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In the early hours of February 24, 1949, on the Greek island of Rhodes, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche emerged from the Egyptian-Israeli talks to announce the signing of a General Armistice Agreement. Listen to a clip at the WNYC Archives.
Photo: Ralph Bunche, May 16, 1951. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

In the early hours of February 24, 1949, on the Greek island of Rhodes, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche emerged from the Egyptian-Israeli talks to announce the signing of a General Armistice Agreement. Listen to a clip at the WNYC Archives.

Photo: Ralph Bunche, May 16, 1951. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division