George Wadsworth, the US minister to Syria, at the gates of the Presidential Palace in Damascus on December 1, 1942. He is reviewing the Guard of Honor and preparing to present his credentials to President Taj al-Din al-Hasani. To Wadsworth’s right is Fayez al-Khury, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi.

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