- Collection:
- Dean Rusk oral history collection, 1984-1989
- Title:
- Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum ca. 1985
- Creator:
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Schoenbaum, Thomas J.
Rusk, Richard - Date of Original:
- 1985
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
- People:
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Dean Rusk discusses diplomacy, including the use of the United Nations by smaller countries and establishment treaties.
Dean Rusk (1909-1994), attorney and U.S. Secretary of State, was born in Cherokee County, Georgia. Rusk joined the Department of State from 1947-1952 and Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs and for Far Eastern Affairs. From 1952-1960, he was president of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1961, President Kennedy appointed Rusk to the office of Secretary of State. He remained in this position until 1969. In 1970, he became the Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law at the University of Georgia, a position he held until his death in 1994.
Related collections in this repository: Dean Rusk Personal Papers, D.W. Brooks Oral History Collection, Martin Hillenbrand Papers.
Interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL214DROH-RuskYYYY/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Dean Rusk Oral History Collection, OH Rusk YYYY, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (60.0 min.) : digital, stereo
- Original Collection:
- Dean Rusk Oral History Collection
http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
-
DEAN RUSK: You see, a lot of these smaller countries simply cannot afford to have an extensive diplomatic corps and a good many of them have only maybe half a dozen or so ambassadors abroad. But they can always be in touch with each other through their permanent delegates to the United Nations. So that serves as a kind of diplomatic clearinghouse, as the bankers would put it, for nations who do not have ambassadors in each others' capitols. And that provides a very convenient role for the United Nations for many of the smaller countries.
RICHARD RUSK: Anything else along the lines of diplomacy? We have covered a good deal of territory here.
DEAN RUSK: You asked about the treatment of foreigners in the United States. Under most of our treaties of friendship, commerce, and navigation, sometimes called Establishment Treaties, there's a provision that requires us and the other side to give each other's' nationals what is called "national treatment." So, broadly speaking, we are expected to treat aliens in this country in the same way as we treat our own citizens, except with regard to things like citizenship, and the vote, and things of that sort.
RICHARD RUSK: Jobs?
DEAN RUSK: Jobs is a little different because--
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