Reminiscences of John Campbell White, 1953

Biographical Note

Diplomat

Scope and Contents

Diplomatic service in Russia, 1915-1916; Royalist-Venizelist controversy, Greece, 1916-1917; Far East; Poland, 1919-1921: food distribution, Bolshevik advance on Warsaw; oil exploration rights in Venezuela, 1921-1923; Argentina, 1928-1933: President Herbert Hoover's 1928 visit, 1930 revolution; Nazi Germany, 1933-1935; consular duty, Calcutta, 1936-1940; Ambassador to Haiti, 1940-1943, Peru, 1944-1945. Impressions of many statesmen

Subjects

• Ambassadors--United States--Interviews.
• Diplomacy.
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Link, Wendell, interviewer.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
• United States. Department of State.
• White, J. C. (John Campbell), 1884-1967--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972