GARRISON: Dr. Oppenheimer had no responsibility in the selection or the clearance of Klaus Fuchs, did he? No. None at all. And you wouldn't want to leave this board with any suggestion today that you're here questioning his basic loyalty to the United States in the operation of Los Alamos? By no means. I hope I didn't lead anyone to believe otherwise for an instant. GRAY: Thank you, General. (wistful music playing)
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All right. Good night.
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That'll work. Those were your words from the other day. We needed to pivot. But how would you know what Time magazine's gonna write? Henry Luce is a friend.
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It's gonna come down to how much influence Borden's been able to exert on Teller. - (Kitty laughing) - Did I say something funny? Just "Borden, Borden, Borden" when we all know that it's Strauss. Lewis brought me to Princeton, Kitty. And then you humiliated him in front of Congress. But more useful than a sandwich. (laughter)
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Read the words.
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- I'd love to introduce you. - No need.
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(pensive music playing) Did you have a Communist Party membership card?
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Christ's sake. (door slams) It wasn't Nichols or Hoover or one of Truman's guys. It was you. You gave the file to Borden. You set him on Oppenheimer. - You convinced him to... - (loudly): Borden... (in normal tone): didn't take any convincing. NICHOLS: Take your time, use the entire file. Write up your conclusion, send them to the FBI. The material is obviously extensive, but there's nothing new here. STRAUSS: Your conclusions will be. And they'll have to be answered. Hoover passes them to McCarthy? Oppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown. I've talked it over with Hoover, he'll hold McCarthy at bay while you do this with the AEC. - A trial. - No. No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform. You can't martyr him. We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security. Then what?
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Anything less, they won't get what it is. What did Fermi mean by "atmospheric ignition"? Well, we had a moment where it looked like the chain reaction from an atomic device might never stop.
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No. Because of the personal vindictiveness he demonstrated against Dr. Oppenheimer. (people exclaiming) - MAGNUSON: Order. - (gavel banging) Order! It appears to most scientists around this country that Robert Oppenheimer is now being pilloried and put through an ordeal because he expressed his honest opinions. Dr. Bush, I thought I was performing a service to my country when hearing this case. No board in this country should sit in judgment of a man because he expressed strong opinions. If you want to try that case, you should try me. Excuse me, gentlemen, if I become stirred, but I am. Dr. Hill, we've already heard that Mr. Strauss did not bring the charges or participate in the hearings against Dr. Oppenheimer. The Oppenheimer matter was initiated and carried through largely through the animus of Lewis Strauss. (people exclaim) Oppenheimer made mincemeat out of Strauss's position on the shipment of isotopes to Norway, and Strauss never forgave him this public humiliation. Another controversy between them centered around their differences in judgment on how the H-bomb would contribute to national security. Strauss turned to the personnel security system in order to destroy Oppenheimer's effectiveness, and Strauss was able to find a few ambitious men who also disagreed with Oppenheimer's positions and envied him his prestige in government circles. TELLER: I've always assumed, and still assume, that he's loyal to the United States. I believe this. And I shall believe it until I see very conclusive proof to the opposite. Do you or do you not believe that Dr. Oppenheimer is a security risk?
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ROBERT: Los Alamos.
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The biggest man-made explosion in history. Now let's calculate how much more destructive it would have been if it were a nuclear and not a chemical reaction. Expressing power in terms of tons of TNT. But it will be thousands. Well, then kilotons.
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FRANK: Ground zero observation posts at 10,000 yards north, south and west. - Where do we trigger from? - Uh, south 10,000. And base camp is ten miles south, here. And there's a further observation post on-on that hill 20 miles away. What's that, Frank? Trigger lines already went in. The Air Force requested a line of lights for their B-29. What B-29? Our bomb's on the tower. FRANK: They want to use the test to confirm a safe operating distance. That's risky. Not as risky as dropping one over Japan and hoping that we were right about the blast radius. Don't let them slow us down, we're firing on the 15th. - The 15th? That's not... - GROVES: The 15th. The 15th.
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We're just denying.
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I don't know how to say this. I'm... I'm ashamed to ask. CHEVALIER: Anything. Take Peter. - Sure. - No, for-for a while, Hoke. A while.
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This is fantasy. Teller's calculations can't be right. Do them yourself while I go to Princeton. - What for? - To talk to Einstein. Well, there's not much common ground between you two. That's why I should get his view. (birds chirping)
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Ninety seconds to detonation. Is it rubbed in? Yeah.