Harry S Truman13 April 1945
Truman learns of the secret atomic-bomb development programme from Secretary of War Henry Stimson shortly after becoming president.
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Truman learns of the secret atomic-bomb development programme from Secretary of War Henry Stimson shortly after becoming president.
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