| Title: |
J. Graham Parsons
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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: |
United States Foreign Service officer, 1936-72, with service during the Truman Administration as assistant chief, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs and Department member of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S. and Canada, Department of State, 1945-47; assistant to the personal representative of the President of the United States to the Pope, the Vatican, 1947-48; 1st secretary, consul, New Delhi, India and Kathmandu, Nepal, 1948-50; assigned to the National War College, 1950-51; and deputy director, Office of European Regional Affairs, State Department, 1951-53. Later served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Laos, 1956-58, and to Sweden, 1961-67.
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| Extent: |
105 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/parsonsj.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1974 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Parsons, J. Graham
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Ambassador; Foreign Service officer; Government official
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| Document location: |
Stockbridge, MA
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| Document date: |
01-Jul-1974
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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: |
OHI0032257-35406
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