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1m4s
As I said, Teller's designs are still as impractical as they were during the war. A hydrogen bomb can be made to work, Oppie, you know that. I don't believe we should commit all our resources to that chance. Then how would you have Truman reassure the American people? Simply by limiting the spread of atomic weapons through international control on nuclear energy. By which you mean world government? The United Nations as Roosevelt intended. Well, I... I asked what Truman should do, right? The world's changed, it's not fascism but Communism that now threatens our survival. Lewis, do you understand, if we build a hydrogen bomb, the Russians will have no choice but to build their own? Could they be working on one already? Based on information gathered from a spy at Los Alamos. No spy at Los Alamos. - Gentlemen. - There wasn't? Let's not get sidetracked. I say we use this moment to gain concessions from the Russians by committing that we will not build a hydrogen bomb. Thereby revealing its existence. Which you seem convinced they already know. (clears throat) All right. At this point, I'd like the committee members to meet in privacy to finalize our recommendations.
Oppenheimer
33.4s
Its only intended target would be the largest cities. It's a weapon of mass genocide. Izzy, draw some circles on this side of the map where they would target us. - Starting with New York. D.C. - RABI: That's fair. It's a weapon of attack with no defensive value. - Deterrence. - BUSH: "Deterrence"? Do we really need more deterrence than our current arsenal of atomic bombs? Y-You drown in ten feet of water or-or 10,000, - what's the difference? - (rhythmic stomping) We can already drown Russia. They know it. - And now they can drown us. - So we're just escalating... (stomping intensifying) (discussion continues indistinctly)
Oppenheimer
28.2s
ROBB: So the Super was under development on your watch at Los Alamos? Yes. ROBB: And yet, after the war, you tried to deny it was viable. No, no, no. I... I pointed out technical difficulties with it. You... Didn't you try to kill it at the AEC meeting - after the Russian bomb test? - No. ROBB: But that was the recommendation of the AEC, - was it not? - After hours of discussion about the best response. An H-bomb is 1,000 times the power of an A-bomb.
Oppenheimer
1m1s
Oppie, I don't think you want to go up against Strauss. If we both speak, they listen to me. When you speak, they hear a prophet. When Strauss speaks, they hear themselves. They'll listen to a prophet. A prophet can't be wrong. Not once. SENATOR McGEE: Didn't you accuse Oppenheimer of sabotaging the development of the Super? I was never one of those to bandy around terms like "sabotage." SENATOR McGEE: But Mr. Borden was? As I understand it, possibly. How was Mr. Borden able to put together such a detailed indictment? He was no longer a government employee, yet he appears to have had unlimited access to Dr. Oppenheimer's file. Might Mr. Nichols have given him access to the file? Or someone else, at the AEC? That's a very serious accusation, Senator. Is it your intention to suggest that Dr. Oppenheimer is disloyal to the United States? 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. ROBB: Do you or do you not believe that Dr. Oppenheimer is a security risk?
Oppenheimer
36.9s
SERBER: Donald, would you like to contribute here? Please, help me out. HORNIG: You're on your own, pal. Bob, I'm not quitting my job because plutonium is radioactive. We just don't know what it might do to the female reproductive system... Your reproductive system is more exposed than mine, presumably. Can we please? The implosion device is nowhere. Hey, you can't rush everything. - Oppie, please. - Well, there's rushing and there's getting on with it, so pick one. Wait. Neddermeyer's doing his job. Teller's not helping. You're not helping. I've been asking for calculations on the implosion lenses for weeks. The British can do it. Fuchs. Absolutely. It's your job, Teller. I'm engaged in research. On a hydrogen bomb we're not even building. (others laughing)
Oppenheimer
15.9s
PHILIP MORRISON: And if I may, when Hitler blew his brains out in that bunker, it's my humble opinion that there is no need for that bomb to be seen anywhere - except for that test site. - (applause) HORNIG: But we at least have to take a moment to think about whether the means justify the ends any longer, because...
Oppenheimer
25.5s
Just tell me your concerns, and I'll relay them. My concerns? Germany's defeated. Japan's not going to hold out alone. How could you know that? You got us into this. You and Einstein with your letter to Roosevelt - saying we could build a bomb. - (scoffs) Against Germany. That's not how weapons manufacture works, Szilard. SZILARD: Oppie, you have to help. ROBERT: Fermi's in the meeting. - Lawrence is in the meeting. - They're not you. You're the great salesman of science. You can convince anyone of anything.
Oppenheimer
26.1s
You're a long way from Chicago, Leo. If we don't act now, they're going to use this thing against Japan. We booked a meeting with Truman, but somebody killed it. You're meeting the Secretary of War. Just because we're building it, doesn't mean we get to decide how it's used. History will judge us, Robert. In Chicago, we put together a petition. I'm not... I'm not getting into that. (clattering) (sighs)
Oppenheimer