Truman–Stalin conversation, 7:30 p.m.1
1. This conversation took place at the Cecilienhof Palace immediately after the adjournment of the Eighth Plenary Meeting.
Present | ||
United States2 | Soviet Union | |
President Truman | Generalissimo Stalin | |
Mr. Pavlov2 |
- Byrnes (All in One Lifetime, p. 300) mentions Bohlen’s presence as Truman’s interpreter at this conversation, and, in a conference which Department of State historians had with Truman and members of his staff on January 24, 1956, Truman supplied the information that both Bohlen and a Soviet interpreter were present at this conversation. In a conversation with a Department of State historian on January 26, 1960, however, Bohlen stated categorically that Truman walked over to Stalin alone, in order to give the conversation a more casual flavor, and that Pavlov did the interpreting.↩
- Byrnes (All in One Lifetime, p. 300) mentions Bohlen’s presence as Truman’s interpreter at this conversation, and, in a conference which Department of State historians had with Truman and members of his staff on January 24, 1956, Truman supplied the information that both Bohlen and a Soviet interpreter were present at this conversation. In a conversation with a Department of State historian on January 26, 1960, however, Bohlen stated categorically that Truman walked over to Stalin alone, in order to give the conversation a more casual flavor, and that Pavlov did the interpreting.↩