United States-Soviet relations
President Truman with Byrnes and Smith
President Harry S. Truman (left) with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (center) and General Walter Bedell Smith (right), the newly appointed Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Stalin, Truman, Byrnes and Molotov during Potsdam Conference
From left to right: Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin; interpreter Charles Bohlen (mostly obscured by Stalin); V. N. Pavlov, Stalin's interpreter; Captain James Vardaman; President Harry S. Truman; Press Secretary Charles Ross (background, partly obscured); Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko; Secretary of State James Byrnes; and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. This photo was taken during Truman's visit to Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Vaughan, Stalin, Truman, Gromyko, Byrnes and Molotov at Potsdam
Left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov during Truman's visit at Premier Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Churchill, Stalin, and Truman at Potsdam
From left to right, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace before meeting for the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945. Duplicate of image 62-716.
President Harry S. Truman and Josef Stalin
President Harry S. Truman (left) and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin (second from left) walk in the garden of the Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945
Delegates seated for Potsdam Conference
Delegates seated for the Potsdam Conference at the conference table at Cecilienhof Palace. President Harry S. Truman, left foreground (facing the American flag on the table), James F. Byrnes and Admiral William Leahy to his right; British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, upper left (facing the British flag on the table) with Clement Attlee two to the right of Mr. Churchill. Premier Josef Stalin (facing the Russian flag on the table, gesturing with his right arm) and Vyascheslav Molotov at right. Averell Harriman at extreme left. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945