Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

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.

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).

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.

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. Standing on the left near the lamp is White House Receptionist William Simmons. All the photographers gathered around the front of the desk are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) and British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Oliver Franks, waiting for the arrival of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (center) and Madam Pandit, Ambassador from India to the United States, at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., awaiting the arrival of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (not pictured). All other individuals unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from left) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (foreground, third from left, back to camera) and British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Oliver Franks (foreground, left), waiting for the arrival of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) shaking hands with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (left) at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (foreground, left) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (foreground, right) at Washington National Airport to greet President Harry S. Truman upon his return from the Wake Island Conference. The Presidential plane, Independence, is in the background. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greeted by members of his Cabinet and staff upon his return from the conference on Wake Island with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, unidentified (partly obscured by Snyder), Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and General Omar Bradley. Others are unidentified.