Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and President Harry S. Truman, Washington, 1950
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This photograph shows US President Harry S. Truman and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in Washington, during the Prime Minister's visit to the United States. (Front row, left to right) President Truman, Margaret Truman, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. In the background are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right). All others are unidentified. The photograph is dated May 3, 1950, the day the prime minister arrived. He and Begum Raana were received at the airport by the Trumans. "Mrs. Truman and I, and the Americans throughout our country, have been looking forward to your arrival," the president said in his remarks. "The many Americans who have had the privilege of visiting Pakistan are unanimous in their praise of your heart-warming hospitality." They later held a dinner for them at Blair House with Foreign Secretary M. Karamullah, the first ambassador, MAH Ispahani, and his wife among other guests.