Reminiscences of Brian E. Urquhart : oral history, 1964.

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Reminiscences of Brian E. Urquhart : oral history, 1964.

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Duties of United Nations Secretary for Special Political Affairs; liaison function of the Secretariat; Secretariat's function and relationship with permanent diplomatic missions, contact with governments; comparison of Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant as Secretaries-General; Russian heads of departments; troika proposal.

Transcript: 25 leaves.

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

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

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