Reminiscences of Philipo J. Noel-Baker : oral history, 1976.

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Reminiscences of Philipo J. Noel-Baker : oral history, 1976.

League of Nations disarmament conference, 1932: effect of Ramsay MacDonalds̀ National Coalition, country responses, on-site inspection clause; Helen Gahagan Douglas ̀involvement with the United Nations: first General Assembly, 1945, the Economic and Social Commission, views on energy resource distribution; assessment of Douglas; Douglas ̀other political stances: Vietnam War, Korean War, Richard Nixon, Marshall Plan, 1947.

Transcript: 46 leaves.

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