Interim Committee

In the spring of 1945, President Harry S. Truman set up the Interim Committee on Atomic Energy to discuss policy options regarding the use of nuclear weapons in combat and the possible political implications such a use might have. The Interim Committee, chaired by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, was comprised of top US government officials and scientists involved in the Manhattan Project. The Interim Committee issued a report advising that a nuclear weapon should be used without warning as soon as possible against a military target in Japan.

• Would Demonstration be Possible? Compton's Recollection on Interim Committee Discussion
• Interim Committee Log, May-June, 1945
• Notes of Informal Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 9, 1945
• Summary of the Second Meeting of the Targeting Committee, May 10 an 11, 1945
• Notes on the Informal Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 14, 1945
• Notes on Interim Committee Meeting, May 18,1945
• Notes on Interim Committee Meeting, May 31, 1945
• Notes on Interim Committee Meeting, June 1, 1945
• Recommendations on the Immediate Use of Nuclear Weapons, by the Scientific Panel of the Interim Committee, June 16, 1945
• Notes on Interim Committee Meeting, June 21,1945
• Interim Committee Log, July, 1945
• Notes on Interim Committee Meeting, July 6, 1945
• Notes on Interim Committee Meeting, July 19, 1945
• Interim Committee Log, July-September, 1945
• Interim Committee Log, September-October, 1945
• Interim Committee Log, October, 1945
• Interim Committee Log, October-November, 1945