This collection contains documents related to the development of atomic weapons and an atomic weapons program by the United States after World War II. Supporting materials include photographs and oral histories.
The Development of an Atomic Weapons Program Following World War II
Documents
1945
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Letter from Senator Brien McMahon to President Harry S. Truman, December 21, 1945 (NAID: 310988375)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Committee Personnel (NAID: 750546)
1946
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Message from the President's Evaluation Committee to President Harry S. Truman, July 29, 1946 (NAID: 310989409)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Bikini (NAID: 750562)
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Message from the Joint Chiefs of Staff Atomic Test Evaluation Board to President Harry S. Truman, July 30, 1946 (NAID: 310989399)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Bikini (NAID: 750562)
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White House Press Release, July 11, 1946 (NAID: 310989396)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Bikini (NAID: 750562)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Carl Hatch with Attachment, July 1946 (NAID: 310989381)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Bikini (NAID: 750562)
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Letter from Senator Carl Hatch to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, July 6, 1946 (NAID: 310989375)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Bikini (NAID: 750562)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Carl Hatch, April 1946 (NAID: 310989337)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum from William Rigdon to Matthew Connelly, April 3, 1946 (NAID: 310989335)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum from Edward Hidalgo to Commodore James Vardaman with Attachment, April 2, 1946 (NAID: 310989328)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum to President Harry S. Truman, March 15, 1946 (NAID: 310989326)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum from Admiral William H. P. Blandy to Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, March 14, 1946 (NAID: 310989323)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to President Harry S. Truman, February 12, 1946 (NAID: 310989320)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, February 1946 (NAID: 310989317)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Brien McMahon, February 1946 (NAID: 310989313)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum from Secretary of War Robert Patterson and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Related Material (NAID: 310989303)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Miscellaneous (NAID: 750561)
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Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson, with Attached Letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to President Harry S. Truman, May 1946 (NAID: 310989226)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: General (NAID: 750560)
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Memorandum from Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy to Matthew Connelly with Attachment and Related Material, February 26, 1946 (NAID: 310988400)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Committee Personnel (NAID: 750546)
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Correspondence Between Senator Brien McMahon and President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Related Material, February 1946 (NAID: 310988392)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Committee Personnel (NAID: 750546)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Senator Hugh Butler, February 26, 1946 (NAID: 310988390)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Committee Personnel (NAID: 750546)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Governor Dwight Griswold with Related Material, February 1946 (NAID: 310988385)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Committee Personnel (NAID: 750546)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of War Robert Patterson, February 1946 (NAID: 310988379)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Committee Personnel (NAID: 750546)
1947
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Report, The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapon, the Final Report of the Join Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board for Operation Crossroads, June 30, 1947 (NAID: 310989451)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Crossroads (NAID: 750564)
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Report to President Harry S. Truman from the Atomic Energy Commission, April 3, 1947 (NAID: 310988266)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Annual Reports (NAID: 750542)
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Memorandum from David Lilienthal to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Related Material, July 24, 1947 (NAID: 310988223)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Annual Reports (NAID: 750542)
1948
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, August 6, 1948 (NAID: 310989738)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Letter from Secretary of Defense James Forrestal to President Harry S. Truman, July 21, 1948 (NAID: 310989734)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Memorandum from David Lilienthal to President Harry S. Truman, July 21, 1948 (NAID: 310989725)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Memorandum from Secretary of Defense James Forrestal to President Harry S. Truman, April 6, 1948 (NAID: 310989448)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Crossroads (NAID: 750564)
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Memorandum from James E. Webb to President Harry S. Truman, July 22, 1948 (NAID: 310988271)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Budgets (NAID: 750543)
1949
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Memorandum from Brigadier General Robert Landry to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, April 6, 1949 (NAID: 313172549)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: Atomic Bomb (NAID: 876267)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Millard Tydings with Related Material (NAID: 310989744)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Senator Millard Tydings, March 5, 1949 (NAID: 310989742)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Memorandum from Sidney Souers to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Related Material, December 1949 (NAID: 310989178)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Super Bomb Data (NAID: 750557)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Brien McMahon with Related Material, November 1949 (NAID: 310989174)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Super Bomb Data (NAID: 750557)
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Memorandum from Admiral Robert Dennison to President Harry S. Truman, November 18, 1949 (NAID: 310989165)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Super Bomb Data (NAID: 750557)
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Memorandum from Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington to Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, November 8, 1949 (NAID: 310989104)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Russia (NAID: 750556)
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Memorandum from Sidney Souers to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, October 10, 1949 (NAID: 310988462)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from Frank Pace, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, May 1949 (NAID: 310988281)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Budgets (NAID: 750543)
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Memorandum from Frank Pace, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, April 5, 1949 (NAID: 310988278)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Budgets (NAID: 750543)
1950
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Brien McMahon, August 1950 (NAID: 313172592)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: Atomic Bomb (NAID: 876267)
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Report, State-Defense Policy Review (NAID: 310989800)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Thermonuclear (NAID: 750576)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Gordon Dean, and Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall with Attachment, October 1950 (NAID: 310989241)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: General (NAID: 750560)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Gordon Dean, July 1950 (NAID: 310989238)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: General (NAID: 750560)
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Letter from Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson to President Harry S. Truman with Related Material (NAID: 310989198)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Underground Data (NAID: 750558)
