Reminiscences of Thanassis Aghnides : oral history, 1966.

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Reminiscences of Thanassis Aghnides : oral history, 1966.

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Education, University of Constantinople; League of Nations, 1919-1941; Sir Eric Drummond, Joseph Avenol as Secretaries General; preparatory and disarmament conference, 1932; Under Secretary General, 1938; discussion of League Secretariat and degree of national influence of Secretariat members; political pressures in Europe with rise of Nazis; effects for Munich, Albania, Danzig, outbreak of World War II; Greek government-in-exile, 1942; United Nations organization meeting in San Francisco, drafting charter; chairman of advisory committee on administration and finance; review of 21 years of United Nations: description of major crises, recollections of Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant, and many other League and United Nations staff members.

Transcript: 506 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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