As he was a close friend of Truman, Byrnes’ first assignment was to act as the President’s personal advisor. Byrnes, the most prominent right-winger in the Democratic Party, was among the few politicians taken into confidence regarding the work on the atomic bomb. So, in their very first meeting, under the new setting in mid-April More
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