Lange, Halvard Manthey, 1902-1970

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization signing ceremony in the State Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Seated in a semi-circle behind him are the foreign ministers of all the NATO signatory nations, front row, left to right: Ernest Bevin, United Kingdom; Halvard M. Lange, Norway; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg; Bjarni Benediktsson, Iceland; Gustav Rasmussen, Denmark; Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium; Dean Acheson, United States; Lester Pearson, Canada; Robert Schuman, France; Count Carlo Sforza, Italy; Dirk U.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Halvard Lange signs North Atlantic Treaty for Norway as John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. Donor: Dorothy Girton

Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, seated, signs the North Atlantic Treaty. Baron Silvercruys of Belgium, on Spaak's right, and John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department, stand watching him. Seated in the front row in the background are left to right: Ernest Bevin, United Kingdom; Halvard M. Lange, Norway; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

Photo of the Foreign Minister of Norway, Halvard M. Lange, arriving in Washington for conferences on the North Atlantic Defense Pact. He is shown talking to reporters as he arrived at National Airport. L to R: Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, Halvard M. Lange, and reporters. From: Beth Gore

Photo of three top Norwegians at the State Department to confer with Secretary Acheson on the North Atlantic Pact. Shown after their conference are left to right, seated: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange; standing: Oscar Thorp, head of the Norwegian Labor Party, and Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne. From: Beth Gore.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange called on President Harry S. Truman before attending a final State Department Conference on Norway's possible entry into the North Atlantic Security Pact (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). He was accompanied by Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, left, and Oscar Torp, right, one of his advisers. From: Beth Gore.