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There was no specific final decision to drop either bomb on Japan. Truman's authorization to the US Army Airforce was simply to drop the bombs as soon as possible after receipt of the weapons from Los Alamos. This was a blanket order covering all 23 bombs scheduled for production in 1945 as well as any made later until Japan surrendered. Los Alamos delivered the third atomic bomb to the Army Airforce in San Francisco on August 18, 1945 but as Japan had already surrendered 4 days earlier, it was returned to Los Alamos. The other 20 bombs were scheduled for production as follows: September - 3, October - 3, November - 7, December - 7.

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