed the nazi development and denouement as the embassy had not. after that he was made a … parham: did you go overland from hamburg to riga by train, i suppose? warren: yes. we first went from hamburg down to berlin, and then in berlin, after a couple of days there, we went on by train to riga. i might . . . . *see appendix, …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History
… kentucky, 3 , 5 , 6 batt, william, jr., 271-272 , 273 bell, david, 163 , 306 benson, ezra taft, 99 benton, elmer, 98 berlin, germany, 154 bernadotte plan, 282 , 283 , 285 , 286 best, robert, 152-153 beta theta pi, 8 biddle, francis, 87 , 93 , … 198 , 199 , 200-202 , 206 , 228 , 231 , 238 , 364 , 365 pulliam, eugene, newspaper chain of, 260 , 261 , 262 r radio berlin, 154 , 155 , 160 radio east, 155 radio north america, 155 radio southeast, 155 raleigh, north carolina, 367 randall …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 20, 1970
… washington to go to norfolk and boarded the cruiser augusta to go across the atlantic to antwerp. then flew on to potsdam, berlin. truman had been in communication with churchill, and churchill was pressing for another meeting with stalin for … communicated with roosevelt about this.) potsdam was the place where it would be held. it couldn't be held [255] in berlin itself because berlin was destroyed, and brother i mean destroyed! not just a house here and a building there knocked down, but everything . …
The President's News Conference
… price control legislation? the president. i do not. i do not. [9.] q. mr. president, the soviet-licensed newspaper in berlin said this morning that general clay was going to be replaced, and that his successor would report directly to the …
Oral History Interview
… should be better armed than the u.s. as was [57] exemplified by his decision on the hydrogen bomb issue. and when did the berlin wall episode occur, wasn't that during his administration too? hess: no, we had the blockade, it was not really the wall, but there was a year when they had the autobahn blocked and we had to fly in supplies for berlin, the berlin blockade. the wall, of course, came during the kennedy administration. strauss: as late as that? i didn't recall that. …
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9727
… 5, ill. 31. benwood and wheeling connecting railway company, wheeling steel corporation bldg., wheeling, w. va. 32. berlin mills railway, berlin, n. h. 33. bessemer and lake erie railroad company, p. o. box 536, pittsburgh 30, pa. 34. blue ridge railway company, …
Address on Foreign Policy at a Luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
… leaders have promised and what they have actually done is so startling that we are amazed that anyone can be deceived. in berlin, in czechoslovakia, in the balkans, in the far east, they have proved, time after time, that their talk about peace is …
Special Message to the Congress on the Need for a Military Aid Program
… in history, has deliberately created an atmosphere of fear and danger. in the face of what has occurred in greece, and in berlin, in the face of the threats and pressures to which iran and turkey have been exposed, in the light of the suppression …
Jose Figueres Ferrer Oral History Interview
… he went through the lines, and i think was shot at, and stayed here. but at that time, i remember that we had the berlin airlift and that he and i were day by day watching events and hoping [25] that nothing weird would happen. mccoy: so, … acheson, dean, 22 agency for international development, 14-15 , 16 alliance for progress, 28 batista, fulgencio, 33 berlin, germany, 24 berlin airlift, 24 betancourt, romulo, 34 bowles, chester, 1 bretton woods conference, 29 canada, 27 caracus conference, 34 …
Edward S. Mason Oral History Interview
… clay very well, because he's a very strong personality; and we saw him several times and spent perhaps two weeks in berlin before going to frankfurt and then on to stuttgart, where secretary byrnes made his speech. we also went to munich. … not in any particularly important position, but i forget what position he was in at that stage. i also met willy brandt in berlin. he had just come back from sweden or norway to berlin and was trying to reestablish his contacts with the social democratic party. he made a very strong impression on me. …
Oral History Interviews
… 1934-45. 112 pages. dubois, josiah e., jr. member, allied reparations commission, moscow, 1945; member, u.s. delegation, berlin conference (potsdam), 1945; deputy chief of counsel for war crimes in charge of i.g. farben case, nuremberg, germany, … committee, organization for european economic cooperation, 1948. 26 pages. halvorson, gail. air force pilot during berlin airlift, 1948-1949. also known as the "candy bomber". the oral history is only available through the research room . …
Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview
… the marshall plan, the president's strong support of the united nations, holding the line under u.n. mandate in korea, the berlin airlift--just to name a few. fuchs: what do you recall about the berlin airlift? [34] landry: i was in germany. i was in the eighth air force. when we dropped the bomb in august '45, i was … in the books about mr. truman and in other historical books. i don't know anything about that. i knew something about the berlin airlift. fuchs: i'm wondering what were your reactions at the time; did you feel that we were biting off more that we …
The President's News Conference
… white house official reporter] the president. i can name you several examples if you want them: greece, turkey, korea, and berlin. trieste in the beginning. q. mr. president, when you speak of the use of force, you are referring in a general way to …
Address at Mechanics Hall in Boston
… must not spread its tentacles into the western zone. we shall not retreat from that position. we shall feed the people of berlin, and the people of germany will be given their chance to work out a decent life under a democratic government. now, …
Andrews, Stanley Papers
… canada speech file - october 26, association of land grant colleges and universities trip to europe trip to europe - berlin speech government service file: 1952 general correspondence general international development advisory board meeting …
Huntington, Albert H., Jr. Papers
… by gregg herken "multipolarity in world politics: the challenge" by norman graebner 750th anniversary of the founding of berlin obituary of congressman otto passman, chairman, house appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations, 1955-1977 …
Richard R. Beckman Oral History Interview
… johnson: most of the souvenirs, i guess that is another term we can use, that you were able to pick up, well, around the berlin area... beckman: i started picking up nazi arm bands, and i have given all of them to the truman library. i had one of … in art, doing artwork. you took art classes, did you, when you were in school. beckman: yes. somewhere before we got to berlin, i had picked up three german lugers; you know, the german luger is the famous pistol... johnson: the pistol now … oh, no, no. the thing is, i think what was basic to that, niel, is that nobody was allowed to fraternize. when we got to berlin, [there were] the german police who were relatively politically clean -- i was never quite convinced that they had …
Address at Colorado Springs
… and turkey, and of aid to western europe, which he had praised as "achievements" the day before. he even attacked the berlin airlift. and this is not the only time he has attacked the policies he worked so long to build up for our defense and …
James I. Loeb Oral History
… 164 batt, william jr., 91 , 105 bausch and lomb, 71 bean, louis, 66 bell, david e., 147 , 187 , 189 benneton, norman, 205 berlin, germany, 74 bernie, ben, 206 biddle, francis, 135 biemiller, andrew, 32 biffle, leslie, 155 bingham, senator hiram, …
Remarks and Question and Answer Period With the National Conference of Editorial Writers
… britain; lt. gen. lucius d. clay, u.s. deputy military governor in germany; robert d. murphy, u.s. political adviser in berlin; and lt. gen. walter bedell smith, u.s. ambassador to the soviet union. [5.] q. mr. president, when do you expect the …
John Maktos Oral History Interview
… how much germany was really able to pay. one of the other problems developed to be a very serious one, namely access to berlin. i had proposed that there should be a written agreement between the victors giving to all of them a right of passage to berlin from the soviet sector. mckinzie: but you proposed this in that same committee? maktos: no, this was not in the … | list of subjects discussed ] list of subjects discussed art treasures stolen by nazi government, disposition of, 21 berlin, access to, 22 finch, george, 38 fitzmaurice, gerald, 38-42 genocide, u.n. resolution and convention on, 2-5 , 30-34 …
The President's Special Conference With the Association of Radio News Analysts
… and make peace. "why don't you get to the russians and fix this thing up?" he said. i said, "all right, we will give them berlin, we will give them germany, we will give them korea, we will give them japan, we will give them east asia. then they …
