| Title: |
Jack K. McFall
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Harry S Truman Museum and Library
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| Collection: |
Truman Library Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Executive secretary of the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1928-42 and 1946; Foreign Service Officer, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Foreign Service, 1947; U.S. Consul in Montreal, Canada, 1948; First Secretary of the Embassy and Consul in Athens, Greece, 1949; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-52; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1952-54; and Ambassador to Finland, 1954-55. During World War II he served as a commander assigned as senior naval observer in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1942-44 and as First Assistant Naval Attaché and Naval Attaché for Air in the U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, Canada, 1944-45.
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| Extent: |
139 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/mcfallj.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1970 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
McFall, Jack K., 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Tacoma, WA; Washington; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Ambassador; Government executive; Government official
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| Age at speaking: |
65
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| Document location: |
Washington, DC
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| Document date: |
24-Jun-1970
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| Interviewer: |
Hess, Jerry N.
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| People discussed: |
Harry S. Truman; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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| Historical events discussed: |
Cold War, 1945-1989; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Cold War, 1945-1989; District of Columbia; Harry S. Truman; North America; Oral history; Political campaigns--United States; Political parties; Presidents--Term of office--United States; Presidents--United States; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; United States; United States--Politics and government; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
European Recovery Program; Marshall Plan; Truman administration
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0032146-35360
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