Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Film Polski

Ambassador Stanton Griffis reads his speech in English, without an interpreter, to President Boleslaw Bierut at the Presentation of Credentials ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland.

Ambassador Stanton Griffis (left) with unidentified men in Warsaw, Poland at his Presentation of Credentials ceremony.

An unidentified man reads a speech during Ambassador Stanton Griffis' Presentation of Credentials ceremony in Warsaw, Poland. Others in the photograph are also unidentified.

Ambassador Stanton Griffis, third from left, looks down at his papers during the Presentation of Credentials ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland.

Ambassador Stanton Griffis, front row, right, marches into the Presidential Palace to present his credentials to the President of Poland. Polish troops stand at attention of the right. Ambassador Griffis carries a silk top hat in his right hand.

Ambassador Stanton Griffis, right, shakes hands with an unidentified man during his Presentation of Credentials ceremony in Warsaw, Poland.

Ambassador Stanton Griffis, fourth from left, reads his speech at the Presentation of Credentials ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland. The Ambassador did deliver a speech in English, without an interpreter, and listened to a speech in Polish given by President Bierut also without an interpreter.