USA gegen die derzeitige Regierung in Sofia
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U.S. State Department (August 20, 1945)
711.94114A/8-2045: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
Washington, August 20, 1945
2565
Request Swiss Foreign Office to ask Swiss representatives in Jap and former Jap occupied territories to give full cooperation to Allied military authorities who have plans for evacuation of POWs and CIs. POWs and CIs should remain in camps in close contact with camp spokesmen until arrival of Allied forces.
BYRNES
Atomic bomb fired by gun in missile, government reveals
First one dropped on Japanese made obsolete by discovery of new element, plutonium, used in second one
By Howard W. Blakeslee, Associated Press science editor
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The Pittsburgh Press (August 20, 1945)
MACARTHUR TO LEAD YANKS ASHORE IN JAPAN IN 10 DAYS
Peace envoys speed back to Hirohito
U.S. troops to be prepared to fight
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Kwantung Army surrenders, ending 11-day Russian war
Soviet troops begin disarming 750,000 Jap soldiers, seize 4 major Manchurian cities
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Nylon and stretch girdles just around that corner
Entire clothes outlook shows big improvement; more low-priced items will appear soon
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Pearl Harbor discussed?
Truman, Roberts, Byrnes confer
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Truman will address nation on V-J Day
WASHINGTON (UP) – President Truman plans a short radio address to the nation on V-J Day, when it comes.