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Harding F. Bancroft Oral History Interview

… of indonesia. i remember we had a whole lot of meetings in paris during the general assembly meeting there following the berlin blockade in the fall of '48. in early 1949, dr. jessup was the person who had to announce the   [24] united states … and dulles, john foster, 52-54 and the office of price administration, 3-4 and the state department, 15 bard, ralph a., 2 berlin blockade, 23 bernadotte, count folke af wisborg, 43 black, cyril, 14 bulgaria, 14 , 16 bunche, ralph, 43 butterworth, …

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Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interview, August 4, 1975

… it was ultimately going to be for the three western zones? nitze: well, the problem was complicated by the situation in berlin. there, that problem was made extremely difficult by harry dexter white and the treasury department. harry dexter … currency be turned over to the russians, and so the russians printed unlimited quantities of occupational currency in the berlin area,   [207] all of which occupation currency was convertible into u.s. dollars. so, this was a wide open hole in our … in desperation we made all those occupation dollars unconvertible into u.s. dollars, that's what brought about the first berlin blockade. and that in turn led to the 1949 palais rose conference, because after the airlift the russians finally …

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Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, February 1, 1984

… for its work in the field of international law. i had a fellowship to go there for the summer. so i spent some time in berlin and some time at the hague. ritchie: what was your impression of berlin in 1937? wilcox: well, you couldn't help but feel that hitler's efforts were moving the world toward a very serious …

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John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, December 27, 1967

… and visited the bombed out cities of germany. it was an appalling sight to see the industrial cities, and particularly in berlin, to see these gaunt walls standing there with the entire interior burned out by the incendiary bombs. these were the …

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Robert L. Riggs Oral History Interview

… and japan; the dropping of the atomic bomb; aid to turkey and greece; and the fall of china and czechoslovakia; the berlin blockade, the korean war. just what was your general opinion of the truman administration's handling of foreign … ayers, eben a., 23 barkley, alben, 6 , 35 , 43-44 , 45 battery d, 129th field artillery, 28 berkeley, california, 30 , 32 berlin blockade, 49 biffle, leslie, 35 blackstone hotel, chicago, 44-45 boston, massachusetts, 9 byrnes, james f., 23 …

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Clark, Tom C. Papers

… bar - barker barkley, alben w. barksdale - barn barr bart - baruch bas - bat bau - baz bea - bed bee - bel box 21 ben ber berlin, richard e. bet - bez bia - bil biddle, francis - r.a.f. penrose, jr. memorial lecture - the nurenberg trials, april …

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Donald C. Blaisdell Oral History Interview

… general assembly. there were special sessions of the security council held at the same time, because this was the time the berlin blockade was on and there were negotiations. philip jessup was our representative in those debates. my job was … and said, "why, there is you." mckinzie: in paris in 1948 what did you have to do, if anything, with the negotiations on berlin? blaisdell: i had nothing to do with that. the security council held one or two special meetings   [124] in connection … or where i don't know, but someone detected   [125] stalin's public statement as the chance to negotiate the end of the berlin blockade; how philip jessup approached jacob malik in the delegates' lounge at the u.n. to determine whether the …

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John D. Hickerson Oral History Interview

… that's just the brussels pact. things were happening: the takeover in czechoslovakia; the spy scare in scandinavia; the berlin blockade, all of those things scared the living daylights out of people. out of that we had approaches from everybody, … the result of all of that was that everybody was scared absolutely sick. now, later on, there was another ingredient, the berlin blockade, but that only came in june. but the february takeover in czechoslovakia triggered the whole thing. now, the … to consider what should be done about the situation. those talks opened in early july, 1948, in the meantime the berlin blockade had come along and given a further boost to the urgency of this idea, the blockade lasted until the following …

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U. Alexis Johnson Oral History Interview

… in 1949, when you came back, if such existed it was at its peak, with the marshall plan going the way it was and with the berlin airlift winding down. you, too, had been conditioned by four years of scap, in which the dominant view was that the … approach to the war than ours tended to be. and you have such things as the decision not to occupy prague, not to go into berlin, and these things. but, coming back, the inseparability of political and military factors was truly brought home to …

