Reminiscences of Livingston Merchant : oral history, 1968

Biographical Note

Diplomat, government official

Scope and Contents

Career in State Department; Japan Peace Treaty, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, 1953, organization and procedures; Bermuda Conference and European Defence Community, Berlin Conference, 1954; presidential speech writers; press conferences. Impressions of President Eisenhower, Sir Winston Churchill, John Foster Dulles, Anthony Eden, Vyacheslav Molotov, and others

Subjects

• Diplomats--Interviews.
• Government executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.
• Merchant, Livingston T. (Livingston Tallmadge), 1903-1976--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Presidents--United States--Press conferences.
• United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
• United States. Department of State.