Visitors, Foreign

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left) introduces President of France Vincent Auriol (foreground, third from right) to First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from left) and Margaret Truman (foreground, left). Also pictured, foreground: Madame Michelle Auriol (second from right) and John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol (right). Background, left to right: General Robert Landry; Admiral Robert Dennison; General Harry Vaughan; and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (partly obscured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

President of France Vincent Auriol (left) and President Harry S. Truman arrive at the Blair House during President Auriol's visit to Washington, D.C. Also pictured: French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (behind Auriol). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; President of France Vincent Auriol; and French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet at the White House during their visit to Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and the Shah of Iran (foreground, left) shaking hands at Washington National Airport upon the Shah's arrival in the United States, with the President's airplane, "The Independence" (which had brought the Shah to Washington) in the background. General Harry Vaughan is on the far left. Others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (left) responds to President Harry S. Truman's (right) welcoming remarks at Washington National Airport. President Truman's airplane, The Independence, is in the background. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke (foreground, center, without hat) and unidentified Arab visitors at the Hoover Dam. All others are unidentified.

Locke, Arabs, and other at a dam site. Eighth from the right, Sheik Abdullah el Sulaiman, Finance Minister of Saudi Arabia. Forth from the right, Ali Abdullah Alireza.

Arab visitors touring dam sites in the United States in front of a TWA airplane. Fifth from the left, Sheikh Abdullah el Sulaiman, Finance Minister of Saudi Arabia. All others are unidentified.

Edwin Locke, Special Assistant to President Harry S. Truman, (front row, second from left) and Arabs visiting a dam site. Fifth from the left - Sheik Abdullah el Sulaiman, Finance Minister of Saudi Arabia. Ninth from the left, Ali Abdulla Alieza.