Ambassadors

Visiting the White House, President Vincent Auriol of France receives a gift from President Harry S. Truman, a handsome leather-bound volume of color photographs depicting scenes of America. In the Oval Office are (left to right): President Truman and President Auriol (sitting); and (standing) Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Special Assistant to the President W. Averill Harriman, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. (Similar to 77-1600; also see 2006-178.)

Secretary of State Dean Acheson today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee what progress he is making in formulating a new policy on China. Acheson, center, is shown with Senator Tom Connally, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ambassador-at-Large Philip Jessup, left, who heads a three-man special committee on China Policy. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State Dean Acheson today conferred informally with Philip C. Jessup, who was sworn in yesterday as Ambassador-At-Large. Jessup (left) has been Deputy U.S. Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations since May, 1948. From: Beth Gore

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Edward Murrill, Ambassador At Large to NATO countries. They are in a hallway at the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to Right: Harry S. Truman, Edward Murrill.

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Edward Murrill, Ambassador At Large to NATO countries. They are in the hallway of the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to Right: Harry S. Truman, Edward Murrill.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) with Abba Eban (center), first Ambassador of Israel to the United States, and A. J. Granoff, Kansas City businessman and friend of Eddie Jacobson. This was taken at the anniversary of Eddie Jacobson's death, at the Eddie Jacobson Memorial Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Abba Eban and former President Truman spoke at the event (see sound recording SR72-47).

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and First Lady Bess Truman (left) admire an 18th century musical clock and two golden candelabras presented to the President in a ceremony on the North Portico of the White House by French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (2nd from right) and his wife (right). They were acquired by French President Vincent Auriol for use in the renovated White House and will be placed in the Red Room.

With the "Sacred Cow" in the background, Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) and Warren Austin (right), U.S. Representative to the United Nations, are greeted by Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes (center). They are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference, Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center) talks with Ambassador William D. Pawley (left) and Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes (right). All others are unidentified. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Disembarking from a plane are (left to right) Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Warren Austin, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and George Marshall, Secretary of State, who flew to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the presidential plane the "Sacred Cow" to attend the Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Shaking hands with Senator Vandenburg is United States Ambassador to Brazil William Pawley, and Lt. Col. Austin is on his Pawley's left, shaking Warren Austin's hand. Please credit: "Maj.