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President Harry S. Truman Welcomes Saudi Arabian Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman greet representatives of Saudi Arabia at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; President Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. All others are unidentified.

Collage of President Truman with his White House Staff. Others identified with photo

Collage of President Truman with his White House Staff. Top row, Appointments Secretary Matthew J. Connelly, President Harry S. Truman, Samuel Rosenman. Bottom row: Press Secretary Charles Ross, naval aide Captain James Vardaman, and military aide General Harry Vaughan. Original in a leather portfolio stored with albums. Same as 69-481. See also 96-194 for autographed photo of same. Donor: Thomas F. McDaniel.

Pauley, Towers, Gates, and Marshall at Atsugi Airfield, Japan

From left to right, Admiral John Henry Towers, Commander, 5th Fleet; Artemus L. Gates, Under-secretary of the Navy; Major General R. C. Marshall, Acting Chief of Staff; and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at Atsugi Airfield, Honshu, Japan. Ambassador Pauley arrived in Japan to discuss reparations payments and policy. He was the personal representative of President Harry S. Truman in this regard. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.