![0002:3533: Hoover Dam tourism: Soviet ambassador to the United States Anatoly F. Dobrynin displays a large color photograph of Hoover Dam presented to him by acting Reclamation Director William L. Phillips as a memento of his visit on October 25, 1969, to the world-famous Bureau of Reclamation Project. Later, Project Manager Frank D. Lord conducted the ambassador and his official party on a special tour of the pioneer multi-purpose project. The ambassador and his party are shown here atop the 726-foot-high wall of concrete on the Colorado River. The party from the left are Boulder City mayor James French; Caesars Palace president William Weinberger; acting Reclamation Director William L. Phillips; Mrs. Dobrynin; Ambassador Dobrynin; Boulder Canyon Project Manager Frank D. Lord; Soviet Cultural Exchange Director Valentin M. Kamenev; Nevada's Lieutenant Governor Ed Fike; and Caesars Palace executive Sidney Gathnid, October 25, 1969 [USBR photo P45-300-9889; John L. Miles, photographer]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4452/cd782ce0-ff13-11ed-bc3d-c3d3d5a25884-vdT48d8.lg@2x.jpg)
Hoover Dam tourism: Soviet ambassador to the United States Anatoly F. Dobrynin displays a large color photograph of Hoover Dam presented to him by acting Reclamation Director William L. Phillips as a memento of his visit on October 25, 1969, to the world-famous Bureau of Reclamation Project. Later, Project Manager Frank D. Lord conducted the ambassador and his official party on a special tour of the pioneer multi-purpose project. The ambassador and his party are shown here atop the 726-foot-high wall of concrete on the Colorado River. The party from the left are Boulder City mayor James French; Caesars Palace president William Weinberger; acting Reclamation Director William L. Phillips; Mrs. Dobrynin; Ambassador Dobrynin; Boulder Canyon Project Manager Frank D. Lord; Soviet Cultural Exchange Director Valentin M. Kamenev; Nevada's Lieutenant Governor Ed Fike; and Caesars Palace executive Sidney Gathnid, October 25, 1969 [USBR photo P45-300-9889; John L. Miles, photographer]