... productive.21 Potsdam had originally been scheduled to take place earlier, but the Americans delayed it until July 16, 1945 because this was the same day the atomic bomb was to be tested.22 The United States Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, advised Truman to offer an atomic partnership to the Soviets in exchange for concessions in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.23 However ... agreement, and began to consider simply conceding to the Soviets their sphere of influence. He was restrained however by John Dulles, the leading Republican at the conference. Dulles warned Byrnes that if he were t...

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