This collection contains documents related to President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Potsdam Conference. Allied representatives of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States met to discuss the occupation of Germany, how to end the ongoing war with Japan, reparations, and other topics. Supporting materials include photographs and oral history transcripts.
Planning for the Postwar World: President Truman at the Potsdam Conference, 1945
Documents
1945
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Diary Note of President Harry S. Truman, July 30, 1945 (NAID: 183568387)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Personal Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602209)
- File Unit: Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. [Truman's Potsdam diary] (NAID: 967751)
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Diary Note of President Harry S. Truman, July 25, 1945 (NAID: 183568382)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Personal Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602209)
- File Unit: Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. [Truman's Potsdam diary] (NAID: 967751)
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Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess W. Truman, July 25, 1945 (NAID: 155226637)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1280 - 1975 (NAID: 1195)
- Series: Family Correspondence Files, 1910 - 1964 (NAID: 200616)
- File Unit: Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace Truman, 1921-1959: July 25, 1945 (NAID: 963038)
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Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess W. Truman, July 22, 1945 (NAID: 155226636)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1280 - 1975 (NAID: 1195)
- Series: Family Correspondence Files, 1910 - 1964 (NAID: 200616)
- File Unit: Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace Truman, 1921-1959: July 22, 1945 (NAID: 963037)
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Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess W. Truman, July 20, 1945 (NAID: 155226635)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1280 - 1975 (NAID: 1195)
- Series: Family Correspondence Files, 1910 - 1964 (NAID: 200616)
- File Unit: Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace Truman, 1921-1959: July 20, 1945 (NAID: 963036)
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Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess W. Truman, July 16, 1945 (NAID: 155226633)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1280 - 1975 (NAID: 1195)
- Series: Family Correspondence Files, 1910 - 1964 (NAID: 200616)
- File Unit: Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace Truman, 1921-1959: July 16, 1945 (NAID: 963034)
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Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin Conference - President's Draft, August 1, 1945 (NAID: 134406861)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XII - Conference Reports, Protocols and Press Releases: Protocol of proceedings - President's draft (NAID: 1701754)
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Conference Reports, Protocols and Press Releases: Report on the Conference - President's Copy, August 2, 1945 (NAID: 134406822)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XII - Conference Reports, Protocols and Press Releases: Report on the Conference - President's copy (NAID: 1701752)
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Proclamation by the Heads of Governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and China (NAID: 134406599)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XI - Miscellaneous papers: Japan (NAID: 1701747)
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Memorandum from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to President Harry S. Truman, July 20, 1945 (NAID: 134406594)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XI - Miscellaneous papers: Japan (NAID: 1701747)
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Memorandum from Joseph E. Davies to President Harry S. Truman, July 3, 1945 (NAID: 134406239)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XI - Miscellaneous papers: Conference agenda (NAID: 1701733)
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Memorandum from Joseph C. Grew to President Harry S. Truman, June 18, 1945 (NAID: 134406233)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XI - Miscellaneous papers: Conference agenda (NAID: 1701733)
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Memorandum from Joseph C. Grew to President Harry S. Truman, July 3, 1945 (NAID: 134406221)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XI - Miscellaneous papers: Conference agenda (NAID: 1701733)
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Memorandum from Joseph C. Grew to President Harry S. Truman, June 14, 1945 (NAID: 134406209)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume XI - Miscellaneous papers: Conference agenda (NAID: 1701733)
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Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to Generalissimo Joseph Stalin with Attached Memorandum from Admiral William Leahy to President Truman, July 20, 1945 (NAID: 134406162)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume X - The President's correspondence: With J.V. Stalin (NAID: 1701730)
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Draft of the Potsdam Declaration from President Harry S. Truman to Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, July 23, 1945 (NAID: 134406131)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume X - The President's correspondence: With Chiang Kai-shek (NAID: 1701729)
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Letter from Prime Minister Clement Attlee to President Harry S. Truman, August 1, 1945 (NAID: 134406116)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume X - The President's correspondence: With Clement Attlee (NAID: 1701728)
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Memorandum from Prime Minister Clemet Attlee to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, July 31, 1945 (NAID: 134406108)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume X - The President's correspondence: With Clement Attlee (NAID: 1701728)
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Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Clement Attlee, July 29, 1945 (NAID: 134406101)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume X - The President's correspondence: With Clement Attlee (NAID: 1701728)
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Memorandum from Prime Minister Winston Churchill to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, July 24, 1945 (NAID: 134406078)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume X - The President's correspondence: With Winston Churchill (NAID: 1701727)
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Pending Problems Before the Conference at Close of Business, July 30, 1945 (NAID: 134405645)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume VII - Minutes of Meetings of Heads of Government [prepared by the Department of State] [16 of 16] Pending Problems Before the Conference of July 30, 1945 (NAID: 1701700)
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Minutes of the Second Meeting of Heads of Government in Berlin, July 18, 1945 (NAID: 134405344)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume VII - Minutes of Meetings of Heads of Government [prepared by the Department of State] [3 of 16] Second Meeting, July 18, 1945, 4 p.m. (NAID: 1701687)
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Minutes of Meeting of Heads of Governments in Berlin, July 17, 1945 (NAID: 134405319)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume VII - Minutes of Meetings of Heads of Government [prepared by the Department of State] [2 of 16] First Meeting, July 17, 1945, 5 p.m. (NAID: 1701686)
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The Berlin Conference: Comments and Recommendations from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Memoranda from the President's Records on Subjects to be Discussed at Berlin, June 26, 1945 (NAID: 124047031)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume V - Recommendations from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Memoranda from the President's Records [June 26, 1945] (NAID: 1701682)
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The Berlin Conference: Background Information for the Meetings of Heads of Government, July 6, 1945 (NAID: 124047025)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume II - Background Information [July 6, 1945] (NAID: 1701679)
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The Berlin Conference: Agenda Proposed by the Department of State, June 30, 1945 (NAID: 124047024)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: Berlin Conference Files, 1945 - 1945 (NAID: 561072)
- File Unit: Volume I - Agenda Prepared by the State Department [June 30, 1945] (NAID: 1701678)
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Log of President Harry S. Truman's Trip to the Berlin Conference, August 1945 (NAID: 79443350)
Part of:
- Collection: Rose A. Conway Papers, 1943 - 1980 (NAID: 612971)
- Series: Subject Files, 1943 - 1980 (NAID: 201411)
- File Unit: President Truman's Travel Logs, 1945 (NAID: 5754107)
1948
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Report, Agreements Reached at the Cairo, Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam Conferences: Implementation and United States Policy, Research Project Number 80, Division of Historical Policy Research, Department of State, September 1948 (NAID: 290018822)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Potsdam (NAID: 750356)
Undated
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Oral History Interview with Lois Bernhardt (NAID: 200921)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Richard R. Beckman (NAID: 200682)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)