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PROMETHEUS STOLE FIRE FROM THE GODS AND GAVE IT TO MAN

FOR THAT REASON HE WAS CHAINED TO A ROCK AND TORTURED FOR ALL ETERNITY

Doctor Oppenheimer.

1 - FUSION

Doctor Oppenheimer.

To begin with, I believe you have
a statement to read from the registry.

Yes, Your Honor.

We're not judges, Doctor.

No,

Of course.

Who is this security point?

The so-called interrogation information.

in your accusation of me it cannot be

fairly understood except
in the context of my life and work.

How long did he testify?

Honestly, I forgot.

The entire hearing lasted one month.

Hard to know?

Well, I just read the transcripts.

I would like to justify your own life.

Weren't you there? As
president, I wasn't allowed to be.

Are they really going to ask about this?

It was years ago. Four years ago.

Five years.

Oppenheimer still divides America.

The committee will
want to know where you stand.

Senator Thoreau, don't ask me to say
so you don't feel like you're being judged.

Funny, I didn't
until you told me so.

- Yours sincerely
Mr Strauss. - It's Admiral!

Admiral Strauss,
this is just a formality.

President Eisenhower
has asked you to be in his office.

The Senate really has
no choice but to confirm it.

What if they talk about Oppenheimer?

When they mention Oppenheimer.
You answer honestly.

No senator can
deny it. He did his duty.

It's going to be uncomfortable.

Let's justify your whole life.

Why did you leave the US?

I just wanted to study the new physics.

Was there no place here?

I thought Berkeley had the
top theoretical physics department.

Yes, after I merged it.

First I had to go to Europe, I went
to Cambridge to study with Patrick Blackett.

Well, you're happier there than you are in America.

-
Happier? - Yes.

No.

No, I...

got homesick,

was emotionally immature,

disturbed by visions of one

hidden universe.

Useless in the lab.

My God, Oppenheimer!

Haven't you been sleeping?

Start over.

I need to go to the lecture, Professor.

Why?

It's Niels Bohr.

I completely forgot.

Alright, let's go.

Oh no, not you Oppenheimer,
finish coating the plates.

Potassium Cyanide
Used to commit suicide

Quantum physics is not a step forward.

It's a new way of understanding reality.

Einstein opened the door.

Now we're peeking
out, seeing the inner world

our world, a world
of energy and paradox

that not everyone can accept.

Okay.

Niels, meet J. Robert Oppenheimer.

What does the
J stand for? Nothing.

You were my lecture.

You ask the only good question.

No one is denying your insight.

This is a lab job that
needs a little to be desired.

You gave the same ...

At Havard. Yes, and you asked the same question.

Why ask again?

I didn't like the answer.

- Did you like the one
from yesterday better? - Much more.

You can lift the boulder without being
prepared for the snake that reveals itself.

Now it looks like you're ready.

But you don't like the lab.

Then leave Cambridge
with every cup and potion.

Go somewhere where they'll let you think.

Oxford.

- Göttingen.
- Bonn

Bonn

Go to Germany.
Study with Max Born.

Learn the ways of theory.

- I will recommend
it. - It has a wormhole.

How's your math?

Not good enough.
The physique he wants to be.

Algebra is like sheet music.

where the important thing is not to read music

but the important thing is to know how to listen.

Can you hear the music, Robert?

Yes I can.

"The Lifeless Land" Significant
20th century literary work of TS Eliot

As Senator from Wyoming

Admiral Strauss

I am interested in your relationship
with Doctor J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Did you meet him in 1947?

Correct.

Were you a commissioner
of the Atomic Energy Commission?

I was, but I actually
met Robert in my capacity

as a board member of the Institute
for Advanced Study at Princeton

After the war, he was recognized
worldwide as the great man of physics.

And I was determined
to make him run the Institute.

Doctor Oppenheimer.

It's an honor.

Mister Strousse.

Pronunciation is Strauss.

Openhainer or Oppenheimer,
either way they know I'm Jewish.

I am president of Emanu-El temple and manhattan.

Strauss is how we pronounce it in the south.

Anyway, welcome to the Institute.

I think you'll be very happy here.

You'll love the ambiance.

The title entitles
you and your wife to that house.

and yours, are there two children?

Yes two.

