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Elsey, George M. Papers
… items documenting some of the major events and policies of the truman administration. much of this material relates to the berlin conference, economic policies, the marshall plan, palestine, the point four program, soviet union, loyalty … atomic bomb attlee-truman talks auriol-truman meeting b barkley, alben batt, william bell, david benton, william box 43 berlin conference [1 of 4] berlin conference [2 of 4] berlin conference [3 of 4] berlin conference [4 of 4] birkhead, ken blair house meetings boyce, …
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
… involved the whole free world." 3:30 mr. truman says that president kennedy is doing a good job. he is "saving west berlin" as mr. truman did when he was president. 4:04 mr. truman discusses the white house and the living quarters for the …
The President's News Conference
… this disposition of the remainder of the german fleet been worked out? the president. the disposition was worked out at berlin. it was to be divided into three sections, one to go to russia, one to great britain, and one to the united states. q. … germany? the president. he is following out the directive he received from the potsdam conference--i like to call it the berlin conference. [21.] q. mr. president, do you favor sharing the atomic bomb with other nations? the president. i will …
Gunther Harkort Oral History Interview
… over 30 percent (bizone joint report, september 1948, pp. 72-74). it is true that exports (of the three western zones and berlin west) in 1947 amounted to $318 million which was $112 million higher than in 1946, but half of this amount consisted … and a policy of strict price stabilization were advisable. import figures for the later area of the federal republic (with berlin west) amounted to only $689 million in 1946, reaching $2.237 billion in 1949. respectively, 68 percent, 71 percent, 65 … britain came to $3.176 billion, for france $2.706 billion, for italy $1.474 billion, and for west germany (including west berlin) $1.537 billion (price, p. 90). converted into per capita figures as of 1950-1951 (st. jb. 1952, p. 13 ) this meant: …
Henry Byroade Oral History Interview
… ledo road; the flying tigers; the bombing of tokyo; the marshall mission to china; soviet dismantling in manchuria; the berlin airlift; postwar occupation of austria and germany; the issue of german unification; german rearmament; the plevin … came across india by rail, or again, by river from calcutta. johnson: while i'm thinking about it, you got involved in the berlin airlift too. byroade: yes. johnson: was there experience from the hump that was used in the berlin airlift, and were some of the same persons involved in that one? byroade: well, you asked for my favorite story in …
Colm, Gerhard Papers
… list ] biographical sketch 1897 (june 30) born in hanover, germany 1921-27 economist at federal statistics bureau, berlin, germany. 1933 emigrated to united states 1933-39 professor of economics, new school of social research, new york …
Sherwood, Sidney Papers
… franklin d. speeches treasury department box 11 united nations development program united nations development program-berlin conference, 1971 united nations development program-milan conference, 1971 united nations development …
Robert A. Lovett Oral History Interview
… in charge of the executive officesadministration--and it worked beautifully. we had greek-turkish aid, we had the berlin airlift, we had the marshall plan, and we had the nato organization. mckinzie: an exciting period. [2] lovett: it … which god knows was lacking in [16] many of the previous ones. i think of the comment that was made by professor isaiah berlin, of oxford or cambridge, i believe it was, who said, "when the history of this century is written, truman will be one … | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] list of subjects discussed acheson, dean, 14 , 28 aramco, 17 berlin airlift, 1 berlin, isaiah, 16 bi-partisanship in the truman administration, 1 brown brothers, harriman and company, …
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 …
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 …
The President's News Conference
… congress. [18.] q. mr. president, have you any observations that you would care to make on the lifting of the blockade of berlin? the president. as i said last week, i am happy that it has been lifted--happy that the blockade of berlin has been lifted. q. do you feel that it is a source of encouragement in the world situation? the president. yes, i do. …
Sir Ashley Clarke Oral History Interview
… developed if we hadn't had the assurance that oeec was going to succeed. i've forgotten what the exact year or date of the berlin crisis was... wilson: '48. just at the time... clarke: we were beginning to recover a kind of european consciousness and european firmness at the time. [13] it was just two or three people that took that decision about berlin and bevin was certainly one. but i don't think that bevin would himself have been quite so ready to take that decision … of tension between the two sides to decide where that line came and it went on growing until, paradoxically enough, the berlin wall was actually physically built and you could see where the fence was. and it's amazing how almost immediately …
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 …
Statement by the President on the Recess Appointment of Philip C. Jessup to the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations
… for this support can be found in the record of mr. jessup's achievements. he played a vital role in the lifting of the berlin blockade. he represented the united states with great skill at the meeting of deputy foreign ministers at paris last …
