This diary entry was written while attending the Potsdam Conference and the day before President Truman learned that the United States had successfully tested the world’s first atomic bomb. For more information about the Potsdam Conference see the National Archives online exhibit Eyewitness.
President Harry S. Truman's Diary Entry for July 17, 1945
- 7/17/1945
Description
This primary source comes from the Collection HST-AF: Alonzo Fields Papers.
National Archives Identifier: 976500
Full Citation: President Harry S. Truman’s Diary Entry for July 17, 1945; 7/17/1945; Subject Files, 1939–1952; Collection HST-AF: Alonzo Fields Papers,; Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/president-harry-s-trumans-diary-entry-for-july-17-1945/, April 23, 2026]
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