Date: 15 May 1945 To: President Harry S. Truman From: James Wheeler Re: Manhattan Project Briefing President Truman, You have asked me to provide you with a summary/ analysis of the government project nicknamed the Manhattan Project. I have reviewed thoroughly all of the pertinent literature and documentation pertaining to the formation and continuing research and development of the Manhattan Project. I have enclosed an overview of all necessary information for which you should be familiar. However, …showed first 75 words of 1330 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1330 total…provide the justification for using it? James Wheeler, White House Intern Bibliography Bibliography 1. Conant, James B. “A History of the Development of the Atomic Bomb.” Record Group 227, Papers of the Manhattan Project, S-1, Reel 1 2. Lifton, Robert Jay, and Greg Mitchell. Hiroshima in America: A Half Century of Denial. New York: Avon Books, 1995. 3. Szilard, Leo. The Voice of the Dolphins. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1961. 4. Thomas, Gordon, and Max Morgan Witts. Ruin From the Air. Scarborough House Publishers, 1977.