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Pauley, Edwin W. Papers

… ocl-2815, vol. i, part ii, oct. 3, 1946 potsdam conference potsdam conference—report of the tripartite conference of berlin, august 1945 proposed reparations conference (1946) reparations, 1945 [1 of 2] reparations, 1945 [2 of 2] box 19 …

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Edward W. Barrett Oral History Interview

… up all the information they could, which was awfully inadequate on occasion. but usually, your american who had worked in berlin, an ed taylor and someone like that, would know of four or five germans and say, "oh, damn it, i know that he's a good … scientific, and cultural organization, 18-19 and voice of america, 35-39 benton, william, 20-21 , 24 , 27 , 32 berlin, germany, 15 bowles, chester, 27 bradley, omar n., 6 brooklyn, new york, 56 brooklyn tablet , 56 , 62 bulgaria, 55 …

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Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr. Oral History Interview

… through the battle of the bulge and all of that terrible business. troops had moved east. the armies were closing in on berlin and the bombers that had been coming over london every night no [29] longer came over. we did have a few v 2s drop in … was the state department dealing on the political [45] level, through winant and his position in the eac with regard to berlin and all of these things, which i had nothing to do with at all. except for this what i regarded as one attempt to …

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Josiah E. Dubois, Jr. Oral History Interview

… counsel of the war refugee board, 1944; member of allied reparations commission, moscow, 1945; member u.s. delegation, berlin conference (potsdam), 1945; dep. chief of counsel for war crimes in charge of i.g. farben case, nuremberg, germany, …

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Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Oral History Interview

… gasoline consumption studies, which became very important as they tried to push the outer range of the fighter planes, to berlin for example, and then later in the pacific, when the planes based on the philippines and okinawa were flying over … henry h., 9 ball, george, 13 , 14 barkley, alben w., 68 bell, david e., 37 , 38 , 40 , 44 berger, samuel david, 36 , 37 berlin, germany, 11 bradley, general omar n., 32 , 46 brown brothers, 33 brown university, 3 bruce, david, 34 burma, 72 …

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Bernstein, Bernard Papers

… showing currency in various denominations banknotes from germany--illustration showing currency in various denominations berlin--united states forces telephone directory, december 15, 1945 bernstein, bernard--address to the benjamin n. cardozo …

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Carroll H. Kenworthy Oral History Interview

… house and other news sources in washington was to pick up news which would interest newspapers in london, paris, rome, berlin, buenos aires, tokyo and you name almost any other capital in the world. we had -- when i first started -- we had only … fewer things for you to ask. kenworthy: that's right. that's right. or a correspondent for some london newspaper or some berlin newspaper would ask a question which i had expected to ask in that area, in those areas. hess: i would like to ask a …

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Hoffman, Paul G. Papers

… committee on traffic safety - 1956-1958 reuter, ernst - geseleschaft (promoters and friends of the free university of berlin) - 1953-1956 spiritual mobilization (1. committee to proclaim liberty; 2. freedom club - fifield) stanford research … (outline) 1950 - september - article - common council for american unity, new york city 1950 - october 1 - trade fair - berlin, germany 1950 - october 11 - press conference - athens, greece 1950 - october 24 - overseas writers - washington, d.c. … nations economic committee for africa, addis ababa, ethiopia 1961 - february 23 - conference for developing countries, berlin, germany (delivered by clinton rebling) 1961 - february 28 - twilight club, pasadena, california 1961 - march 2 - …

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George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, March 9, 1965

… which was then in the process of negotiation and formation, of the [100] necessity of opposition to soviet pressures, of berlin--we can carry on a dozen or more major areas of extreme national significance where the national unity and the …

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Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview, March 1-2, 1983

… 227 macarthur was relieved of his command 228 korean conflict 232 the president's reason for meeting with macarthur 234 berlin blockade 237 reluctance of af to reassign him 238 assassination attempt on truman's life 240 desegregation of armed … ahmann: but you saw this as the salvation down the road then? landry: of course. i will tell you about a mission over berlin. when we got the p-51s, the germans didn't know what the radius of action was. they didn't know about the sight. this was towards the end of the war when the germans were hurting bad, and we hadn't been to berlin if i remember correctly. it was the first time we were going in. we took the p-51s and made them into a formation that …

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Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, February 14, 1973

