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President Roosevelt Approves Production of Atomic Bomb

January 19, 1942
Washington, DC
President Roosevelt Approves Production of Atomic Bomb

President Roosevelt approves production of the atomic bomb following receipt of a National Academy of Sciences report determining that a bomb is feasible.

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