Prime ministers

Newly appointed British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (second from right) accompanied by Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin (right) arrives at the Potsdam Conference in Germany for his first meeting as head of the British delegation. From Potsdam album, 1945

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (left) and Captain D. M. Somerville arrive at the Gatow Airport in Berlin for the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (center) is greeted by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany where Mr. Churchill has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaving the conference room during the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Soviet guards are at the entrance. From Potsdam album, 1945.

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee at the entrance to his residence at the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

Informal conversations and introductions prior to the opening of the Potsdam Conference. Upper center, Vyacheslav Molotov (with the blurred hand), President Harry S. Truman, and Clement Attlee (behind President Truman); to the right, Josef Stalin. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin (second from left), President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right), and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) and their interpreters engage in an informal conversation, prior to the opening of the Potsdam Conference. Admiral William D. Leahy (behind Truman on the left) and Clement Attlee (between Truman and Churchill) are in the background. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Distance view of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspecting the honor guard at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany. The Guard was composed of men from the Royal Navy, Canadians, Royal Air Force, and a battalion of Grenadier Guards. Prime Minister Churchill has just arrived in Berlin to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany for the opening of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) descend the steps of the Little White House in the Potsdam Conference area. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.