W. Averell Harriman During His 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union
Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in suit on the right. He is believed to be in Stalinabad, Tajikistan, while on his 1959 tour of the Soviet Union. 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. Original 35mm negative.