Records, 1947-1967.

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Records, 1947-1967.

Records of the Special Assignments Service deal primarily with contracts covering construction of the United Nations Building for the Economic Commission for Latin America in Santiago, Chile, and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at Headquarters and some documentation on the early stages of the Headquarters Planning Office.

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United Nations. Office of General Services. Special Assignments Bureau.

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Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

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United Nations Headquarters

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United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America (Santiago, Chile)

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United Nations. Headquarters Planning Office.

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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...