I'm a great steward of your work,

Do you have a background
in physics Mr. Strauss.

Sorry, tea is served at four o'clock,

No, I'm not a physics major

or whatever,
I'm self-taught

I understand perfectly.

That's right.

Yes, so was my Father.

And this will be your office.

I'm told he's there most afternoons.

You know, I've always wondered

why didn't you involve
him in the Manhattan Project.

Greatest scientific mind of our time.

From your time.

Einstein published
his theory of relativity.

for over 40 years.

but I never embrace
the quantum world it created.

God doesn't play dice.

Precisely.

I never thought of formally
studying physics Mr. Strauss.

I had offers, but I chose to sell shoes.

Louis Strauss was
once a noble shoe salesman.

Not just a shoe salesman.

- I'd love to
introduce you. - No need.

I've known him for years.

Albert.

What was that?

What did you say to him?

Okay, fine.

Mr. Strauss, there are things
in my past that you should be aware of.

Well, as chairman of
the atomic energy commission,

I have access to your
security file and I checked it.

You're not worried.

No.

Why would I be worried after
all you've done for your country?

Well, times have changed, Mr Strauss.

Well, the purpose of this institute.

is to provide a
haven for independent minds.

Like yours.

You're the man for the job.

Well, I'm not considering that.

See you at the committee meeting tomorrow.

This is one of the most prestigious
appointments in the country.

Yes.

With great facilities.

Which is why I'm considering this.

Then Doctor Oppenheimer caught your eye

to his previous associations
before you named him?

Yes.

And they don't concern you?

But then, I was totally consumed

with what he must have told Einstein
to get him to act like that towards me.

But after?

Well, we all know what happened next.

Doctor, during your time in Europe,

you seem to meet a wide range
of physicists from other countries.

Yes that's right.

Any Russian?

None that I can remember.

If you will allow me
to continue with my statement.

Mr. Gordon will have ample
opportunity to ask his questions.

After Göttingen I moved to

Leiden in Holland, where I met

Isidor Rabi.

Excuse me.

A yankee.

Giving a talk about new physics.

This one I have to hear.

I'm American too.

Oh, how amazing.

Well, let me know if
you need help with the English.

[Dutch words].

What is she saying?

No thanks.

It's a long way to Zurich.

If you get thinner,
you'll slide down into the seat.

I am Rabbi.

Oppenheimer.

Watched your lecture on molecules.

I've learned quite a bit.

We are two Jews from
New York, How do you know Dutch?

Well, I figured I'd better
learn. But I got here this semester.

Learned Dutch in that time

to give a lecture
on quantum mechanics.

I had to challenge myself.

Quantum physics wasn't
challenging enough, Weergegeven.

- Weergegeven?
- Displayed.

Dutch in six weeks,
but you still haven't learned it.

I don't talk about
my side of the park as much.

Bobalhão.

Homesick?

Don't tell me.

Ever get the feeling
that we're not welcome here?

- The
physicists? - Funny.

Not over there in the department.

We're all Jews there.

Eat?

There's some
German you should know.

- Heisenberg.
- Right.

[Words in German].

One might be led
to presume that behind the

quantum world still
hides the real world in which

the causality holds, but such speculations
seem to us to be explicitly unfruitful.

Thank you.
Have a great day.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

- Doctor Oppenheimer.
- Oppenheimer, yes.

I enjoyed your article on molecules.

Probably because you're inspired.
If I inspire anything else, let me know.

We could publish together.

I have to go back to America.

Why?

No one is taking
quantum mechanics seriously.

That's exactly why.

Missing the Manhattan Canyons.

Canyons of New Mexico.

Are you from
New Mexico? No, New York.

But my brother and
I have a ranch near Santa Fe.

This is the America I miss right now.

Then you better go home, Cowboys.

Ha ha. that's it.

No, for me horses.

I pass.

Nice to meet you.

Have you met
Heisenberg again yet?

Not personally.
No, but, uh,

But our paths crossed.

When I returned to America.

I've accepted positions
at both Caltech and Berkeley.

RADIATION LABORATORY

Doctor Lawrence, I presume?

- You must
be Oppenheimer - Yes.

I hear you want to
start a quantum theory course.

Already started on the next door.

They put you here.

I asked to stay close
to you and the experimentalists.

