Diplomats

Economic Counselor of the United States Embassy in South Vietnam Arthur Gardiner and his wife, Emily.

Arthur Z. Gardiner, United States Economic Counselor at the United States Embassy in South Vietnam (second from left), is at a banquet with three unidentified men.

Various United States and South Vietnamese dignitaries are sitting in the palace in the Republic of Vietnam. From left to right: unidentified man; United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow; President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem; unidentified man; United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner; unidentified man.

View with diplomat and journalist W. Averell Harriman standing in suit second from the right. The man on the right is probably his interpreter. Harriman is visiting with a group of what appears to be unidentified workers in an unknown building in the Soviet Union. 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).

View of W. Averell Harriman on the left surrounded by unidentified men. Image taken while he was touring in the Soviet Union, exact location not given. 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.

Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen signs his papers following his swearing in today as Mrs. Allen and their two children, Jack, 9; and George, 12, look on. From: Beth Gore.

Shown at a conference relating to the draft tripartite treaty among the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, are left to right, in the front row: Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, unidentified, Sen. John Sparkman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. In the back row is John Foster Dulles, to the right and slightly behind Dean Acheson. The signing of the draft tripartite treaty, which was created from discussions that occurred between 1949 and 1951, was initialed in San Francisco, California, on July 12, 1951. (See 96-1182 and 96-1184.

Shown arriving for the signing of a draft tripartite treaty by the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (third from front on right in circle) with hat in hand. John Foster Dulles is directly behind him; Sen. John Sparkman is sixth in the circle; and Sen Bourke B. Hickenlooper is eighth in the circle. Mrs. Acheson, wearing a fox stole, is in front facing the camera. The draft treaty, which was created from discussions that occurred between 1949 and 1951, was initialed in San Francisco, California, on July 12, 1951.

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman bent over in the center of the image and talking with a group of native women and a child. They appear to be seated in a garden area by a building. Others with Harriman are not named. Exact location not identified. 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).

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman bent over and talking with a group of native women and a child. They appear to be seated in a garden area by a building. Others with Harriman are not named. Exact location not identified. 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).