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 & …
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, …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Address in Tullahoma, Tenn., at the Dedication of the Arnold Engineering Development Center
… any danger that they will vote themselves into the hands of the soviet union. we came to the aid of the brave people of berlin when the kremlin tried to take them over. we and our allies kept berlin alive by the airlift and it is still free today. we came to the aid of china when it was threatened by communist civil … and supplies into china to aid the chinese nationalist government. we gave them more help than we gave greece or turkey or berlin or italy. the government of greece took our aid and fought for freedom. but many of the generals of nationalist china …
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 …
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 …
Holbrooke, Richard C. Papers
… of 2; naval service, etc.] december 30, 1987 [2 of 2; eisenhower and zhukov, churchill, trip to fulton, alben c. barkley, berlin airlift] january 8, 1988 [lyndon johnson] january 11, 1988 [senator robert kerr, estes kefauver, supreme court, lyndon …
Vaughan, Harry H. Papers
… carl—letter on federal department budgets, august 4, 1952 land grant college act, 1862 log of the president’s trip to the berlin conference, july 6, 1945 to august 7, 1945 scrapbooks on microfilm 35th division reunion speech—september, 1973 box 3 …
Quirk, James T. Papers
… his personal contacts with generals bradley, patton, macarthur and ridgway; his visits to berchtesgaden, nuremberg, and berlin; and his observations about such important events as the discovery of the nazi concentration camps, the postwar …
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 …
David K. E. Bruce Oral History Interview
… closely with him? bruce: closely, and this made it much easier for me. hess: in mid-summer of 1948 the soviets began the berlin blockade which lasted until may of 1949. did that affect you in your job in any way? did you have any involvement in that matter? bruce: no, i did not. that was handled outside of the paris embassy. hess: speaking of berlin, what is your opinion of the fact that berlin had been placed within the soviet sector of germany and no adequate provisions had been made to insure access? bruce: …
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., …
Charles E. Saltzman Oral History Interview
… out had it not been that in march general sokolovsky flounced out of the control council meeting in germany and the berlin blockade started. that was deemed by general marshall, very wisely, not to be the moment to change the system of … as far as i can remember i saw very little reflection of any concern of his about it, and in fact at the time of the berlin blockade when the decision was made not to drive a convoy through the russian zone to berlin, but to adopt the famous airlift instead, my impression was, and i may be quite wrong about this (because if you sit …
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 …
Willis C. Armstrong Oral History Interview
… we were on a friendly commercial basis. as of 1947 we were on a friendly commercial basis, but by 1948 with the [21] berlin blockade and various other things in the works, we began to withhold from the russians certain machinery and equipment … the active period of stockpiling, which was around '47, '48, '49, '50-'53, were very happy to sell. the korean war and the berlin blockade and the general state of tension caused us to accelerate our stockpiling. mckinzie: there was an argument on … to do with the basic relationship pattern that happened after the war. the russians still have a cold war face. i was in berlin in march. it was the first time i had visited east berlin, and the first time i had seen the wall. people go there and …
Remarks at the Pemiscot County Fair, Caruthersville, Missouri
… rate, the united states entered on an entirely new development of its foreign policy. some 3 months after that i went to berlin to meet with the heads of the governments of russia, great britain, and the united states, in order to discuss the …
Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Soviet Reply to the Resolution of Friendship Adopted by the U.S. Congress
… character of its own propaganda and public statements concerning the united states. in the recent youth meeting in east berlin, we have seen a new intensification of the theme of hate for the united states and other members of the united …
Gustav Adolf Sonnenhol Oral History Interview
… about 6 billion deutsch marks today, still working, and besides the reconstruction work in germany, the reconstruction in berlin, mainly, was financed out of these counterpart funds. that may be of interest to [21] you, we finance a small part of … with german reaction to the truman administration foreign policy? sonnenhol: well, the truman administration was berlin, the marshall plan, and nato, you see. and of course acheson is a very important figure, because all this happened at … acheson, dean, 27 bad godesberg, germany, 28 bank for reconstruction and development, frankfort, germany, 20 belgium, 3 berlin, germany, 20 , 27 bevin, ernest, 11 , 23 bidault, georges, 11 , 23 bonn, germany, i byrnes, james f., 4 cralog …
Presidential Years: (1945 - 1949)
… admission into the united states of 205,000 european displaced persons in the following two years. 26 june: ordered berlin airlift, in conjunction with the british, in answer to russian blockade of the portion of that city occupied by the …
