Potsdam Conference, 1945

Winter scene at the Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference in July, 1945 in Germany. From: Charles Ross Papers.

General scene of Potsdam Conference Room on the third day's session. President Harry S. Truman at left foreground; Gen. Joseph Stalin right center; Prime Minister Winston Churchill facing camera.

Introductions and informal conversation are in progress prior to the opening of the Big Three meeting in the Potsdam area of Germany. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (standing behind Mr. Truman) and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin are shown with a battery of photographers and aids.

President Harry S. Truman and Captain James Foskett on board the U. S. S. Augusta en route to the Potsdam Conference.

Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman and Admiral Harold Stark on board the Augusta at Antwerp. Similar to 63-1380-51. From: Charles Ross Papers.

Admiral Harold Stark, Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer, wife of Ambassador Charles Sawyer in background, and President Harry S. Truman. President Truman is in Antwerp, en route to the Potsdam Conference. Similar to 63-1382-52.

Left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Admiral Harold Stark, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer, President Harry S. Truman, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on board the U.S.S. Augusta at Antwerp. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference. Similar to 63-1380-46.

A snapshot of Press Secretary Charles Ross (right) and Dr. Howard Rusk at Bablesburg, Germany, probably during the time of the Potsdam Conference.

The Big Three and their foreign ministers in the palace garden of the Potsdam conference area. Seated, from left to right: Clement R. Attlee, Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin. Standing are: Admiral William D. Leahy, Ernest Bevin, James F. Byrnes and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at ceremonies held at the United States Group Control Council Headquarters during the first official raising of the United States flag over the headquarters. On the left is General George Patton and General Dwight Eisenhower (second from left). The flag used was the same one that had flown over the Capitol in Washington when war was declared against Germany and since has flown over Casablanca, Algiers, and Rome. (This photo is a part of a larger photo, 66-3450.) President Truman is in Germany for the Potsdam Conference. From: Solomon Bogard.