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President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador Leaves Albrook Air Force Base

President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador Leaves Albrook Air Force Base in Panama aboard Constellation 8608 headed towards the United States for his official visit. From left: Brigadier General Emil Kiel, Lieutenant General William Morris, President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Paul Daniels, and Ecuadorian Ambassador to Panama Sixto E. Duran-Ballen.

President Harry S. Truman, President Carlos Prio Socarras, and Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Belt at Reception

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Belt (right) at a reception at the Cuban Embassy. Also present is Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras (center). In the background mostly obscured by the Ambassador, is First Lady Bess W. Truman.

General Wallace Graham Receives Award

White House Physician General Wallace Graham (front, left) receives the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Order of Leopold from the Ambassador of Belgium, Baron Robert Silvercruys (front, right), for his service as Chief of Surgical Service in the 24th Field Hospital after D-Day. This surprise ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House with President Harry S. Truman present (back, right). The other man is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Following the Signing of a Joint Declaration on Atomic Energy

President Harry S. Truman meets with foreign leaders and Congressional leaders after the signing of a joint declaration on atomic energy. Seated are Prime Minister of Great Britain Clement Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Vannevar Bush, unidentified man, unidentified man mostly obscured, Congressman Charles Eaton, Senator Brien McMahon, Canadian Ambassador Lester Pearson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Congressman Sol Bloom, and Admiral William Leahy.

President Harry S. Truman and the General of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces

President Harry S. Truman greets the General Joao Batista Mascarenhas de Moraes, General of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces in Italy, during his two week visit in the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, General de Moraes, and Ambassador Carlos Martins of Brazil. Back row, left to right: General Zenobio de Costa and Air Brigadier Antonio Appel Netto. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman with American Delegation to the United Nations Conference

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) meets in the Oval Office of the White House with the American Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. Delegation members from left to right: Commander Harold Stassen, Representative Charles Eaton of New Jersey, Barnard College Dean Mrs. Virginia Gildersleeve, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, and Representative Sol Bloom of New York. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.