Typed Transcript Signed, [1945 August 6] : White House Press Release.

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Typed Transcript Signed, [1945 August 6] : White House Press Release.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42278480

White House press release alerting the country to the detonation of the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

4 p. ; 20.3 x 31.4 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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