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13 Aug 1940

United States

US President Franklin Roosevelt met with Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles regarding the possibilities of transferring destroyers to the United Kingdom. Later on the same day, Roosevelt sent a telegram to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill via Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles and Ambassador to London Joseph Kennedy, noting that "it may be possible to furnish to the British Government... at least 50 destroyers" in exchange for the promise of the Royal Navy never turning over its ships to the Germans even in the event of a Germany victory over the United Kingdom and for 99-year leases for land for military bases. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Frank Knox | Henry Stimson | Washington, District of Columbia | CPC]

17 Aug 1945

United States

Robert Oppenheimer traveled to Washington DC, United States and personally delivered a letter to Secretary of War Henry Stimson, expressing his wish to see nuclear weapons banned. ww2dbase [Robert Oppenheimer | Washington, District of Columbia | CPC]

7 Jun 1949

United States

Robert Oppenheimer testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the US Congress in Washington, United States that he had associations with the Communist Party USA in the 1930s. ww2dbase [Robert Oppenheimer | Washington, District of Columbia | CPC]

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