Harry H. Vaughan, March 20, 1976 Oral History Interview
… that russia never kept any agreements that they made at all. it was a gentleman's agreement that the free access to west berlin, across the russian held part of germany at all times. within a year we had to have this berlin [23] airlift, you know, to keep the people in berlin from starving to death. well, if you're playing with the russians you don't play by the marquis of queensbury rules. …
Raymond P. Brandt Oral History Interview
… a reporter at the white house? brandt: one thing that i think was his mistake, is that he accepted the yalta agreement on berlin. that was an [90] eisenhower and roosevelt mistake and we should never have let berlin be isolated that way. the story i've heard was that churchill wanted to renege on that, to take berlin, and to abrogate that part of the understanding about four-power government in berlin. truman is supposed to have …
The President's News Conference
… is trying to assist the united nations in preventing aggression, just as it did in greece and turkey, and as it did in berlin, and in several other instances. q. this all goes to the supreme court argument, mr. president. are we under war …
The President's News Conference
… have anything to fear the last three years and a half? [19.] q. mr. president, is there anything you can say on the berlin situation? the president. nothing. [20.] q. mr. president, have you read any columns in which you found any truth at …
The President's News Conference
… of the proposed flag, with the circle of 48 stars, to the white house in july and when the president returned from berlin in august, he tentatively approved that design. it was then sent to the war and navy departments for comment and …
Clark Clifford Oral History
… balfour declaration, 104 barkley, alben w., 228 , 230 batt, william, jr., 226 , 227 belgium, 79 berkeley, california, 222 berlin airlift, 456 biemiller, andrew j., 264 biemiller-humphrey civil rights plank, 264-266 biffle, leslie, 61 , 63 , 64 , …
The President's News Conference
… and continually. 2 see 1945 volume, this series, items 26, 27. when the cold war started in greece and turkey, and berlin, and finally in korea, we had to put forth every effort possible to prevent all the free world from coming under …
Ben Hill Brown Oral History Interview
… earlier? brown: i think it probably should have occurred earlier than it did, but it was delayed considerably by the berlin blockade. the mission to germany which i went on was to prepare the way for a turnover to civilian control and a … even though it would still be an occupation, they preferred it under civilian control. but immediately thereafter the berlin blockade came up, which i think everybody agreed required that the final authority in germany continue to be military as long as they were having to support berlin by military airlift. so, it was delayed. i can't remember when the turnover finally took place. the mission to …
James W. Riddleberger Oral History Interview, April 26, 1972
… affairs, u.s. dept. of state, 1944-47; counsellor of embassy, and chief, political section, american military government, berlin, germany, 1947-50; acting political adviser to commander-in-chief, u.s. forces, germany, 1949-50; political adviser to … soviet union and germany and what i thought the real intentions of the soviet leaders were. don't forget, i was still in berlin for both the molotov-ribbentrop pact at the outbreak of the war and also for the famous molotov visit in the winter of … i stopped off in germany on my way back i think, yes, to go over a number of things. hess: all right. riddleberger: in berlin--no, of course, this wasn't germany. i beg your pardon. may i stop to think a moment? hess: you certainly may. …
Hillman, William Papers
… 1925 (september 5) married angela sermolino 1926-1931 correspondent, universal service and hearst newspapers, paris, berlin, and london 1934-1939 chief of staff, foreign correspondents, hearst newspapers 1939-1940 foreign editor, … sketches for herbert lee williams, august 25, 1954 profiles by hst [draft of the log of the president's trip to the berlin conference, by lt. w. m. rigdon] proposed chapter arrangement for second draft sample pages from early printing of …
Ross, Charles G. Papers
… b. taft-hartley law terry, lt. r. c. thirty-fifth division time [magazine] todd, dr. tomlinson trips of the president - berlin trip, july 6-august 7, 1945 trips of the president - bermuda trip, august 16- september 2, 1946 trips of the president … germany: medals and memorabilia [2012 accretion] 1949 inaugural invitations to dr. and mrs. john b. ross photographs of berlin, c. 1945 [2012 accretion] ross, john b.: military service, world war ii [2012 accretion] roy a. roberts - night …
