Central Europe was faced with a direct challenge . On April 24 1945 , one day after President Truman had a showdown with Molotov , Secretary of War Stimson wrote President Truman stating (The atomic bomb ) has such a bearing on our present foreign relations and such an important effect upon all my thinking in this field that I think you should know about it without further delay (Alperovitz , pp . 103-04 ) Up to this point , President was apparently unaware of the bomb . Stimson...











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