"If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth."
— Nuclear war

January 1, 1970

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Harry S. Truman, White House Press Release Announcing the Bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945); this announcement was based largely on a draft of 31 July, by Secretary of War Henry Stimson