Cable, Secretary of War Henry Stimson to President Truman [re atomic bomb] with Truman's handwritten reply.
The first page of this document is a memorandum from the Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, asking for Truman's permission to issue the press release announcing the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The second page contains Truman's handwritten response granting p...
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OCR Page 1 of 2HQ US FORCES EUROPEAN CHEATER
STAFF MESSAGE CONTROL
INCOMING TOP SECRET MESSAGE
URGENT
FROM: AGWAR Washington
TO : Tripartite Conference Babelsberg, Germany
NO : WAR 41011
30 July 1945.
To the President from the Secretary of War.
The time schedule on Groves® project is pro-
gressing so rapidly that it is now essential that
statement for release by you be available not later
than Wednesday, 1 August. I have revised draft of
statement, which I previously presented to you, in
light of
(A) Your recent ultimstum,
(3) Dramatic results of test and
HARRY ARCHIVES S. "NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAH AND LIBRARY
U.S.
SERVICE"
(c) Certain minor suggestions wade by British
GOVERNMENT
of which Byrnes is aware.
While I am planning to start 8 copy by special
courler tomorrow in the hope you can be reached,
nevertheless in the event he does not reach you in
time, I will appreciate having your authority to
have White House release revised statement as soon as
necessary.
Sorry circumstences seem to require this emer-
gency action.
Su
Over
ACTION: Gen. Vaughar
VICTORY-IN-733
(31 July 1945)
3022172
gap
DEDLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. S(E) and S(D) or
OSD letters May 3, 1972
$4 NLT-HC. MARB Date 5-17-79
TOP SEGRET
COPY NO
THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN
Elsey 71
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