Oral history interview with Klaus Sahlgren, 2002.

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Oral history interview with Klaus Sahlgren, 2002.

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Background and childhood: born in 1928 in Finland in upper-middle class bilingual family; education: Åbo Akademi, economics, Officers' College of Marine Warfare; career: Finnish foreign ministry, permanent representative of Finland to the United Nations [UN] and international organizations, chair of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [GATT] council, chair of European Free Trade Association [EFTA] council, 1961, executive secretary of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations, 1975-83, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe [ECE], 1983-86 ; themes: father's death at war as inspiration to join foreign service, recollections of the Cultural Revolution, work with transnationals, ECE involvement, opinions on UN and European Union [EU] structure, colleague reminiscences.

transcript: 92 p.

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