| Title: |
Nicholas G. Thacher
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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: |
Foreign Service Officer, 1947-73; third secretary American Embassy, Karachi, Pakistan, 1947-49; vice consul American consulate general Calcutta, India, 1950-51, consul, 1952; Indian affairs officer, Department of State, Washington, 1953-54, officer charge Afghanistan-Pakistan affairs, 1954-56; 1st secretary American embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, 1956-58; assigned National War College, 1958-59; deputy director, Office Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, 1955-62; Consular of embassy American embassy, Jidda, Saudi Arabia, 1962-65; Minister, counselor American embassy, Tehran, 1965-70; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73, retired 1973.
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| Extent: |
81 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/thachern.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1992 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Thatcher, Nicholas G., 1915-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
20-Aug-1915
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Kansas City, MO; Missouri; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Diplomat; Foreign Service officer; Government official
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document location: |
Independence, MO
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| Document date: |
28-May-1992
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| Interviewer: |
Johnson, Niel M.
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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: |
OHI0032348-35465
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