Treaties

President Harry S. Truman arriving at the State Department Auditorium for the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. Behind President Truman are, from left to right, Robert Dennison, Robert Landry, an unidentified man, and Harry Vaughan. Original State Department negative 306-PS-49-6082.

President Harry S. Truman holding a copy of the Japanese Peace Treaty he has just signed at the White House. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Connally (D), shown here reading the text of the North Atlantic Pact (NATO), after which he issued a formal statement saying his Committee would give the Pact "immediate consideration after its signature." From Beth Gore

Secretary of State Dean Acheson dips his pen before signing the North Atlantic Defense Treaty as and President Harry S. Truman (standing at right) looks down. Man at left is unidentified.