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Soviet leader Josef Stalin and President Harry S. Truman meet for the first time, during the Potsdam Conference in Germany, at the “Little White House,” the residence of President Truman during the conference. Left to right: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister; Secretary of States James Byrnes; Charles Bohlen, interpreter for President Truman; President Truman; Admiral William Leahy; V. N. Pavlov, interpreter for Stalin; and Josef Stalin, 17 July 1945. NATIONAL ARCHIVES.