Oral history interview with Ellis Briggs, 1972
- Name
- Briggs, Ellis, 1899-1976 (Interviewee)
- Mason, John T., 1909-1998 (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Ellis Briggs, 1972
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Ellis Briggs, 1972
- Abstract
- Duties of an ambassador; relations with State Department and John Foster Dulles; ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1949; Oatis spy trial; ambassador to Korea (1952), Peru (1955), Brazil (1956); American business interests in Latin America; ambassador to Greece, 1959-61; Eisenhower's visit to Greece
- Collection Name
- Eisenhower administration project
- Subjects
- Ambassadors--United States; Diplomatic and consular service; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Briggs, Ellis, 1899-1976; Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 139 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Ambassador
- Note
- Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr. on June 19, 1970, and on October 15, 1972
- Note (Provenance)
- Ellis Briggs, Gift 1972
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 13752061
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-fsag-7y28
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.