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Portrait of John D. Hickerson

John D. Hickerson, Director for European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 1947-49; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-53; member Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S. and Canada, 1940-46; and alternate representative, U.S. delegation 4th UN General Assembly, 1949. Later Ambassador to Finland, 1955-60, and to the Philippines, 1960-61.

Portrait of James W. Riddleberger

James W. Riddleberger, Chief, Division of Central European Affairs, United States Department of State, 1944-47; counsellor of embassy, and chief, political section, American Military Government, Berlin, Germany, 1947-50; acting political adviser to commander-in-chief, United States Forces, Germany, 1949-50; political adviser to Economic Cooperation Administration, Paris, 1950-52; appointed a career minister, 1950; director, Bureau of German Affairs, U.S.

Portrait of Milton Katz

Portrait of Milton Katz, used in conjunction with his Oral History interview. United States Special Representative in Europe, with rank, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 1950-51; Chief, U. S. delegation, Economic Commission for Europe, 1950-51; Chairman, Defense Financial and Economic Committee, North Atlantic Treaty, 1950-51.

Defense Counsel with Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura

The Navy defendants were interested in Nomura's story of the delayed Japanese notification of the Pearl Harbor attack. Reading around the table from left to right, Okuyama (Counsel for Kagans), Takahaski (Counsel for Shimada, Navy Minister), McDermoth (Counsel for Shimada), Admiral Nomura (Japanese Ambassador to the United States), John Brannon, Elaine Fischel, Yamaska (New York attorney), Colonel Warren (Council for Admiral Oka, one of the accused).