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    The Bombs

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    The document discusses the formation and goals of the Association of Los Alamos Scientists (ALAS) following World War II. The ALAS sought to educate the public about atomic energy and influence policy through public statements. Its members promoted international control of nuclear power and ensuring its peaceful and responsible use. The group also aimed to protect the freedom and integrity of scientists and their research.

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    The document discusses the formation and goals of the Association of Los Alamos Scientists (ALAS) following World War II. The ALAS sought to educate the public about atomic energy and influence policy through public statements. Its members promoted international control of nuclear power and ensuring its peaceful and responsible use. The group also aimed to protect the freedom and integrity of scientists and their research.

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    The document discusses the formation and goals of the Association of Los Alamos Scientists (ALAS) following World War II. The ALAS sought to educate the public about atomic energy and influence policy through public statements. Its members promoted international control of nuclear power and ensuring its peaceful and responsible use. The group also aimed to protect the freedom and integrity of scientists and their research.

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    The scientists believed that they, "by virtue of their special knowledge, have, in certain spheres, special

    political and social responsibilities beyond their obligations as individual citizens". The association
    sought to carry out these responsibilities by keeping its members informed, "and by providing a forum
    through which their views can be publicly and authoritatively expressed". The ALAS concentrated its
    activities principally in promoting international control of nuclear power and directing it to peaceful
    uses. Its members also attempted to promote responsible uses of science, and the freedom and integrity
    of scientists and scientific research. The group sponsored public education on the nature and control of
    atomic energy through lectures, films, and exhibits, and the distribution of literature. It also attempted
    to influence public policy by means of informed statements to the press and correspondence with high
    government officials and congressmen. Szilard organized his letter in a logical way hence the intended
    message is brought out emphatically. The letter opens with a strong introduction that indicates the
    dangers posed to the American nation as a result of the discovery of the atomic bomb, and its
    subsequent placement into the hands of the American military. The author then explains that the
    atomic bombs were useful in case America was at the threat of being attacked by the same weapons,
    but the phase of war then, did not favor the US using atomic bombs on Japan. Szilard recommends
    alternatives that should be pursued and that America reexamines its position on the use of atomic
    bombs. Finally, Leo gives out reasons why it would be a bad idea for America to attack Japanese cities
    with atomic bombs. By August, 1945, Japan had lost World War II. Japan and the United States both
    knew it. How long would it be, however, before Japan surrendered? Japan was split between surrender
    or fighting to the end. They chose to fight. In mid-July, President Harry S Truman was notified of the
    successful test of the atomic bomb, what he called “the most terrible bomb in the history of the world.”
    Thousands of hours of research and development as well as billions of dollars had contributed to its
    production. This was no theoretical research project. It was created to destroy and kill on a massive
    scale. As president, it was Harry Truman’s decision if the weapon would be used with the goal to end
    the war. “It is an awful responsibility that has come to us,” the president wrote. President Truman had
    four options: 1) continue conventional bombing of Japanese cities; 2) invade Japan; 3) demonstrate the
    bomb on an unpopulated island; or, 4) drop the bomb on an inhabited Japanese city.

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