| Title: |
H. Freeman Matthews
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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: |
Career in the U.S. Dept. of State, 1923-62. Director, Office of European Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State, 1944-47; accompanied President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference, 1945; served as a political adviser at the Potsdam Conference, 1945, meeting of Foreign Ministers in Moscow (1945), Paris (1946), New York (1946), Moscow (1947), and at the Paris Peace Conference (1946); Ambassador to Sweden, 1947-50, Dep. Under Sec. of State, 1950-53; and later ambassadorial posts.
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| Extent: |
35 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/matthewh.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1973 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Matthews, H. Freeman
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Ambassador; Government official
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| Document location: |
Washington, DC
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| Document date: |
07-Jun-1973
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| Interviewer: |
McKinzie, Richard D.
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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: |
OHI0032175-35381
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