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Truman Signs North Atlantic Treaty Proclamation

73-3194
Accession Number
73-3194
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957532
Keywords
Ambassadors
Cabinet officers
International organization
International relations
Presidents
HST Keywords
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Truman - Signing - Documents - NATO
People Pictured
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Bonnet, Henri, 1888-1978
Kauffmann, Henrik, 1888-1963
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Matthews, Wilmot Donald, 1906-
Pereira, Pedro Teotónio, 1902-1972
Reuchlin, Otto
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Morgenstierne, Wilhelm, b. 1887
Silvercruys, Robert, 1893-1971
Lucielli, Mario
Millar, Frederick Robert Hoyer, 1st Baron Inchyra, 1900-1989
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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation declaring into effect the 12-nation North Atlantic Pact. They are in the Oval Office. Witnessing the signing are, from left to right: Sir Frederic Hoyer-Millar of the United Kingdom; Ambassador Henrik de Kauffmann of Denmark; Canadian Embassy Counselor W. D. Matthews; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne of Norway; Ambassador Henri Bonnet of France; Baron Robert Silvercruys, Ambassador of Belgium; Ambassador Pedro Pereira of Portugal (partly obscured by Acheson); Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Netherlands Minister Jonkheer Otto Reuchlin; and Italian Embassy Counselor Mario Lucielli.
Date(s)
August 24, 1949