W. Averell Harriman Seen During a Banquet While on 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union
Interior view with W. Averell Harriman seated on the right at the end of the table. He may have just been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan. Thayer's typewritten account of the trip states, "From the concrete plant we went to the Miners Club for a banquet at which the director of the mine, Sandrigaovo, was the host. The co-host was the Mayor of Rudni, Morosov." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.