Diplomats

Partial, interior view of diplomat and author Charles Thayer in uniform standing beside an unidentified man. Location unknown, World War II era. Mr. Thayer was a foreign service officer from 1933 to 1953.

Interior view of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer seated on the left at a desk with two other men reviewing some papers. Believed to be related to the International Broadcasting Division of the State Department and its programming to Russia. Man in the center is Nicolas Nabakov, the chief editor. Thayer was the special consultant.

Exterior, sidewalk view of three men with diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer in the center. Other men are not identified. Location probably Bonn, Germany where Thayer was political liaison officer for the U.S. High Commissioner. Scene also contains automobiles of the time including two Volkswagens.

Partial body view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer on the right and Bill Bullitt on the left. Both are looking at a cup and saucer at a china factory in Moscow.

Interior view of eight men including diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer with hat and topcoat in center. Others not identified or location. Men are focused on what appears to be some type of media production with a camera visible on the right.

Interior view of three men standing together. Diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer is in the center. The other two men are in military uniform. The man on the right has a name tag on his uniform which reads "Newman." The other man's tag is unreadable but starts as "McG."

Interior view with a partial view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing second from the right and holding hands with an unidentified woman. Man on the right may be Charles Bohlen, brother-in-law to Thayer. Others not identified and location given as Washington, D.C.

Interior view, unknown German location (Munich?) with United States Ambassador to Germany James Conant, fourth from the left, and diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer, third from the left. Conant was U.S. High Commissioner and Ambassador to Germany from 1953-1957. From 1949-1953, Thayer was political liaison officer for the U.S. High Commissioner and later consul general in Munich. Others in photograph not identified.

Interior view with diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer seen on the right talking to an unidentified man on the left. Location and event unknown.

Exterior group photograph which includes diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing back row left in civilian clothes. Identified as Seminar A with the following identification, back row left to right: Thayer, Tarrant, Verbeck. Middle row, left to right: Lacey, McCulla, Owen, Sanders. Front row, left to right: Adams, Bush, Duckworth, Goodwin and Ives. Location not given.