Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) with French President Vincent Auriol (seated, right) in the Oval Office, as President Auriol examines a book containing photographs of monuments given to the United States by France, presented to him by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Standing, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, Secretary Chapman, and an unidentified man.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) with French President Vincent Auriol (seated, right) in the Oval Office, as President Auriol examines a book containing photographs of monuments given to the United States by France, presented to him by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Standing, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Secretary Chapman, and an unidentified man. All others are unidentified.

Welcoming ceremonies in honor of French President Vincent Auriol. In the front row, from left to right: Secretary of Defense George Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, French President Auriol, Washington, D.C. Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified men. In the second row are Attorney General J. Howard McGrath (left of Acheson), French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (between Marshall and Truman), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (between Truman and Auriol, partly obscured).

President Harry S. Truman at the District Building in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for French President Vincent Auriol. From left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French President Auriol, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, and District Commissioner John R. Young.

President Harry S. Truman at the District Building in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for French President Vincent Auriol. From left to right: Secretary of Defense George Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French President Auriol, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, District Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified man. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at the District Building in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for French President Vincent Auriol. From left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (mostly obscured), Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson (behind Truman and Auriol), French President Auriol, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, and District Commissioner John R. Young. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) in the Oval Office, discussing Acheson's meetings with foreign and defense ministers of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries in Brussels, Belgium.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the left, back to camera) at his desk in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), discussing Acheson's meetings with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign and defense ministers in Brussels. All the photographers gathered around the front of the desk are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) in the Oval Office with the Prime Minister of France, Rene Pleven (seated, right), as Secretary of State Dean Acheson (standing, left) and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (standing, right) look on.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) with French Prime Minister Rene Pleven (seated, right), Secretary of State Dean Acheson (standing, left), and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (standing, right) in the Oval Office.