U.S. State Department (July 21, 1945)
Log of the President’s Trip to the Berlin Conference
Saturday, July 21:
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1500: Mail arrived from Washington.
1545: The President conferred with Secretary Byrnes.
1635: The President and his party left the Little White House for Cecilienhof. We arrived at the Palace at 1645.
The fifth meeting of the conference was called to order at 1700. The conference adjourned at 1925, and the President returned to the Little White House at 1935.
At 2015 the President, accompanied by Mr. Davies, Mr. Byrnes and Admiral Leahy, left the Little White House for Generalissimo Stalin’s residence where they attended a dinner given by the Generalissimo. Present were: The President, Mr. Byrnes, Mr. Harriman, Admiral Leahy, Mr. Davies, Mr. Bohlen, Prime Minister Churchill, Mr. Eden, Mr. Attlee, Lord Leathers, Major Birse, Generalissimo Stalin, Mr. Molotov, Mr. Vyshinski, Mr. Beria (People’s Commissar for Internal Affairs), Mr. Gousev, Mr. Gromyko, and Mr. Pavlov.
The President returned to the Little White House at 2330.