Harry S. Truman Presidential Library (NARA)
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb (Truman Library document collection)
Collection · written July 1945 · released Unknown
Why this matters
Scanned primary sources on the 1945 decision: Truman's diary entries from Potsdam, the Interim Committee minutes, scientists' petitions against using the bomb, and the press release announcing Hiroshima. Each item is presented as a page image with a short description. It is the closest you can get to the paper trail of the decision itself.
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https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/online-collections/decision-to-drop-atomic-bomb
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Harry S. Truman Presidential Library (NARA). "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb (Truman Library document collection)." July 1945. https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/online-collections/decision-to-drop-atomic-bomb (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0023).