… to a great extent that was due to the farsightedness and vision of harry s. truman. as he carried on he went through the berlin airlift. people forget today how all embracing soviet expansionism was during that period. people forget that in the …

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Fred L. Lee Oral History Interview

… the potsdam conference, and of course, he did meet patton there.  there was that flag-raising picture with truman at berlin. lee:  well, maybe that was the occasion. johnson:  and some other important people.  i think patton came to the white …

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Lloyd, David D. Papers

… communism communist strategy correspondence concerning harry s. truman library location corruption eisenhower eisenhower—berlin blockade eisenhower—communist line [missing] eisenhower—joint chiefs of staff assignments eisenhower—korean troops …

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Harold Stassen Oral History Interview

… as to how aggressive the soviet union might be in europe. they were pressing very hard, maybe somewhere in the area of the berlin blockade, and things of that kind, and i wanted to create an atmosphere on their part that they could not count on the …

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John H. Ohly Oral History Interview

… -- the state-army-navy-air force coordinating committee (sanacc). some six months later, when the russians blockaded berlin, creating a grave international crisis and raising the specter of active military hostilities, forrestal himself did … economic recovery program. .among other things, the soviet   [34] union had taken over control in czechoslovakia and the berlin blockade had been instituted. if you would talk to some of the people in eca who were stationed in paris during this … 10 andrews, stanley, 130-132 army, u.s., occupation authority in germany, 2-4 b bell, david, 9 bennett, henry g., 130 berlin blockade, 3 , 34 bingham, jonathan, 130 , 131 bissell, richard m., jr., 103 , 106 blum, robert, 29 , 30 , 115 bridges, …

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Roger Tubby Oral History Interview

… say, in effect, well, by god, they thought the president had done the right thing on greece and turkey or iran or the berlin airlift, or whatever it might have been. and, "yes, he's done the right thing." but there was a refrain, i said, and … of state and defense because this was the period of the start of the marshall plan, and before i went over there, the berlin airlift and korea, so that he was very close to the secretaries of state and defense. hess: were there other men …

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George C. McGhee Oral History Interview

… the soviets been a member. all of our other postwar efforts in which they participated made little progress. the regime of berlin is a very   [14] good example. mckinzie: the way the marshall plan legislation was drafted, there was almost a …

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Edwin W. Martin Oral History Interview

… of got rid of that issue. but by that time our other talks had broken down. then in january of '54 there was a meeting in berlin which--and i forget the details of this, but anyway at that meeting it was decided to hold the conference in geneva on … walked out on me , and i think they did that just to pay us back. but, in that very same month, in january of '54, this berlin meeting had taken place in which they decided to have the geneva conference, so the conference on korea was set up …

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Clayton Fritchey Oral History Interviews

… of action in one place and one time, a different kind in another time and another place. for instance, in the crisis over berlin, we could have resorted to force rather than the airlift. in greece we relied on military advisors and economic and …

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Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History, November 21, 1972

… defense there was an awareness that the soviets were indeed testing our determination to stand by the continuity of west berlin during the first berlin crisis. was there a specific awareness in the pentagon that the soviet tests of our determination might shift from …

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General Louis W. Truman Oral History Interview

… that's when i asked eisenhower about this thing. heck, we had everything going; given another day we would have been in berlin. and then he told me about yalta -- not me -- but the gathering there at lunch time. johnson: the russians did take terrific casualties, in taking berlin. truman: yes, they did. johnson: a very bloody battle. do you remember what he had   [73] to say to you at all? …

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Durward V. Sandifer Oral History Interview

… by everyone as being the adoption of that declaration. there were very important political questions going on; the berlin blockade for example, was in the security council and to some extent in the general assembly that year. there were … agreement that the approval of a declaration of human rights was the great achievement of that session. of course, the berlin blockade was also unraveled in the course of that period. mckinzie: did you have anything to do with the proposed … out" of positions when things were happening so rapidly? the marshall plan was being formulated and implemented; the berlin crisis was on. sandifer: those were handled by a different side of the department, the one i operated in. i think to …

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Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union

… becoming a member of the peaceful community of nations, and a partner in the common defense. the soviet effort to capture berlin by blockade was thwarted by the courageous allied airlift. an independent and democratic japan has been brought back …

