Diplomats

United States Economic Counselor to South Vietnam Arthur Z. Gardiner (left) joins South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (second from left, holding camera) and unidentified others on a tour along Route 14 in South Vietnam.

United States Economic Counselor to South Vietnam Arthur Z. Gardiner (standing in the background) is speaking at a luncheon to a group of assembled Rotary Club members in Saigon, South Vietnam. All others are unidentified.

A luncheon is taking place between visiting members of the Harvard Business School and United States and South Vietnamese dignitaries in Saigon, South Vietnam. From left to right at the back table: unidentified man; United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow; and Vice-President Nguyen Ngoc Tho of South Vietnam (standing); and United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner. All others are unidentified.

Harvard Business School professor Franklin Folts (standing) is speaking at a luncheon during his visit to Saigon, South Vietnam. From left to right at the back table: unidentified man, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Elbridge Durbrow, Mr. Folts, Vice-President of South Vietnam Nguyen Ngoc Tho, and United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner. All others are unidentified.

United States Economic Counselor to South Vietnam Arthur Z. Gardiner (standing) is speaking at a luncheon to a group of assembled Rotary Club members in Saigon, South Vietnam. All others are unidentified.

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.