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On page 2, in ending his secret cable, Harriman commented: “It is needless to say that Beneš is convinced that the Soviets are sincere and honorable in their intentions toward the independence of Poland.”
- William Larsh
- 1993
May 20, 2009 · On 18 August 1947 Harriman delivered a speech in Seattle calling for more confrontational Soviet policies, making a case for the Marshall Plan that successfully appealed to Americans even in ‘isolationist’ or conservative parts of the country.
- John Soares
- 2009
W. Averell Harriman, statesman who was a leading U.S. diplomat in relations with the Soviet Union during World War II and the subsequent Cold War. He also served as governor of New York (1954–58). Learn more about Harriman’s life and career, including his various government posts.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 1, 1974 · For more than three decades, Veteran Negotiator W. Averell Harriman, 82, has helped shape U.S. foreign policy. Among his varied duties, the roving diplomat has served as administrator of the ...
Less than a year into his position of Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Harriman was selected as the Secretary of Commerce by President Harry S. Truman. He was then put in charge of the Marshall Plan to rebuild infrastructure and support the economies of Europe after the destruction of World War II.
Jan 6, 2010 · Harriman and others were justified in their anger and disgust at the isolation, at the rape and pillage by Red Army soldiers, at Stalin's co-responsibility for the crushing of the Warsaw uprising, at the callousness toward the liberated POWs, and at the oppression of Poland.
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As the American Ambassador, Averell Harriman, later assessed, ‘the Soviet Government’s refusal [to help Warsaw] [was] not based on operational difficulties, but ruthless political calculation’. 11 Not only was the Soviet Union refusing to help the