Recollections of the 1948 Campaign by William J. Bray
… a day or two before. an impasse had developed between the soviets and the western powers over the russian blockade of berlin. the russians refused to end the blockade and the westerners refused to be deterred by it. smith said the situation … discussed akron, ohio, 40 albany, n. y., 40 anderson, clinton p., 12 austin, texas, 15 , 18 battery d, 129th f.a., 6 berlin blockade, 17 bonham, texas, 17 bray, william j., 10 , 25 , 36 bridgeport, conn., 44 brockton, mass, 43 butler, robert, … 32 toledo, ohio, 39 , 40 tolono, ill., 29 truman, harry s.: battery d, visit with friend from during 1948 campaign, 6-7 berlin blockade, conference with ambassador b. smith re, 17 campaign fund donations for the democratic party, influence in …
Max Lowenthal Oral History Interview
… often, in the early part of his presidency. in fact there was a war job, or a wartime produced task to be performed in berlin and i was directed by the war department to work on that matter and go over to germany. i had known bob patterson, and … other official job. hess: what was the task that you had in germany? lowenthal: in the fall of 1946 i was asked to go to berlin. at the time berlin was under a three or four nation army administration. the american military authorities in berlin wanted to have a …
The President's Special Conference With Editors of Business and Trade Papers
… next world war will be the safest place in the world. it won't be at home. we won't be safe at home. if you could look at berlin right now, or frankfurt, or dresden, or london, you will find out what happens to the people who stayed at home. there …
Address in Springfield at the 32d Reunion of the 35th Division Association
… security. the communists are building up forces in korea and other parts of asia. in europe the russians are threatening berlin. communist parties are staging riots in paris and tokyo. the kremlin is not going to take a vacation just because we …
Papers of Harry S. Truman Staff Member and Office Files: National Security Council File
… european members of the north atlantic treaty organization] [3 of 3] box 7 # 19 [federal republic of germany and western berlin] # 20 [japan & ryukyu islands] # 21 [certain latin american republics] [1 of 2] # 21 [certain latin american …
Jules Moch Oral History Interview
… a top priority to housing in germany. the publicity on it was not in your favor. i remember the first time i was in west berlin i saw only ruins and mountains of wreckage everywhere; but the second time, instead of that, i saw new houses and … list of subjects discussed acheson, dean, 20 algiers, 7 atlantic pact, 22 auriol, vincent, 11 austria, 34 benes, edward, 9 berlin, germany, 39 bonaparte, louis napoleon, 7 bradley, omar, 25 caravelle, 35 china, 35 common market, 35 communists, 1 , …
Theodore Christidis Oral History Interview
… the united states of america, which after sending its sons, fathers, and brothers, to fight from one end of europe up to berlin and further, to come once more and give the great aid which was known as the marshall plan aid and the truman dogma. … is with deep respect that i bend my head to those who covered the whole european continent, from the atlantic ocean up to berlin and further with their tombs. it is with respect and gratitude that the greek people turn their eyes and their spirits …
Oral Histories
… department of state, 1944-47; counselor, u.s. embassy, and chief, political section, american military government, berlin, germany, 1947-50; political adviser to the economic cooperation administration, paris, france, 1950-52; director, …
Address in Lincoln, Nebraska
… with the success of our program for peace. you here in lincoln are directly affected by what happens these days in berlin, in paris, in singapore. no one should know that better than the american farmer, because farmers remember what …
Address at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh
… the korean conflict but for world war ii and for world war i. he has listed our action to save greece and turkey, and the berlin airlift, and our defense of korea--not as great achievements, but as calamities. he has intimated that our policies in …
Harry S. Truman Collection
