The Main Reason President Harry Truman Did Not Realize That

Multiple Choice

The main reason President Harry Truman did not realize that the Japanese government was interested in negotiating a peace settlement just before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima is ________.

A) the Japanese did not respond to the Potsdam Declaration
B) the Japanese sent him a message he couldn't understand
C) government bureaucrats in Washington misplaced the message
D) the Japanese Prime Minister was opposed to peace
E) it was the weekend