r •Au -c o A • rucT co r o T' ttS • lSSAC-l ATO •O t1t1t t 1 111 01tt 10SU • lf01 H O C ITS TtH S fl 5S 10Y 1 l LlTllAL fl A U '- INCOMING MESSAGE TUT All UJTfOl1ltD srraJ t C' T TO l'OlfAL r oc tDUI C i' Afl Ql ' Atnr c o o T ift 1t1TAIY r rot lA T I O v • UJ l I I li-0 8 06C i4 Z PC ' '397 ll11 I - --Tho i i st 01·ial pho ocrup hs tukGn ov- 1r tho aroa oi oha to until 9 islfon lay r oi'ning ttas the Di 9 of 1 1 1 C d to ric b Olllb l aw in tl o fuci±'ic l'CCCit ·10 er• 1 t J pc m- co city or F i •o hioa have bro · bacl tho wry or nh lt hapj On2 l in thnt enc tont 'l of o tri lli tll of i coconci ciuring nilicl · 10 i 'irJ rro d c bo - __b ovor u in n u-l'a O dDi iva - d H o o icon' a·tati r J lop oquiv d ic 20 coo ton 1 of THr ' iil t r y bo told in four oinple ucrd i t ho t inf'itdtcsinll rraction of - i Imporcopti bla ·G o the r iost smwi ti vc clc tluri iz ciu ch the a'c of uranio 235 rolcMcd n araall fraction of thou• crio uo Gn rc tho cd ty of lloros ilirn 'loo i s ctica' 1 ly TTifcd off tho l llP ill a nor oN 6ovasta'c in t i m i£ it had bocn hit by w Cl 'thqUlllm of tho fl l• - r agnUu le Tho cnti rc u-ca it hin c 1•a l l un of 10 coo foot fr n 'cha hem•· of ti i cit-y J is as i m ped eJ c m as t lloush it hll l no-ro ox ii tc I Earri 'lg a r er bui l dings till t oc n i o · r ri raculOODly escape dian · r ' hero i o not o- -on a oign ' hat n y buildings hc d c -c ot d on the sit o o co ploto Tlllll t l o pulvariu tio prO iuced by tno atc E ic ozplooion th at not 0 -c 1 C a or5 a of buil dinns ma lot' ao a ro nrd tha i on1y t o dayo a go thol'o s' ooo iJ - 3 c-oo or tl o i -cut oi' Ji ec pf • o CO il'o or J r- m hero aro no oicns of nJi1 fil'CO a linz tn · ru con i ral co ction of Ucroohir ' l ' he oc t3on ill not herd to f-1 nd Tho tllilli pa r oo pulvcr-J cd ovoi ovsr an il l'C l er four and - tonth q il o oilos t4 a't tb r'3 w 1 nothing lof·i to burno Sinco chw·i particloll ore Im ·to bo af auff icicnt oii o t o· cntcl1 fire tho oba ince of i'irca in t ho con'Gra1 IU'ea m uld indicu-to tha• tho pulV1 l'1zation ccusetl by the e entoot oxploaion GVO t' to bo produced on m I G plan t mio 110 near to oO ilj low t ion of oo OD had owr boon echiovod by ma M llldo oan on a J areo acolo lt als o vss m indication oi' tho p oi' tho blt Bt m vo · t hnt acattorGC tho aub i c -osccpic dust partioleD of wilnt onoo ' 0l'G buildiJleo and hi bcinefl ovar such c m cls area aa to excl uLlo tho pooo tbili GY ot @S of thett boine concen rated 1n auff tD ACT OM I Ci$ • 0C OPIS • 0CJ'S PU • DC1S 1W I I T o· ' TRE o • A U fC Of A f T It tS i ucr corr A tD •tSSACl INCOMING TIA'fSf SStO Y 1 ¥ LtT UAL fLAU o ui TO '10Ct0 Ult o o SIC TI OJII Ulllllf OI U t l f rOr • ATIO ' f MESSAGE ·m z If m c CO ' ' JIO o •• n 01ST oc t' T 'P l ST fj t D UI ' ' ••· r m W Ot-21 cant r 'JI l AS§§CLAS ICAIIO•J T IU ftL tTA I Y 1 rrru 1 s c • u o ITS TIIT Alt AVTlfOltZlD SUIJJtCT S A r t OV AIOt¥ G r 119 TIII Tl h