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Frank K. Kelly Oral History Interview

… kelly: he didn't mention korea, so maybe it hadn't happened. he mentioned the atom bomb, and his decision to stay in berlin when the soviets blockaded the city. johnson: yes, because after korea he said his major decision was korea. kelly: … 77-78 , 84 barriere, john, 39 , 60 , 66 , 67 batt, william, 32-33 , 39-41 , 43 , 45 , 48 , 52-53 , 62 , 67 bean, louis, 67 berlin blockade, 58 birkhead, ken, 29-30 , 32-35 , 41 , 48 , 60 , 75-76 , 96 birkhead, leon, 33 , 77 bolte, charles, 34 …

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John Franklin Carter Oral History Interview

… enormous that what you read in the old history books doesn't affect them too much. i suppose that his greek-turk aid, his berlin airlift, nato, must be considered as a very vigorous and honorable attempt to lead the country in the direction of …

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Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 9, 1970

… gave up. the bombing of london did not really resemble [15] what the u.s. air force and the british air force did later to berlin and some of the other german cities. i remember flying over, i think it was castell, a city in central germany, on the …

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John A. Kennedy Oral History Interview

… party for both groups in shanghai and came back by way of bangkok, cairo, and several other stops. we stayed a while in berlin with general lucius d. clay, which was a horrible sight because it had been damaged by both the british and american …

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Henry L. Deimel Oral History Interview

… i remember once, for instance, that i was busy dictating an instruction, a memorandum, to go to our commercial attaché in berlin i think. it was on the subject of the duty on canned sardines. the german import duty on our sardines, which were a … his hands full with his own troubles, too. and, for instance, it was the deputy chief of mission, a man who came over from berlin, who did me the ruination, who prepared my efficiency report. now, here in washington, an efficiency report was the …

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Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, November 5, 1970

… home, as i erroneously said yesterday. they were to be sent to germany. the cold war with russia, centered in occupied berlin, was going on very furiously at the same time the conflict was in korea. the threat of a war with russia was a …

Oral History

Ambassador William Fletcher Warren Oral History Interviews, Vol I

… their children away to school, they didn't think of sending them--it was an exception if they did--to london, or paris, or berlin, or madrid. they wanted to send their children to school in the united states. that's how far we've come away from … l6-17 behn, sosthenes and hernan, as founders of international telephone & telegraph company, 35 berle, adolf a., 82 , 83 berlin, germany, 53 bibb, tisdale wyatt, 33 bimini, 43 blanco street, in cuba, 54 , 59 blois, france, 11 , 12 booge, john, 9 …

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Records of the U.S. Secret Service: Personnel Investigation Files (Record Group 87)

… co-3-1180 [philip funk] co-3-1181 [bruce sodolski] co-3-1182 [walter molesky] co-3-1183 [roy klinger] co-3-1184 [berlin blake] co-3-1185 [john kent] co-3-1186 [frances jolly] co-3-1187 [floyd hudson] co-3-1188 [robert norman] co-3-1189 …

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Walter H. Judd Oral History Interview, January 26, 1976

… the chiefs said, "well, they [42] can run over seoul now." i said, "certainly. just as the soviets can run over west berlin--any weekend. we have only one beefed-up american regiment there. so why don't they take west berlin, which they'd surely like to have? just because there is that regiment there, and the american flag. please, keep a …

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Abraham Feinberg Oral History Interview

… of arab assaults in 1922, 1929, and 1936. the arab leader, the mufti of jerusalem, had joined hitler and was living in berlin with a rather large complement of soldiers. he was certainly pro-hitler, the arab world was certainly pro-hitler, and …

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McNaughton, Frank Papers

… atlantic and pacific naval: 4/26/46 bean soup (soup thrown on tris coffin by marion carpenter: 3/24/49 benes, dr.: 5/14/43 berlin crisis: 7/23/48 bevin-truman: 3/1/47 biddle, francis-unesco confirmation: 5/16/47 biemiller, cong. andrew l. …

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Fraser Wilkins Oral History Interview

… did you ever feel at the time that you suffered from what might be called secretarial neglect? there was, after all, the berlin airlift going on in the middle of all of this; china was falling on the one hand; there was the domestic business with …

