GB 0099 KCLMA MF 333-337 - Microform: Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949- 1953

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GB 0099 KCLMA MF 333-337

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Microform: Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949- 1953

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  • 1949-1953, 1980 (Creation)

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5 reels

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Dean Gooderham Acheson, 11 Apr 1893- 12 Oct 1971, was a lawyer, author, diplomat and member of the Yale Corporation. He served for twelve years at the US Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State, 1941-1945, Under Secretary of State, 1945-1947, and Secretary of State, 1949-1953. During these years Acheson helped to forge the Truman Doctrine, 1947, the Economic Recovery Program (Marshall Plan), 1947, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949, and assisted in the development of a post-war US foreign policy towards Germany, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 are microfilmed copies of official transcripts and minutes of meetings and conversations of Acheson as Secretary of State during the Truman administration.

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GB 0099 KCLMA MF 333-337 1949-1953, 1980 Collection (fonds) 5 reels Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Secretary of State, 1949-1953.

Dean Gooderham Acheson, 11 Apr 1893- 12 Oct 1971, was a lawyer, author, diplomat and member of the Yale Corporation. He served for twelve years at the US Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State, 1941-1945, Under Secretary of State, 1945-1947, and Secretary of State, 1949-1953. During these years Acheson helped to forge the Truman Doctrine, 1947, the Economic Recovery Program (Marshall Plan), 1947, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949, and assisted in the development of a post-war US foreign policy towards Germany, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 are microfilmed copies of official transcripts and minutes of meetings and conversations of Acheson as Secretary of State during the Truman administration.

University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with fully indexed guide edited by Paul Kesaris.

Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 are microfilmed copies of the minutes of conversations and meetings of Dean Acheson during his tenure as Secretary of State during the Truman administration, 1949-1953. Material includes minutes for meetings and conversations with Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg concerning the Rhodes negotiations on the future of Palestine, 1949; Foreign Service employee George Frost Kennan relating to US-Soviet relations, 1949-1950; Rt Hon Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the US, concerning the former Italian colonies, the western mark for Berlin and the North Atlantic Pact, 1949; the US National Security Council relating to the re-training of the Austrian Army, Palestine, and the appointment of a military commander in Germany, 1949; President Harry S Truman concerning the Military Assistance Program, atomic energy, Palestine, British finances and the revolutionary situation in the Caribbean, 1949; Muhammad Riza Pahlevi, Shah-an-Shah of Iran, relating to financial assistance to Iran, 1949; Professor Hans Joachim Morgenthau concerning Cold War international relations; President Truman concerning the Korean crisis, 1950; US Department of Defense representatives concerning the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1950, and the war in Korea, 1951-1953; US Gen George Catlett Marshall relating to the Economic Recovery Program (Marshall Plan).

Arranged into chronological sections by year and then month therein.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to University Publications of America, Inc., 4520 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3389, USA.
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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room, Paul Kesaris (ed.), Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 (University Publications of America, Inc, Bethesda, MD, 1980).

 Date of compilation:Jul 1999 Acheson , Dean Gooderham , 1893-1971 , US Secretary of State Alliances Americas Berlin Caribbean Central government China Colonial countries Decolonization Development aid Diplomacy East Asia Eastern Europe East West relations Economic aid Europe Financial aid Foreign policy Foreign relations Franks , Oliver Shewell , 1905-1992 , Baron Franks of Headington , Professor , economist x Franks of Headington , Baron Germany Government International conflicts International instruments International law International organizations International politics International relations Kennan , George Frost , b 1904 , US public official Korea Korean War (1950-1953) Marshall , George Catlett , 1880-1959 , US General and Secretary of State Morgenthau , Hans Joachim , 1904-1980 , US political scientist NATO , North Atlantic Treaty Organization x North Atlantic Treaty Organization North America Organizations Pahlavi , Mohammed Reza , 1919-1980 , Shah of Iran Political systems Public administration Truman , Harry S , 1884-1972 , US President UK USA US Government USSR Vandenberg , Arthur Hendrick , 1884-1951 , US public official War Western Europe Wars (events) London England

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University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with fully indexed guide edited by Paul Kesaris.

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Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 are microfilmed copies of the minutes of conversations and meetings of Dean Acheson during his tenure as Secretary of State during the Truman administration, 1949-1953. Material includes minutes for meetings and conversations with Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg concerning the Rhodes negotiations on the future of Palestine, 1949; Foreign Service employee George Frost Kennan relating to US-Soviet relations, 1949-1950; Rt Hon Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the US, concerning the former Italian colonies, the western mark for Berlin and the North Atlantic Pact, 1949; the US National Security Council relating to the re-training of the Austrian Army, Palestine, and the appointment of a military commander in Germany, 1949; President Harry S Truman concerning the Military Assistance Program, atomic energy, Palestine, British finances and the revolutionary situation in the Caribbean, 1949; Muhammad Riza Pahlevi, Shah-an-Shah of Iran, relating to financial assistance to Iran, 1949; Professor Hans Joachim Morgenthau concerning Cold War international relations; President Truman concerning the Korean crisis, 1950; US Department of Defense representatives concerning the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1950, and the war in Korea, 1951-1953; US Gen George Catlett Marshall relating to the Economic Recovery Program (Marshall Plan).

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Arranged into chronological sections by year and then month therein.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to University Publications of America, Inc., 4520 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3389, USA.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room, Paul Kesaris (ed.), Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 (University Publications of America, Inc, Bethesda, MD, 1980).

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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