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Truman and Prio Socarras Walk Away From Plane

73-2874
Accession Number
73-2874
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338956858
Keywords
Airports
Ambassadors
Armed forces officers
Naval officers
Presidential aircraft
Presidents
Visitors, Foreign
Visits of state
HST Keywords
Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Latin America
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Prio Socarras, Carlos, 1903-1977
Belt, Guillermo, 1905-1989
Butler, Robert, 1897-1955
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Lechuga Hevia, Carlos, 1918-2009
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Carlos Prio Socarras (foreground, left) of Cuba walks with President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) away from the presidential airplane Independence. President Socarras has just arrived at National Airport in Washington, D. C. for a visit. Standing between President Socarras and President Truman is Colonel Robert Landry. Among the group standing at the base of the stairs are, from left to right: Luis Botifoll, unidentified woman, unidentified man (partly obscured), Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Belt, Admiral William Leahy, unidentified man, Carlos Hevia, and United States Ambassador to Cuba Robert Butler. All others are unidentified.

Date(s)
December 8, 1948