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Receiving Line at Reception for the Defense Ministers

Receiving line at a reception for the visiting foreign Defense Ministers at the Officer's Club at Fort McNair. The reception was hosted by Secretary of the Army and Mrs. Frank Pace. Left to right: Canadian Minister of National Defense Brooke Claxton (extreme left, partly cut out of picture); unidentified woman; French Minister of National Defense Jules Moch; British Minister of National Defense Emanuel Shinwell; unidentified man; Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace; Secretary of the Pace.

Secretary Pace and Margaret Pace Welcoming Attendee of Reception for the Defense Ministers

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and his wife, Margaret, greeting a military officer wearing a kilt at their reception for the visiting foreign Defense Ministers at the Officer's Club at Fort McNair. Left to right: French Minister of National Defense Jules Moch, British Minister of National Defense Emanuel Shinwell, Margaret Pace, Secretary Pace. All others are unidentified.

General Wade H. Haislip's Retirement Reception

Guests attending a retirement reception and dinner held in honor of General and Mrs. Wade H. Haislip at the Officers Club at Fort McNair. The dinner was hosted by General and Mrs. J. Lawton Collins. Among those in attendance are Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (outside of left table, eighth and ninth from left); Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter (outside of left table, tenth from left); Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, Mrs. Wade H.