<p>The "Big Three" pose with their principal advisors, at Potsdam, Germany, circa 28 July -- 1 August 1945.
The three heads of government are (seated, left to right):
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<ul><li>British Prime Minister Clement Attlee;</li>
<li>U.S. President Harry S. Truman;</li>
<li>Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.</li></ul><p>Standing behind them are (left to right):
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<ul><li>Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, Truman's Chief of Staff;</li>
<li>British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin;</li>
<li>U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes;</li>
<li>Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.</li></ul>
Original photo caption: Photo # USA C-1860 "Big Three" &amp; Foreign Ministers at Potsdam, ca. July 1945
Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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