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Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967

Prime Minister Attlee, President Harry Truman, and General Secretary Stalin at the Potsdam Conference

Photograph of (L to R): Great Britain Prime Minster Clement R. Attlee, United States President Harry S. Truman, and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, seated in the garden at the Potsdam Conference. This photograph was taken on July 26, 1945 and was the first ever color news photograph to be transmitted and received by radio waves and published. The photograph was taken by the US Army Signal Corps and transmitted by Master Sergeant Joseph E.

CBS World News and VJ Day Coverage

CBS Radio coverage of the official announcement of the surrender of Japan, finally ending World War II. CBS correspondent Bill Henry reports from Washington, DC, and Bob Trout reports from New York. The reporters describe the activities of President Harry S. Truman giving a press conference and First Lady Bess Truman coming out of the White House, but contains no sound recordings of the Trumans directly. They report that British Prime Minister Attlee has already made an announcement, and that Japanese Emperor Hirohito will make an announcement from Tokyo.

Interview by Monte Poen with Baron Eric Roll

Interview by Monte Poen with Baron Eric Roll. Among other positions, Baron Roll was a member of the British Food Mission to North America. Roll talks about the food mission during wartime Washington, and the procedures in detail. He talks about the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the British National Health Plan. Individuals mentioned include: Clement Attlee and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Attlee, Truman and Stalin with their staffs

The "Big Three" and their foreign ministers gather in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace during the last day of the Potsdam Conference. Seated, left to right: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Standing, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. 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

Delegates seated for Potsdam Conference

Delegates seated for 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