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The Potsdam Conference brought together the British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]], US President [[Harry S Truman]], and Soviet leader [[Josef Stalin]]. However, during the conference, Churchill's Conservative Party lost the British general election and he was replaced by [[Clement Atlee]], the leader of the Labour Party. After the conference, President Truman and Prime Minister Atlee issued the following proclamation, which outlined the terms under which they would halt their war against [[Japan]]. <ref>http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/documents/potsdam.htm</ref>
The Potsdam Conference brought together the British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]], US President [[Harry S Truman]], and Soviet leader [[Josef Stalin]]. However, during the conference, Churchill's Conservative Party lost the British general election and he was replaced by [[Clement Atlee]], the leader of the Labour Party. After the conference, President Truman and Prime Minister Atlee issued the following proclamation, which outlined the terms under which they would halt their war against [[Japan]]. <ref>http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/documents/potsdam.htm</ref>
==The Declaration==
The full text of the declaration reads as follows:
The full text of the declaration reads as follows: