Telegram from Secretary of War Henry Stimson to President Harry S. Truman, with Handwritten Reply on the Reverse, July 30, 1945 Page 1.

This telegram from the Secretary of War informed President Harry S. Truman of the rapid progress regarding the readiness for the use of the atomic bomb against Japan. President Truman and his military advisors had already determined to use the bomb; this telegram regards the preparations for the eventual press release about the use of the atomic bomb. On the back, Truman noted in his handwriting that the press release could go out as sent to him, but not before August 2. From the Harry S. Truman Administration File, George Elsey Papers.