Papers, 1943-1946.

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Papers, 1943-1946.

Reports, memoranda, League of Nations and United Nations documents, transcripts of meetings, working papers, publicity files, scrapbooks, and published material, relating to dissolution of the League of Nations, the formation of the United Nations, and the choosing of the site of its permanent headquarters, in connection with Reiff's service as a legal specialist in the U.S. Dept. of State.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8047946

Harry S. Truman Library

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

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...

Reiff, Henry, 1899-

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Reiff earned his Harvard AB in 1925, his AM in 1929, and his PhD in 1934. From the description of The United States and the League of Nations. 1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075549 Government official. From the description of Papers, 1943-1946. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70946879 ...

League of Nations

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