of the new weapon which may best be made before the eyes of representatives of all United Nations, on the desert or a barren island." The council also stated that by demonstrating the power of the bomb, the US would be able to demonstrate it's good nature by saying: "You see what weapon we had but did not use. We are ready to renounce its use in the future and to join other nations in working out adequate supervision of the use of this nuclear weapon." The creators did not want this attack to take place at any cost.
             President Truman, however, had his doubts. Truman feared that if a demonstration was to take place, the US had the risk of releasing a dud. If a failure took place, or the full damage wasn't realized by
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