From March 27 to 29,1949, a major conference between the Americans and Soviets was held at the hotel to discuss communism and the emerging Cold War, attended by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrey Vyshinsky, composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich and writer Alexsander Fadeyev.
From March 27 to 29 1949, the Waldorf World Peace Conference held at the hotel to discuss the emerging Cold War and the growing divide between the US and the Soviet Union. The conference was attended by the likes of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinisky, composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich and writer Alexsander Fadeyev.