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Hickerson, John D. (John Dewey), 1898-1989

Group photograph of President Truman with undersecretaries and aides of various executive departments

Dinner at the White House. Identified in the photograph: President Harry S. Truman; David K. E. Bruce; H. Freeman Matthews; Carlisle M. Humelsine; Adrian S. Fisher; John D. Hickerson; Charles E. Bohlen; John M. Allison; Howland Sargeant; Harold F. Linder; Edward H. Foley, Jr.; John S. Graham; Andrew S. Overby; Edward F. Bartlet; William W. Parsons; William C. Foster; Wilfred J. McNeil; Earl D. Johnson; Francis Shackleford; Fred Korth; Francis P. Whitehair; Herbert R. Askins; John F. Floberg; Roswell L. Gilpatric; James T. Hill, Jr.; Ross L. Malone, Jr.; A. Holmes Baldridge; James M.

Portrait of John D. Hickerson

John D. Hickerson, Director for European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 1947-49; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-53; member Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S. and Canada, 1940-46; and alternate representative, U.S. delegation 4th UN General Assembly, 1949. Later Ambassador to Finland, 1955-60, and to the Philippines, 1960-61.

Participants in "Battle Report - Washington" Pose for a Photograph

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington" examine some material as they prepare from the show. From left to right: John D. Hickerson, Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs; John R. Steelman, producer of the television program "Battle Report - Washington" for the Truman Administration; and Colonel L. M. Gosorn of the United States Army.

Participants in "Battle Report - Washington" Program Pose for a Photograph

Participants in the "Battle Report - Washington" program pose for a photograph on the set of the show. Standing, from left to right: Ted Ayers; John D. Hickerson; Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration; Under Secretary of State James Webb. David Brinkley, the NBC newsman, is seated at the desk.