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Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

Big Three and advisors at Potsdam

The Big Three (Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and Clement Attlee) and their advisors settle down to discussions at the conference table at Potsdam. Stalin, Truman, and Attlee are seated in the chairs with the gold figures on the back. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam." Same as 63-1453-23.

Big Three at Potsdam

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) with Generalissimo Josef Stalin (second from left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right), with aides (Admiral William D. Leahy is in the left background) at Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference. From "Potsdam Album #1, Trip to Potsdam." Same as 63-1454-49.

General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference

General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference. Josef Stalin can be seen at the center of the table in the white uniform. Others from his left are: unidentified Soviet military official; Andre Gromyko; Admiral William Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Charles Bohlen; Joseph E. Davies; Sir Alexander Cadogan; Clement R. Attlee; Major Birse of Britain; unidentified Soviet official; Andre I. Vishinsky, Soviet Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyashaslav Molotov. The Soviet official between Vishinsky and Molotov is A. B.