Atomic Bomb blast.   About the Collection   This collection focuses on The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb. It includes documents totaling almost 600 pages, covering the years 1945-1964. Supporting materials include an online version of "Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History," edited by Robert H. Ferrell. Collection Search:				Documents                Sorted by: Category | Year 1945 March Albert Einstein to Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 25, 1945  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) April Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, April 24, 1945  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) May Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 9, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Log of the Interim Committee of the Manhattan Project, May 9, 1945  Scanned version (17 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) J. A. Darry to Leslie R. Groves , May 12, 1945  Scanned version (7 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 14, 1945  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 18, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 31, 1945  Scanned version (17 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) June Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee , June 1, 1945  Scanned version (10 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Diary entries , June 1, 1945  Scanned version (6 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Minutes of Meeting held at the White House, June 18, 1945  Scanned version (45 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee , June 21, 1945  Scanned version (8 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) July Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, July 6, 1945  Scanned version (5 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes by Harry S. Truman on the Potsdam Conference , July 16, 1945  Scanned version (10 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes by Harry S. Truman on the Potsdam Conference, July 17-30, 1945  Scanned version (9 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Petition to the President of the United States, July 17, 1945  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Leslie. R. Groves to Henry Stimson, July 18, 1945  Scanned version (14 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, July 19, 1945  Scanned version (8 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo for the Record, Manhattan Project , July 20, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John Stone to General Arnold, July 24, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, with handwritten Truman reply on reverse, July 30, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Draft statement on the dropping of the bomb , July 30, 1945  Scanned version (8 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, with attached draft press release, July 31, 1945  Scanned version (13 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) August Press release by the White House, August 6, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memoranda re: Manhattan Project , August 6, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press release by Henry Stimson, August 6, 1945  Scanned version (7 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Translation of leaflet dropped on the Japanese (AB-11), August 6, 1945  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Translation of leaflet dropped on the Japanese, August 6, 1945  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegram, Richard Russell to Harry S. Truman, August 7, 1945  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Harry S. Truman to Richard Russell, August 9, 1945  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Harry S. Truman and Samuel Cavert, August 11, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) September Matthew J. Connelly to James Byrnes, with attached Leo Szilard letter, September 6, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo by George Harrison , September 8, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo re: Russia and the atomic bomb , September 11, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, accompanied by a memorandum, September 11, 1945  Scanned version (8 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memorandum by George Harrison, September 14, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memoranda for the record , September 14, 1945  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memoranda of conversation, September 25, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo of conversation with Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dean Acheson, September 25, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Clinton P. Anderson to Harry S. Truman , September 25, 1945  Scanned version (5 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth McKellar to Harry S. Truman, accompanied by a report, September 27, 1945  Scanned version (7 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Philip Fleming to Harry S. Truman, September 28, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) October Memorandum of conversation , October 3, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memoranda from discussions, October 3, 1945  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memoranda for the files, October 11, 1945  Scanned version (7 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memorandum of meeting, October 17, 1945  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) November Memoranda for the files, November 1, 1945  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memoranda from meetings, November 10, 1945  Scanned version (9 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1946 February Press release, February 4, 1946  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) May Press release re: Operation Crossroads , May 13, 1946  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) June "The Decision for Peace", excerpt from report of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey , June 1946  Scanned version (10 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, June 19, 1946  Scanned version (51 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Franklin D'Olier to Harry S. Truman, with related material, June 20, 1946  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "United States Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki", June 30, 1946  Scanned version (45 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) July United States Strategic Bombing Survey, July 1, 1946  Scanned version (34 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Japan's Struggle to End the War, July 1, 1946  Scanned version (59 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) August Press release, August 2, 1946  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) December Harry S. Truman to Roman Bohnen, December 12, 1946  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Harry S. Truman to Karl Compton, December 16, 1946  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1947 June "The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapon", June 30, 1947  Scanned version (39 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1949 September Hoyt Vandenburg to Louis Johnson, September 21, 1949  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1950 February "Soviet Intentions and Capabilities" , February 20, 1950  Scanned version (20 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1951 "The Atomic Bomb" by Eben Ayers  Scanned version (7 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Truman and the Atom Bomb"  Scanned version (5 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) August Diary entry by Eben Ayers, August 6, 1951  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1952 December Correspondence between Harry S. Truman and James Cate, with attached White House memos, December 6, 1952  Scanned version (17 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1953 January Thomas Murray to Harry S. Truman, January 16, 1953  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Harry S. Truman to Thomas Murray, January 19, 1953  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1954 June Notes regarding June 18, 1945 meeting, June 7, 1954  Scanned version (3 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1955 Excerpt from Transcript of Interview with former President Truman  Scanned version (2 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "The Atomic Bomb", third draft  Scanned version (6 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1957 May "Tentative chronology of part played by scientists in decision to use the bomb against Japan" , May 29, 1957  Scanned version (6 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1958 Handwritten notes by former President Truman  Scanned version (7 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) March Correspondence between Tsukasa Nitoguri and Harry S. Truman , March 12, 1958  Scanned version (4 pages)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1963 August Harry S. Truman to Irv Kupcinet , August 5, 1963  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) 1964 Harry S. Truman to Mrs. Haydon Klein, Jr., August 4, 1964  Scanned version (1 page)  |    Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Not Dated "Collection and Identification of Fission Products of Foreign Origin" by Peter King and N. Friedman   (11 pages)    Printer Friendly Version (PDF)

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