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''We are in a completely new situation
that cannot be resolved by war.
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''A petition to the president
of the United States.
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''Discoveries of which the people
are not aware
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''may affect the welfare
of this nation in the near future.''
:26:20
The Russians are our allies.
If we drop this without telling them,
:26:23
we could give them a paranoia
that will make us sick.
:26:26
The Japanese are on their knees.
All this kamikaze stuff is a load of bull.
:26:31
They're wet-pants scared of us just
like we're wet-pants scared of them.
:26:36
This war seems to have forced
a lot of guys on both sides
:26:39
to resign from the human race.
:26:42
- I hope we're not about to do that.
- I agree.
:26:46
Our blockade will finish Japan
by autumn, maybe even sooner.
:26:51
This device is not an honorable way
to win a war.
:26:54
And I was taught to fight with honor.
:26:57
If Custer...
:26:59
...had used the machine-gun...
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...his history would have been
written differently.
:27:06
If you go ahead,
:27:08
particularly, if you drop this thing
with no prior warning...
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...l, for one, will have to
resign my commission.
:27:20
Perhaps you'll excuse me, gentlemen.
:27:29
Incidentally, what is the opinion of
the committee on a demonstration?
:27:38
Well, if we should agree
to a demonstration
:27:41
with the attendant
Japanese observers
:27:43
and that demonstration failed,
:27:46
not only would we be unable
to induce the Japanese to surrender,
:27:50
we would face a critical
shortage of material.
:27:56
The dropping of the device
has always been implicit in this project.