Photograph. Allied leaders sitting at table at meeting to sign the Berlin Declaration; a group of military officers are standing in the background, many with cameras. Official Caption: “Rome, 6/15/45--Allies meet in Berlin--The final chapter of Hitler’s Third Reich ended June 5, 1945, when Allied leaders, meeting for the first time in Berlin, signed a pact on the defeat of Germany and the assumption of supreme authority by the four major Allies. Members of the British and American delegation are seated around the table at Russian Marshal Gregory Zhukov’s Berlin headquarters. They are (left to right, seated): General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander; U.S. Vice-Admiral Robert L. Ghormley; Robert Murphy, adviser on German affairs to General Eisenhower; Sir William Strang, political adviser to Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery, and Field Marshal Montgomery. The pact provides for the joint control of the Berlin area by the four powers, the division of Germany into four occupation zones and the re-establishment of Germany’s 1937 borders.--War Pool photo Approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out) 6705.” Berlin, Germany. 5 June 1945