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Potsdam Conference opens; Truman meets Churchill and Stalin

The Allied leaders' conference formally opened at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany, bringing President Truman together with Winston Churchill (and, after July 26, Clement Attlee) and Joseph Stalin for negotiations on the postwar order.

Potsdam Conference opens; Truman meets Churchill and Stalin

Potsdam set key terms for the occupation and administration of defeated Germany, addressed territorial and reparations questions, and established a framework for postwar Europe and Asia that helped define early Cold War alignments.

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