nApril 12
nFranklin Roosevelt
dies, and Harry Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United
States.
nApril 25
nSecretary of War
Stimson and General Groves brief President Truman on the
bomb. In this briefing, Groves insists that Japan
had always been the target of the bomb’s use.
nApril 25
nJoint Chief
Planners advise Joint Chiefs of Staff that “unless a definition of unconditional surrender can be
given which is acceptable to the Japanese, there is no
alternative to annihilation and no prospect that the threat of
absolute defeat will bring about capitulation.”