Ambassadors

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Filipino Ambassador to the U.S. Joaquin Elizalde as President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines (center) looks on.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) meets with President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines (seated, right). Standing are the Filipino Ambassador to the United States, Joaquin Elizalde (left) and the United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Myron Cowen.

President Harry S. Truman (left) apparently receiving the gift of a cane from President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines (center). The man to the right is Joaquin Elizalde, Filipino Ambassador to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) receives a doll from Korean educator Dr. Helen Kim (seated, right). Dr. John Myun Chang, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States (standing, left) and Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the Senate (standing, right) look on.

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (right) and the Ambassador of Israel to the United States, Abba Eban (standing) in a gift ceremony in the Oval Office.

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (right) and Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban (standing) in a gift ceremony in the Oval Office.

President Harry S. Truman (left), receives a menorah from Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (center) and Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban (right) in the Oval Office.

Left to right: Perle Mesta, Bess Truman, and Georgia Neese Clark, Secretary of the Treasury, at a reception at the Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C., honoring Perle Mesta becoming minister to Luxembourg. (See also 70-1027) From: Truman Home.

First Lady Bess Truman talks with an unidentified woman at a reception honoring Ambassador Perle Mesta held at the Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C. (See also 2009-1754.) From: Truman Home.

At a reception at the Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C., honoring Perle Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg, are: Left to right: Perle Mesta, Bess Truman, Georgia Neese Clark (Treasurer of the United States), India Edwards (the hostess), and Mrs. Charles W. Tillet, formerly director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. From: Truman Home.