Reminiscences of Theodore C. Achilles : oral history, 1974.

Biographical Note

U.S. Ambassador.

Scope and Contents

Consular negotiation with Italians in 1933; U.S.-British destroyer and bases negotiation of 1940; 1945 United Nations conference in San Francisco; international background, press coverage, governmental coordination and negotiation involved in the North Atlantic Treaty, 1948-1949; formal and informal meetings and agendas; strategies and techniques useful in negotiation; negotiator qualities; outstanding negotiators; site location; summit meetings; third party initiatives; influence of cultural variation on negotiation.

Subjects

• Achilles, Theodore C. (Theodore Carter), 1905-1986.
• Ambassadors--United States--Interviews.
• Arbitration (International law)
• Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Negotiation.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Oral histories.
• United Nations.
• United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
• Wall, Marc, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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