Truman cabled on 20 April that he did not see the communiqué he had signed as obligating the United States to assist Britain in designing, constructing and operating an atomic energy plant.
杜鲁门4月20日向艾德礼拍发电报，表示他不认为他们共同签署的公报使美国负有协助英国设计、建造、运营原子能工厂的义务。