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Dumbarton Oaks Conversations, 1944–1994: A Look behind the Scenes—An Exhibition Catalogue

The Dumbarton Oaks Conversations, from which emerged a tentative agreement that was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the United Nations Charter in 1945, were held between August 21 and October 7, 1944, with delegations from the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China. The fiftieth anniversary of the Conversations was commemorated at Dumbarton Oaks on May 5–7, 1994, in a conference organized by Harvard University faculty members. The 1994 conference was accompanied by an exhibition of photographs, documents, and publications. As the catalogue of this exhibition states, “the Conversations were initiated, organized, and carried out by people with political visions and ideals who, at the same time, had quite worldly everyday problems and interests.” The selection of exhibit items highlighted the meeting of these two spheres—the diplomatic and the personal.

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