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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 States 2 Soviet Union
President Truman Generalissimo Stalin
Mr. Pavlov 2
  1. 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.↩
  2. 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.↩