United Nations issuances 1960-1989

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United Nations issuances 1960-1989

Pamphlets, leaflets, and bulletins, relating to human rights; efforts to abolish torture, mistreatment of prisoners, and racial and religious discrimination; and operating procedures of agencies of the United Nations.

1 manuscript box; (0.4 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660079

Hoover Institution Archives

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...