Prior to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, Prime Minister King was not considered a racist. He seemed concerned for humanity and was against the use of the atomic bomb and even its creation. When King learned of the estimated date of the bomb dropping, he wrote in his diary: "It makes one very sad at heart to think of the loss of life that it bomb will occasion among innocent people as well as those that are guilty". Historians, however, point to King's specific diary entry on August 6, 1945, when referring to King's racism toward the Japanese. On August 6, King wrote in his diary: