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692-A August 11, 1945 TOTAL My dear Mr. Cavert: I appreciated very much your telegram of August ninth. Nobody is more disturbed over the use of Atomic bombs than I am but I was greatly x PP7185 disturbed over the unwarranted attack by X 197- miss the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and their murder of our prisoners of war. The only + 400 Nawaii language they seem to understand is the Pearl Handor one we have been using to bombard them. x 190-8 When you have to deal with a beast you have x197 to treat him as a beast. It is most re- grettable but nevertheless true. Sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN Mr. Samuel McCrea Cavert X pp7 33 HARRY S. TRUMAN General Secretary X 213 Federal Council of U.S. ARCHIVES NECORDS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT The Churches of Christ in America New York City, New York x692-A-Misc.