16th August 1945
The first impression of calm is wearing off. Underneath all this outward placidity Tokyo is seething with rumour, plot, and counter-plot. It appears new that the… Read More »16th August 1945
The first impression of calm is wearing off. Underneath all this outward placidity Tokyo is seething with rumour, plot, and counter-plot. It appears new that the… Read More »16th August 1945
Tokyo was still silent on peace today and the rumor spread that an atomic bomb would be dropped on the capital if the American terms… Read More »14th August 1945
I sneaked up to Gora today to see how the Soviet diplomats were getting along._The village itself was quiet; the streets were almost deserted; the… Read More »11th August 1945
As San Francisco announced that the second “atomic” bomb had been dropped on Nagasaki shortly before noon, the vernaculars started to open up a little… Read More »9th August 1945
The details of the new bomb are still “under investigation”. One feels that the authorities are just an puzzled and bewildered by the whole thing… Read More »8th August 1945
The San Francisco radio announced today that a new “atomic” bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima yesterday the 6th, wiping out 60 per cent of… Read More »7th August 1945