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Stalin and Truman meet at the Potsdam Conference

63-1455-76 (untitled)
Accession Number
63-1455-76
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidential press secretaries
Presidential residences
Presidents
Prime ministers
United States-Soviet relations
HST Keywords
Potsdam - Conference area; Truman - Potsdam - Conference area; White House - Little White House - Germany, Potsdam
People Pictured
Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1973
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Pavlov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolayevich), interpreter for Joseph Stalin
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

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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