Reminiscences of James W. Barco 1963
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- 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.