Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

President Harry S. Truman and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in Washington, during the Prime Minister's visit to the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, Margaret Truman, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. In the background are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport, greeting some of the members of his Cabinet who met him at the airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Foreground, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport, greeting some of the members of his Cabinet who met him at the airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Foreground, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport, greeting some of the members of his Cabinet who met him at the airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Foreground, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet and staff at Washington National Airport, waiting for the arrival of President Truman upon his return from a Florida vacation. Foreground, from left to right: unidentified, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and Joseph Feeney, Legislative Assistant to the President.

President Harry S. Truman (back to camera) at Washington National Airport, upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Facing him are, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Legislative Assistant Joseph Feeney (in hat), and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (far right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner for Germany (center), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner for Germany (center), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner for Germany (center), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation declaring into effect the 12-nation North Atlantic Pact. They are in the Oval Office. Witnessing the signing are, from left to right: Sir Frederic Hoyer-Millar of the United Kingdom; Ambassador Henrik de Kauffmann of Denmark; Canadian Embassy Counselor W. D.