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The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

This collection focuses on the decision to drop the atomic bomb. It includes 76 documents totaling 632 pages covering the years 1945 through 1964. Supporting materials include an online version of “Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History,” edited by Robert H. Ferrell.

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Documents

Displaying 1 - 66 of 66 documents
"Collection and Identification of Fission Products of Foreign Origin" by Peter King and N. Friedman

1945

Albert Einstein to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clinton P. Anderson to Harry S. Truman
Correspondence between Harry S. Truman and Samuel Cavert
Diary entries
Draft statement on the dropping of the bomb
Harry S. Truman to Richard Russell
Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman
Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, accompanied by a memorandum
Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, with attached draft press release
Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, with handwritten Truman reply on reverse
J. A. Darry to Leslie R. Groves
John Stone to General Arnold
Kenneth McKellar to Harry S. Truman, accompanied by a report
Leslie. R. Groves to Henry Stimson
Log of the Interim Committee of the Manhattan Project
Matthew J. Connelly to James Byrnes, with attached Leo Szilard letter
Memo by George Harrison
Memo for the Record, Manhattan Project
Memo of conversation with Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dean Acheson
Memo re: Russia and the atomic bomb
Memoranda for the files
Memoranda for the record
Memoranda from discussions
Memoranda from meetings
Memoranda of conversation
Memoranda re: Manhattan Project
Memorandum by George Harrison
Memorandum of conversation
Memorandum of meeting
Minutes of Meeting held at the White House
Notes by Harry S. Truman on the Potsdam Conference
Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee
Petition to the President of the United States
Philip Fleming to Harry S. Truman
Press release by Henry Stimson
Press release by the White House
Telegram, Richard Russell to Harry S. Truman
Translation of leaflet dropped on the Japanese
Translation of leaflet dropped on the Japanese (AB-11)

1946

"The Decision for Peace", excerpt from report of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey
"United States Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
Franklin D'Olier to Harry S. Truman, with related material
Harry S. Truman to Karl Compton
Harry S. Truman to Roman Bohnen