… relating to the internal revenue bureau and reorganization plan of no. 1 of 1952 [donated by stewart berkshire, mhdc 212] berlin airlift: a special study of operation “vittles” and related materials [donated by jeff huston, mhdc 1038] bernstein, … truman": program, may 1, 1964 [mhdc 24] "fassberg diary": satirical piece circulated among air force personnel during the berlin airlift [donated by robert a. bass and daniel r. stone, mhdc 956] faunce, evalena: letter signed by harry s. truman as … "some thoughts on foreign affairs," [mhdc 393, ghdc 122] garnett, christopher, jr.: letter regarding harry s. truman and berlin, dec. 28, 1972 [mhdc 168] gates, marvin: letter from harry s. truman, august 8, 1944 [mhdc 513] gavel and block made …
Frederick Nolting Oral History Interview
… and luxembourg, i didn't have much to do with that. mckinzie: with the coming of nato, which came on the heels of the berlin blockade, which came on the heels, itself, of the marshall plan, a lot of tension filled events in western europe. … discussed acheson, dean, 22 , 26 , 34 , 38 achilles, theodore, 20 austria, 3 , 4 belgium, 20-21 benelux countries, 5 , 21 berlin blockade, 21 chiang kai-shek, 23 , 36 china, 19 , 23-24 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 36-37 clay, lucius, 3 cumming, hugh., 3 diem, …
Address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner
… against communism; we are helping them to arm against communism; we have met and halted communism in greece and turkey, in berlin and austria, in italy and iran, and the most important of all, in korea. we have fought communism abroad. we have …
The President's News Conference at Key West
… of the kremlin to control the world. a procedure was instituted which came to be known as the cold war. the airlift to berlin was only one phase of it. people became alarmed here in the united states then, that there might be people whose …
Bernard Bernstein Oral History Interview
… a number of valises. i also showed them the art treasures, which i later ascertained constituted almost 25 percent of the berlin art museum, and also showed general eisenhower [120] the plates of the reichsbank used for the printing of the … the art treasure, from the studies made by the art experts of shaef, seemed to have been the legitimate property of the berlin museum. our government turned all of that art back to the west german government. some of it has been taken by the … the mine, we picked up two german civilians who turned out to be officials of the reichsbank. they had been sent down from berlin to keep an eye on that gold and treasure. we began our examination of the gold question by our examination of these …
The President's Farewell Address to the American People
… is a bulwark of strength at a strategic corner of the world. then came the marshall plan which saved europe, the heroic berlin airlift, and our military aid programs. we inaugurated the north atlantic pact, the rio pact binding the western …
Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History, November 9, 1972
… may. mr. forrestal phoned me in san francisco where i was practicing law and said that an emergency was in the making, the berlin crisis storm was gathering, the probabilities were high that the defense establishment, as it was then known, would be … certain senators and representatives on these committees. hess: what particular duties did you have in connection with the berlin blockade and the berlin airlift? bendetsen: no direct duties. my duties were in general support functions. i had no direct military …
Loy W. Henderson Oral History Interview
… red cross commission attached to the interallied commission for the repatriation of prisoners of war with headquarters in berlin, i acted as an inspector of prison camps in germany. there were several hundred thousand russian prisoners in these … and the problems connected with their repatriation were complex and numerous. there were arguments both in paris and berlin with regard to decisions relating to their [3] repatriation. on the one hand, there was a fear that if they should be … lithuania in order to hold back the soviets. this sub-commission was composed of members of the interallied commission in berlin. it was headed by a british major; and its other members consisted of a united states medical officer, a french …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 9, 1970
… also have taken that comment under advisement. hess: well, that may be true. also one other point on foreign affairs. the berlin airlift took place in june of 1948, or the elsey: the airlift commenced then. hess: right, it commenced then. the russian blockade of [391] berlin, and we did not discuss that last time. does anything particular come to mind about mr. truman's decision to act as he did in that way and have an airlift. what was the thinking around the white house at the time of the berlin blockade? elsey: i have no special insight or comments to offer on that. by that time the national security council …
