Ambassadors

Mrs. Perle Mesta is shown shaking hands with Mrs. Bess Truman, on the left, and Margaret Truman, on the right, as she leaves on the S. S. America enroute to Luxembourg where she will serve as U. S. Ambassador. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Margaret Truman (right) is greeted by Mrs. Perle Mesta at a party. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Portrait of Ambassador Jean Chauvel, of France, President for May of the United Nations Security Council. From: Beth Gore.

Robert Butler is shown being sworn into office as the first United States Ambassador to Australia. Previously those representing this country held the rank of Minister. The photo shows, left to right, Bennett Champ Clark, Federal Judge; Ambassador Butler; and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

Justice Frank Murphy, right, of the U. S. Supreme Court, administers the oath of office to Robert Butler, newly appointed U. S. Ambassador to Cuba. From: Beth Gore.

Sir Basil Brooke (left), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, arrives in Washington. Shown in the car with Sir Brooke is Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador, who met the Prime Minister on his arrival. From: Beth Gore.

Madame Henri Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador to the United States, is shown here with Jack Frye, President of TWA. She is christening the Constellation airplane "The Paris Sky Chief" prior to the takeoff of a preview passenger flight to Paris, marking the debut of the 300 mile an hour Lockheed Constellation as a luxury liner of the skyways for TWA. Steam was used by Madame Bonnet to christen the plane. From: Beth Gore.

France became the 36th member of the United Nations in a colorful ceremony at the State Department at which the war-time coalition against the Axis was hailed as "the foundation stone of peace". Photo shows French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, left, signing the United Nations declaration, pledging his country's whole-hearted cooperation in the creation of a world security system because France knows from experience that " from now on...war, once begun, will spread over the entire globe." Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, right, looks on. From: Beth Gore

Ambassador Henri Bonnet of France today took a tour of the Freedom Train, which returned to Washington this week after completing its trip of the United States. Ambassador Bonnet is shown aboard the train looking over the Paris Treaty of 1783, which was the first recognition by Britain of the United States as a free and independent nation. From: Beth Gore

Leon Blum, ex-Premier of France and Ambassador Extraordinary, arrived in Washington by air tonight. Mr. Blum will take part in negotiations to obtain a loan for France. Mr. Blum, left, is shown here with Ambassador to the United States from France Henri Bonnet. From: Beth Gore