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Chilean President Receiving the Key to the City

Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla receiving the key to the city during his visit to Washington, D.C. Front row, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, unidentified, President Truman, President Gonzalez Videla (receiving key), unidentified man, Washington, D.C. Commissioner John R. Young (handing key to Videla). Standing on the other side of the microphones, holding a bouquet of roses, is First Lady of Chile Rosa Gonzalez Videla. First Lady Bess W. Truman is on the extreme right. All others are unidentified.

Chilean President Speaking at Welcoming Ceremony

Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla addresses the crowd at a ceremony where he received the key to the city during his visit to Washington, D.C. Front row, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, unidentified, President Truman, Washington, D.C. Commissioner John R. Young (handing key to Videla), unidentified man, First Lady of Chile Rosa Gonzalez Videla, and First Lady Bess W. Truman (extreme right). All others are unidentified.

Guests at Key to the City Ceremony for Chilean President

Guests attending the welcoming ceremony for the Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla during a visit to Washington, D.C. From left to right, Chilean First Lady Mrs. Rosa Gonzalez Videla, First Lady Bess W. Truman, unidentified woman, and Margaret Truman. All others are unidentified. Welcoming parade for the visitors stopped at this point in front of the District Building and the keys to the city of Washington, D.C., were presented to the Chilean president by a Washington, D.C., District Commissioner.

President Harry S. Truman with President and First Lady of Chile

President Harry S. Truman with President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile upon the Chilean President's arrival at National Airport in Washington, D.C. From left to right: unidentified man; Rosa Gonzalez Videla, First Lady of Chile; unidentified Chilean military officer; President Truman; unidentified man (behind Truman); President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile; First Lady Bess W. Truman; and unidentified Chilean military officer. The three military officers standing in the background are: unidentified, General Harry Vaughan, and Admiral Robert Dennison.