Henry L. Stimson

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail. 

Henry L. Stimson 

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts. 

Henry L. Stimson 

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time. 

Henry L. Stimson 

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself. 

Henry L. Stimson 

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves. 

Henry L. Stimson

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. 

Henry L. Stimson 

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under. 

Henry L. Stimson 

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words. 

Henry L. Stimson 

I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto. 

Henry L. Stimson 

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional surrender from Japan which I had written before leaving Washington and which he had approved. 

Henry L. Stimson