The Main Reason President Harry Truman Did Not Realize That

question 24

Multiple Choice

The main reason President Harry Truman did not realize that the Japanese government was interested in negotiating a peace settlement just before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima is ________.

• A)the Japanese did not respond to the Potsdam Declaration
• B)the Japanese sent him a message he couldn't understand
• C)government bureaucrats in Washington misplaced the message
• D)the Japanese Prime Minister was opposed to peace
• E)it was the weekend

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