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Opening session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is seated foreground (back to camera). Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at left. Secretary of State James Byrnes is seated to the right of President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is seated two to the right of President Truman. British foreign minister Anthony Eden is to the left of Winston Churchill. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is to the left of Prime Minister Stalin. From Potsdam album, 1945.

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

Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin meets President Harry S. Truman for the first time at the Little White House during the Potsdam Conference. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the conference. Front row, from left to right: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; and Prime Minister Josef Stalin. Back row, left to right: Charles Bohlen, assistant to Mr. Byrnes; Admiral William D. Leahy; and V. N. Pavlov, Russian interpreter.

From left to right, Russian Prime Minister Josef Stalin, President Harry S. Truman, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together for the first time, just before the opening of the Potsdam Conference at Potsdam, Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill passes the parade of Bren carriers belonging to the Canadian contingent during the British Victory parade in Berlin, Germany. Prime Minister Churchill has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) greets Captain Thomas Francis of the 2nd Battalion Scots, while visiting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (behind President Truman) at the Prime Minister's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Participants in the Potsdam Conference in Germany stand mingling in the conference room at Cecilienhof Palace. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin pose for cameramen at the top of photo. Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov far right. Clement Attlee, far left. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Front row, left to right, New British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin get together to resume work at the Potsdam Conference. In the background, between President Truman and Prime Minister Stalin is Vyacheslav Molotov (with moustache). Others are unidentified. From: Potsdam album, 1945

View of the conference room at the opening of the third day's session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Soviet leader Josef Stalin is at left, leaning back in his chair. Clement Attlee, center, has back turned to the camera. President Harry S. Truman is at top of table, wearing bow tie. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at lower right side of table, back to camera. Vyacheslav Molotov is seated to the right of Josef Stalin.

President Harry S. Truman (left) greeting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) at Churchill's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.