the numbers of the white corpuscles.

Only several cases are known to me personally where individuals who did
not have external burns later died. Father Kleinsorge and Father
Cieslik, who were near the center of the explosion, but who did not
suffer burns became quite weak some fourteen days after the explosion.
Up to this time small incised wounds had healed normally, but
thereafter the wounds which were still unhealed became worse and are to
date (in September) still incompletely healed. The attending physician
diagnosed it as leucopania. There thus seems to be some truth in the
statement that the radiation had some effect on the blood. I am of the
opinion, however, that their generally undernourished and weakened
condition was partly responsible for these findings. It was noised
about that the ruins of the city emitted deadly rays and that workers
who went there to aid in the clearing died, and that the central
district would be uninhabitable for some time to come. I have my
doubts as to whether such talk is true and myself and others who worked
in the ruined area for some hours shortly after the explosion suffered
no such ill effects.

None of us in those days heard a single outburst against the Americans
on the part of the Japanese, nor was there any evidence of a vengeful
spirit. The Japanese suffered this terrible blow as part of the
fortunes of war ... something to be borne without complaint. During
this, war, I have noted relatively little hatred toward the allies on
the part of the people themselves, although the press has taken
occasion to stir up such feelings. After the victories at the
beginning of the war, the enemy was rather looked down upon, but when
allied offensive gathered momentum and especially after the advent of
the majestic B-29's, the technical skill of America became an object of
wonder and admiration.

The following anecdote indicates the spirit of the Japanese: A few days
after the atomic bombing, the secretary of the University came to us
asserting that the Japanese were ready to destroy San Francisco by
means of an equally effective bomb. It is dubious that he himself
believed what he told us. He merely wanted to impress upon us
foreigners that the Japanese were capable of similar discoveries. In
his nationalistic pride, he talked himself into believing this. The
Japanese also intimated that the principle of the new bomb was a
Japanese discovery. It was only lack of raw