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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the Cairo Conference

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the Cairo Conference. Others are unidentified. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo No. 208-N-19665.

The Big Three Sit Down for the First Meeting of the Potsdam Conference

The Opening Session of the Potsdam Conference poses for photographers. President Harry S. Truman is near the center at the back end of the table, wearing a bow tie. Clockwise around the table, starting at President Truman: Charles Bohlen; two unidentified men; British foreign minister Anthony Eden; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; unidentified British military officer; Clement Attlee; unidentified man; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Joseph Stalin; two unidentified men; Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes.

The Potsdam Conference Room

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.

President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Prime Minister Joseph Stalin at Opening of Potsdam Conference

Soviet Prime Minister Joseph 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.

Crowded Meeting Room at The Potsdam Conference

Prior to start of "Big Three" conference in an elaborate estate in the Potsdam area, U. S. Army Signal Corps and Russian Army photographers record the historic moment for the world to see. In top center can be seen the "Big Three", President Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and Winston Churchi1l, all with backs to camera. Inscribed on back of photo: "This is the place I told Stalin about the Atom bomb, which was exploded July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. He didn't realize what I was talking about! HST"