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.