The Pittsburgh Press (September 7, 1946)
Truman delays third A-bomb test
WASHINGTON (UP) – President Truman today ordered an indefinite postponement of the third atom bomb test scheduled for next spring.
White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the postponement did not mean a cancellation, but was more of a “sine die” delay – that is, that no new date has been set.
Mr. Ross said President Truman made the decision on recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, War and Navy secretaries and the president’s commission to evaluate the tests.
The third atomic bomb test, test “Charley,” was to have been a deep underwater blast. No specific date had been set for it.
It was to have taken place at Bikini Atoll, site of the two previous atomic test explosions this summer.