Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Albert P. Toner

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Albert P. Toner

1962-1998

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This is a transcript of two oral history interviews with Albert P. Toner. In the first interview Toner discussed his personal background; his graduate work at the University of Iowa; World War II; his first position with the General Services Administration; the Office of the Coordinator of Information and its succession by the Office of Strategic Services; the America First Committee; William J. Donovan; and the effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor on the Office of Strategic Services. In the second interview Toner discussed his military service; his duties with the central secretariat at the Department of State; John Foster Dulles and Dean Acheson; McCarthyism; the Marshall Plan; his assignment with the State Working Group; various personalities in the State Department; the Psychological Strategy Board and Operations Coordinating Board; Harold Stassen; his interview by Andrew Goodpaster and Sherman Adams; Phillip Areeda and Lucille Catlett; the process, daily routine and guidance for preparing Office of the Staff Secretary staff notes; dealing with the White House staff; congressional reporting; weekly staff meetings; Bryce Harlow; Clarence Randall; and his subsequent positions in government service.

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