<P> Edwin O. Reischauer, a Japan expert for the U.S. Army Intelligence Service, was incorrectly said to have prevented the bombing of Kyoto . In his autobiography, Reischauer specifically refuted this claim: </P> <P>... the only person deserving credit for saving Kyoto from destruction is Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War at the time, who had known and admired Kyoto ever since his honeymoon there several decades earlier . </P> <P> On May 30, Stimson asked Groves to remove Kyoto from the target list due to its historical, religious and cultural significance, but Groves pointed to its military and industrial significance . Stimson then approached President Harry S. Truman about the matter . Truman agreed with Stimson, and Kyoto was temporarily removed from the target list . Groves attempted to restore Kyoto to the target list in July, but Stimson remained adamant . On July 25, Nagasaki was put on the target list in place of Kyoto . It was a major military port, one of Japan's largest shipbuilding and repair centers, and an important producer of naval ordnance . </P> <P> In early May 1945, the Interim Committee was created by Stimson at the urging of leaders of the Manhattan Project and with the approval of Truman to advise on matters pertaining to nuclear energy . During the meetings on May 31 and June 1, scientist Ernest Lawrence had suggested giving the Japanese a non-combat demonstration . Arthur Compton later recalled that: </P>

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