Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949
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declaration by President Truman that he was prepared to negotiate a military... [DOC] [TLE] Harry S. Truman: Foreign AffairsMiller Center [PAR] At the State Department, Truman replaced FDR's last secretary of state, ... of 
negotiations at the postwar conferences of allied foreign ministers, but he ...