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Truman with National Security Council

73-2703
Accession Number
73-2703
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White

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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman with members of the National Security Council. From left to right, clockwise around the table: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Sidney Souers; National Security Resources Board Chairman Arthur M. Hill; Director of Central Intelligence Roscoe Hillenkoetter; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney. The two men seated at the back are Major General A. M. Gruenther, Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff (left); and Robert Blum, Foreign Affairs Specialist, Department of Defense (right).
Date(s)
August 19, 1948