Dr. Isador Lubin Oral History Interview
… united states that had some technological significance to them as oil people. on our return we visited a good deal around berlin, and other nearby places and then went on to moscow. the mission to moscow was a complete failure. we got nowhere at … transcript | list of subjects discussed ] list of subjects discussed aachen, germany, 2 arden house conference, 42 berlin, germany, 9 blair-lee house, 8 byrnes, james f., 10 , 26-27 clay, lucius d., 33 clayton, william c., 31 connelly, …
Sheet Music Collection
… america, we love thee by: william s hauser america your daughter and your son america's and her allies' victory march to berlin and tokyo america's big three america's choice america's marseillaise america's our home america's pride american … victory by: will pedras below the mason-dixon line ben hur chariot race march beneath the maori moon berceuse bergerettes berlin betsy ross better times are on the way better write a letter betty lou between tonight and tomorrow beyond the purple … christmas glorious old glory glory glory to our warriors glory to the flag of the u.s.a. god bless america by: irving berlin god bless america by: albert d. cowden god bless america, the grand old u.s.a. god bless ev'ry nation god bless mr. …
Emilio Collado Oral History Interview, July 11, 1974
… completely out of joint as a result of that and we finally did make a concession and let the french have their zone in berlin and germany. the poles kept showing up, poor guys, and not getting anywhere. as you know, our support of them didn't … 26 , 41 , 46 and the marshall plan, 42-43 atlantic city, new jersey, 14 babelsberg, germany, 49 berle, adolf a., jr., 6-7 berlin, germany, 33 bolivia, 12 bonsal, phil, 9 brand, bob, 46 bretton woods conference, 12 , 14 , 15-17 , 18 , 21-22 , 46 …
Spyros Markezinis Oral History Interview
… in greece, it did not get projected universally as it ought to be. just as i think the splendid success of the airlift in berlin was also badly publicized. question: did the united states aid programs have influence upon the political system and … to see it after world war ii. that is why they pushed through the division of germany and the curious status quo of berlin, while clemenceau, foch, and poincare had failed mutatis mutandis in their similar pursuit earlier. (boundaries of the … targets. the russians had correctly marked greece as the key position for the control of the eastern mediterranean. berlin was the other target at that time. that is why i consider [53] that the final success of american policy in these two …
James J. Rowley Oral History Interview
… d.c. we took one of those four-motored planes, a dc-4, and flew to miami. then we flew to trinidad, from trinidad to berlin, and berlin to natal, where we refueled. by the way, after taking off from natal, we're in the air, and all of a sudden i smelled … the meeting arrangements. i landed in paris and i called bob [robert] murphy, who was ambassador, and he was going up to berlin, so he wouldn't be available. finally i found out that an admiral that i worked with in hawaii when roosevelt went and …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interviews, June 11 and June 17, 1975
… the ten days and i found it not worthwhile reading something i already knew about. shortly after this period, i was in berlin at the time of the potsdam conference. the reason i was there was that speer had an economic and planning section … of this planning section would be the best records to give us everything we needed. but wagenfuehr had disappeared to berlin and that's why i went to berlin to see whether i could find [85] wagenfuehr. we got to berlin and found that wagenfuehr was in that section of …
Felix E. Larkin Oral History Interview
… these maps of the world and say, "now one of the things we really have to do if the communists [64] move east into west berlin and so forth, is we're going to have to hold spain; we're going to have to do this; we're going to have to do that" … was europe. and this is, of course--i'm trying to think of the dates of the marshall plan, of greek-turkey aid, the berlin airlift. hess: there was a good deal of activity in europe at [65] this time, but was there any thinking of an attack … that i think most people, finally, were surprised. they never did think that the communists, starting with eisenhower in berlin when they moved in and grabbed everything, would continue with an objective of a world push. they were highly …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interviews
