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Interim Committee Use Recommendation

United States · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945

Henry Lewis Stimson1 June 1945

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

The Interim Committee recommends using the atomic bomb against Japan as soon as possible, on a military-industrial target and without prior warning.

Names involved

Henry Lewis Stimson

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