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Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967

Stalin, Truman and Churchill engage in an informal conversation

Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin (second from left), President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right), and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) and their interpreters engage in an informal conversation, prior to the opening of the Potsdam Conference. Admiral William D. Leahy (behind Truman on the left) and Clement Attlee (between Truman and Churchill) are in the background. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Opening of the Potsdam Conference

Opening session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is seated foreground (back to camera). Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at left. Secretary of State James Byrnes is seated to the right of President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is seated two to the right of President Truman. British foreign minister Anthony Eden is to the left of Winston Churchill. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is to the left of Prime Minister Stalin. From Potsdam album, 1945.

View of a session of the Potsdam Conference in Germany

View of the conference room at the opening of the third day's session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Soviet leader Josef Stalin is at left, leaning back in his chair. Clement Attlee, center, has back turned to the camera. President Harry S. Truman is at top of table, wearing bow tie. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at lower right side of table, back to camera. Vyacheslav Molotov is seated to the right of Josef Stalin.

Truman, Stalin, and Churchill during the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin (left) and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) at Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference. In the background are Clement Attlee (between President Truman and Churchill) and Admiral William D. Leahy (between Stalin and Truman). From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."