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Chatting aboard the liner Independence as it docks in New York, are Left to Right: Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan and Senator Alexander Wiley (R. Wisc.). After debarking Secretary Acheson left at once for Washington to give President Truman a report of his talks in Europe.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson speaks to reporters as he arrives in New York aboard the liner Independence. While abroad, Mr. Acheson attended the United Nations General Assembly in Paris and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in Rome.

President Harry S. Truman is shown signing the Mutual Security Act, a bill authorizing $7,483,000,000 in Arms and Economic Aid to Anti-Communist Nations in nearly all parts of the world. Around the President, Left to Right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson; William C. Foster, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Rep. James P. Richards (D.S.C.); Sen. Theodore Green (R.R.I.); and Sen. Alexander Wiley (R. Wisc.)

A large crowd lines up outside the San Francisco Opera House for the general admission gallery before the opening of the 3rd Plenary Session of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

Leaving his hotel to attend the opening of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, President Harry S. Truman returns the salute offered by little Louis Jensen. The youngster, dressed in G.I. garb, is the 3-year-old mascot of the 637th National Guard Division.

In a re-enacted close-up for photographers, Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs for his country a Tri-Partite Security Pact with Australia and New Zealand. This was a prelude to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference to be held the next week.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson walks down the steps of the Senate Office Building after the joint Senate Armed Services Foreign Relations Committee investigating the MacArthur dismissal recessed for lunch.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson returned to the stand for the fourth day before the Senate Committee investigating the MacArthur dismissal. See also 96-1120.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson makes his long-awaited appearance before the Senate MacArthur investigation to face the challenge of hostile Republicans to disclose a "hotter than a firecracker" State Department on Formosa.

President Harry S. Truman urges the American Republics to embark on a broad program of defense against a "strike" by Soviet Russia in his address at the opening session of the American Foreign Ministers Emergency Conference in Washington. At the President's right is Secretary of State Dean Acheson, while seated on the stage are the various Ministers and Ambassadors.