Diplomats

Paul Porter (right), chief of the U. S. Economic Mission to Greece, is shown reporting to Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the State Department. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right: Charles Bohlen, H. Freeman Matthews, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Benjamin Cohen confer in the Secretary's cabin. They are on board the U.S.S. Augusta, en route to Potsdam. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

Paul V. McNutt (left) is greeted on porch of High Commissioner's residence at Manila as he arrives to take over duties of High Commissioner, by President Sergio Osmena. Mr. Osmena had arrived the day before to resume his position as President of the Philippines. From: Beth Gore.

In a simple ceremony in his apartment at the Shoreham, Paul V. McNutt (right) was sworn in as High Commissioner of the Philippines by Justice Richard S. Whaley, Chief Justice of the Court of Claims. From: Beth Gore.

British Ambassador Lord Inverchapel watches as President Harry S. Truman signs the British Loan Bill. Cabinet members Will Clayton, Fred Vinson and Secretary of State James Byrnes are in the background. An 11 x 14 photo in a series of seven.

Vice President Alben Barkley (left)and United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie as guests of honor at the Triennial Dinner of the B'nai B'rith at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. In Mr. Lie's address, before a crowd of 1,000 guests, he called for a 20 year truce in the Cold War. From: Beth Gore

Portrait of Trygve Lie, was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 1, 1946. He was born in Calo, Norway on July 16, 1896, and holds a degree from the Oslo University Law School. He has served as Minister of Justice and of Commerce for his Government, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and represented Norway at the First Session of the United Nations General Assembly. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Dr. Oskar Lange (left), Polish Ambassador to the United States, shown at the State Department with Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore.

Ambassador of Great Britain to the United States, Lord Inverchapel (left), calls on Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (center) at the State Department. The man on the far right is British diplomat Sir John Balfour. From: Beth Gore.

England's new ambassador, Lord Inverchapel, shown leaving the White House following his initial visit to President Truman. From: Beth Gore.