Airplane dropped atomic bomb on hiroshima and that bomb has more power of 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air at pearl harbor. They have been repaid many fold, and the end is not yet. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. In their present form, these bombs are now in production, and even more powerful bombs are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the far east. We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, theyre factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake, we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It was to spare the japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of july 26th was
75 years ago this month, the u. S. Exploded an atomic bomb over hiroshima, japan. Up next, a 1945 newsreel about events leading to the decision to release the bomb. Following his arrival for the tripartite conference, president truman reviews the veterans second armored division. Mr. Truman arrives to berlin where men, tanks and vehicles are lined up for the president ial inspection. On 18th july, the president and mr. Burns our guests at soviet headquarters. Premier stalin acknowledges a request for photographs below the balcony and the group proceeds to the garden of the villa. The formal sessions of the Conference Get underway with president truman chosen to preside over the meetings. Premier stalin exchanges handshakes with Prime Minister churchill and anthony eden. Both church hill and eden are to be replaced as britains chief spokesman at the conference. Englands Prime Minister by virtue of his labor partys victory in the 25th july elections. After daily sessions for eight days,
Recorded this event in november of 2017. We are fortunate to have an old friend with us, richard schroeder, a former officer with the cia clandestine service. He began his career under the cia in 1972. After two years in the army as an Intelligence Officer for the army stuff in washington, the u. S. Military command in vietnam. He consults on National Security and teaches that georgetown. He is a founding Advisory Board member here at the International Spy museum. He is the author of a new book, the foundation of the cia, harry truman, the missouri gang, and the origins of the cold war. You are not here to listen to me talk. Rick, come on up. [applause] thank you for coming out when you could be over at the Christmas Market across the street. As vince said, i have been a cia officer for running on to 50 years now. For the last 20 years, i have taught intelligence courses at Georgetown School of foreign service. In teaching at georgetown, i have discovered, as well as from participating
Truman was this man of integrity. But i never really understood the trajectory of this man until i was writing my last book, the arsenal of democracy in. That book there was a book where senator truman goes to detroit to investigate the Car Companies and their failure to produce airplane pieces. It struck me as amazing that this on cure person should become the most powerful president in the history of the world. Even my last book was done i was beginning in my head to structure this one. In your book to talk about a newest session. What does that mean and what were they . When you research this book, you end up eating a lot of Peanut Butter sandwiches and going through cheap hotels. You talk about something newest asession. It just means this is a document thats new. And it will list the date when it showed up. So the great truman biographies all came out in the 1990s, right . Anyway, so i knew if i found these documents that they hadnt been available to biographers in the 1990s and i