International relations

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.

President Harry S. Truman, standing at the podium, is speaking at the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. Seated behind President Truman are, from left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, and Alger Hiss. Armed Service personnel and the flags of nations are in the background. All other people are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

Edwin A. Locke, Jr. (center) and a Chinese official ride the merry-go-round at Tientsin during Mr. Locke's third trip to China. He is the personal representative of the President to China.

Interior view which includes four men apparently visiting the Civil Aeronautics Board office. They are members of the Japanese Diet and are being greeted by Charles S. Murphy, Chairman of the CAB (1965-1968) who is standing third from the right. G. Joseph Minetti, Vice Chairman of the CAB (1956-1978) is standing second from the right. The seal of the CAB is on the wall behind Chairman Murphy. Murphy's appointment book for the date (Box 54) identifies some of the men from Japan.

Left to Right: Foreign ministers of China, Sweden, and Bulgaria at a gathering at the embassy in Warsaw, Poland.