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W. Averell Harriman Visiting Rudni During 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Interior view showing W. Averell Harriman seated on the lower right. He may be meeting with the mayor of Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, while touring various regions during his trip to 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). 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.

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Rudni During 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Interior view showing W. Averell Harriman seated on the lower right looking at a map on the wall. He may be meeting with the mayor of Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, while touring various regions during his trip to 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).

Receiving Line at VII Corps 46th Anniversary Party Reception

(L-R) - Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman, speaking with an unidentified lady, Deputy Mayor Georges Poignon and Margaret S. (Mrs. Louis W.) Truman in the receiving line at the reception hosted by General Truman. The event was part of the celebrations commemorating the 46th Anniversary of the VII Corps, and was held at the VII Corps Officers' Club. Other officer to the left of General Truman is unidentified.

Lieutenant General Truman and Deputy Mayor Poignon Participate in Anniversary Celebrations

Deputy Mayor of Remiremont, France Georges Poignon (left) and Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) along with representatives from ten other civic officials participated in the celebrations in observance of the 46th Anniversary of the VII Corps, held at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. All others are unidentified.