Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

S/AE Files

No. 182
Minutes of a Meeting of the Combined Policy Committee¹

Washington, July 4, 1945, 9:30 a.m.

[Extract]²

top secret

Minutes of Combined Policy Committee Meeting Held at the Pentagon on July 4th, 1945—9:30 a.m.

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3. use of weapon against third parties

Field Marshal Wilson stated that the British Government concurred in the use of the T. A. weapon against Japan. He added that the Prime Minister might wish to discuss this matter with the President at the forthcoming meeting in Berlin.³

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Harvey H Bundy

Roger Makins

Joint Secretaries

1. See document No. 619, footnote 1, for information on the creation of this Committee.
2. For a list of the persons present at this meeting and for another extract from the minutes, see document No. 619.
3. Secretary of War Stimson also discussed at this meeting the possibility that Truman might wish to speak to Stalin at the Berlin Conference about the development and use of a new atomic weapon. See document No. 619.