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Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959

Truman, Attlee, and King at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

Truman, Attlee, and Others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

Attlee laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with Truman and others looking on

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (walking toward Tomb) laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Behind him are: President Harry S. Truman and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King (front row, left to right); Major General Harry Vaughan and Admiral William Leahy (second row, left to right); Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (third row, left to right, Byrnes partly obscured); and British Ambassador Lord Halifax.

Truman Laying a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

Attlee and Byrnes shaking hands after Attlee's arrival in Washington

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (third from right foreground) shaking hands with Secretary of State James Byrnes (foreground, second from right) after arriving at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. In the right foreground is President Harry S. Truman's military aide, Harry Vaughan. In the foreground on the left is Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States. Others are unidentified.

Attlee shaking hands with Byrnes after arriving in Washington

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (foreground, third from right) shaking hands with Secretary of State James Byrnes (foreground, second from right) after arriving at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. On the right is President Harry S. Truman's military aide, Harry Vaughan. Directly behind Mr. Attlee is the British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Halifax. Others are unidentified.

Representatives of England and the United States Holding Discussions on Economic Problems

Photo taken at the State Department where representatives of England and the United States were holding discussions on economic problems. Left to right: Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic Administration head; the Earl of Halifax, Ambassador to the United States from Great Britain; Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton; Lord John Maynard Keynes, Economic Advisor to the British Treasury; and Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of the Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador to the U.S., and various U. S. military leaders

Photo of the Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, making an official presentation to U. S. military leaders at the British Embassy on behalf of King George VI, the Insignia of Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath. Left to Right, General H. H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Forces; Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations; Earl of Halifax; General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. From: Beth Gore.