Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) and Admiral William Leahy (right), at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

Leaders of the Big Three Allied nations pose for photographers at the Potsdam Conference. Front row, seated in wicker chairs, left to right: Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, General Joseph Stalin. Back row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) and Admiral William Leahy (right), at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

President Harry S. Truman (right) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

President Harry S. Truman (right) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) and King George VI (right) shake hands during the King's visit aboard the USS Augusta. Also present are President Harry S. Truman (background, center) and Captain James Foskett (second from right, slightly behind Truman). All others are unidentified. King George VI visited the Augusta before it left to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

Leaders of the Big Three Allied nations pose for photographers at the Potsdam Conference. Front row, seated in wicker chairs, left to right: Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, General Joseph Stalin. Back row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at the bow of the USS Augusta en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The USS Philadelphia, the Augusta's escort, appears in the distance, steaming ahead.

A destroyer of the British honor escort for the USS Augusta heads back to sea as President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (right) wave good-bye. They have just arrived in Antwerp, Belgium on the Augusta to attend the Potsdam Conference.

Allied leaders sit down for the 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. All others are unidentified.