Kleffens, Eelco Nicolaas van, 1894-1983

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office being presented life membership in the 82nd Airborne Division Association. L to R: President Truman and Sgt. Leonard Funk, Congressional Medal of Honor winner in foreground. Rear: Charles A. Young, Jr., Rev. Peter Mommersteeg, Hugh Gibson, Major General James M. Gavin, Ambassador Eelco Van Kleffens of the Netherlands, and William F. Jacobi.

Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Dirk U. Stikker signs North Atlantic Treaty. Netherlands Ambassador to the United States Eelco van Kleffens stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson look on. Donor: Dorothy Girton

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives an honorary scroll of membership from the Royal Netherlands Choral Society as a tribute to the American soldiers who occupied Maastricht, the first Netherlands town to be liberated from the Germans. Presenting the scroll are Colonel Edward W. Gould (middle) and the Ambassador from Holland Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens (right).