Theory will only take you so far.

We are building a machine
to accelerate electrons.

Magnificent.

Would you like to help?

Building? Oh no.

Ha ha. No.

I'm working on theories
I'd like to test with her.

When do you start teaching?

I start in an hour.

Seminar?

A popilo.

A student.

That's right

I'm teaching you something
that no one here has dreamed of.

But find out
what we can do with it.

No return.

- Ah, I think I made
a mistake -Mister Alvarez?

- Yes.
- Yes, it's here.

Please.

Have a seat.

What do you know
about quantum mechanics?

I have an understanding about the base.

And you're doing it wrong.

Is light made up of particles or waves?

Quantum mechanics is
his focus. How could it be both?

Can't or can?

But that
is. It's paradoxical.

And yet it works.

Thank you.

Mister Alvarez.

Don't worry.

Mister Snyder.

Now, let's consider a star.

A star, a great
furnace burning in space.

Fire being spat
out of its own gravity.

in balance.

But if that furnace cools down,
then gravity starts to win. It contracts.

Density increases.

Correct.

- Increasing gravity.
- Increasing density.

And it's a vicious cycle
until... What's the limit here?

I don't know.
See, when the math takes us.

I guarantee you a place
where no one has been before.

My?

Yes, your math
is way better than mine.

Doctor Oppenheimer's file contained
details and activities at Berkeley.

Why would they have started the
Doctor Oppenheimer file before the war?

Well, you have
to ask Mister Hoover.

I'm asking you, Admiral Strauss.

Well, my guess..

is that it was connected to yours

Left political activities.

SATURDAY
2PM Rally FOR LEGALIST SPAIN

Shouldn't let politics
be written in the classroom, Oppey.

I wrote this.

Lawrence, you embrace
the revolution in physics.

Okay, can you see it anywhere else?

- Picasso, Stravinsky, Freud,
Marx... - Well, this is America, Oppey.

We had our revolution.

Seriously,

Leave this outside the lab.

Well, outside the lab, my neighbor
is arguing about this at night.

Interested?

I experienced the
Berkeley political scene.

It's all just graduate degrees in philosophy
and communists talking about integration.

You don't care about integration.

I want to vote for her, not talk about her.

Especially on Friday.

Come on, let's eat.

I'll meet my brother there.

And how did these activities
come to the attention of the FBI?

Well, if I remember correctly,
the FBI was taking the license plates

outside of suspected
communist meetings on the island.

Your name appeared.

Jesus Christ.
Sorry. Frankly, but ...

I remember
Jackie. Good night.

Robert, I want you to meet Chevalier.

Doctor Haakon Chevalier,
this is Doctor Robert Oppenheimer.

Nice to meet you, this
is my little brother Frank.

And this is... Still
Jackie. Hello, still Jackie.

- Chevalier, do you teach languages?
- And your reputation precedes you.

- What are the rumors? - That
you're teaching radical new physics.

No chance of understanding, but
I didn't hear, you're a member of the party,

I'm not. No, not yet.

Frank and we think we're going in...

I support a range of causes.

The Spanish Civil War?

A democratic republic being
overthrown by fascist thugs who wouldn't.

Our government.

They think socialism
is the biggest threat to fascists.

Not for a long time. See
what the Nazis are doing to the Jews.

I send funds to colleagues
in Germany so they can immigrate

I have to do something.

My own work is so abstract.

What are you working on?

What happens to stars when they die?

Do stars die?

Well, if they do, they get cold.

And collapse actually

The bigger the star,
the more violent its end.

Their gravity becomes so concentrated
that it swallows everything.

Everything, even the light.

Can this really
happen? The math says it can.

If we can get published, maybe
one day an astronomer will find one,

but now all I have is theory,
that it can't impact people's lives.

Well, if you're going to send money
to Spain, do it through the Communist Party.

They can take
you to the front lines.

Charles asked that I bring it up.

I'm Jane.

Robert.

Haakon Chevalier, we met at the union.

Right, right, yeah. Thanks.

Robert here says he's not a communist.

Well, then he doesn't
know enough about communism.

Well, I've read "O Capital",
all three volumes. Does that count?

You've read more
than most party members.

There is some thinking. Ownership is theft.

- Property.
- Property?

