Ambassadors

As part of the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Cuban National hero, Jose Marti, high military men of the United States were presented with decorations on behalf of the Cuban government. The awards were made by Cuban Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Luis Machado at the Cuban Embassy. Left to right: Brigadier General Robert Landry, Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, General J. Lawton Collins, Dr. Luis Machado, General Wade Hampton Haislip, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Major General Wallace Graham. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador Leaves Albrook Air Force Base in Panama aboard Constellation 8608 headed towards the United States for his official visit. From left: Brigadier General Emil Kiel, Lieutenant General William Morris, President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Paul Daniels, and Ecuadorian Ambassador to Panama Sixto E. Duran-Ballen.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Belt (right) at a reception at the Cuban Embassy. Also present is Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras (center). In the background mostly obscured by the Ambassador, is First Lady Bess W. Truman.

From left to right, President Carlos Prio Socarras, Mr. Joseph Short, President of the National Press Club, and Mr. Robert Butler, U.S. Ambassador to Cuba attend a luncheon given in honor of President Prio Socarras at the National Press Club.

Air view of Chienmen, the main gate to the Tartar City, Peking, China. Right center: American Embassy Marine Guard parade ground, barracks, and Ambassador's residence (on the border of the photo).

White House Physician General Wallace Graham (front, left) receives the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Order of Leopold from the Ambassador of Belgium, Baron Robert Silvercruys (front, right), for his service as Chief of Surgical Service in the 24th Field Hospital after D-Day. This surprise ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House with President Harry S. Truman present (back, right). The other man is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman meets with foreign leaders and Congressional leaders after the signing of a joint declaration on atomic energy. Seated are Prime Minister of Great Britain Clement Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Vannevar Bush, unidentified man, unidentified man mostly obscured, Congressman Charles Eaton, Senator Brien McMahon, Canadian Ambassador Lester Pearson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Congressman Sol Bloom, and Admiral William Leahy.

Winston Churchill (right) stands with British Ambassador Lord Halifax (left) as Mr. Churchill arrived at the airport in Washington, D.C. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 2.

President Harry S. Truman greets the General Joao Batista Mascarenhas de Moraes, General of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces in Italy, during his two week visit in the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, General de Moraes, and Ambassador Carlos Martins of Brazil. Back row, left to right: General Zenobio de Costa and Air Brigadier Antonio Appel Netto. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) examines a report as Joseph E. Davies (left), Admiral William D. Leahy (center standing), and Harry Hopkins (right) watch. Hopkins and Davis were guests of the President for breakfast and gave reports. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.