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July 7, 1945.
Truman and party leave Newport News at 7 a.m. on the
AUGUSTA (the same ship on which FDR met Churchill off Newfoundland
in August, 1941, when the Atlantic Charter was announced.
SARRY NATIONAL TRUMAN LIBRARY
B.S.
July 15, 1945.
Truman arrived at Antwerp, Belgium at 10:00 a.m.
U S. Ambassador .Sawyer & Mrs. Sawyer,
Admiral Harold Stark, Lieut. Gen.
Lee and
General Eisenhower boarded the ship to greet the President.
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11 a.m., left the ship and drove to airfield near Brussels
and there took off in president's plane at 12:55 p.m.
and flew to Gatow airfield near Potsdam.
Greeted by Army guard of honor. Then drove ten miles to
houses prepared at Grebnitz Lake.
July 16, 1945.
Stalin delayed and opening session of conference put over
a day.
Truman, Leahy and Byrnes toured Berlin, sightseeing.
ATOM BOMB successfully tested at Alamagordo, New Mexico
and result of test sent to Stimson at Potsdam.
(Did Stimson tell HST that night?
Shurchill meets Truman for first time.
July 17, 1945.
Stalin arrived at Potsdam; conference opened.
Group of scientists (67?) petitioned Truman not to use
atom bomb against Japan without advance warning. (LOOK)
July 16-26,1945
Some time during this period - probably on the 16th