Stikker, Dirk U. (Dirk Uipko), 1897-1979

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.

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