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WHITE HOUSE MAP ROOM PLAIN LANGUAGE UROENT 6 August 1945 FROM: NAVY TO : 9EEJ 0615482 FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM THE SECR TARY OF WAR. In accord noe with your previous authority, your statement about atomic bomb was released from the lhhite House at eleven EWT. It will be followed about noon by my at tement. More brief British and Canadian statements will be released during the day. ARCHIVES ALCORDS NATIONAL AND - SERVICE" Released: J. W. BOWEN, Colonel, Inf. COPY NO.