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The senator from Wyoming. Admiral Strauss, I'm interestedin your relationship with Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. You met him in 1947? Correct. You were commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission? I was, but I-I actuallymet Robert in my capacity as board member of theInstitute for Advanced Study at Princeton because after the war,he was world-renowned as the great man of physics,and I was determined to get him to run the Institute
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The senator from Wyoming
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Admiral Strauss I'm interested in your relationship
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with Dr J Robert Oppenheimer
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You met him in 1947
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Correct
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You were commissioner
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of the Atomic Energy Commission
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I was but I I actually met Robert in my capacity
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as board member of the Institute for Advanced Study
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at Princeton because
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after the war he was world renowned
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as the great man of physics and I was determined
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to get him to run the Institute
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The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.