Memo from J. Robert Oppenheimer to all members of the Los Alamos Laboratory, 1945
- 1945-Aug-08
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) passes along a message from Robert P. Patterson (1891-1952) to the staff of the Los Alamos Laboratory. The message congratulates the team for their work on the Manhattan Project in the immediate aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima.
With the message from Patterson, Oppenheimer attaches another message to the staff stressing the need to maintain secrecy about the Manhattan Project despite the public announcement of its existence.
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert. “Memo from J. Robert Oppenheimer to All Members of the Los Alamos Laboratory, 1945,” August 8, 1945. Papers of Richard W. Dodson, Box 5, Folder 11. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/gy0kcr2.
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