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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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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