Source Number Document Title/Format Date Collection/ Box # File Description Link to Record
Radio Report to the American People on the Potsdam Conference 8/9/1945 Copy of radio report to the public after the conclusion of the Potsdamn Conference Press Release
Photo of Stalin and Truman at Stalin's Potsdam residence 7/18/1945 Stalin and Truman photographed in front of Stalin's Potsdam residence Photo Link
1 The Legacy of the Soviet Union Offensives of August 1945 8/13/2015 Argumentative essay regarding the end of the war by Soviet Invasion Article Link
2 “If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used” by Dr. Karl Compton, 1946 ca. 1946 WHDMC, Harriman File Response to Truman's decision to drop the bomb Article Link Draft of Potsdam declaration setting up the provisions of the unconditional 3 Draft of Potsdam Declaration 7/23/1945 surrender Declaration Draft Link
4 Cairo Conference Declaration Appendix 12/1/1943 Copy of Cairo Conference Declaration regarding the provisions of the surrender Cairo Conference Link
5 Telegram from Tojo to Sato 7/21/1945 Memo responding to the conditions of the surrender Memo Link
7 Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess W. Truman 7/20/1945 Truman Papers Letter to Bess explaining the city of Berlin and what it will take to win the war. Letter Link Notes by Truman on Potsdam Conference Page 1 (Soviet Invasion planned August 8 Notes by Truman on Potsdam Conference 7/17/1945 15) Notes Link President's Secretary Map of Soviet and American occupation zones in the Pacific at the end of the 9 Map of American and Soviet Occupation Zones in the Pacific Unknown Files Potsdam Conference Map Link Ferrell, Robert H., Harry S. Truman: A Life, 1994, Columbia, MO, pages 215- 10 217. 1994 Biography regarding the decision to drop the bomb Document: Memorandum, “Third Meeting” of Harry Hopkins and other Memo of American and Soviet Diplomats discussing the Soviet Invasion and 11 American diplomats with Marshal Joseph Stalin, the Kremlin, 5/28/1945 Surrender of Japan Transcript of Emperor Hirohito’s speech announcing the acceptance of the 12 unconditional surrender demands of the Allies. 8/14/1945 Transcript of Japanese acceptance of the surrender conditions Transcript Link Poltical Cartoon of Truman deciding to drop the bomb or use the Soviet's to destroy 13 Political Cartoon ca. 1945 the Japanese Political Cartoon