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Truman
How soon after that can we drop one on the enemy?
Groves
If the test succeeds, perhaps by August.
Truman
The Germans may not last that long.
Groves
Japan will. And there is reason to believe they
may soon be meeting our invasion ships and troops
with atomic weapons.
Stimson (thoughtfully)
Some scientists feel we ought to tell our enemies
we have the bomb and ask them to surrender. If
that fails we should drop the first bomb in an
uninhabited area -- as a warning.
Groves
I'm afraid those scientists don't know the people
we're fighting. That indirect procedure will
never make them quit.
President is grave. Others watch as he gets
up, goes to window and looks out at Washington
Monument.
HARRY NATIONAL TRUMAN LIBRARY
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
Groves
SERVICE
You both know the situation in Europe. The staff's
U.S.
GOVERNMENT
plans call for landing a million men in South Japan
on November first. Another million land on the
plains of Tokyo ten days later. A third million in
reserve. The minimum estimate of our losses is
ha If a million men.
Truman (leaves window, looks at picture)
President Roosevelt must have given this & great
deal of thought -- and what it may mean in the future
(pause)
This is the most difficult decision any man ever
had to make. But I think more of our American boys
than I do of all our enemies
(finally turns into light)
If your test is successful -- and the bomb is not
needed against Germany -- we will tell Japan to
surrender or face destruction. If they refuse you
will take it to the Mariannas and use it.
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