Editing Georgy Zhukov (section)

=== Inter-allied diplomacy ===
[[File:Montgomery receives Order of Victory HD-SN-99-02756.JPG|thumb|Zhukov sharing a toast with Eisenhower, Montgomery and other Allied officials, June 1945]]
From 16 July to 2 August, Zhukov participated in the [[Potsdam Conference]] with the fellow representatives of the Allied governments. As one of the four commanders of the Allied occupational forces, Zhukov established good relationships with his new colleagues, General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]], and Marshal [[Jean de Lattre]], and the four frequently exchanged views about such matters as the sentencing, trials, and judgments of war criminals, geopolitical relationships between the Allied states, and how to defeat Japan and rebuild Germany.

Eisenhower developed a good relationship with Zhukov and it proved beneficial in resolving differences in post-war occupational issues.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Douglas E. |title=Eisenhower in Command at Columbia |publisher=Lexington Books |location=Lanham, MD |year=2013 |pages=33 |isbn=978-0-7391-7836-2}}</ref> Eisenhower's successor, General [[Lucius D. Clay]], also praised the Zhukov–Eisenhower friendship, and commented: "The Soviet–America relationship should have developed well if Eisenhower and Zhukov had continued to work together."{{sfn|Axell|2003|p=356}} Zhukov and Eisenhower went on to tour the Soviet Union together in the immediate aftermath of the victory over Germany.{{sfn|Chaney|1996|pp=346–347}} During this tour Eisenhower introduced Zhukov to [[Coca-Cola]]. As Coca-Cola was regarded in the [[Soviet Union]] as a symbol of [[American imperialism]],<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/15/business/viewpoints-a-brief-history-of-coca-colonization.html|title=Viewpoints; A Brief History of Coca-Colonization|author=[[Mark Pendergrast]]|date=15 August 1993|access-date=12 September 2012}}</ref> Zhukov was apparently reluctant to be photographed or reported as consuming such a product. Zhukov asked if the beverage could be made colourless to resemble vodka. A European subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation delivered an initial 50 cases of [[White Coke]] to Marshal Zhukov.