Above is a link to a typed record of the Committee of the Manhattan Project. In this document there is a list of rules regarding when the United States would be allowed to use an atomic bomb. It states that the bomb should never be dropped unless it was an absolute necessity. Later it was decided that the bomb was to be dropped on Japan. The Japanese where too determined to fight until it was no longer possible. It was decided that by dropping the bomb there would be more lives saved than lost.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-04-24&documentid=9-14&studycollectionid=&pagenumber=1
Above is a link to a letter from the Secretary of War to President Truman. This letter discusses issues on the United State's current "foreign relations." These foreign relations would be America's relationship with Japan. The Secretary of War was highly concerned about rising tensions between Japan and the United States. It was a highly urgent matter that had taken up most of his time an thought. Though this letter is short, it implies much about the dangerous position that Japan was putting the United States in.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/pdfs/39.pdf#zoom=100
Above is a link to notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee. In this meeting, the attendants discuss what the atomic bomb could do for the future of man. It was a major an advance in the defense of the nation and it was seen as, " an assurance of future peace rather than a menace to civilization." The bomb would be able to protect American soldiers as well as their families. It was also seen as a solution to ending all war with Japan.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?pagenumber=1&documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=59&studycollectionid=abomb
Above is a press relase by the White Hosue on Agust 6, 1945. In this press release, President Truman informs the American people about the atomic bomb and why it was dropped on Japan. The bomb was dropped on military a military base so it would whipe out factories and docks. According to President Truman, this would keep the Japanese from continuing the war. Truman explained that the bomb was dropped in order to protect the Japanese from utter destruction. Not only did dropping the bombs save American people, it saved Japanese as well.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=6-2&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
Above is a link to Translation of leaflet dropped on the Japanese, Agust 6, 1945. In this document adressed to the Japanese people, President Truman tells the Japanese that we were foced to drop the bomb on Japan because their leaders refused our negotiations for their surrender. We had, in fact, given Japan the chace to end the war and they refused. Truman also makes a point of say Japan was the one who pulled the United States into war in the first place. They bombed Pear Harbor. We also warned them that we would use the bomb again if they did not surrender.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/pdfs/8.pdf#zoom=100
Above is a link to a telegram from Richard Russell to Harry S. Truman, August 7, 1945. In this telegram Richard Russell says that he thinks President Truman should give up on trying to convice Japan to surrender. They treated our nation horribly and were not open to reason. The time for negotiations was long over. Russell thought the only way to handle Japan was to treat them way they treated us. The United States needed to react with force.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-04-24&documentid=9-14&studycollectionid=&pagenumber=1
Above is a link to a letter from the Secretary of War to President Truman. This letter discusses issues on the United State's current "foreign relations." These foreign relations would be America's relationship with Japan. The Secretary of War was highly concerned about rising tensions between Japan and the United States. It was a highly urgent matter that had taken up most of his time an thought. Though this letter is short, it implies much about the dangerous position that Japan was putting the United States in.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/pdfs/39.pdf#zoom=100
Above is a link to notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee. In this meeting, the attendants discuss what the atomic bomb could do for the future of man. It was a major an advance in the defense of the nation and it was seen as, " an assurance of future peace rather than a menace to civilization." The bomb would be able to protect American soldiers as well as their families. It was also seen as a solution to ending all war with Japan.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?pagenumber=1&documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=59&studycollectionid=abomb
Above is a press relase by the White Hosue on Agust 6, 1945. In this press release, President Truman informs the American people about the atomic bomb and why it was dropped on Japan. The bomb was dropped on military a military base so it would whipe out factories and docks. According to President Truman, this would keep the Japanese from continuing the war. Truman explained that the bomb was dropped in order to protect the Japanese from utter destruction. Not only did dropping the bombs save American people, it saved Japanese as well.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=6-2&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
Above is a link to Translation of leaflet dropped on the Japanese, Agust 6, 1945. In this document adressed to the Japanese people, President Truman tells the Japanese that we were foced to drop the bomb on Japan because their leaders refused our negotiations for their surrender. We had, in fact, given Japan the chace to end the war and they refused. Truman also makes a point of say Japan was the one who pulled the United States into war in the first place. They bombed Pear Harbor. We also warned them that we would use the bomb again if they did not surrender.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/pdfs/8.pdf#zoom=100
Above is a link to a telegram from Richard Russell to Harry S. Truman, August 7, 1945. In this telegram Richard Russell says that he thinks President Truman should give up on trying to convice Japan to surrender. They treated our nation horribly and were not open to reason. The time for negotiations was long over. Russell thought the only way to handle Japan was to treat them way they treated us. The United States needed to react with force.
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