Name
Barco, James W (Interviewee)
Greenberg, Paul (Interviewer)
Gold, Neil (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of James W. Barco 1963
Abstract
Family background, education in Michigan; Harvard Law School; Home Owners Loan Corporation, 1941-42; United States Navy, World War II; wartime London, preparations for D-Day; United States State Dept. posts, from 1946; United Nations Good Offices, Commission for Indonesia, 1948; United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, 1948-49; United States mission to United Nations, 1949-61; various international problems and crises; Indonesian question, 1947-51; Middle East, Arab nationalism; Suez and Hungary, 1956; India; Congo; Cuba; United States foreign relations; United Nations diplomacy; United Nation policies. Impressions of many international figures, including John Foster Dulles, Warren Austin, Philip Jessup, Jawaharlal Nehru, Achmed Sukarno, Nikita Khruschev, Patrice Lumumba, Fidel Castro, Dag Hammarskjold
Collection Name
Eisenhower administration project
Subjects
Lawyers; Diplomacy; Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes; World War, 1939-1945; Panarabism; Palestine International status; United States Foreign relations 1945-1953; United States Foreign relations 1953-1961; Indonesia Politics and government 1942-1949; Arab countries; Barco, James W; United Nations; United Nations Commissions; Home Owners' Loan Corporation; United States. Department of State
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1963
Physical Description
1,061 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer
Note
Interviewed by Paul Greenberg and Neil Gold on November 9, 1961; January 18, February 8, March 23, March 27, June 7, June 8, and December 12, and December 14, 1962; and on March 30 May 3, and May 17, 1963
Note (Provenance)
James W. Barco, Gift 1963
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13749876
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ndrb-tt34
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.