Ambassadors

President of France Vincent Auriol (at podium) speaks at a welcoming ceremony in his honor outside the District Building. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (leaning behind Barkley); Vice President Alben Barkley; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; President Harry S. Truman; District Commissioner John R. Young; and an unidentified man.

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President of France Vincent Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman look at an album of National Park pictures that President Truman gave to President Auriol. W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President (standing, left), looks on. All others unidentified.

United States Ambassador to Honduras (left) and Colonel C. H. Deerwester in Honduras.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (foreground) stands outside President Truman's plane, the Independence, after arriving at Washington National Airport. Also pictured: President Harry S. Truman (center, back to camera); British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (background, second from left); and Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the United States (background, third from left). All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Cabinet members and others wait at Washington National Airport to greet the President of Ecuador. Front row, left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley; Mrs. Jane Alben; Mrs. Alice Acheson; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General Howard McGrath; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and the Ambassador from Ecuador Luis Antonio Penaherrera. All others unidentified.

United States Ambassador George C. McGhee (right)shakes hands with Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (third from right) at the airport, while other unidentified dignitaries look on. Ambassador McGhee was visiting Nuremberg, Germany and the 2nd Armed Cavalry.

United States Ambassador George C. McGhee (right in hat) talks with an unidentified soldier while Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (center) looks on. Ambassador McGhee was visiting Nuremberg, Germany, and the 2nd Armed Cavalry. Lieutenant General Truman is Commanding General of the United States Seventh Army Corps.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) greets United States Ambassador George C. McGhee (foreground, second from right) and his party at the airport, standing in front of an airplane. Ambassador McGhee was visiting Nuremberg, Germany and the 2nd Armed Cavalry. All others are unidentified.

United States Ambassador George C. McGhee (second from right) shakes hands with an unidentified dignitary during his visit to Nuremberg, Germany and the 2nd Armed Cavalry. Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right), Commanding General of the Seventh Army Corps, looks on. All others are unidentified.

United States Ambassador George C. McGhee (foreground, left), converses with unidentified colleagues during a gathering. Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (third from left), Commanding Officer of the United States Seventh Army Corps is also present. Ambassador McGhee was visiting Nuremberg, Germany and the 2nd Armed Cavalry.