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President Truman Speaks at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Signing Ceremony

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization signing ceremony in the State Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Seated in a semi-circle behind him are the foreign ministers all the NATO signatory nations, front row, left to right: Ernest Bevin, United Kingdom; Halvard M. Lange, Norway; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg; Bjarni Benediktsson, Iceland; Gustav Rasmussen, Denmark; Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium; Dean Acheson, United States; Lester Pearson, Canada; Robert Schuman, France; Count Carlo Sforza, Italy; Dirk U.

President Truman's Remarks at Ceremony Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the Signing of the North Atlantic Treaty

President Harry S. Truman's remarks at a ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, Constitution Hall, Washington, DC. The President spoke at 11:50 a.m. following brief remarks by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. His opening words referred to the Queen, her husband Prince Bernhard, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson.