Organization
Interim Committee
Secret U.S. committee of 1945 that advised on how to use the atomic bomb.
- Dates
- 1945
- Wikidata
- Q4353134
Connections 4
members
- Enrico Fermi scientific adviser Primary record 1
- Ernest Lawrence scientific adviser Primary record 1
- J. Robert Oppenheimer scientific adviser Primary record 1
part of
- United States government Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 1945 Interim Committee
Proof 1 source
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Manhattan Project: Debate Over How to Use the Bomb, Late Spring 1945, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet), 1999.
Primary record
Robert Oppenheimer , Enrico Fermi , Arthur Compton , and Ernest Lawrence served as scientific advisors
At the May 31 meeting, Lawrence suggested that a demonstration of the atomic bomb might possibly convince the Japanese to surrender.
formed an Interim Committee of top officials charged with recommending the proper use of atomic weapons in wartime
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