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Advantages Of Truman's Approach

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Manhattan Project Texts One advantage of Truman’s approach was Stalin asked no questions. When Truman told Stalin about the new weapon, “all he said was he was glad to hear it and hope we would make “good use of it against the Japanese”.” This was good for the Americans because they wouldn’t have to share their secrets of producing the atomic weapons. This meant that Stalin was unaware of any type of atomic weapon research. The conversation was kept breif and genial, which was also good since they wouldn’t have to answer any questions and go into depth about. The US-Soviet relations could still be ruined though since Truman never told him the full truth about what type of weapon they had. A disadvantage of Truman’s approach was the Soviets

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