US Ambassador to the USSR A. Harriman at the American military airfield near Poltava (1944)

American pilots near an airplane at an airfield near Poltava.

US Ambassador to the USSR A. Harriman and his entourage talk while standing near an American military transport plane.

Harriman, standing near a car, talks with one of the diplomats.

A member of the crew of the military transport plane accepts bouquets of flowers and takes them inside the cabin.

Harriman and a colleague holding a bouquet of flowers are standing near a car.

A member of the crew of the military transport plane accepts another bouquet of flowers and takes it inside the cabin.

Members of the crew of the military transport plane descend to the ground along the stairs.

An American pilot talks with diplomats.

A view of the front of an American bomber, the pilot waves from the window.

A view of the front of the American plane.

A view of the tail section of the American plane with an identification mark.

The engines of the military transport plane start and the propellers begin to turn.

Harriman climbs the stairs from the plane.

The plane begins to taxi for takeoff.

Harriman's plane at an airfield near Poltava, diplomats and military personnel near the plane.

Harriman at the airfield talking to an American officer.

Harriman standing by a car next to one of the diplomats.

Harriman, standing by the plane, talking to journalists.

Foreign diplomats and American pilots near Harriman's plane.