Atomic Bomb Memo: atomic bomb and the kind of information which they were to speak to the press about
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Sure, some of them. They were worried about accidental leaks though — someone not realizing that, say, the fact that plutonium was in the Nagasaki bomb was safe, but not realizing that they couldn't say "and you could fit it in a tiny box only this big!" was not.pic.twitter.com/J5SWWZzK8L
In those first days after the bombs were dropped, Groves worked hard to hold back an imagined tide of info, but let enough out that the press and public would feel informed. They called this whole operation "Publicity," but it was really about secrecy.
