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The Big Three with their advisors prior to opening of meetings of the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Union Prime Minister Josef Stalin and their advisors are seated around the round conference table prior to the opening of one of the Potsdam Conference meetings in Potsdam, Germany. President Truman has his back to the camera; Prime Minister Stalin is on the right side of the photograph; Prime Minister Churchill is on the left side; they are in the chairs with more ornamentation on the backs.

President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill, and Generalissimo Stalin

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Generalissimo Josef Stalin in the Garden at Cecilienhof during their meeting at Potsdam. In the background are a Russian General, at left, and at right are Mr. F. T. Gusev, Soviet Ambassador to London, and military aide to President Truman, General Harry Vaughan. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin and Others Seated in a Garden at Potsdam

President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin with their aides in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany, during the Potsdam Conference. Seated, left to right: Prime Minister Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister Stalin. Standing, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin; Secretary of State James Byrnes; and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. From the Album, Number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

Truman, Stalin, and Attlee at the conference table at Potsdam

Closer view of round conference table from above, taken at the Potsdam Conference during newly elected British Prime Minister Clement Attlee's first appearance at the conference. President Harry S. Truman can be seen on the right side of the photograph; Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at the top, in white jacket. Clement Attlee has his back to the camera. Seated on the right of President Truman is Secretary of State James Byrnes and Admiral William D. Leahy. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

General view of Potsdam Conference table

General view of the conference room at the Potsdam Conference as President Harry S. Truman, Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin, and newly elected Great Britain Prime Minister Clement Attlee assemble for the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Truman has his back to the camera, adjusting his glasses. Stalin is standing, in white jacket. Attlee is on opposite side of table, lighting a pipe. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

Truman, Stalin, and Attlee assemble with photographers

President Harry S. Truman, Generalissimo Josef Stalin and the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, Clement Attlee, assemble in the conference room with photographers. Truman is near the center, wearing a bow tie; Attlee is the bald man standing behind Truman; General Stalin is off to the right, with stripes on the side of his pants. Others are unidentified. This was Mr. Attlee's first appearance at the Potsdam Conference in his capacity as Prime Minister. From the album, number 2; "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."