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Correspondence Between Senator Brien McMahon and President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Related Material, January 1950 (NAID: 310989186)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Super Bomb Data (NAID: 750557)
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Draft of Section V of Report, Soviet Capabilities and Intentions - Actual and Potential, February 21, 1950 (NAID: 310989142)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Russia (NAID: 750556)
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Memorandum from Robert LeBaron to Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson with Related Material, February 1950 (NAID: 310989113)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Russia (NAID: 750556)
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Memorandum from James Lay, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman with Attachments, October 2, 1950 (NAID: 310988479)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from James Lay, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman with Attachments, August 7, 1950 (NAID: 310988475)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from R. H. Hillenkoetter with Attachment, July 10, 1950 (NAID: 310988361)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Central Intelligence Agency (NAID: 750545)
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Memorandum from Frederick J. Lawton to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Memorandum, June 1950 (NAID: 310988283)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Budgets (NAID: 750543)
1951
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Memorandum from J. K. Mansfield to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, August 15, 1951 (NAID: 310989778)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Memorandum from James Lay to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment (NAID: 310989606)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Windstorm (NAID: 750570)
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Memorandum from Gordon Dean to President Harry S. Truman, October 15, 1951 (NAID: 310989446)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Buster Jangle (NAID: 750563)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, October 9, 1951 (NAID: 310989443)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Buster Jangle (NAID: 750563)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, June 4, 1951 (NAID: 310989441)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Buster Jangle (NAID: 750563)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Gordon Dean, with Attachment, December 1951 (NAID: 310989254)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: General (NAID: 750560)
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Memorandum from James Lay, Jr. to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Director of Defense Mobilization, December 13, 1951 (NAID: 310988495)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from Frederick J. Lawton to President Harry S. Truman with Related Note, June 21, 1951 (NAID: 310988491)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from Frederick J. Lawton to President Harry S. Truman, June 21, 1951 (NAID: 310988288)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Budgets (NAID: 750543)
1952
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Memorandum from Gordon Dean to James Lay, June 24, 1952 (NAID: 310989786)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Memorandum from S. Everett Gleason to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, October 1952 (NAID: 310989682)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Procedure for Use (NAID: 750574)
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Memorandum from S. Everett Gleason to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, October 24, 1952 (NAID: 310989651)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Department of Defense (NAID: 750572)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission with Attachment, June 1952 (NAID: 310989629)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Department of Defense (NAID: 750572)
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Memorandum from S. Everett Gleason to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission with Attachment, February 8, 1952 (NAID: 310989626)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Department of Defense (NAID: 750572)
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Memorandum from James Lay, September 30, 1952 (NAID: 310989624)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Agreed Concepts (NAID: 750571)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, September 10, 1952 (NAID: 310989622)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Agreed Concepts (NAID: 750571)
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Memorandum from James Lay to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, September 10, 1952 (NAID: 310989618)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Agreed Concepts (NAID: 750571)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, August 18, 1952 (NAID: 310989616)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Agreed Concepts (NAID: 750571)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission with Attachment, July 3, 1952 (NAID: 310989610)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Agreed Concepts (NAID: 750571)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, May 15, 1952 (NAID: 310989604)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Tumbler Snapper (NAID: 750569)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, March 28, 1952 (NAID: 310989602)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Tumbler Snapper (NAID: 750569)
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Memorandum from James S. Lay to President Harry S. Truman, March 21, 1952 (NAID: 310989600)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Tumbler Snapper (NAID: 750569)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, February 20, 1952 (NAID: 310989598)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Tumbler Snapper (NAID: 750569)
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Memorandum from James Lay to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment (NAID: 310989592)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Tumbler Snapper (NAID: 750569)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett with Attachment, October 30, 1952 (NAID: 310989576)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Ivy (NAID: 750566)
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Memorandum from James S. Lay to President Harry S. Truman, September 10, 1952 (NAID: 310989573)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Ivy (NAID: 750566)
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Memorandum from James Lay to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, September 10, 1952 (NAID: 310989571)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: Ivy (NAID: 750566)
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Memorandum from Morse Salisbury to Joseph Short with Attachments and Related Material, March 1952 (NAID: 310989257)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Testing: General (NAID: 750560)
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Memorandum from Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Gordon Dean to James Lay, Jr. with Related Material, May 1952 (NAID: 310988516)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from James Lay, Jr. to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Director of Defense Mobilization, January 17, 1952 (NAID: 310988513)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from James Lay, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, January 16, 1952 (NAID: 310988500)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Memorandum from James Lay, Jr. to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Director of Defense Mobilization, January 14, 1952 (NAID: 310988497)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Expansion of the Atomic Energy Program (NAID: 750549)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Brien McMahon with Related Material, January 1952 (NAID: 310988291)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Energy: Budgets (NAID: 750543)
Undated
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Fragment of Report, The Underlying Conflict in the Realm of Ideas and Values Between the United States Purpose and the Kremlin Design (NAID: 310989853)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Thermonuclear (NAID: 750576)
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Memorandum from James Lay to the National Security Council with Attachment (NAID: 310989758)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to David Lilienthal with Attachment and Related Material (NAID: 310989721)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Report, "Terror - And the Terror Weapons" (NAID: 310989695)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: National Security Council - Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Weapons: Stockpile (NAID: 750575)
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Oral History Interview with Lewis L. Strauss (NAID: 200931)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Frederick Osborn (NAID: 200779)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)