Visitors, Foreign

President Harry S. Truman attends a formal presentation of equestrian statues, "The Art of War" and "The Art of Peace," by Italian Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi to the Government of the United States at Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. At podium is Prime Minister de Gasperi, behind is President Harry S. Truman. Left of podium is Secretary of State Dean Acheson. All others are unidentified.

President Galo Plaza Lasso (center) of Ecuador and his wife Rosario Pallares (third from left) chat with Chief of Protocol John F. Simmons (second from right) and Captain Cecil Adell (right) during a layover in Key West, Florida, en route to Washington, D.C. for the Ecuadorian President's official visit. All others in photograph are unidentified.

President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador boards the Independence for departure from Guayaquil, Ecuador for an official visit to the United States. All others are unidentified.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, arrives in Iceland with his wife, Begum Ali Khan. Pictured, from left: Unknown man, Liaquat Ali Khan, Begum Ali Khan (mostly obscured), General Robert Landry, and General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. In the background is President Harry S. Truman's airplane, the Independence.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Belt (right) at a reception at the Cuban Embassy. Also present is Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras (center). In the background mostly obscured by the Ambassador, is First Lady Bess W. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman, President Carlos Prio Socarras of Cuba, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Mrs. Guillermo Belt, wife of the Cuban Ambassador, are standing in a receiving line a reception given in President Prio Socarras' honor at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and President Carlos Prio Socarras of Cuba (right) at the reception at the Cuban Embassy in honor of President Prio Socarras' visit to the United States. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing on the ground at the stairs) welcomes Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras as he disembarks from the presidential plane Independence at Washington National Airport. He is in Washington, D.C. for a state visit. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, President Carlos Prio Socarras, Mr. Joseph Short, President of the National Press Club, and Mr. Robert Butler, U.S. Ambassador to Cuba attend a luncheon given in honor of President Prio Socarras at the National Press Club.

Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras (left) and Major General Hobart Gay (right) stand at attention during the National Anthems of Cuba and America at Arlington National Cemetery in front of the Memorial to the battleship Maine. Soldiers in the background are unidentified.