Records, 1946-[ca. 1961]

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Records, 1946-[ca. 1961]

Records come chiefly from the Interpretation and Meetings Service, 1946-1956. Other departments represented include the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, 1948-1961; the Office of the Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Conference Services; the Translation Service; Editorial and Official Records Service; and the Publishing Service. Documents consist of correspondence, reports, drafts of United Nations documents, printing records, and presentation art work.

ca. 775 linear ft.

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Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

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United Nations. Office of Conference Services. Under-Secretary-General.

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United Nations. Translation Division

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United Nations. Office of Conference Services

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United Nations. Office of Conference Services. Publishing Service.

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United Nations. Editorial and Official Records Division.

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United Nations

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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...