Diplomats

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 Russian trip, 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).

Exterior view identified on back of photograph as "Gov. Harriman inspecting grounds of Likhachev auto works with plant manager Krylov [Krilov], left, interpreter." According to Thayer's diary accounts the visit would have occurred on May 15, 1959. Location is Moscow. 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 of a group of men standing on a stairway, exact location not given. W. Averell Harriman can be seen on the left and it is believed that Charles W. Thayer is behind him in view wearing a hat. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Mr. 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 standing with W. Averell Harriman located in the center of the front row. Taken on Harriman's 1959 Russian trip, 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. Mr. 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. Original negative.

View of former New York governor and diplomat W. Averill Harriman, second from left, and Soviet Minister of Agriculture, Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich, on the right. Others in view not identified. Believed to have been taken at state stud farm near Moscow. 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 diplomat and former New York governor, W. Averell Harriman, seen with a group of children. Photograph was taken during Harriman's trip to Russian in 1959. 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. Mr. 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.

Interior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman (right) shown visiting with unidentified industrial workers taken while on a 1959 Russian trip. 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). 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.

View of businessman and diplomat W. Averell Harriman standing by a wall sculpture while on a 1959 Russian trip, exact location of photograph not given. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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 with diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer in suit posed with unidentified Mongolian in front of a tent located somewhere in Mongolia. Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.

Exterior view which includes diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer wearing suit and standing in the center among a group of unidentified Buddhist monks. The location is the Gandantegchinlen Monastery located in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum.