赫尔利charged Truman with inventing "mythical conferences, mythical fierce
speeches and synthetic quotations." (杜鲁门捏造出虚幻的会议、虚幻的激烈演说和伪造的引文)。魏德迈也另外发文谴责杜鲁门造谣:“It is not correct”。载《生活》Feb.13, 1956。《生活》此前连载杜鲁门回忆录。查谷歌,可以看到这期《生活》的preview。
对此,《时代》作了报道:The first volume of Harry Truman's memoirs, serialized in LIFE, brought
denials from Henry Wallace, ex-Secretary of State James Byrnes, ex-Attorney General Francis Biddle and ex-Foreign Economic Administrator Leo Crowley. This week the first installment of Mr. Truman's second volume brought denials from Bernard Baruch, General Albert Wedemeyer and onetime Ambassador Patrick Hurley. 前副总统、前国务卿、前司法部长、前对外经济管理局长、前总统顾问Baruch、魏得迈将军和赫尔利大使都对杜鲁门的回忆进行否认。