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PREVIEW: Secretary of War Henry Stimson's deep regrets about the blood-letting and the use of the two Atomic Bombs. Evan Thomas

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John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW: Secretary of War Henry Stimson's deep regrets about the blood-letting and the use of the two Atomic Bombs. Evan Thomas

Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II Hardcover – May 16, 2023 by Evan Thomas (Author)



At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet?

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but Henry Stimson, who'd served as Secretary of War

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for FDR all through the war,

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he'd been in cabinets for decades,

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working for both Republicans and Democrats.

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And he decided that the Russians could be trusted

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and he told his president, President Truman,

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to share the bomb that was his initial reaction

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to the end of the war.

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Over time,

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Mr. Stimson changed his opinion both of the Russians

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