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President Truman and Aides on the platform of a train to Fulton, Missouri

President Harry S. Truman and staff members on the rear platform of the train taking them to Fulton, Missouri with Winston Churchill, where Churchill gave his famous "Iron Curtain" speech. From left to right: Harry Vaughan, Clark Clifford, President Truman, Charles Ross (partly obscured behind Truman), Wallace Graham, and an unidentified man.

President Truman and Margaret walking

President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman on the way to the beach during a vacation in Key West, Florida, November 30, 1951. From left to right, in front: President Truman, Margaret, and Captain Cecil Adell. In back from left to right: unidentified Secret Service agent, General Harry Vaughan, Stanley Woodward, Commander Horace D. Warden, and Donald Dawson.

Last meeting of the Potsdam Conference

Last meeting of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is on the right, opposite the United States flag on the table. Seated to the right of President Truman are Secretary of State James Byrnes, Admiral William Leahy, and Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko. Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at the top, in the white uniform. Seated on the left of Stalin is Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee is seated in the left corner, opposite the British flag on the table.

President Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam

Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin meeting at Potsdam. From left to right, row 1 : Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Second row: General Harry Vaughan, interpreter Charles Bohlen, interpreter V. N. Pavlov (mostly obscured by Truman), Captain James K. Vardaman, and Charles Ross (partially obscured).

Portrait of Marx Leva

Marx Leva, counsel to the fiscal director of the Navy, 1946; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, 1947; Special Assistant and General Counsel to the Secretary of Defense, 1947-49; and Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1949-51.