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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Stalin shaking hands with Byrnes at Potsdam Conference

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

First visit of Josef Stalin with President Truman

First visit of Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin with President Harry S. Truman during the Potsdam Conference. They are at the "Little White House," the residence of President Truman during the conference. Foreground, left to right: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyascheslav Molotov; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; Charles Bohlen, President Truman's interpreter; President Truman; Admiral William D. Leahy; V. N. Pavlov, Stalin's interpreter (partly obscured by Stalin); Prime Minister Stalin.

President Truman receives bound German edition of Stars and Stripes

President Harry S. Truman receives a bound German edition of Stars and Stripes from Staff Sergeant Paul Elliott, managing editor, at the Little White House. The Little White House is the President's residence in Germany during the Potsdam Conference. Left to right: Private First Class Ernest Leiser, Berlin correspondent, Stars and Stripes; Staff Sergeant Elliott; Lieutenant Colonel Jack Redding, public relations officer; President Truman; Captain Max H. Gillstrap, editor of the German edition. From Potsdam album, 1945