W. Averell Harriman Seen While Touring the Soviet Union
Group in unidentified building, exact location not given. W. Averell Harriman can be seen in the middle or fourth from the left with his interpreter next to him on the right. 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. Has original 35mm negative.