President Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Others at the Potsdam Conference

Delegates are gathered around the conference table at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin is on the left, seated opposite the Soviet flag on the table; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is on Stalin's right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seated on the right, opposite the the British flag on the table; Clement Attlee is seated two to the left of Churchill. President Harry S. Truman is near the center, opposite the United States flag, wearing a bow tie and gesturing with his hand. Secretary of State James Byrnes is on the left of Truman; Admiral William D. Leahy is to the left of Byrnes. Interpreter Charles Bohlen is to the right of Truman. Seated behind Bohlen is Captain James Vardaman. Averell Harriman is seated to the right of Vardaman (partly obscured). General Harry Vaughan is standing, fifth from the right. Others are unidentified. United States Army Signal Corps photo.