You helped save a lot of American lives. What we did at Hiroshima was a... And Nagasaki. Well, obviously. Your invention let us bring our boys home. Well, it was hardly my invention. It was you on the cover of Time. (both chuckling) Jim tells me you're concerned about an arms race with the Soviets. Uh, yes, uh...
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(Truman clears throat) TRUMAN: Don't let that crybaby back in here.
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Um... Dr. Oppenheimer, (sighs) if what you say about the Soviets is true, we have to build up Los Alamos, not shut it down.
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That's it? Robert, we've given them an ace, it's for them to play the hand.
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I thought they would call. It's only the 5th. In Japan, it's the 6th.
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(disquieting music playing) You think anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki gives a shit who built the bomb? They care who dropped it. I did. Hiroshima isn't about you.
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Try Groves.
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What 'bout the radiation cloud? Without high winds, it should settle within two to three miles. Evacuation measures are in place. But we need good weather for visibility, so it has to be fine.
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We're theorists, yes? PEOPLE: Yes. Yep. We imagine a future and our imaginings horrify us.
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Once it's used... nuclear war, perhaps all war... becomes unthinkable. Until somebody builds a bigger bomb.
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If you do decide to appeal, then they'll have to send you a copy. (unsettling music playing)
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SENATE AIDE: Well, there were, uh, a couple of unexpected holdouts. (solemn music playing)
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Charlotte? CHARLOTTE: Truman's on the radio.
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Anything?
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Oppie's taken a very modest three kilotons. - Teller's in with 45. - RABI: 20. Twenty thousand tons of TNT, and does anyone want the side action - on atmospheric ignition? - (all laughing)