… report, 441-445 benton, william, 1925-1926 berchtesgaden, germany, features of, 485-489 berenstein, david, 133-134 berlin, germany, as a strategic target during world war ii, 468-469 bevin, ernest, and marshall plan, role in, 1125 , …
Harry S. Truman Papers: President's Secretary's Files
… the conferences documented in this subseries include the united nations conference in san francisco and the potsdam (berlin) conference in 1945; the paris conference of foreign ministers in 1946; the moscow and london conferences of foreign … among the topics discussed in the conferences subseries are european recovery, germany, reparations, peace treaties, the berlin blockade, the atomic bomb, trade, the north atlantic treaty organization (nato), and the korean war. the council of … reports, schedules, speeches, telegrams, and transcripts pertaining to asia, statehood for alaska, military bases, the berlin crisis, the occupation of germany, the palestine issue, reparations, the truman doctrine, the united nations, the suez …
Willard L. Thorp Oral History Interview
… i wouldn't be in on it, but if it was an economic problem, for instance, the currency problem, i would either go to berlin or we'd have the meeting somewhere else. i don't think any of these were actually resolved in berlin. i think we wanted to be away from the generals to resolve them. we would work out some solution and, of course, the … by and large the state department became more and more distressed about the status of germany and the situation there. the berlin airlift crisis was an indication of weakness: i think every government felt that berlin was one of our vulnerable …
Benson E. L. Timmons III Oral History Interview
… first for economic recovery and political strength, and then later after the developments in czechoslovakia and the berlin blockade, there is the clear emergence of the soviet threat to western europe. there was the necessity for defense …
Reverend Welbern Bowman Oral History Interview
… town was that near, or close to? bowman: our mail address was king city, missouri, but we lived near a little town called berlin. i went to the grade school and then to high school in the grandview consolidated schools -- not the grandview we live … baptist church, grandview, missouri, 9-14 , 16-29 , 34-39 , 45 benton boulevard baptist church, kansas city, missouri, 6-7 berlin, missouri, 2 blue ridge baptist church, grandview, misouri, 22-23 bowman, jasper, 1 bowman, maggie, 1 bowman, welbern, …
Walter H. Judd Oral History Interview
… could do from korea; and to have our forces in korea may be provocative to the soviet union." i said, "that's true of west berlin also; they can take berlin any weekend. we haven't got enough troops there to stop them. why don't they do it? because we do have one regiment in berlin--and the american flag. that's all, but it's a symbol of american power and interest. if we take everything out of …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, March 17, 1976
… much of my work in april and may and [4] june was preparing background data for president truman to use at the potsdam or berlin conference. as a result, i came to see him more often and know him better than anyone as young and as junior in rank … assume that in des moines he was going to talk about the price of hogs or something like that. he might be discussing the berlin airlift in des moines, and they would have to be out there listening, and as a result of this, they were just filing …
Charles P. Kindleberger Oral History Interview
… army group in europe to members of his staff in london; (2) letters from kindleberger to his office as he toured brussels, berlin, and vienna for the department of state in 1946; and (3) letters to his office from moscow in march-april, 1947.] you … and we did that for a long time. there were reparations issues, reconstruction issues, feeding issues. i went to berlin and austria in the summer of 46, thats where one of those piles of letters comes from. we elaborated the policies … felt, i think, that it was outrageous to let foreign businessmen go into germany and buy up things. and my letters from berlin here do talk about the moratorium. now the moratorium was a device we worked out. there would be a moratorium on …
Sir Alexander Cairncross Oral History Interview
… with sir alexander cairncross director of programmes, ministry of aircraft production, 1945; economic advisory panel, berlin, 1945-46; member of wool working party, 1946; economic advisor to the board of trade, 1946-49; economic advisor to …