First plenary meeting, 5 p.m.1
1. This is the time given on the cover sheet of the Thompson minutes. The Log (ante, p. 12) indicates that the meeting was called to order at 5:10 following a 10-minute period given over to an exchange of greetings and the making of motion and still pictures.
| Present | ||
| United States | United Kingdom | Soviet Union |
| President Truman | Prime Minister Churchill | Generalissimo Stalin |
| Secretary Byrnes | Foreign Secretary Eden | Foreign Commissar Molotov |
| Fleet Admiral Leahy | Mr. Attlee | Mr. Vyshinsky |
| Mr. Harriman | Sir Alexander Cadogan | Mr. Gromyko |
| Mr. Pauley | Sir Archibald Clark Kerr | Mr. Gusev |
| Mr. Davies | Sir William Strang | Mr. Novikov |
| Mr. Dunn | Major Birse | Mr. Sobolev |
| Mr. Clayton | Mr. Pavlov | |
| Mr. Cohen | ||
| Mr. Matthews | ||
| Mr. Bohlen | ||
| Mr. Thompson2 |
[[Unnumbered document following Document 710 (#9)]] Thompson Minutes
Potsdam, July 17,
1945, 5 p.m.
Truman Papers
[[Unnumbered document following Document 710 (#10)]] Cohen Notes
Potsdam, July 17,
1945, 5 p.m.
Truman Papers
- Thompson’s presence is assumed from his authorship of the minutes.↩