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Proposed Statement by President Harry S. Truman
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This document consists of / pages Copy No. 208 Series A PROPOSED STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT We have evidence that within recent weeks an atomic explosion occurred in the USSR. Ever since atomic energy was first released by man, the eventual development of this new force and the making of atomic weapons by other nations was to be expected. This has been taken into account in our basic policies. September 19, 1949 81729 TOP