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Stalin shaking hands with Byrnes at Potsdam Conference

63-1456-46
Accession Number
63-1456-46
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White

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Description
Delegates of the Potsdam Conference in Germany prepare to leave the conference room at Cecilienhof Palace, as photographers and newsreel cameramen gather on staircase. Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin talks to Secretary of State James Byrnes and President Harry S. Truman (back to camera). Vyacheslav Molotov, V. N. Pavlov are also present. British Prime Minister is standing behind Stalin, partly obscured. General Harry Vaughan is standing, third from the right. See also 62-769 and 62-769A for negatives. From Potsdam album, 1945
Date(s)
July 19, 1945