UI oa t T · r···· cior t nt ounti to ca·t ch fu 'O u3 · - 45 C• -- ' 'hore mis no Si lll oi' uny crauii• le ft by t 1e O- plfl ion o£ · -io f lr3· DLT do md r aa-comrollGd D3tcor-lo f'iroboJ J This t1 i cuCtl y acco1-d L11g to a C' l'OiuJJ y l ui c oatbarlat ic illy mapped plan Our ooion·hi 1i o hnve calcula·UJd 1'c oo t llnt ·i lle L-octl · cu 1d e roJ c io nt t lof- _ ti c hoil ht i' l •0£1 tin t'GU ld a· a point nt much nll tho c - plooii c oooi-e r goin ' into i l o b nava uoulci ad ju8t ibove tho SUl'facc and no· t7i S'CC U ' 'fY p l t -'u of• i iGCJ 2 in d5 wnr a u soloss hold in 'Gh ll'Olll1d Liout Aool s Canby Photograph Intoll cc-onco Officer 0£ the S· l9th Cct IJlc l w Oi •cr p of the JJJ·l Jl rli ng of ·iho Trn nt ieth M_r Fores l' lich cnr ·ied ou· the fir r' a' ornio bombine u ioai on s t3d t Ja aconnaicc o pho-to 'Top lll suro ooyond a do J that tul cy sixty pei-cont of t ho buiJ up area of Hcroohim Imo beon uttsrzy ciest t'oyod S l nco the city lu d a population of 334 000 o i'i guro bn ' I on ·tll'l n csll lp· icn that in xty parcont o£ its inhnbitants dlrolt in 'i J o totclly dostroye i aroo would indica·oo that ore ·Ulan 200 000 loo· their liw a during t 'lnt nceJ ig-lblo £1'-'ction of t imo reprooontod by the ono-tan' il oi a micro iecond of tho otomic o plcr i on Tl e DOSt ccnoorvati Jo os· to here is that at loo it 100 000 of l irO h im - 1a inhci itants had been noodles crlliccd by t hoir l lili-inry leoc or l tlll'ouch thou• ir Di stonce on continuing c rnr tl oy knat7 thoy ha-m olroody l o t Unl osa they occopt t w torr c ofi'orod tbmn by tile United St ites Chin _ aud the United Kingdoc it iB point ad out at thiS nc 'v mced ntani c bocb 0000 by t h03o f nil i ' · m th ruturo plans oany timoa tho U1 lb3r sac1'1 i' icad at l iro lim ll i notifobly moot a ainUar fat G in tho i ll l8diato futuro - UcroehiI o• a radiu3_ of 20 noo i'cot doo6 not toll the l'lhola story a o shOlr l by t ho roconrulill cc p 1otoe •ap 'ln Lim · C IJI point ed out tho tot al oostruc'rJ on o£ tho ho t or The photographs iihmr par' tal ci lst ruotiim Sl' d ri ros it n ·di us as f al' w tiu'co miles fl'oB tb8 cent or AC_T_J ON • 1 I C S • DCl l'IS • DC S PU • DC S - ' DECl ASSIAED P iga - 0 I u·1t ATIO I' -I _ 1 • I CLAUlrtCATIOII I I - riu UJ I o T' HS Hi IQ T1 tTUTII I ll fOIC cor1· AtD 1is A 'l UA CT lSSAG ' TIA'1S'1SSIO f rr1r o l 'I LlTUAl uu All AVTKOllllD su a JSC T SICTIOJI 'UUIIITOI U D INCOMING S Aft CU AIDltC Of flLITAIY J ' tfOIIATIO -' I eor l O DIST IY MESSAGE OC' 1 OP 1 1 DC I TO fOlfAL 110C l0 Vl l 101 T fl UflTULI csu o CllSSlflClTI OI I I I r TYPID IY OC 1 TWI' • o D1t TI ✓ 8 A l6 45 1nong th l areaB complet ly riped off ic tho hondqua --tol•s of the Jap mooo Fil't 1 I zrJY lo'i hi ng but a ·l ot ll waato 'll'h 9 th3 araa uhol'O i s law aa liondny tlOI'nir' • 3tood · Im -oup8 of builciin_ l hou iilc tbo Cc i nd i ng gzooral of thio irey hio otai'i' • - one tho buiJ dinso