Lot 103
Truman, Harry S. -- TLS Regarding a Book on Japan and the Atomic Bomb (1884-1972) 33rd President of the United States (1945-53). Typed letter signed "Harry S. Truman," one page, on personal letterhead, 10½ x 7¼", Independence, Missouri, May 3, 1961. To Mr. Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., Director and Editor of the Princeton University Press, thanking him for a copy of "Japan Subdued: The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific" by Herbert Feis. Very fine. Feis, who served as a Special Consultant to three Secretaries of State, would write a letter to Truman on April 16, 1962, asking specific questions about how the decision was made to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The letter infuriated Truman, who hand-wrote his response, a copy of which is included with this letter (as well as a copy of Feis' letter to Truman). Truman's letter, which began, "You write just like the usual egghead. The facts are before you but you'd like to garble them…." was never sent but was filed under "proposed answer which was never sent." Estimate $500 - 600
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