International relations

Leaving his hotel to attend the opening of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, President Harry S. Truman returns the salute offered by little Louis Jensen. The youngster, dressed in G.I. garb, is the 3-year-old mascot of the 637th National Guard Division.

In a re-enacted close-up for photographers, Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs for his country a Tri-Partite Security Pact with Australia and New Zealand. This was a prelude to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference to be held the next week.

President Harry S. Truman urges the American Republics to embark on a broad program of defense against a "strike" by Soviet Russia in his address at the opening session of the American Foreign Ministers Emergency Conference in Washington. At the President's right is Secretary of State Dean Acheson, while seated on the stage are the various Ministers and Ambassadors.

United States Ambassador Irving Florman (right), and Chancellor of the Republic of Bolivia, Pedro Zilveti Arce (right on sofa), at the signing of the Point Four Agreement between Bolivia and the United States in the Ministry of Foreign Relations, La Paz, Bolivia. Others in the photo are unidentified.

United States Ambassador Irving Florman (left), and Chancellor of the Republic of Bolivia Pedro Zilveti Arce (right), sign the Point Four agreement between Bolivia and the United States in the Ministry of Foreign Relations, La Paz, Bolivia. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Signing of the Point Four Agreement between Bolivia and the United States in the Ministry of Foreign Relations, La Paz, Bolivia, by Irving Florman (left), United States Ambassador to Bolivia, and Pedro Zilveti Arce (seated on sofa, right), Chancellor of the Republic of Bolivia. Others in the photo are unidentified.

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.