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Stalin, Truman, Byrnes and Molotov during Potsdam Conference

From left to right: Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin; interpreter Charles Bohlen (mostly obscured by Stalin); V. N. Pavlov, Stalin's interpreter; Captain James Vardaman; President Harry S. Truman; Press Secretary Charles Ross (background, partly obscured); Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko; Secretary of State James Byrnes; and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. This photo was taken during Truman's visit to Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes visit Marshal Stalin

President Harry S. Truman visits Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin at Mr. Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From left to right on the balcony: unidentified man; Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured); Secretary of State James Byrnes; Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko (behind Byrnes); President Truman; Premier Josef Stalin; and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.