W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip
Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman (left) and sanitarium director Dr. Ostrovski standing on the steps of the new Sanatorium Ukraina at Yalta. 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. Original 35mm negative.