President Truman stands at the lectern as others applaud, during a dinner at the Carlton Hotel honoring George Marshall on the second anniversary of the Marshall Plan. Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Norwegian Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne, General George Marshall, and Belgian Ambassador Baron Robert Silvercruys. Photo 306-PS-49-8749.
The ship John H. Quick arrives in Bordeaux, France, carrying the first Marshall Plan aid to arrive in Europe. US Ambassador to France, Jefferson Caffery, speaks at the microphone in a ceremony upon its arrival. The John H. Quick had departed from Galveston, TX, on April 17.
W. Averell Harriman speaks about former President Harry S. Truman's decisive nature and international leadership in this speech given in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, April 19, 1969. During the Truman administration, Harriman served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Secretary of Commerce, US Coordinator of the Marshall Plan, Special Assistant to the President, and Director of the Mutual Security Agency.