Diplomats

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) chats with former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. They are at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City for the Democratic Advisory Council.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) sits with W. Averell Harriman (left) and former Secretary of State Dean Acheson (center) at a closed session of the Democratic Advisory Council. This is the party's Presidential election kick-off. At the end of the session, a fund raiser will be held in honor of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Vice Chancellor Bluecher of the German Republic (left) and Raymond Foley, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Mr. Foley's office. Mr. Bluecher is in the United States to study American housing production and finance.

Arthur Z. Gardiner and President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam talking.

United Economic Counselor to South Vietnam Arthur Z. Gardiner (left) is talking with the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs W. Averell Harriman. Others in the background are unidentified.

Vu Van Mau (left) shaking hands with United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner (right) with a man identified as "Pippin" looking on from the background.

United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner talking to South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem at a dinner party at the Presidential Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam. Also at the table are men identified as (left to right) Vu Van Mau, Mr. Gardiner, President Diem, unidentified man, Mr. Micklen, and unidentified man.

Exterior view of a group of men standing with W. Averell Harriman located in the center of the front row. Taken on Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia and the Soviet Union, location not given and others in view unidentified. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

Exterior view of a group of men and women standing with W. Averell Harriman in the center of the front row and Charles W. Thayer on the left behind Harriman. Taken on Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia and the Soviet Union, exact location not given and others in view unidentified. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Interior view of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer wearing a suit and tie and seated in a chair near a door in an unknown location. Scanned image from negative held by Library.