NATO Architect Dies-Dean Acheson, secretary of state during the turbulent years after World War II and architect of much of U.S. Cold War strategy, signs the North Atlantic Treaty Organization pact on April 4, 1949 as then President Harry Truman, standing right, and Vice President Alben Barkley, left, watch. The veteran diplomat died at his Sandy Spring, Md., farm Tuesday.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1971]

[Information from item housing] Acheson, Dean Secy. of State Groups Only 1952