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.