Interim Committee Meetings
In the spring of 1945, President Harry S. Truman set up the Interim Committee on Atomic Energy to discuss policy options regarding using nuclear weapons in combat and the possible political implications such a use might have. The Interim Committee, chaired by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, comprised top US government officials and scientists involved in the Manhattan Project. The Interim Committee issued a report advising that a nuclear weapon should be used without warning against a military target in Japan as soon as possible.
The Interim Committee kept detailed meeting logs which can be viewed below:
- Interim Committee Log (May – June)
- Interim Committee Log (July)
- Interim Committee Log (July – September)
- Interim Committee Log (September – October)
- Interim Committee Log (October)
- Interim Committee Log (October – November)
The following are the notes of the respective meetings:
- First Interim Meeting
- Targeting Committee Meetings
- Second Interim Meeting
- Third Interim Meeting
- Fourth Interim Meeting
- Fifth Interim Meeting
- Scientific Panel’s Recommendations
- Sixth Interim Meeting
- Seventh Interim Meeting
- Eighth Interim Meeting‘
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