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Diary Entry, Friday, August 10, 1945, Henry Wallace Diary [1]

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Date: 2025-08

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Secretary of Commerce (and former Vice President) Henry Wallace provided a detailed report on the cabinet meeting where Truman and his advisers discussed the Japanese surrender offer, Russian moves into Manchuria, and public opinion on “hard” surrender terms. With Japan close to capitulation, Truman asserted presidential control over nuclear weapons and later ordered that atomic bombs were not to be used on Japan without his “express authority from the President.” [See Document 82] Barton J. Bernstein has suggested that Truman’s comment about “all those kids” showed his belated recognition that the bomb caused mass casualties and that the target was not purely a military one.[64]

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[1] Url: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/28435-document-78-diary-entry-friday-august-10-1945-henry-wallace-diary

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