https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e1d15690e45166daf72488972eaae03c.pdf c7af67c6b55e83abe2972f4537ad9f7f PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a /’information -A—/ 7 A$$2/0224t0/ A 0. — COPY NO../... OTTAWA, DEC. 4, 1950. EX-2474 4 TOR; 12:24 PM, TOD: 1:00 PM / SECRET IMMEDIATE-CYPHER-AUTO .ADDRESSED IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON EX-2474 LONDON NO. 1891 NEW YORK (CANDEL) 3 73 FROM EXTERNAL. (1) SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S STATEMENTS ON NOVEMBER 30(30 ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE ATOMIC BOMB IN KOREA,, I HAVE BEEN . CONSIDERING OUR OWN POSITION. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN WHAT I TOLD THE PRESS HERE ON NOVEMBER 30(30 ON AN "OFF-THE-RECORD" BASIS, AS . J THE TEXT WAS SENT IN OUR TELEGRAM NO. EX-2462(2462 LONDON 1883(1883 CANDEL 3 64(364, OF DECEMBER 2(2. - . 2(2 IN VIEW OF THE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING SITUATION ' " * * MILITARY . - IN KOREA, I THINK WE SHOULD WASTE ,NO(NO TIME IN INFORMING THE U.S.( US GOVERNMENT OF SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WHICH WEIGH MOST HEAVILY WITH US, AND NO(NO DOUBT WITH THEM, ON THIS MOST DELICATE AND VITALLY IMPORTANT PROBLEM - THE USE, OR THE THREAT.OF USE, OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. FOR THAT REASON, I AM SENDING YOU IN MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MESSAGE THE TEXT OF A MEMORANDUM WHICH EXPRESSES OUR VIEWS. THERE WOULD OF COURSE BE LESS RISK OF THE AMERICANS FEELING THAT WE WERE DELIVERING AN UNNECESSARY HOMILY ON THEIR DOORSTEP IF YOU WERE TO PUT THESE POINTS ORALLY AT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, BUT IN A MATTER OF THIS MOMENT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME WRITTEN RECORD. I LEAVE TO YOUR JUDGMENT, HOWEVER, THE METHOD OF PRESENTATION. THE MEMORANDUM HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY PREPARED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S STATEMENT SO THAT IT COULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDEPENDENT APPRECIATION, FOR THE USE OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT,- A. COPY OF WHICH WE ARE GIVING TO THE U.S. ( US GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR INFORMATION AS AN INDICATION OF OUR THINKING ON . A SUBJECT OF THE GREATEST. COMMON INTEREST TO BOTH,GOVERNMENTS. 3(3. IF YOU HAVE ANY' SUGGESTIONS FOR AMENDMENT OF THE MEMORANDUM BEFORE IT IS LEFT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT I SHOULD OF COURSE BE GLAD TO CONSIDER THEM. ENDS. MESSAGE ENDS. } *' { 00561 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CDNW (Wiser) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CDNW16611 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW16611 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wiser Consultations, RG25-B-2, Volume number: 3094, Library and Archives Canada.