Letter to Former President Harry S. Truman to Tsukasa Nitoguri, Chairman of Hiroshima City Council, with Attachment

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CITY OF HIROSHIMA HIROSHIMA, JAPAN March 1, 1958 Mr. Harry S. Truman Indianapolis, Missouri U. S. A. Dear Mr. Truman: Please find enclosed a copy of the English trans- lation of the resolution made by the City Council of Hiroshima in connection with the statement you recently made concerning the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and on the hydro- gen bomb. The people of Hiroshima, who actually suffered the painful sting of the bomb, are naturally most keenly sensitive to the moral side of the nuclear weapons. It is our regret that your statement has urged us to make the resolution which we hereby forward you for your consideration. Yours very truly, TREMAN to ARCHIVES "NATIONAL AND Tankasa Nitaguric SERVICE** Tsukasa Nitoguri Chairman Hiroshima City Council