Presidents

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.

Left to right: Man partially obscured, Charles Ross, President Harry S. Truman and Admiral William Leahy during fleet maneuvers. They are on the U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

President Harry S. Truman (right, from back) and Press Secretary Charles Ross and others on board the Franklin D. Roosevelt during fleet maneuvers. From: Charles Ross Papers.

President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard the U.S.S. Williamsburg, where they are holding a conference. From a blue leather bound album of 5 photos.

President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard the U.S.S. Williamsburg for a conference. From a blue leather bound album of 5 photos.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Truman aboard the U. S. S. Williamsburg. They are posing in front of the mantel. From a blue leather bound album of 5 photos.

Aboard the U. S. S. Williamsburg, from left to right, seated: Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, and Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett. Standing, left to right: Walter Gifford, General Omar N. Bradley, Sir Oliver Franks, Lord Cherwell, Lord Hastings L. Ismay, and W. Averell Harriman. They are on board the presidential yacht for a conference.

From left to right, Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Secretary of State Dean Acheson and President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Churchill is signing a photograph of the Potsdam Conference (photo accession number 80-133 in the Truman Library collection). See also 72-4673. From the album "Meeting Aboard the U.S.S Williamsburg."

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) aboard the yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg for a conference. From the album "Meeting Aboard the U.S.S. Williamsburg."