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Stalin shaking hands with Byrnes at Potsdam Conference

63-1456-46 (untitled)
Accession Number
63-1456-46
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidents
Prime ministers
United States-Soviet relations
HST Keywords
Potsdam - Conference area; Truman - Potsdam - Conference area
People Pictured
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-
Pavlov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolayevich), interpreter for Joseph Stalin
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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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