Draft President Truman's Speech:
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan, Page 1

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Here is a draft of President Harry S. Truman's speech announcing the dropping of the first atomic bomb. It was written ca. August 6, 1945. Note that in the first paragraph, Truman left a blank space for the name of the city that would be targeted.

Truman Speech page 1

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