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Secretary of State Dean Acheson takes the floor of the United Nations General Assembly at its first session. After a blistering attack had been launched on him by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky, on China policy, Mr. Acheson suggested proposals to seat a representative of the Communist Chinese regime be considered later in the session.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) confers with Mrs. Edith Sampson and American United Nations' delegate Warren Austin, at the first meeting of the United Nations' General Assembly. Mrs. Sampson is the first Black American woman given a high U.N. post. She is an alternate delegate for the United States. From: Dean Acheson Papers.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) meets in secret session with the combined Senate-House Foreign Relations Committees. He discussed proposals which he planned to bring before the "Big Three" Foreign Ministers' meeting in New York. At right is Senator Tom Connally (D. Tex.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson leaves the White House after a conference with President Truman. Although Acheson refused to comment, it is presumed they discussed the shooting down of a Soviet-marked bomber by a U. N. fighter plane off the West Cost of Korea.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right)is followed by reporters as he leaves after a news conference. Mr. Acheson, clearly anxious over reports that Chinese Communist troops are moving toward North Korea, said the U. S. is doing everything possible to convince the Chinese Reds that America has no aggressive intentions toward China.

Left to Right, leaving the White House following a meeting with President Truman are his top military and Defense Chiefs: General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff; John Foster Dulles, Foreign Policy Adviser; Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson is shown following his press conference today at which he branded the North Korean attacks the most cynical, brutal, naked, and unprovoked aggression that could ever occur. He warned that this was the time for very steady nerves and sober actions.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson went before the Senate Appropriations Committee today to discuss funds for the foreign military aid program. Left to Right: Secretary Johnson; Senator Kenneth McKellar (D-Tenn.); Secretary Acheson; and Senator Styles Bridges (R-N.H.). Senator McKellar is the Committee Chairman.

With their children at hand, a group of members of the Massachusetts Action Committee For Peace, pickets outside Harvard University, in a demonstration against Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Mr. Acheson delivered an address to the Harvard graduating class and received an honorary degree.

Stanley Woodward, (1eft) former State Department Protocol Chief is congratulated by Secretary of State Dean Acheson after he was sworn in as U. S. Ambassador to Canada. Mrs. Woodward (center) will accompany her husband when he leaves for his new post to succeed the late Laurence A. Steinhardt, who was killed in a plane crash in March.