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Joseph D. Keenan Oral History Interview

… board, 1942; vice chairman, labor production, war production board, 1943-45; labor adviser to general lucius d. clay, berlin, germany, 1945-47; secretary-treasurer, building and construction trades dept. (afl), 1950-54; director, labor's …

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James I. Loeb Oral History Interview, June 26, 1970

… war, and had no intimate knowledge of foreign policy, and yet he will be remembered in that field for the marshall plan, berlin, greece and turkey, and truman doctrine and so on and so forth. i may say, on the other hand, i think the one thing …

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Frederick Osborn Oral History Interview

… with them. mckinzie: i was going to ask you if you could tell if the cold war and the events of the cold war, the berlin airlift, the soviet bomb, and the fall of china, and all of that was reflected in the way the members of the committee …

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William J. Randall Oral History Interview, November 14, 1989

… somebody else, and they'd say, "i just came in from istanbul;" i'd see somebody else, who would say, "i just came in from berlin, or vienna." he had people invited from all over the world that night. johnson: what was the date of that? randall: in …

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Edwin M. Wright Oral History Interview

… places these are found, numbers, the 34th chapter and so forth. one of the men whom i discussed this with was rabbi meyer berlin, the chief rabbi in the mizrachi group. these are the ultra-orthodox group, who accept the old testament literally. … 105 barkley, alben w., 48 , 49 baron, salo, 3 baruch, bernard m., 114 ben gurion, david, 9 , 13 , 16 , 39 , 46 , 52 , 124 berlin, meyer, 12 bevin, ernest, 107 bible (hebrew), ii , iii , iv , viii , ix , 12-15 , 60 , 61 biltmore convention, 39 …

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John F. Melby Oral History Interview, November 28, 1986

… i told bob newman this story, and so help me, he discovered that eisler was dead, but that his widow was living in east berlin. she had taken over the editorship of the newspaper that he had been editor of, and she was still living. so he wrote …

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George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, April 9, 1970

… whether mcintire did or not, of course, i have no way of knowing. hess: all right, the first one in the next box is on the berlin conference. i don't have any particular questions on this. it seems to be photographs and some newspapers . . . elsey: …

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Milton P. Kayle Oral History Interview

… i mean, with the idea of not getting soft. it was around the stuttgart-ulm area. johnson: did you ever get to berlin? kayle: i never got to berlin. i did get down to darmstadt. i was thinking of an excursion, you know, a sightseeing thing: darmstadt and stuttgart, …

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Samuel P. Hayes Oral History Interview

… have been talking to the political people who were worried about things like korea, who were worried about things like berlin, and who were beginning to talk about, although the word didn't come into being until some years later, "the northern …

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Eugene Zuckert Oral History Interview

… hess: the same month as the korean invasion. zuckert: this was at the -- this was -- let's see. there had been the berlin airlift and we had the program of -- we'd gone on a program of basing bomber squadrons if i remember, bombers were …

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Nicholas G. Thacher Oral History Interview

… it was a series of events. the korean war, as naked communist aggression, was certainly a very important event, but the berlin blockade, the conquest of china by mao tse-tung, expansion of communist control in eastern europe and southeast europe …

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John Wesley Jones Oral History Interview

… passed over. the germans didn’t have; if they were loyal to anything, they were still loyal to hitler's government in berlin. mckinzie: to what extent did your division of the state department anticipate the dictation of italian forms, italian …

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Charles Burton Marshall Oral History Interview

… war ii and in the immediate sequel. remember this. american policy was preoccupied with a lot of things in the world then: berlin, the future of germany, [61] aid to europe, and all that sort of thing. the president and the secretary of state … the place was divided just sort of absentmindedly after the war; we've got a divided austria, a divided germany, a divided berlin, a divided china, a divided korea. most of the population now is in this american part of it, and most of the …

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Stanley Andrews Oral History Interview

… i was there 72 days when a call came from general clay. he said, "andrews, we've got to have you over here." this was from berlin. i said, "to hell with that, general clay, i've done my share, three years and nine months, and i'm through." "well," … dealt with. he was hard and he had great respect for authority. if mr. truman told general clay to jump through a hoop in berlin, he jumped through a hoop. he said when the commander in chief speaks we move. but with that integrity he was not …

