Letter from Robert Oppenheimer to Brigadier General L.R. Groves, dated November 9, 1942.

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Waa Darpartaant PtR DOC REVIEW JAN. W / i HISTORICAL Bear General Groveat I am Banding yoa under oorer thraa aaparata anaoranda. Ona of then la tha prcadaad pasraonnal llat. It la not aa ecaq>lata In Aetalla aa I ahottld Ilka It to ha haoauaa MODgr of tha aan lAio ara now working for ua and who would nonadly tranafar to tha naw lahoratorj ara not well knoan to BNT. It aaaa»d to aa daalrahla that tha qulta aztanalta Inraatlgatlona ahould not ha held >9 until wa hara aatahllahad oloear oosxtaet with all theaa aan. X hara triad to Indloata hy tha notation what tha atatua of tha nan la and to what extant wa faal eartaln that ha would ha right for ua. Tha aaooaod —aoa'andiM haa to do with our aajor aqulpoaant prohlen. Tha only v>**^l<» whloh wa naad anawarad at onoa la whether It would he ^pproprlata for uatto Tlalt theaa lahoratorlea and aake an Inventorsr of tha auxlllax7 a^ulpMnt that wa ahall naad. ^ j^- Tha third —acrandnm haa to do with a roung aan who la now In tha y y ' Amsr ai A iriioa wa ahould Ilka to hara aaalgnad to ua for our work, prorlded .•y^\( '^^ invaatlgatlon ahova him to ha rallahla. Tha only aan In addition to Mnlagr and McMlllin who will ha working (Ty with ua In tha Inaadlata future ara tha thraa Mho haad Oroup III and iriiio ara daaorlhad In aca» detail In tha enaloaad lattar to Br* Cooaat. All ro thraa of thaaa aan aira aarrlad. They axw all oltliana and all have raealfad at laaat tha "two-hit** alaaranea. Baahar and Ktarla I know wall. ^ They ara aan of tha hlghaat ehaaraotar) and X an aura that Inreatlgatlon w i n ahov than to ha ftilly aatlafaotory. «qr X hope to jaa you In Haw Maxloo. With all warn graetlnga,