Postwar Political Developments- The Americas (IB Review)
Presidents (Truman- Ike)
April 12, 1945:
death of FDR
Harry Truman
becomes pres.
after 4 days as VP
Relations between President FDR
and his new Vice President was
distant. FDR considered Truman
an outsider and would not give him
access to sensitive information.
This was evident when the
Secretary of State told Truman of
the bomb after he took office