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Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interviews, August 5 and August 6, 1975

… states were: (a) an armistice in korea, (b) a peace treaty with austria, and (c) an improvement in relations vis a vis berlin and germany. if these three things could be one, then there was a great prospect for a relaxation of tensions and all … to the austrian peace treaty. it clearly did not carry on to any real improvement in the relations in germany or vis a vis berlin. that part of it did not mature. but the first two steps did mature.   [309] fifth oral history interview with paul …

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Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, March 21, 1984

… the evaluation of the joint chiefs about our total military needs. the situation in europe was not easy at that time. the berlin airlift, of course, had been taken care of. the czech invasion had taken place earlier. but the soviet behavior was …

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James H. Rowe Oral History Interview

… [truman doctrine] -- maybe that saved the middle east. i'd put those as one and two.   he was hardboiled, of course, about berlin at the right time, and he was a great man in this field i think. now domestically, until '48, he didn't have a …

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Harry S. Truman Papers Post-Presidential Papers

… bartle, h. roe baruch, bernard battery "d" roster battlefield - santiago de cuba bell, david e. berkowitz, e. bertram berlin airlift box 12 bill data birthdays, 1959 and 1972 [2011 accretion] bl blackstone hotel book - mr. citizen book - … of 3] ben gradus productions (screen gems, inc.): tv and radio ben gradus productions (screen gems, inc.): tv program on berlin airlift, comments ben gradus productions (screen gems, inc.): tv program on macarthur, favorable comments ben gradus …

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Theodore Achilles Oral History Interview

… that required somewhat more precision. how about ships, aircraft, island possessions, occupation forces in west germany or berlin? article 6 spelled this out:   for the purpose of article 5 an armed attack on one or more of the parties is deemed to …

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Wallace H. Graham Oral History Interview

… i think that's in the other interview, so i won't go into detail on that. it was quite an experience; you went through berlin and saw all the devastated buildings and rubble. one of your soldiers went down into the bunker and came out with the …

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Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 22, 1967

… who were fleeing communism. there were a lot of people coming out from the iron curtain countries, especially from east berlin, through east berlin of course, but also elsewhere, and the difficulty was that there was no good arrangement for handling them. i mean if …

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Andrew J. Biemiller Oral History Interview

… their language they're going to listen. what the hell. these things you don't laugh off. fuchs: kennedy went over big in berlin by just a phrase. biemiler: "ich bin ein berliner." fuchs: they loved it. biemiller: sure. i mean this is just human …

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Isaac N. P. Stokes Oral History Interview

… was not a real threat. again, of course, i didn't know. i have no doubt they were building up a huge army, and the berlin blockade indicated that they were prepared to do some fairly drastic things. i didn't question that some rearmament in …

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Roberta Barrows Oral History Interview

… dean acheson was secretary of state, and the marshall plan in 1947 was being thought up and worked out, and the airlift to berlin started and things like that. truman came in at a terrible, terrible time. you have no idea how hard we worked. it was …

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Joseph D. Coppock Oral History Interview

… texas in may of 1948, when bedell smith, just back from moscow, had indicated there was going to be a relaxation of the berlin blockade. so i called back to the state department to find out anything beyond the press report, because i knew there …

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John P. McEnery Oral History Interview, March 11, 1970

… and we see what a mess the world is in today, it was much better to do it the way he did, [102] all the way from the berlin airlift to the stand we made in korea. when people read the history books and they know everything that was behind all …

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J. Wesley Adams Oral History Interview

… issues. important in the sense that, in kashmir at least the fighting , had stopped. these two other issues were the berlin airlift and the arab-israeli fighting, which was at its peak during that summer. to cut through this, we drew up our …

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White House Central Files: President's Personal File

… on ratification of the united nations charter (7/2/45) ppf 1 – f address of the president reporting to the nation on the berlin conference (8/9/45) ppf 1 – f address after the signing of the japanese surrender (9/1/45) ppf 1 – f address to the … ppf 200 message to senate upon delivery of the united nations charter, july 2, 1945 ppf 200 radio address report on the berlin [potsdam] conference, august 9, 1945 ppf 200 a august 9, 1945 ppf 200 b august 9, 1945 ppf 200 c august 9, 1945 ppf … arthur w. ppf 6148 st. cunegunda parish, detroit, michigan ppf 6149 american jewish world ppf 6150 free university of berlin ppf 6151 strunk, harry d. ppf 6152 farmer labor press , council bluffs, iowa ppf 6153 oregon journal , portland, …

