aug 2, 1939 - Albert Einstein sent a letter to President Roosevelt informing him of German atomic research and the potential for a bomb.
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Einstein drafted the letter with the help of Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, one of many scientists who had fled Europe to escape Nazi and Fascist repression. Szilard was a vocal advocate of a U.S. program to develop bombs based on the latest findings in nuclear physics. In the letter, they encouraged Roosevelt to fund American atomic research. This letter prompted Roosevelt to form a special committee to investigate the military implications of atomic research. Roosevelt approved uranium research in the United States in October 1939. This was the first decision among many that led to establishment of the Manhattan Project.
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