Ambassadors

Margaret Truman (left) stands with and says goodbye to United States Envoy to Luxembourg Perle Mesta (right). They are standing at the border between France and Luxembourg during Margaret's European vacation.

Vice-Chancellor Adolf Scharf of Austria confers with Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, as the Ambassador (right) (Max Loewenthal) looks on. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria, to the United States, March 1-21, 1952."

At a dinner given in honor of Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. Scharf given by Ambassador Max Loewenthal are (Left to right): Mrs. Scharf, the Vice-Chancellor, the Ambassador, and Mrs. Loewenthal. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria, to the United States, March 1-21, 1952."

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; Paul G. Hoffman, Economic Cooperation Administrator; and W. Averell Harriman, Economic Cooperation Administration Roving Ambassador, discuss western European affairs and the Marshall Plan at a conference in the President's office today. From: Houston Post.

Enroute to Bonham, Texas on President Harry S. Truman's special train, President Truman (left) talks with Walter Bedell Smith, Russian Ambassador, after Smith boarded the train in Dallas. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman signs an executive order providing for the transfer of 29 passenger and cargo vessels to Italy. Onlookers are, left to right: Secretary of State, George Marshall; Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani. From: Houston Post.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman tour Rome, Italy during their European trip. This picture shows Harry S. Truman and Ambassador Stanley Woodward (far left) standing before an altar at the Vatican. A monk (right center) gestures with left hand as attention is focused toward the ceiling of the stone chapel.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman tour Rome, Italy during their European trip. Here Harry S. Truman is viewing Roman ruins. It is possibly Ambassador Stanley Woodward and his wife in the background.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman tour Rome, Italy during their European trip. In this picture, Ambassador Stanley Woodward is at left and former President Truman at right, during a press conference at the Vatican.

Former President Harry S. Truman's visit to the Vatican during his European vacation. He is at right, back to camera, as Ambassador Stanley Andrews signs the visitor's book at the Vatican.