Reminiscences of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller : oral history, 1952.

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Reminiscences of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller : oral history, 1952.

Travel abroad, 1930-39; Creole Petroleum Corporation; entering government service, 1937-39; Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; wartime economic cooperation in the Americas; anti-Axis measures; programs for economic developent, 1940-44; Institute for Inter-American Affairs; politics in Washington: Congress, Department of State, Board of Economic Warfare, information programs; wartime relations with Argentina; developing a Latin American policy and the Mexico City Conference; recognition of Argentina and relations between Argentina and the United Nations; Russia and San Francisco Conference, 1945; retirement from State Department; Latin American political, economic, and social prospects and hopes.

Transcript: 730 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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