paraolly destroyed arc tueo rs yon plruri 4 ooo 'co· ovra y 'rc i · ho contcr of the bl lat 20 parcsnt of lhioh iD cnctm to have bean clo itroycd 50 poxcent oi tJrg_ ArtJy ordnance Deyot as m ll as 50 ptJrcont of the Arr r Food Do x ·i 22 000 foot r ey ' ll d 70 por nt ·oi tho lzrr Clothil G I opot 10 oco foot i'r«'I tho contc of tho e plooion ' ' t 1lsorotical mnx1 am1 of i -r lJ quantities c r uronilll l 235 e 'v ml c oner tl' railablc fol' usa in the rcleti ily usad in tho aumo· l oc b Hondcy no lling a x unta to tho i· a guring total equiVl llcnt to co than a 1 000 cco ono millio 'l tans corrad of nrr Our proe cmt lmanledgo• Q rovor lltdto our ability 'i o utilize this v ist at-0ro or margy to but a srr a ll fraction of tho total T'ois fraction is -c o oquiv ilon or froo· 8 000 to 20 000 wns of Tin' by far tho cronwot concentrat cd e looiva _ o ·oo e 13r rol aned by en ll Bn-'Cl3de OOO J al• Tho rocortllllissanco photocra lhs wero ta1 Dn tt en eigbt ho e follo r iJJG the axplo3 l on Another recOslllduo inco t osion that flo r cr -or lloroshu 11 £1vu hours after tho bln st e baclr m th the roport tbat the cit 'l1'll8 otill hidden under a terrific cloud oi snok-c snd dust that rose to a heie lt or ho oco root In tbo original tast or the ata do bOl lb at llm7 ' exico in Juzy tho cloud hnd v lOd in about fiw llo ll D ts persistence ovor lloroshion tbu J indicntod that t ho f of -tho axp osiqn r is conoicorably r roatar rioncoo ll-29 I-low tho bad pnrtici at od in tho largest raidtl o i To l yo and other Ja oso oitioo • aD troll as in tll3 ereat r tida in the i' inal si a£os o t lio Europe3 l phaBG oi' t ho v ur are ll' anicouD in their opinion t uit nothing ovon approacilina tho ofi'eots or tha et0ill1c b 2 i had over boon obsoM'Od by e rry of thel l -poricncod r cconnaissa 'lca r cysrs mo hod visited scenes or bcobing raid3 30veral hours later aro or oim lar opinion Uovor before in thllii' ea'J Crl onoo they aaree had a taraot boon so coop J et ozy hidden by Siganuo clouds of amoks end dus' five hours · follcminc a rllid D ACTJON I - ' t s I C 5 • llC ll'IIS • DCIS ••A • llCIS 0 I CUISll'-1C4TIO I I Paga - ThroeDEC ASS FIEIJ _ l 'Cl 4NJ1 1 T l 1f I •• l • U • Al I al'II 4 1 I I I llQ TIIIITICl l lll fO rw WAI H G 01 A ¥ CXACT COl'Y T 1 1S OF UCfIOlC WUIIIITOI IS 0 C INCOMING c on so c • u o ' flSSAGC A D ITS Tt U SflS S tO ¥ 1 't LTTUA L fLAU t ITULS oc o MESSAGE D IST IT rtiT Alt AVTIOtlllD SU J CT TO YOIUL l'lOClD 1tl TOI T l I S ATlG UAIDl¥G 0 1 YlLTTAIY I I Y101 1 AT10 Y ULICO• U 0 •• • FN-Q l -2 CUSS IF IClT 101 TAT ••• X 'I Tlllt TYP r z IT --- • c i •u I lj lrl tL •uJm I I O ' I cont t I 1 ·· ' J Jl 'l' '01' i'lu'Ula ' details of · -J is oo eath-tn d oz oar Zollor ins 0 b lbo Y loaroo 1 through conve ---sation£ ui tb the lndora oi the fir st nta dc b l b ax- paili tian Col onol Paul ii Tibl ow Jr of lliDni• l'lo -ida Pilot of tho Bnola i ly t la spocinl Jy dooignod B-29 d