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Document-18-Unattributed-memorandum-Impressions

Jul 1, 1946

Unattributed memorandum, "Impressions of Observers at Bikini", n.d. [circa July 1946], Secret.

Source

Record Group 59, Records of the Department of State, Records of the Special Assistant to the Secretary for Atomic Energy and Outer Space, General Records Relating to Atomic Energy Matters, 1948-1962, box 77, 18. Weapons: 12. Testing: g. Proving Grounds-Bikini-General.

Jun 20, 1946

Captain E. J. Hakansson to Lt. Colonel Leigh C. Fairbank, Corps of Engineers, Military Operations Division, Manhattan Project Headquarters, War Department, “Measurement of the Residual Radiation Intensity at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Sites, report on, forwarding of,” 20 June 1946, Secret

Source

RG 77, Reports Pertaining to the Effects of the Atomic Bomb 1945-1946, box 90

Document-13-Memorandum-from-W-J-Penney-to-Rear

Jun 19, 1946

Memorandum from W. J. Penney to Rear Admiral Parsons et al., "Height of Water Column in Test Baker; Relationship to Radioactive Hazards; Quick Estimate of Damage in Test Baker", 19 June 1946.

Source

UCLA Library Special Collections, Stafford Leak Warren Papers, 1917-1980, box 74, folder 1.

May 29, 1946

Captain C[lifton] G. Grimes, Chief, Naval Technical Mission to Japan, to Chief of Naval Operations, “Miscellaneous Targets [-] Atomic Bombs, Nagasaki and Hiroshima Article 2 Medical Effects, Supplementary Studies,” 29 May 1946, Index No. X-28-2, Top Secret

Source

NARA, Record Group 38, Records of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Technical Mission to Japan, box 6.

May 29, 1946

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NARA, Record Group 38, Records of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Technical Mission to Japan, box 6.

May 29, 1946

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NARA, Record Group 38, Records of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Technical Mission to Japan, box 6.

Document-12-Statement-by-Federation-of-American

May 26, 1946

Statement by Federation of American Scientists, "Scientists Comment on Bikini Atoll Tests," For Sunday Release, May 26, 1946 [Article by Louis Ridenour not included].

Source

RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Records of the Special Assistant to the Secretary for Atomic Energy and Outer Space, General Records Relating to Atomic Energy Matters, 1948-1962, box 37, 16. U. S. Government 11. Navy Test 1946-1952.

May 18, 1946

Louis Hempelmann, “Hazards of the 100-Ton Test at Trinity,” 18 May 1946, Secret (Excerpt from L. H. Hempelmann, Preparation and Operational Plan of Medical Group (TR-7) for Nuclear Explosion 16 July 1945,” Secret, 13 June 1947

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Federation of American Scientists

May 18, 1946

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Federation of American Scientists

May 7, 1946

U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships, "Radiological Hazard from Contamination of Ships' Distilling Plants, Condensers, Heat Exchangers, and other Apparatus Employing Salt Water Cooling", 7 May 1946.

Source

UCLA Library Special Collections, Stafford Leak Warren Papers, 1917-1980, box 73, folder 13.

Document-10-Robert-Oppenheimer-to-President

May 3, 1946

Robert Oppenheimer to President Truman, 3 May 1946, Secret.

Source

Apr 19, 1946

Captain Henry L. Barnett to Colonel Stafford Warren, “Final Report of Findings of the Manhattan District Atomic Bomb Investigating Groups at Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” 19 April 1946, Secret

Source

RG 77, General Administrative Files: Reports Pertaining to the Effects of the Atomic Bomb, 1945–1946, box 90, MED Atomic Bomb Investigating Groups: “Final Report of MED Atomic Bomb Investigation Group at Hiroshima and Nagasaki”

Document-09-Vice-Admiral-W-H-P-Blandy-to-All

Apr 2, 1946

Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy to All Personnel in Task Force One, "Publicity Regarding Operation CROSSROADS," 2 April 1946.

Source

National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Ships, Record Group 19 (RG 19), Records Relating to Operation "Crossroads," box 5, A9 Reports.

Apr 1946

Volume III

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National Archives Still Pictures Unit, 77-VH (copy available also in RG 77, box 93)

Apr 1946

“Physical Damage Hiroshima, Japan, Prepared by Major Noland Varley,” n.d. [Circa April 1946], Volume I, Secret

Source

National Archives Still Pictures Unit, 77-VH (copy available also in RG 77, box 93)

Apr 1946

Volume II

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Note: The photos in these two volumes are slightly warped from sitting in an archival box for decades. They do not make optimum reproductions when using an overhead scanner such as ScanSnap.