Post war visit of former Axis power officials

The first representatives of Japan, Germany, and Italy to visit the United States since World War II are welcomed to Washington, D. C. by Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. in his office at the House of Representatives. Left to right: Dr. Chen Li-fu, Dr. Michael Horlacher, Speaker Martin, Umberto Calosso, Kensuke Horinouchi, and U Ba Lwin. They are in Washington en route from the MRA World Assembly for ideological preparedness in California. Ambassador Horinouchi was also greeted at the State Department, the first Japanese official to visit Washington, D. C. since the war.