Averell Harriman
/ˌeɪvrɪl ˈhærɪmən/
/ˌeɪvrɪl ˈhærɪmən/
- (1891-1986) a US diplomat . He was the US ambassador to the Soviet Union (1943-6) and to Britain (1946). He was also the US Secretary of Commerce (1946-8) and governor of New York (1955-8). Harriman helped to carry out the Marshall Plan (1949-50) and to establish the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (1963). He was the main US representative at the Vietnam peace talks in Paris in 1968. His wife was Pamela Harriman.
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Averell Harriman