| Title: |
Reminiscences of Andrew Wellington Cordier
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A63
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Executive assistant to United Nations Secretary-General, 1946; comprehensive discussion of United Nations; as a propaganda arena, role of small nations, administration and duties of officers, rules of procedure, staffing, effect of press, General Assembly, Security Council, early development of Secretariat; impression of Russian leaders: Nikita Khrushchev, Andrei Gomyko, and deputies; comparison of Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant; discussion of Hammarskjold's personality with anecdotal illustrations; plane crash in Ndola. Detailed description of United Nations handling of Korean prisoner problem, Congo, Suez, Hungary, and Lebanon crises. Mr. Cordier's interview for the Dag Hammarskjold Project was submitted as the introductory pages to this record.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 510 leaves, Tape: 5 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part IV, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Speaker: |
Cordier, Andrew Wellington, 1901-1975
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1901
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator; United Nations official
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Rovine, Arthur
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| Organizations discussed: |
United Nations
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Educators; International officials and employees; International organization; United Nations
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Cordier, Andrew Wellington, 1901-1975; Hammarskjold, Dag, 1905-1961; Lie, Trygve; Thant, U, 1909-; United Nations--General Assembly; United Nations--Secretariat; United Nations--Security Council
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018417-13860
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