“Byrnes... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would be very difficult to persuade Russia to withdraw her troops from these countries, that Russia might be more manageable if impressed by American military might, and that a demonstration of the bomb might impress Russia.”
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Leo Szilard
Leo Szilard, born on February 11, 1898 and died on May 30, 1964, was a prominent physicist whose contributions were significant in the fields of nuclear physics and quantum theory. In 1939, he collaborated with Enrico Fermi to propose the theory of nuclear fission chain reaction, which laid the foundation for the development of atomic bombs and nuclear energy technology. more
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