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Stalin and Truman meet at the Potsdam Conference

63-1455-76
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63-1455-76
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White

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Description
Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin meets President Harry S. Truman for the first time at the Little White House during the Potsdam Conference. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the conference. Front row, from left to right: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; and Prime Minister Josef Stalin. Back row, left to right: Charles Bohlen, assistant to Mr. Byrnes; Admiral William D. Leahy; and V. N. Pavlov, Russian interpreter. Standing at the top of the stairs in the first row are, from left to right, Major General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross, unidentified, and Captain James Vardaman. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, Potsdam 1945
Date(s)
July 17, 1945