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The collection consists of 172 oral history interviews with Dean Rusk and his colleagues between 1984-1989. Includes audiotapes
and transcriptions documenting Rusk's life from early childhood in the 1910's through his teaching career in the 1980's. The
interviews contain information on Rusk's service as U.S. Under Secretary and Secretary of State during the administrations
of Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson and his involvement in foreign relations including the Korean War, the Cuban Missile
Crisis, and the Vietnam War. The interviews also document his position as president of the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1950s.
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