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response 75 of 76:
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Aug 9 23:52 UTC 2003 |
Russ, please re-read the last dozen or so responses in this item.
The actual facts of the U.S.'s A-bomb technology & supply in '45
are not the least bit relevant here, because the Japanese had NO
access to that data, so they could NOT have used it in assessing
the credibility of any POW's story about same. And Todd did NOT
say that the POW said anything about the Manhattan Project, but
instead about A-bombs arrived at advanced air bases & ready to be
used (perhaps by the POW, on his next mission, had he not been
shot down) - a vastly more reasonable story.
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response 76 of 76:
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Aug 11 22:05 UTC 2003 |
Re #75: You're not reading what I said, and such a story from a
POW would have to have been made up because it was WRONG; there
were only two bombs on that side of the Pacific, and their very
existence was a well-kept secret until they were dropped. (The US
wasn't sure the bombs would work, and didn't want the Japanese taking
them apart for the fissile material if either failed to explode.)
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