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Harry Truman: The atomic bomb is the most terrible and devastating weapon that man has ever contrived.

On the recordOctober 13, 1948
The atomic bomb is the most terrible and devastating weapon that man has ever contrived.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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