We can end this war. MORRISON: But how do we justify using this weapon on human beings? - (murmurs of assent) - (scattered applause)
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ROBERT: Well done.
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And Chevalier went into exile.
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(somber music continues)
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KISTIAKOWSKY: Yeah.
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It's just it was all so very long ago, - Mr. Robb, wasn't it? - Not really. Long enough to have forgotten. Did you return the card or rip it up? The card whose existence I've forgotten? Your Communist Party membership card. Haven't the slightest idea.
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- Is that... - ROBERT: Mrs. Serber, yes. I've offered jobs to all the wives. Admin, librarians, computation. We cut down on staff, keep families together. - Are these women qualified? - ROBERT: Don't be absurd. These are some of the brightest minds in our community. And they're already security cleared. I've informed General Groves you've been holding cross-divisional open discussions - on a nightly basis. - Shut them down. Compartmentalization is the key to maintaining security... CONDON: It's only the top men. Who presumably communicate with subordinates. These men aren't stupid. - They can be discreet. - I don't like it. You don't like anything enough for that to be a fair test.
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SERBER: We can now consider the actual mechanics of detonation. ROBERT: Any ideas? SERBER: I call this "shooting." We fire a chunk of fissionable material into a larger sphere with enough force to achieve criticality. What do we think? Anyone? TOLMAN: I've been thinking about implosion. Explosives around the sphere blast inwards, - crushing the material. - (blasting) I'd like to investigate that idea. I'll talk to Ordnance, get you blowing things up.
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9s
There's no kitchen. Really? We'll fix that. (gripping music continues)
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(mutters indistinctly)
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Condon, put Mrs. Hornig here on the plutonium team.
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7s
I tried Personnel. They asked if I could type. Can you? Harvard forgot to teach that on the graduate chemistry course.
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- FERMI: Oppie. - Dr. Fermi. (greets in Italian) I hear you got a little town. Yes. Come and see. (Szilard scoffs) Who could think straight in a place like that? Huh? Everybody will go crazy. Thank you for the vote of confidence, Szilard. Do we really... do we really need that in the notes? When are you going to try it out? We did. The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Didn't Groves tell you? No. (crackling) (Robert exhales) GUARD: One at a time, please, one at a time. Dr. Oppenheimer?
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They put it under the football stadium? The field's not in use anymore. Just as well.
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LLOYD GARRISON: General Groves, were you aware of Dr. Oppenheimer's left-wing associations when you appointed him? GROVES: I was aware that there were suspicions about him. I was aware he had a very extreme liberal background. In your opinion, would he ever consciously commit a disloyal act? I would be amazed if he did. GARRISON: So you had complete confidence in his integrity. At Los Alamos, yes, which is where I really knew him. General, did your security officers on the project advise you against the clearance of Dr. Oppenheimer? They could not and would not clear him until I insisted. And it's safe to say that you had a pretty good knowledge of Dr. Oppenheimer's security file. GROVES: I did. Well, then there's only really one question I need answered here today. In light of the current AEC guidelines, would you clear Dr. Oppenheimer today? Do you have the guidelines? ROBB: Under current AEC guidelines, would you clear Dr. Oppenheimer today? - (birds chirping) - (rooster crowing)
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So you could control me. Well, I'm not that subtle. I'm just a humble soldier. You're neither humble nor just a soldier. You studied engineering at MIT. Guilty as charged. Well, now we understand each other, perhaps you can get me my security clearance so I can perform this miracle for you.
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13.9s
I was just kidding. (chuckles) - No, he hates me, not America. - You know, General, not everyone has levers to pull like mine. I don't think I understand. You didn't hire me despite my left-wing past. You hired me because of it.
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7s
- Dr. Lawrence. - Leslie. I'd like to remind you what we talked about in Berkeley. Compartmentalization. I understand completely.