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Merle Miller Interview with Harry S. Truman, Tape 8, Side A

Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 8, Side A. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This tape duplicates portions of Tape 1, Side A and Side B. In addition, it has such topics as: General George C. Marshall's career; Chiang Kai-Shek; Mr. Truman's relationship with his daughter Margaret and his reaction to Paul Hume, the music critic; how Mr. Truman learned about the death of Franklin D.

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.

President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes visit Marshal Stalin

President Harry S. Truman visits Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin at Mr. Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From left to right on the balcony: unidentified man; Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured); Secretary of State James Byrnes; Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko (behind Byrnes); President Truman; Premier Josef Stalin; and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Truman and Byrnes visit Stalin during the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes visit Premier Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union at Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. On the balcony in the foreground are, left to right: Secretary of State Byrnes, President Truman, Premier Stalin, and Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister General Harry H. Vaughan is in the background, second from the left. Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko is in the background, behind James Byrnes. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

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.

Meeting of foreign secretaries at Potsdam Conference

Meeting of the foreign secretaries at Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Ernest Bevin, British Minister for Foreign Affairs is foreground, opposite the British flag, back to camera; Secretary of State James Byrnes is on the right, opposite the United States flag, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov is at left (with moustache). Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Meeting of foreign secretaries at Potsdam Conference

Meeting of the foreign secretaries at Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Ernest Bevin, British Minister for Foreign Affairs is foreground, opposite the British flag, back to camera; Secretary of State James Byrnes is on the right, opposite the United States flag, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov is at left (with moustache). Others are unidentified. 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