Ambassadors

Photograph of Leon Blum, ex-Premier of France and Ambassador to the United States, Henri Bonnet of France. From: Beth Gore.

Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Leon Blum, former Premier of France in this country with the temporary rank of Ambassador, caught by a photographer in the candid pose when the ex-Premier visited the committee room atop Capitol Hill this morning. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right: Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew; French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault; and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, leaving the White House after a conference with President Truman which reaffirmed the United States "complete willingness" to relinquish to France a part of the American Zone of Occupation in Germany. From: Beth Gore.

During his brief stay in Washington, British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin speaks to an informal gathering of British Embassy workers. He is shown on the steps of the Embassy with British Ambassador Lord Inverchapel, speaking to the group. From: Beth Gore

An informal photo of Mrs. Eugenie Anderson as she arrived to be sworn in tomorrow as Ambassador to Denmark. She will be the nation's first woman Ambassador. From: Beth Gore.

George V. Allen today took the oath as United States Ambassador to Iran in ceremonies at the State Department. Left to right, Marvin Will of the Foreign Service Department of State, Mrs. Katharine Allen, Ambassador Allen and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

From left to right, Major General Leon Johnson, Mrs. S. L. Simpson, Honorable Lewis Douglas (United States Ambassador to Great Britain), Dr S. L. Simpson, and Rt. Honorable Arthur Henderson at the Simpson Services Club banquet held in honor of the United States Air Force. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman by S. Leonard Simpson of London, England.

Major General Leon Johnson, Mrs. S. L. Simpson, and Honorable Lewis Douglas, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, at the Simpson Services Club Banquet held in honor of the United States Air Force. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman by S. Leonard Simpson of London, England.

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