Reminiscences of Clarence Douglas Dillon : oral history, 1972.

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Reminiscences of Clarence Douglas Dillon : oral history, 1972.

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Ambassador to France, 1953-57; Suez crisis, Indochina; Deputy Under Secretary, later Under Secretary of State, 1957-61: international economic policy, Secretaries John Foster Dulles and Christian Herter, Latin American policy, Inter-American Bank, Treasury Secretaries George Humphrey and Robert B. Anderson, U-2 incident, National Security Council, Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, Congo, 1960 gold crisis, European Defense Community; evaluation of Eisenhower administration; administrative transition, 1961; appointment as Treasury Secretary, 1961.

Transcript: 94 leaves.Tape: 2 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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