Oral history interview with Ellis Briggs, 1972.

Biographical Note

Ambassador

Scope and Contents

Duties of an ambassador; relations with State Department and John Foster Dulles; ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1949; Oatis spy trial; ambassador to Korea (1952), Peru (1955), Brazil (1956); American business interests in Latin America; ambassador to Greece, 1959-61; Eisenhower's visit to Greece

Subjects

• Ambassadors--United States--Interviews.
• Briggs, Ellis, 1899-1976--Interviews.
• Diplomatic and consular service.
• Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

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