Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson signs North Atlantic Treaty. Canadian Ambassador to the United States H.H. Wrong stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands right. President Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson look on in the background. Donor: Dorothy Girton
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Dirk U. Stikker signs North Atlantic Treaty. Netherlands Ambassador to the United States Eelco van Kleffens stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson look on. Donor: Dorothy Girton
Minister of Foreign Affairs Halvard Lange signs North Atlantic Treaty for Norway as John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. Donor: Dorothy Girton
General view of the opening ceremony of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Donor: Dorothy Girton.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Bech of Luxembourg, seated, is signing the North Atlantic Treaty. Ambassador Hugues Le Gallais of Luxembourg, on Bech's right, and John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department, stand watching him. Donor: Dorothy Girton.
Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, seated, signs the North Atlantic Treaty. Baron Silvercruys of Belgium, on Spaak's right, and John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department, stand watching him. Seated in the front row in the background are left to right: Ernest Bevin, United Kingdom; Halvard M. Lange, Norway; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg. Donor: Dorothy Girton.
Harry S. Truman is addressing the first outdoor session of the 59-nation United Nations General Assembly during the cornerstone ceremony for the building in New York City. Seated, left to right: Wallace K. Harrison, United Nations Director of Planning; Ambassador M. C. de Freitas-Valle of Brazil; Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang of China; Jean Chauvel of France; Sir Mohammed Zafrulia Khan of Pakistan; Governor Thomas Dewey of New York; Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York City; Andrei Y. Vishinsky of Russia. Donor: Dorothy Girton. Used by Democratic Digest.