Stimson briefs Truman on his ambivalence on dropping the atomic bomb on Japanese cities 70 years ago this hour (June 6 1945)


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(Wednesday, June 6, 1945, 10:15 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson met with President Harry S. Truman at the White House today, describing his agony and confusion about the dropping the atomic bomb on Japanese cities.