Diplomats

George C. McGhee, Director, U.S. Commercial Co., 1946; Special Assistant to Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 1946-47; Coordinator for Aid to Greece and Turkey, 1947; Special Assistant to Under Secretary of State, 1947-49; Special Assistant to Secretary of State, March-June 1949; Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern South Asian-African Affairs, 1949-51; and U.S. Ambassador and Chief of American Mission for Aid to Turkey, 1951-53. Also served as Senior Adviser, North Atlantic Treaty Council, Ottawa, Canada, 1951.

Portrait of Paul R. Porter, used in the 1980 Conference, "The Conduct of Foreign Policy during the Truman Administration." Mr. Porter was Deputy Chief, then Chief, Mission for Economic Affairs, American Embassy, London, 1945-47, Chief, U. S. delegate, Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, 1947-49; Chief, Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to Greece, 1949-50; Assistant Administrator, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1950-51; U. S. Special Representative in Europe, Marshall Plan, 1951; Deputy, U. S.

William M. Rountree, Staff Officer on the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, 1945-46; special assistant to the director, Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, Department of State, 1946-48; member of the American Economic Mission to Greece, 1947; diplomatic service in Greece, 1948-49, Turkey, 1952-53, and Iran, 1953-55; Deputy Director, 1949-50, and Director, 1952, Office of Greek, Turkish and Iranian Affairs, Department of State.

Portrait of John H. Ohly which was used in his Oral History at the Truman Library.

Portrait of Harding Bancroft which was used in his oral History interview. Chief, Division of United Nations Political Affairs, Department of State, 1945, later Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs; U.S. Deputy Representative U.N. Collective Measures Committee with personal rank of Minister, 1950-53. Served as an assistant to the U.N. commission that investigated the Greek crisis in 1947.

Portrait of W. Walton Butterworth which was used in his oral History interview. U.S. Department of State, 1928-68. Foreign Service officer and career Ambassador. Among other posts and appointments as Ambassador served as counselor of Embassy, Madrid, Spain, 1944-46; counselor of Embassy with rank of Minister, Nanking, China, 1946-47; director for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, 1947-49; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-50; and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1950-53.

Portrait of Harry N. Rosenfield, which was used in his Oral History interview. Principal attorney and assistant to Federal Security Administrator, 1942-48; Member, United States Delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Geneva, Switzerland), 1948; Commissioner, United States Displaced Persons Commission, 1948-52; and Executive Director, President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, 1952-53.

Portrait of Samuel P. Hayes, used in conjunction with his Oral History interview. He held various positions in the United States government in Washington, Algiers, London, Scandinavia, mainly for the Foreign Economic Administration and the Department of State 1942-45, 1948-51; Chief, Special Technological and Economic Mission, Indonesia, 1951-52; Assistant Director, Mutual Security Agency, Far East, 1952-53.

Portrait of Fraser Wilkins, used in his Oral History. He was a foreign service officer, 1940- in Canada, Iraq, Morocco, Palestine, and India, and Director, Near East Affairs, Department of State, 1955-57. Photo taken in Korea, while Mr. Wilkins worked with the Inspector General's office.

Portrait of Ben Hill Brown, who was the assistant to the legal adviser, Department of State, 1946-1949, and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, 1949-1955.