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John F. Melby, Chairman of the American Military Mission to Southeast Asia (the Erskine Melby Mission), addressing a press conference at the United States Information Service office in Singapore.

John F. Melby, Chairman of the American Military Mission (the Erskine Melby Mission) to Southeast Asia, addressing a press conference at the United States Information Service office in Singapore. Mr. Melby is sitting at the table with his back to the camera.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center, in hat) is visiting the military post exchange at the United States Army base in Vienna, Austria. All others are unidentified.

Image of (left to right) unidentified children, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., unidentified woman, Mr. Dodson, unidentified woman, United States Economic Minister to Japan Arthur Z. Gardiner (mostly obscured by second woman), Mr. Satani, and unidentified woman in a courtyard at an unidentified location in Japan. In the background is a house or other structure.

Image of (left to right) Mr. Dodson, Mr. Satani, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., United States Economic Minister to Japan Arthur Z. Gardiner, and Mr. Novotny looking at a row of crops at an unidentified farm in Japan, with piles of hay in the background.

Image of (left to right) United States Economic Minister to Japan Arthur Z. Gardiner, unidentified woman, Suzanne Perrin Roosevelt, unidentified woman, unidentified man, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Mr. Satani, Mr. Dodson, and Mr. Novotny visiting a strawberry farm in Japan.

This photo shows President Harry S. Truman at his desk, pen in hand, ready to sign documents. On average, the President signs about 600 documents by hand daily. The portrait behind President Truman on the wall is the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (left), being presented to Austrian Chancellor Leopold Figl (right) by United States High Commissioner Walter Donnelly (center).

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (left), being received by United States High Commissioner Walter J. Donnelly in Vienna, Austria. Edwards was scheduled to hold a discussion with prominent Austrian women at the Bristol Hotel in Vienna.

Photograph of George C. McGhee sitting at his desk surrounded by four men. The man at extreme left is William Rountree. The photo is autographed by each man; however, only the signatures of Mr. McGee and Mr. Rountree are clear. Mr. McGhee was Director, U.S. Commercial Company (1946); Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (1949); Special Representative, Near East on the Palestine Refugee Problems, rank of Minister (1949); and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs (1949-51).