Potsdam Conference, 1945

Conference table at Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

United States and Soviet Chiefs of Staff meet in the Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. In the group are General Antonov (seated in large chair, center rear), Chief of Russian Military Staff; General George C. Marshall (right); General Henry Arnold (seated at General Marshall's left); and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations (on General Marshall's right). Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U. S. Navy, arrives at the residence of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for a dinner given by the Prime Minister for President Harry S. Truman and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The Guard of Honor, formed by the Scots Guards of the British Brigade of Foot Guards, flanks pathway leading to the house. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Deer statues in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman's handwriting on the back of a photograph - "I inspect Churchill's guard -- and almost scare one of them to death by shaking his hand and complimenting him on his medals!" This is the back of photo number 63-1457-19A-1, Truman inspects British guards at Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (left, back to camera) shaking hands with Secretary of State James Byrnes during the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of the King of England and Commander of the Southeast Asia Command, reads a dispatch which was handed him upon his arrival at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany for the Potsdam Conference. Potsdam album, 1945

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his daughter, Mary, walk in the garden of their residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany past a Guard of Honor formed by a detachment of Scots Guards. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Conference room at Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman's study at Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.