Ambassadors

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a bust of Simon Bolivar from Venezuelan officials, including Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez-Chacin, Arturo Briceno, and Dr. M. A. Placon-Briceno.

President Harry S. Truman signs the British Loan Agreement in the presence of the Rt. Honorable Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador to the United States and several others. From left to right: unidentified, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Lord Inverchapel, Sam Rayburn, and unidentified (with Truman in the foreground).

President Harry S. Truman (center) greets Greek Army Chief of Staff General Alexander Papagos (right), Greek Charge D'Affaires Paul Economou-Gouras (left), and one unidentified man at the White House.

President Truman meeting with Secretary of State James Byrnes and George S. Messersmith, United States Ambassador to Argentina in the Oval Office. (L-R) President Truman, Secretary of State Byrnes, and Ambassador Messersmith.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and the Ambassador of Nicaragua Senor Dr. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa talking at a meeting of the Pan American Union Board.

Getulio Vargas (man in the grey suit shaking hands), President of Brazil, and United States Ambassador Herschel V. Johnson (man in the dark suit shaking hands) with city of Detroit Board of Commerce.

From left to right: Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin; interpreter Charles Bohlen (mostly obscured by Stalin); V. N. Pavlov, Stalin's interpreter; Captain James Vardaman; President Harry S. Truman; Press Secretary Charles Ross (background, partly obscured); Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko; Secretary of State James Byrnes; and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. This photo was taken during Truman's visit to Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman visits Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin at Mr. Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From left to right on the balcony: unidentified man; Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured); Secretary of State James Byrnes; Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko (behind Byrnes); President Truman; Premier Josef Stalin; and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes visit Premier Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union at Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. On the balcony in the foreground are, left to right: Secretary of State Byrnes, President Truman, Premier Stalin, and Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister General Harry H. Vaughan is in the background, second from the left. Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko is in the background, behind James Byrnes. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov during Truman's visit at Premier Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.