Papers, 1945-1946.

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Papers, 1945-1946.

Correspondence, charts, maps, notes, brochures, and photographs relating to the proposed United Nations site in Hyde Park, N.Y.

ca. .5 cubic ft.

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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...

Smith, Frederic A.

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Dutchess County Clerk, Chairman of the Special Committee on United Nations Headquarters of the Kiwanis Club of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1945-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525680 ...