Oral history interview with Amory Houghton, 1968

Biographical Note

Glass company executive, ambassador

Scope and Contents

Ambassador to France during President Eisenhower's visits; Charles de Gaulle; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; aborted summit meeting; relations with State Department; impressions of John Foster Dulles

Subjects

• Ambassadors--United States--Interviews.
• Diplomacy.
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Houghton, Amory, 1899-1981--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
• United States. Department of State.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987