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President Harry S. Truman in Conference on the USS Williamsburg

President Harry S. Truman meets with a delegation of officials from Great Britain on board the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. Standing, from left to right: Ambassador Walter S. Gifford, General Omar Nelson Bradley, Sir Oliver Franks, Lord F. A. Cherwell, Lord Hastings Ismay, and W. Averell Harriman. Seated, from left to right: Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, and Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett.

President Truman and advisers after returning from Wake Island Conference

President Harry S. Truman after his return from the Wake Island Conference with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Special Assistant W. Averill Harriman, Defense Secretary George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador Philip Jessup, Treasury Secretary John Snyder, Army Secretary Frank Pace and General Omar Bradley.