cl'tOl • Colonol 1n Tibb ltE 1s r otilor £rem t1b ich thv f irut nto Ji o fireball v as dropped tod that he llnd fo - lotton r iacentari y to pu-i l e TICS bli lllt d b r Glt- on ·alfl colored µLIBS83 m g pllid to oach l l8 lher of-W O cla ili 'lf light of several rol Dd in o one • 11 A'IOl'ythtng just turne t idtc in i'ront of ro 11 ha oaid of i'l n i'ra i 11 n t folt lil P c huro· dist nco of thirty foot 11 0 Cul tain RobeX't A IGlrl a tl ont'J-aiX yonr old oo- p i lot ai tho molA City ffilO lO hem i J 28 llazolton Street Ilidgofiald· Park lier Jercoy t ol d thio corro pondon· that • n Tiiian ' io bola Gay '1788 eo ln l in tl10 opp«11to direct ion tho £1 l io s still terrific 11 0 Tho aroa of tho tcx n 1 11 Cor urln Imns oaid 6 looked i w lrvtlgi l it J80 torn apart I haW novor soon ng mo tha' 11 ho ropontod ao 1J ou j1 · o himselt nr h 1va novar Goon onythinc llkD trui- 11 11llhen w tll l'Md our uhip so ro could bo or i roaults · ho conti nuod Hfuor J tn front of our ayeo uns the eroat est OY plos1on ran hns 011or trl tnsssed ' ID city - as · nine-tenths coverod m th 11 911lol -e colucn that in J oso than t hroo o i 'll GOO r •achcd J0 000 fee t 1'17o 'OrG struck o the vie ltr l t far c eci'3d all our Glep ' ctc tio '13 tor • i f'io tho actuoJ oi jlt ca1 l led all of u to f icl Even tJtoi gh expoctod'socs that TIO wre Buck Ro«erc 25th Contuey 17lll'l'iors 11 'a s oloud still lropt cranng lnrgor evon nf'te1• an how ul on r uaro scco 270 m 1 lca UJ r zy i'l'a l1 tho tnrtet Tho pillar of lro r edlod ho ooo foot ri iJig ua y abcn our altitude o ' 32 000 i'oot its m ero colors cont inuinS to Gl1if· urtil uo lost s llt of it · captain ITill 1am s Parsons u s 11 mid pl QyGd a - - lw3jar role in tho cic vol op Jant of 'ilia nta d c bomb and 'Mlnt on tho Ellol4 desc ' ibed i•l as 11a torr il ic apoeta ' J o • Tllo dust n Ca tein Parsons a ai 4 covnrod ovoryt h nt tho baso or tha l oaor part ot fu13 ll lUlbrcx D 4 purpl i ail-gi' dust affair throe trllcs in dimootor tza8 all oUing-thG antil'li area was all bo -J in3 0JJ huge 11hito clou d cot · I I D ACTJON I I I_l I IS • DC OPllS • OC S P• A • OC S tlll ' Pago-F01 ' 0 L 1 -a m'KICAT-JOII · I DEClASS AEQ I c tASSIFJCATI I I 11q TW I TL TI I I r#r Of •ACH G Of A 'I U'A C T r11 r •I SSACt corr A 'D INCOMING rtA ·s u ss to• u u rru L ruu TtXT Al l TO roact SIC TIOlf U U II ITU 21 • t MESSAGE I 1 1 T Ol ATIO ' I' oapc1•atocl fi-oc t l 0 CL ASS IF I J - - · · · C i t TYPID 11' H it A C u I I I ·c cp IT DIS T DC I a 1 1 OC' 1 or TNl o rt rrAtr t l L I CO 'I IU C ll 'I con o Al1T f0111CO SUIJ I C T 'ORUl rt OC lD UH S Afl Gl'A lbll C UC ITU LI C'c n o ITS of tha nusiu'ooo 11nd r ant up rd 'i·hon a second 1iliw cl oud r ooo inw tho cir -mi c tartod chasing tl o i'irat one 0 Too i u ilu-OCD top - rs ru oo boilinr e s aot hil13 turculen· naas · 'l'nc hroo1 Gr lO CC 1•onc ctl our olti tuda-thon moths ' r iushrooo cnoo 1 p ru ao vary tll 'bulont T r