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Ohly, John H. Papers

… of 3] military pay levels [3 of 3] box 79 military personnel miscellaneous defense materials, 1947-49 [inadequacy of the berlin airlift; copy of "final report of the war department policies and programs review board;" common use of facilities and …

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Newton Bishop Drury Oral History Interview, Part I

… he was a great supporter [91] of theodore roosevelt. in fact he was the theodore roosevelt professor at the university of berlin. he gave a series of lectures there about 1910 while i was in college, but before my tour of duty with him. and from …

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White House Central Files: Official File

… miscellaneous 1951-1953 [2 of 4] of 198 miscellaneous 1951-1953 [3 of 4] of 198 miscellaneous 1951-1953 [4 of 4] of 198 berlin blockade of 198 berlin blockade - miscellaneous of 198 - a endorsements for ambassador of 198 - b united states group control council for … international trade fair - chicago, illinois of 373 - c chicago lake front fair of 373 - d japanese trade fair of 373 - e berlin industrial fair - berlin, germany of 374 leaflets scattered over enemy territory box 1118 of 375 rural electrification …

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Lincoln Gordon Oral History Interview

… another. he had other qualities like julius caesar. they could be a tremendous virtue in some circumstances, as during the berlin blockade. he was a very intelligent man, but a man of absolute firm resolve, once resolved on a course of action [165] …

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The Truman White House Oral History Interview

… in the -- disregarding the yalta agreement and going into these countries like czechoslovakia and hungary, etc.; and the berlin airlift had to take place, you see, all of these were very traumatic incidents along about the time of the campaign. …

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George L. McColm Oral History Interview

… our worry was that the russians would get to tokyo first and get [81] the rebellion organized. johnson: like they got into berlin. mccolm: yes. they had it set up, they had the people, and that was most disturbing to me, and i understand also to …

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Clifford C. Matlock Oral History Interview

… now, up in washington. it's a private organization. mckinzie: but their stock seemed to rise in 1948 and 1949 after the berlin blockade and the clear need for something like nato. matlock: i thought hickerson reached his peak of influence almost …

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John H. Tolan, Jr. Oral History Interview

… shaef (supreme headquarters, allied expeditionary forces) in rheims, france. he refused to help the senators travel to berlin. but he had the top staff officers take us to his "war room" and give us the full story of the battle of the bulge. in …

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Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 21, 1967

… fled the country, it was syria then, when the free french came in he had left with the germans, the nazis, he had gone to berlin and there he had sat out the war [279] as a propagandist, for the nazis propagandizing the arabs on behalf of the …

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Harry S. Truman Papers: Papers as U.S. Senator and Vice President

… cases: belluz, giacomo del bel immigration cases: berg, robert immigration cases: berg, seigfried immigration cases: berlin, marianne immigration cases: beth, dr. and mrs. karl and erich beth immigration cases: bick, regina leontyna …

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John S. Service Oral History Interview, Chap I-II

… wiltz service, b. february 4, 1942. in wilmette, illinois. 27. lynda irene goodsell (lulu (9)2 john (1) 1) was b. in berlin, germany, october 22, 1906. she married everett carll blake, june 24, 1927, in berkeley. he was b. january 3, 1901, at …

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Ken Hechler Oral History Interview

… to supervise a 600-acre estate where my father was superintendent for clarence h. mackay, the father-in-law of irving berlin. johnson: what were the names of your parents? hechler: charles h. and catherine hauhart hechler. they were both very …

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Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 24, 1967

… say that the exploits of this remarkable little espionage outfit were going back all the way to the fuhrer in germany in berlin, and everybody was very proud of them, they were doing such a great, terrific job. but late in the war, toward the …

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Newton Bishop Drury Oral History Interview, Part II

… of all people was an outstanding american, had been honored by being the theodore roosevelt professor at the university of berlin. there he had met the kaiser and exchanged views with him and had carried on a certain amount of correspondence. that …

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