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The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada.
Jan 17, 2014 · During World War II, Conant was part of the scientist-administrator cabal that launched the National Defense Research Committee, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and the Manhattan Project.
- Background on the U.S. Atomic Project. Documents 1A-C: Report of the Uranium Committee. Document 1A. Arthur H. Compton, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Atomic Fission, to Frank Jewett, President, National Academy of Sciences, 17 May 1941, Secret.
- Targeting Japan. Document 7. Commander F. L. Ashworth to Major General L.R. Groves, “The Base of Operations of the 509th Composite Group,” February 24, 1945, Top Secret.
- Debates on Alternatives to First Use and Unconditional Surrender. Document 22. Memorandum from Arthur B. Compton to the Secretary of War, enclosing “Memorandum on `Political and Social Problems,’ from Members of the `Metallurgical Laboratory’ of the University of Chicago,” June 12, 1945, Secret.
- The Japanese Search for Soviet Mediation. Documents 39A-B: Magic. Document 39A. William F. Friedman, Consultant (Armed Forces Security Agency), “A Short History of U.S. COMINT Activities,” 19 February 1952, Top Secret.
Bush and Conant convinced President Roosevelt to limit collaboration with Britain, who had initially been leading the race to the bomb. This decision, coupled with increased commitment to the...
Sep 7, 2017 · The scientific credit for that typically goes to hands-on researchers such as Oppenheimer, but Conant established many important structural elements of the Manhattan Project.
- Alex Wellerstein
- awellers@stevens.edu
- 2017
Bush headed the National Defense Research Council (NDRC), created in June 1940, to coordinate research into fission and fission weapons. In June 1941, the new Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) took control of bomb research. Conant led it with the NDRC subsumed under it.
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Mar 1, 1994 · Conant was at or near the center of events in World War II and the Cold War. As the administrator of the Manhattan Project, he provided the liaison between the White House, the military and the scientists.
