Auction Date:2010 Jul 14 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Rare signed spiral-bound book: Log of the President’s Trip to the Berlin Conference (July 6, 1945 to August 7, 1945). Softcover, 9 x 10.75, 140 pages. Signed in black ink on the front cover by Truman under a photo of the president posing with Stalin. Book contains a two-page 15.5 x 10.75 fold-out map charting Truman’s trip. Historic photographs in the “Log” include Truman at the destroyed Reichschancellery in Berlin, Truman with Generals Eisenhower and Patton, Truman and Churchill, Truman with Churchill and Stalin, Truman with Attlee and Stalin, and Truman and King George VI. In fine condition, with mild handling wear.
Stalin the ally would soon become Stalin the enemy shortly after this conference, where Truman met the Soviet leader and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for the first time. The successful European post-war meeting established a Council of Foreign Ministers to further work on the peace treaties, the governing of Germany during occupation by the Allies, German reparations, the methods for handling war criminals, and the admission of the defeated countries to the United Nations, among other topics. It was while returning from Berlin that the president received word of the atomic strike on Japan, leading to the eventual end to all hostilities. The image of Truman and Stalin here is quite striking—not to mention rare—as this is the only time that the two world leaders would encounter each other face to face. After the Allied victory in World War II, the two men would lead their respective super powers in the Cold War struggle that pitted the US against the USSR.
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