Soviet leader Stalin calls on President Truman in Babelsberg 70 years ago this hour (July 17 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'Potsdam Conference: Big Three: Truman, Stalin & Churchill Meet in Berlin 1945 US US OWI Newsreel' (Stalin and Truman at 2:11-2:23)

(Tuesday, July 17, 1945, 12:00 p.m. CEST; during World War II) — Soviet leader Joseph Stalin called on U.S. President Harry S. Truman today at U.S. headquarters at Babelsberg, Germany, ahead of the Potsdam Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Stalin (whose late arrival delayed the conference to July 17, 1945). (click here for a clip of this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 1:57:01).