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HST MEMOIRS.
Apr. 12, 1945: After Cabinet met, HST says
Stimson remained and told him he wanted Truman
"to know about an immense project that was
under way - a project looking to the development
of a new explosive of almost unbelievable
destructive power." HST says it left him
puzzled, that "it was the first bit of informa-
tion that had come to me about the atomic bomb
but he gave me no details." He says it was not
until the next day that he was told enough to
give him some understanding of the developments
under way.
Tells also how "many months before, as part
of the work of the Committee toInvestgate the
National Defense Program, of whch he was chairman
hes sent investigators into Tennessee and to
the state of Washington to find out what certàin
enormous constructions were and what thàr
purpose was. Stimson then came tp see him and
said he could not tell Truman what it was, but
it was the greatest project in hisory of the
world and was most top secret. As a result
Truman says he called off his investigators.
The next day, Truman writes, James F. Byrnes
came to see him and told him a few details - that
they were perfecting an explosive great enough
to destroy the whole world. (Check Byrnes version
in his book).
He says Leahy was with him at the time and
that Leahy predicted the bomb never would go off.
Truman also says it was later "When
Vannevar Bush, head of the Office of Scientific
Research and Development came to the White
House, that I was given a scientist's version of
the atomic bomb." (Check appointments and date
when Bush came to White house) (Also Check Leahy's
bok and version."
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