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Reminiscences of C. Douglas Dillon : oral history, 1972.

Creator: Dillon, C. Douglas 1909-2003
Project: Eisenhower administration project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 94 pages Sound recording 2 reels
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Government official, financier

Scope and Contents

Ambassador to France, 1953-57; Suez crisis, Indochina; Deputy Under Secretary, later Under Secretary of State, 1957-61: international economic policy, Secretaries John Foster Dulles and Christian Herter, Latin American policy, Inter-American Bank, Treasury Secretaries George Humphrey and Robert B. Anderson, U-2 incident, National Security Council, Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, Congo, 1960 gold crisis, European Defense Community; evaluation of Eisenhower administration; administrative transition, 1961; appointment as Treasury Secretary, 1961

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