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Truman greets British Prime Minister Attlee at Potsdam, Germany

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) greets British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (right) at the conference table at Potsdam, Germany. Seated at the conference table (center) is Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Attlee arrived back in Potsdam, accompanied by Mr. Bevin, to resume the Berlin Conference discussions with President Truman and Marshal Stalin. From: Cyril Clemens, Mark Twain Journal, Kirkwood, Missouri.

Marshall and Austin at an airport in Brazil

With the "Sacred Cow" in the background, Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) and Warren Austin (right), U.S. Representative to the United Nations, are greeted by Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes (center). They are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Ambassador William D. Pawley, George C. Marshall and Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference, Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center) talks with Ambassador William D. Pawley (left) and Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes (right). All others are unidentified. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Portrait of Arthur N. Young

Arthur N. Young, economist and financial expert, beginning in 1912, principally as an adviser to the U.S. Government and to the governments of various other countries, including service as an economic adviser in the U.S. Department of State, 1922-28; financial adviser to the Chinese Government and to the Central Bank of China, 1929-46; a member of the Chinese delegation to Bretton Woods financial conference, 1944; director of Point IV program in Saudi Arabia, 1951-52; and financial adviser and chief of financial mission to Saudi Arabia, 1951-52.

Portrait of Winthrop G. Brown

Winthrop G. Brown, served as executive officer, Harriman Mission, U.S. Embassy, London, 1941-43; U.S. Lend-Lease Mission to India, 1943; executive officer, Mission for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, London, 1943-45; chief, Division of Commercial Policy, United States Department of State, Washington, 1945-48; acting director, Office of International Trade Policy, 1947-48, director, 1948-50; director, Office of International Materials Policy, 1950-52; and deputy to minister for economic affairs, U.S. Embassy, London, 1952-55.