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Truman speaking at United Nations General Assembly cornerstone ceremony

Harry S. Truman is addressing the first outdoor session of the 59-nation United Nations General Assembly during the cornerstone ceremony for the building in New York City. Seated, left to right: Wallace K. Harrison, United Nations Director of Planning; Ambassador M. C. de Freitas-Valle of Brazil; Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang of China; Jean Chauvel of France; Sir Mohammed Zafrulia Khan of Pakistan; Governor Thomas Dewey of New York; Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York City; Andrei Y. Vishinsky of Russia. Donor: Dorothy Girton. Used by Democratic Digest.

The Big Three with their advisors prior to opening of meetings of the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Union Prime Minister Josef Stalin and their advisors are seated around the round conference table prior to the opening of one of the Potsdam Conference meetings in Potsdam, Germany. President Truman has his back to the camera; Prime Minister Stalin is on the right side of the photograph; Prime Minister Churchill is on the left side; they are in the chairs with more ornamentation on the backs.

Truman with Ambassador Harriman

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from right) talks with Ambassador Averell Harriman (foreground, second from right) at the airfield at Gatow before boarding his plane to fly to England, after the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

Prime Minister Ali Khan visits a dairy cattle ranch in California

Prime Minister Ali Khan, of Pakistan, inspecting a dairy cattle ranch in California with Ambassador Ispahani. Pictured from left to right is an unidentified man, Ambassador Ispahani, and Prime Minister Ali Khan. From photograph album, "Visit of his Excellency Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, to the United States of America, May 3 to May 26, 1950."

Prime Minister Ali Khan speaking with Ambassador Ispahani and Assistant Secretary McGhee

Prime Minister Ali Khan, of Pakistan, and Ambassador H.A. Ispahani confer with Assistant Secretary George McGhee. Pictured left to right is Prime Minister Ali Khan, Ambassador Ispahani, and George McGhee. From photograph album, "Visit of his Excellency Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, to the United States of America, May 3 to May 26, 1950."

United States officials in Rio de Janeiro at the Club Navale

Members of President Truman's party who are visiting Brazil pose with others at the Club Navale in Rio de Janeiro. Left to right: Admiral James H. Foskett; Captain Robert L. Dennison; Ambassador William D. Pawley, Captain Ralph E. Mills; Admiral William Leahy; Commander John B. Colwell; Admiral Silvio de Noronha; Commander R. L. Fulton; Ambassador Carlos Martins; Commander William R. Barnes and Commander William Rigdon. The American naval officers were decorated by the Brazilian Navy. From the album, President Truman's Trip to Rio de Janeiro.