Truman: Atomic bomb secret to be shared with Britain, Canada only 70 years ago this hour (Oct 8 1945)

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(Monday, October 8, 1945, 8:15 p.m. local time) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman declared this evening that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada during a press conference in Tiptonville, Tennessee.