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If you are referring to the nuclear bomb, it was dropped over Japan in World War 2 and not the cold war. Those bombs were authorized by President Truman.

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The atomic bombs were dropped in the Truman's administration back in august 1945.

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Harry Truman authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb.

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