Harry Truman: “I am making your resignation effective July 1, 1945.”

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…

I believe that the report is of great value.

I can't see any good purpose to be served by that.