Photograph of President Truman signing the document implementing the North Atlantic Treaty at his desk in the Oval Office, as a number of dignitaries look on...

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Full Caption – Photograph of President Truman signing the document implementing the North Atlantic Treaty at his desk in the Oval Office, as a number of dignitaries look on: (left to right) Sir Derick Boyer Millar, Charge d’Affaires, United Kingdom; Ambassador Henrik de Kauffmann of Denmark; W. D. Matthews, Charge d’Affaires, Canada; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne of Norway; Ambassador Henri Bonnet of France; Ambassador Pedro Theotonio Pereira of Portugal; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Jonkheer O. Reuchlin, Charge d’Affaires, the Netherlands; and Mario Lucielli, Charge d’Affaires, Italy.

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This primary source comes from the Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 200163

Full Citation: Photograph of President Truman signing the document implementing the North Atlantic Treaty at his desk in the Oval Office, as a number of dignitaries look on…; 8/24/1949; Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection,. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/photograph-of-president-truman-signing-the-document-implementing-the-north-atlantic-treaty-at-his-desk-in-the-oval-office-as-a-number-of-dignitaries-look-on/, April 5, 2026]

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