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Stalin, Churchill, Truman and others at Potsdam Conference

63-1456-45
Accession Number
63-1456-45
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348307485
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidents
Prime ministers
United States-Soviet relations
HST Keywords
Potsdam - Conference area; Truman - Potsdam - Conference area
People Pictured
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1973
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972
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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Delegates gathered around the conference table at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is on the left, seated opposite the Soviet flag on the table; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is on Stalin's right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seated on the right, opposite the British flag on the table; Clement Attlee is seated two to the left of Churchill. President Harry S. Truman is near the center, opposite the United States flag, wearing a bow tie and gesturing with his hand. Secretary of State James Byrnes is on the left of Truman; Admiral William D. Leahy is to the left of Byrnes. Interpreter Charles Bohlen is to the right of Truman. Seated behind Bohlen is Captain James Vardaman. Averell Harriman is seated to the right of Vardaman (partly obscured). General Harry Vaughan is standing, fifth from the right. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Date(s)
July 19, 1945