oro _uao loo anot 1cr column o£ soolta off to on sido ciii'i'e ' lnt in character fro tho na in ona at a r 01-t ' fiW dogree llJlGl o £ ron tll i round rt i ru i like a _b nrnin f'iro end OOOtlCd - sottl9 hlc ' to elU't h ro n 11 1 c pu J lc cloudll nnd 8 lO to r ere d lirli cg lll'OU 1d It ocaoocl n o ·iho 'i t ho uhccl tcr n aot pulvorii ed 11 Xi' tho Jape say a cotGor h is hit then Captain Par ionn -Med om• mll bo ttre hav-o C illJ'1Y t 8 u lor l thio ono c imo from• • l llSl'rCT L oa ntims nt t hi o advancod nt El c bo ib b 13o caqi f ov-orioh c ctiv Lt ie c in or t o convirlbo the JaJ llMOO u$ lita ry cllquo - t tlloy my eY pCCt ro to co 'll9 i f t hey porsiat in ihoi - ref'u lcl t o acccp' tho 'ot Jdan ourrondor term At too tioo prop ir ltiono ll- '8 going on to ini'om tho Japcnooo pecplo 0£ r hat i i in sto - o for thee unJ o3s thoy ootition tueir om or to ond tho lfnro · Tt- o rollorrll g in o tent 1t i•10 te ci of a lca l8't cdcirosSE d th tho s o peoplo that trill dropped by t ho m lliO l9 over Ja rrlthi n tho noxt tbir'GY'-llix hours 11 r rico n ilw tluit ycr i · iko L l ediata _head or tlhat oo - on thio loofla·i ''iic ere in posoo9 Jion o tho r icst ciootruotivo o cplooiva e -er dovised by m lll s in µo c io of our n w dovaloped atcoie b ooo t ie nctual Jy tho oq1 tim1l ent in o lo-oivo pa -or to r iut 2000 of 01ll' c1nnt 0-29 1s cnn carry on a oincJ o m I Bsion 'l'hio awful foot ic 01 s f o r 'OU to pondal• e s0lotmly Oll 1ll'O you it I a nccumto nr o h111ro jUSt bec un to uso thio t1a11pon aeainat your hCE e d If you still havo - cioubt1 mko inquil'y ns to · 111ai i appanod to 11 rosiW lll when j1IDt ona ntcmc baab foll on t 'iat city neroro USin'J th b Xlb to dostroy ovecy rooourcs of tho ttllitary o ilich · ioy a te iroloncina hio UDol ess uor tro cslt you · 110 t y-ou nOif pats tion tho oapcror to end D AC TJO M I s I ' C S • DC 'Q '115 • llC'S PU • llC'S II 0 T - t CLAISlf lCAf l 11 1 I r#t WA f G OT T III S o •F SSAGI ri o ·s •r ss ro 110 Twu q ra ut ro•u corr A ¥ CIA CT SIC TtOl'f UllUTOI U 1 1 C rs rur LITUAl INCOMING ' ''' oc 1 a 11 MESSAGE TllT All AUT I OllltD S UIJJI CT TO YOl fAL oc tD Ul t IOI TRt S A1l0 V AIDl G 01 l ' frOI IAT O Y nuco• o c DECLASSla u I IILFTAIY tLUSIFltm o• I oc I n Tnr r ·r r COP T 1 0 n - - -D IST TY Pl D - n lo C I •o fl'ftTIAt S c• 11 o r A u1111cr I' ' JnS -06-21 oom jtcl ·- I tho m - Cm• •ooidcnt ila o OE Gl incd fo c· you · be t hL W ' lll co Jo 1u orcos oi i 1 · t O'J I l dor Vlo lli 60 t ia·G you accept · 103a cor r qu nc o m- cl · 'J - tn - · • · i 1 - ' · Cl 1101'1 ixl' ' I Jr Glld CllCO·•lon r g Jcy i 1ou ohou t cl tako o'o opa 11071 to CO ' EO ru 11' ary '03i 5 t n c Ct- 1c mOO ' ·JJ rosoluto oq ley thio 'bor ib md ell our o· oupo1•io · t ' l 1po 1J 'i o r r cr Jl' l • c l i'c · fulJ y d ·Uio mi r 11 D I I ACT JOH Pa Sn l I I CIS • DC IIPltS • DC S PU • DC 5 11 DECLASSIFIED ·o I cuall 'I TJll'f I I I I HON I u en• • ft •o