Lot of three historically significant signed items includes: a souvenir typescript, 8.5 x 11, three pages,”The White House Press Release On Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, Statement by the President of the United States,” which reads, in part: “Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese army base. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British ‘Grand Slam’ which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare…I shall recommend that the Congress consider promptly the establishment of an appropriate commission to control the production and use of atomic power…” signed at the conclusion by “Paul W. Tibbets, 4-27-88” in blue ink and “Thomas W. Ferebee, 6/10/88” in black ink’; and, a typed four-page excerpt from H.G. Wells’ 1914 The World Set Free, in which he envisioned a world using atomic bombs for war and peace, signed on the first page by “Paul W. Tibbets, 4-27-88” in blue ink and “Thomas W. Ferebee, 6/10/88” in black ink; and, an eight-page manuscript entitled “The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 20 June 1946, How the Atomic Bomb Works,” signed on the last page by “Paul W. Tibbets, 4-27-88” in blue ink and “Thomas W. Ferebee, 6/10/88” in black ink. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and paper clip impressions to the top borders of each. R&R COA.
