Pearson, Lester B. (Lester Bowles), 1897-1972

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.

Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson signs North Atlantic Treaty. Canadian Ambassador to the United States H.H. Wrong stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands right. President Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson look on in the background. Donor: Dorothy Girton

Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Dirk U. Stikker signs North Atlantic Treaty. Netherlands Ambassador to the United States Eelco van Kleffens stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson look on. Donor: Dorothy Girton

The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ernest Bevin signs North Atlantic Treaty. British Ambassador to the United States Sir Oliver Franks stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman look on. Donor: Dorothy Girton