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On July 26, word arrived at Potsdam (Germany) that Winston Churchill had been defeated in his bid for reelection as British Prime Minister. Within hours, President Truman, Joseph Stalin-Russia, and Clement Attlee (the new British prime minister) issued their warning to Japan: surrender or suffer "prompt and utter destruction."
On July 29, 1945, the Japanese rejected the Potsdam Declaration. President Truman gave authorization to the U.S. military to use the bomb, conditions permitting, anytime after 3 August.
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