Phelps, D. Maynard Papers
… roots of the united states-soviet union conflict are explored in great detail. the “memorandum on the provisions of the berlin protocol relating to reparations”, produced by the u.s. delegation to the allied commission on reparations also …
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 …
Raymond W. Goldsmith Oral History Interview
… with james r. newman, the well known writer. i stayed on there until 1947, i think, when mr. [joseph] dodge, whom i met in berlin (as i will refer to in a minute), asked me to come along with him as economic adviser for the austrian state treaty … report. we were for about three months in germany, traveled around half of the time and spent half of the time in berlin. we had really argued out the essence of the plan on the plane flying over. mckinzie: whose original idea was it? … man, mr. maletin who later became a vice minister of finance and may have already have been that when he was sent to berlin. he came from around murmansk, and his father was a fisherman, he was extremely smart, and also spoke excellent …
Democratic National Committee Records
… address--george washington national masonic memorial, alexandria, virginia, february 22, 1950 statements on lifting the berlin blockade easing up on war of nerves relations with u.s.s.r. on berlin crisis, september 1948 replies to stalin's offer to meet him, february 1949 proposed meeting with stalin, february … speech to congress after japanese war, september 1945 signing japanese surrender on u.s.s. missouri , september 1, 1945 berlin conference, august 9, 1945 message to congress on executive branch of government, may 24, 1945 resolution proposing …
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 …
Records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey [USSBS] (Record Group 243)
… ag, lunen, germany (28) vereinigte deutsche metallwerke, hedernheim, germany (29) duerener metallwerke ag duren wittenau-berlin & waren, germany (30) area studies division report (31a) a detailed study of the effects of area bombing on hamburg … (37a) a detailed study of the effects of area bombing on lubeck (38a) a brief study on the effects of area bombing on berlin, augsburg, bochum, leipzig, hagen, dortmund, oberhausen, schweinfurt, and bremen (39a) civilian defense division final …
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 …
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
… 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 …
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 …
Lois Bernhardt Oral History Interview
… bernhardt: to the azores and then paris. johnson: azores, paris . . . bernhardt: and then germany. johnson: and then berlin. that was quite a ride. bernhardt: oh, yes, it was. johnson: you won't forget that will you? bernhardt: no. johnson: … russell i would say. johnson: one of those two. bernhardt: they were both very helpful to him. johnson: did you tour berlin when truman arrived? stalin came a day late. bernhardt: right. we had been there for two days, i think it was, before that. we flew in and they came by ship. so, we toured berlin for a couple of days before the president and mr. byrnes arrived. we came upon all this rubble. johnson: did you see …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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; …
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 …
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. …
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
… 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 …
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. …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 . …
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 …
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
… 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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 , …
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 , …
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) 1987: marshall plan exhibit 1987: marshall plan traveling exhibit (german marshall fund of the u.s.) 1987: … proposed permanent exhibit [2024 accretion] 1995: treasures of the truman library exhibit 1995: american forces in berlin exhibit 1995: 50 years ago today exhibit [1 of 4] 1995: 50 years ago today exhibit [2 of 4] 1995: 50 years ago today …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Harry S. Truman Papers: White House Central Files: President's Personal File
… ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address of the president reporting to the nation on the berlin conference, august 9, 1945 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address after the signing … the united nations charter, july 2, 1945 ppf 200 speeches by the president; public reaction - radio address report on the berlin [potsdam] conference, august 9, 1945 ppf 200 speeches by the president; public reaction - radio address report on the berlin [potsdam] conference, august 9, 1945 - a ppf 200 speeches by the president; public reaction - radio address report on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Redding, John M. Papers
… in 1950, he was appointed assistant postmaster general, a post he held until 1953. redding was the author of skyways to berlin (with harold leyshon, 1943), wake of glory (with thor smith, 1945), inside the democratic party (1958), and inside the …
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 …
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 , …
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 …
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 …
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 …