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Harriman, Averell W. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

390083

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-06-20

Item number (ISN):

390083

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1978-0092

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1978-06-20

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

Interview of W. Averell Harriman, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (1943-1946), U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1946-1948), Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (1961-1963), Under-Secretary for Political Affairs (1963-1965), U.S. Ambassador-at-Large (1965-1969) and U.S. Representative at the Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris (1968-1969), by author Peter Stursberg, about: Harriman's career; his experiences in world affairs; his memories of Lester B. Pearson; the United Nations and its beginnings; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Joseph Stalin; Russian views on the United Nations; fears of domination by the West circa1943-1945; [V.M.] Molotov; U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations; the Cold War and its causes; the Berlin blockade 1948-1949; airlifts; the NATO Commission on Defense Plans 1951; Harry S. Truman; the Korean War; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; the Vietnam War; American intervention; Chester Ronning and Canada-U.S. relations. <41mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Recorded in New York for the second volume of Peter Stursberg's book on Lester B. Pearson.~3. There is no release form on file at Library and Archives Canada for this interview. See CIR for additional information on access and reproduction restrictions.

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Vault ISN:

455576

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01343

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

459012

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01344

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : interviewee restrictions vary : see notes

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