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

63-1378-01 (untitled)
Accession Number
63-1378-01
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
Foskett, James H. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Diplomats
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidential advisors
Presidents
Prime ministers
United States-Soviet relations
HST Keywords
Truman - Potsdam - Conference Area
People Pictured
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1973
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-
Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell), 1903-1981
Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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Description
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. Also present are Edwin Pauley (behind Byrnes, partly obscured); Captain James K. Vardaman (behind Bohlen, partly obscured); Major General Harry Vaughan (standing behind Vardaman); and Averell Harriman (seated on Vardaman's left). All others are unidentified. From the album "President's Trip to the Berlin Conference Vol. 2 of 2."
Date(s)
July 17, 1945