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Edmund Gullion

President John Kennedy talks with Edmund A. Gullion, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Congo on August 18, 1961 at the White House in Washington.

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Edmund A. Gullion, Ambassador to the Congo, speaks of newspapers and foreign news reporting.

McGurn introduces Gullion, who starts with a story about titles. Talks about how foreign correspondents interact with Ambassadors. The American press is incorruptible. He says press coverage in Africa is scanty.

Q&A: USIS, his work in the Congo.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 70646
Municipal archives id: T1570

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