International relations

Dean Acheson speaks before the ANZUS Council in Kaneohe, Hawaii while delegates listen.

Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, accompanied by Senator Alben Barkley, Kentucky, and Mrs. Vandenberg, left for the Paris Peace Conference Saturday. Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson saw them off. Left to right: Dean Acheson, Senator Alben Barkley, Mrs. Vandenberg, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg. From: Beth Gore.

General Carlos P. Romulo, resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on future trade relations between the U. S. and the Philippine Islands. Left to right, Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner of the Philippines; Congressman C. Jasper Bell, Missouri; and General Romulo. From: Beth Gore.

General Omar Bradley (standing, left) addresses members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standing Group. All others are unidentified.

Potsdam, a meeting of the foreign ministers, including Vyacheslav Molotov, Anthony Eden, James Byrnes and aides. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

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.

President Truman shown as he conferred on the German situation with John McCloy, U. S. High Commissioner in Germany, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

Photo of three top Norwegians at the State Department to confer with Secretary Acheson on the North Atlantic Pact. Shown after their conference are left to right, seated: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange; standing: Oscar Thorp, head of the Norwegian Labor Party, and Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne. From: Beth Gore.

W. Averill Harriman, appearing before the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, said that Western Europe must be given American arms to bolster her own confidence and increase our security. From: Beth Gore

Photo of W. Averell Harriman, former U. S. Ambassador to Russia, is shown arriving at the White House for a conference with President Truman. Earlier, he had told a House Committee that Russia's people don't want war with the United States. From: Beth Gore