International relations

Two men carrying a sign from the American Palestine Jewish Legion, saying "England, We Fought With you for Palestine, Now Your Officials are Fighting Against us in Palestine." From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Three men carry a banner in the May Day Parade in New York. The banner says: Remember Stalingrad, Build U.S.-Soviet Friendship. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the Cairo Conference. Others are unidentified. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo No. 208-N-19665.

President Harry S. Truman (center) receives the resolution endorsing a cash loan to Great Britain. On the left is Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion John Snyder and on the right is O. Max Gardner, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman receives members of the Far Eastern Commission at the White House. Front and middle rows, left to right: Dr. Wei Tao-Ming, Paul E. Naggair, Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai, President Truman, Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, and Secretary of State James Byrnes. Top row, left to right: Thomas A. Stone, L. Loudon, Major General Frank McCoy, C.A. Berendsen, General Carlos Romulo, and Lord Halifax. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

The formal opening meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers at the Lancaster House in London, England. The man seated near the lower left corner at the table is Secretary of State James Byrnes. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Vol. I.

Alcide De Gasperi (center), Foreign Minister of Italy, reports to the Consultative Assembly at the Council of Foreign Ministers Conference in London, England. De Gasperi attended the conference as an observer for the Italian Government. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (right) sign the United Nations Charter. The charter was ratified by the United States Senate while the two men were abroad attending the Potsdam Conference. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden (right) shake hands during a meeting at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) meets in the Oval Office of the White House with the American Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. Delegation members from left to right: Commander Harold Stassen, Representative Charles Eaton of New Jersey, Barnard College Dean Mrs. Virginia Gildersleeve, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, and Representative Sol Bloom of New York. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.