Potsdam Conference, 1945

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State James Byrnes talk together on the grounds of the "Little White House," residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam Album, 1945.

Admiral Ernest J. King, left, and Rear Admiral Howard A. Flanigan salute the Military Police officers as they leave Cecilienhof Palace, scene of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany after a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Henry H. Arnold follows in the rear. From Potsdam album, 1945.

The Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany, site of the Potsdam Conference. Soviet officers are on guard at the entrance. Schloss Cecilienhof was formerly the palace of the wife of Wilhelm II, Crown Prince of Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, newly elected British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam Album, 1945.

This is the private dining room for President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany. 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 (center rear, with map in front of him), 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.

The courtyard near the rear of Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany, where the Potsdam Conference will be held. The arched passageway leads from the Russian office to the conference room. From Potsdam album, 1945.

General George C. Marshall leaves Cecilienhof Palace, scene of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany, after a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Others in the photo are unidentified. From Potsdam Album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Potsdam Conference. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes watches. Truman and Byrnes have just arrived at Churchill's residence for a dinner. From Potsdam album, 1945.

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