Cabinet officers

Secretary of War Henry Stimson and party riding in half-track on an inspection tour of the Second Armored Division near the Potsdam Conference. Left to right are: Major General Floyd Parks, General George S. Patton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, Secretary Stimson, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War Harvey H. Bundy, and Brigadier General John H. Collier. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Delegates seated for the Potsdam Conference at the conference table at Cecilienhof Palace. President Harry S. Truman, left foreground (facing the American flag on the table), James F. Byrnes and Admiral William Leahy to his right; British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, upper left (facing the British flag on the table) with Clement Attlee two to the right of Mr. Churchill. Premier Josef Stalin (facing the Russian flag on the table, gesturing with his right arm) and Vyascheslav Molotov at right. Averell Harriman at extreme left. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Soviet leader Josef Stalin and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov (in striped suit behind Stalin) standing near the conference table at Cecilienhof Palace during a pause in the Potsdam Conference, Potsdam, Germany. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (foreground, left) shakes hands with John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War (right, back to camera) at the Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany, where Mr. Stimson has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) is greeted at the airport en route to the Potsdam Conference by Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko (center) and Soviet Foreign Affairs Minister Andrey Vyshinsky (right). From Potsdam album, 1945.

Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton arrives by limousine for the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes arrives for the third day of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (foreground, left) talks with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right), upon their arrival at Gatow airport, Berlin, Germany, to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (left) shakes hands with Brigadier General John H. Collier, after inspecting troops in Berlin during the Potsdam Conference. Looking on are: John J. McCloy, General George S. Patton, Jr., and Harvey H. Bundy. From Potsdam album, 1945

Ernest Bevin, British Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrives at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945