Correspondence Relating to the Naval Experiment at Bikini Atoll. Feb. 1946-July 1946.

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Correspondence Relating to the Naval Experiment at Bikini Atoll. Feb. 1946-July 1946.

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Correspondence dealing with the decision of the Federal Government to set off atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946 to learn the effect of atomic warfare on warships at sea. The series consists mainly of correspondence with private individuals and scientific, religious, labor, and other groups protesting the decision to stafe the experiment, cheifly for fear that the atomic explosions would constitute a threat to world peace, overturn laws of nature, or cause vast destruction of marine life. The series titled "Connecticut File" and Miscellaneous Correspondence may be useful in relation to this series. To locate these series, do a combined title search with corporate phrase.

2 inches.

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Atomic Energy

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This bill, introduced by Representative Emanuel Celler, of New York, was one of the bills introduced in the 79th Congress for the domestic development and control of atomic energy. The House of Representatives took no action on the bill. From the description of Correspondence Relating to House Bill 5230, 79th Congress ("The Celler Bill"). Feb. 1946-June 1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122567147 Under the authority of Senate Resolution 179, 79th Congress, the committee ...