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Transcript of Surreptitiously Taped Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hall (August 6-7, 1945)

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  • Thank you - it's rare to find a detail like this. This stood out to me in particular in the conversation:

    DIEBNER: We always thought we would need two years for one bomb.

    HAHN: If they have really got it, they have been very clever in keeping it secret.

    WIRTZ: I'm glad we didn't have it.

    WEIZSÄCKER: That's another matter.

    Wirtz clearly understood what it would have meant if the Nazis, not the Americans, had gotten the bomb first.