赫爾利charged Truman with inventing "mythical conferences, mythical fierce
speeches and synthetic quotations." （杜魯門捏造出虛幻的會議、虛幻的激烈演說和偽造的引文）。魏德邁也另外發文譴責杜魯門造謠：“It is not correct”。載《生活》Feb.13, 1956。《生活》此前連載杜魯門回憶錄。查谷歌，可以看到這期《生活》的preview。

對此，《時代》作了報道：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. 前副總統、前國務卿、前司法部長、前對外經濟管理局長、前總統顧問Baruch、魏得邁將軍和赫爾利大使都對杜魯門的回憶進行否認。