Ambassadors

Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) is greeted at the airport en route to the Potsdam Conference by Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko (center) and Soviet Foreign Affairs Minister Andrey Vyshinsky (right). From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Charles Sawyer, U. S. Ambassador to Belgium, ride together in an open car from Antwerp, to Brussels. President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes have just arrived in Antwerp en route to Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, Admiral Harold Stark, Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer, and Ambassador Charles Sawyer walk to the docks at Antwerp, Belgium to meet President Harry S. Truman who has just arrived on the U. S. S. Augusta en route to attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer in a car after President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (foreground, left) chats with President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) at an airfield in Brussels, Belgium en route to Potsdam, Germany for the Potsdam conference. United States Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer is in the background on the left. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Aboard the U. S. S. Williamsburg, from left to right, seated: Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, John W. Snyder, and Robert Lovett. Standing, left to right: Walter Gifford, Omar N. Bradley, Sir Oliver Franks, Lord Cherwell, Lord Hastings L. Ismay, and W. Averell Harriman. They are on board the presidential yacht for a conference.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer ride through the street of Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman is in Europe to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

President Harry S. Truman is greeted as he arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Admiral H. R. Stark, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Ambassador Charles Sawyer, President Truman, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

Secretary of State Dean Acheson speaks at the opening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization signing ceremony in Washington, D.C. Seated in semi-circle behind him are foreign ministers (first row), and ambassadors of signing countries. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

General view of the opening ceremony of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Donor: Dorothy Girton.