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Byrnes believed in “atomic diplomacy,” whereby the US could leverage the bomb in post-war negotiations and make Russia “more manageable.” Ultimately, at a June 1, 1945 Interim Committee meeting, Byrnes recommended the use of the atomic bomb.
Byrnes never openly threatened the Soviets with the atomic bomb. But his feelings about covert atomic diplomacy were noticed shortly after the war by Sec. of War Henry Stimson, Assistant Sec. of War John McCloy, and Manhattan Project scientific director J. Robert Oppenheimer, all of whom were worried that even an implied nuclear threat could ...
Jun 5, 2012 · A proper accounting of the development of American policy to defeat Japan and bring World War II to an end must take due note of the crucial role played by James F. Byrnes. Although he is not well-remembered today, the experienced South Carolinian possessed tremendous gifts for politics.
- Wilson D. Miscamble
- 2011
Between draft and delivery of the document, the atomic bomb would be successfully tested, on 16th July, in the New Mexico desert. Byrnes’ editing not only gave the lie to Truman’s publicly stated aim at Potsdam to get the Soviets into the Pacific war.
Jul 31, 2015 · Like Stimson, Truman’s secretary of state, James Byrnes, hoped that the bomb might prove to be a “master card” in subsequent diplomatic dealings with the Soviet Union — but both were ...
Byrnes served on an Interim committee making a recommendations on the use of the atomic bomb during and after the war. The committee, headed by War Secretary Henry L. Stimson , included Byrnes, Vannevar Bush , James Conant , Karl T. Compton , Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Austin Bard , and Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton .
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The Secretary was a proponent of using the newly-developed atomic bomb against Japan, and under his advice, two atomic bombs were detonated over Japan in August of 1945.