- Property, property is theft.
- Sorry, I read it in the original German.

It's not about the
book. It's about the ideas.

And you don't seem committed.

Well, I'm committed to thinking
freely about how to improve our world.

Why limit yourself to one, dogma?

You are a physicist.
You pick and choose the rules.

Or do you use discipline to
channel your energies towards progress?

I like to be smart.

You always say the party line.

I also like to be flexible.

What?

Wait, wait, wait.

- Unexpected
this. - What?

For a physicist.

Only having a shelf full of Freud.

Well, actually I do

- historical
is more... - Jovian?

You know psychoanalysis.

When I was at Cambridge in
graduate school, I had some problems.

Don't tell me.

I tried to poison my guardian.

Did you hate him?

I really liked it.

So it was a lack of sex.

My analyst took two years, and I
don't think they've ever put it so succinctly.

You've convinced everyone that
it's more complicated than it actually is.

You are all simple souls I guess.

Not me.

What is this?

Sanskrit

You can read this.

I'm learning.

Read this.

Well, in this part, the
fish leave the low arms system...

No.

Read the words.

And now I have become death.

The destroyer of worlds.

Here it is good.

It will clear before dawn.

The air cools down at night.

Just before dawn,
the weather will clear.

Well then,

I'm getting married.

Frank, congratulations.

- Thanks.
- With Jackie?

Yes, with Jackie.

The waitress?

Robert, you're right.

It's cleaning. I'll
see if there are any stars.

All your talk
about the common man.

But Jackie isn't
good enough for you.

We joined the party
and you're blaming us. Why?

Is this unique to you?

I didn't join the party, Frank.

And I don't think she
should have convinced you either.

- Half the faculty
are communists. - Not that half.

I'm your brother, Frank,
and I want you to be careful.

And I want to wring your neck.

I will not live my life
in fear of making a mistake.

If you're
happy, I'm happy.

So I'm glad you're
happy that I'm happy.

If you look, I can see one
of those dark stars you're working on.

You can't.

It's every point
gravity swallows the light.

It's kind of like a hole in space.

- Is
Frank okay? - Yes.

I have a terrible brother.

This is special.

When I was a kid,

I thought if I could find a way

To combine physics and New Mexico

my life would be perfect.

- A little
remote for that? - Yes.

Let's get some sleep.

That plate
we saw today.

One of my favorite places in the world.

Tomorrow we go up.

What is it called?

Los Álamos.

I didn't expect to see you today.

I'll have to make an appointment.

Alvarez?

- Lawrence!
Robert! - What?

- What
is it? - They did it.

They did it, Hahn
and Strassmann in Germany.

They split the uranium core.

How?

Bombarded with neutrons.

It's nuclear fission.

They did it.
They split the atom.

This is not possible.

I'll try to reproduce.

See?

Cannot be done.

Very elegant.

Very clear.

There's only
one problem. Where?

Next door.

Alvarez did it.

Look.

These fission pulses are massive.

I've seen 30 of
these in the last 10 minutes.

Theory will only take you so far.

During the process,

neutrons are left over which
can be used to split other uranium atoms.

Chain reaction.

You're thinking what I'm thinking.

You, me,

All the other physicists around
the world already know the news.

What do you mean,
what are we all thinking?

A bomb, Alvarez.

A bomb.

I told you, Robert, no more flowers.

I don't understand what you want
from me? I don't want anything from you.

- But you say that and
then call. - Well, don't answer.

I will always answer you.

Okay.

It just doesn't bring more flowers.

Don't come with me

You have to know
when you're beaten, Robert.

It's not that simple.

Chevalier, good to see you.

Barbara, good to see you.

And the illustrious Doctor Oppenheimer.

I'm Alton, please, please.

Can I just say a word
about organized work on campus?

Passing, passing.
I work at Shell.

We hire chemists,
we hire engineers.

There are few scientists
in that position.

Oppey! Oppey! Oppey!

Professors are unionized,
why aren't academics?

Why else do you have to do?

Lawrence, academics have rights too.

Look, that's not it, there's a group coming.

- Oh, I'll
stay. - Not this time.

Richard, Doctor Bush.
What brings you two north?

Tell Ruth I'm dropping
by pasadena on Thursday.

Your article on black holes is out!

Where's Hartland?

Calls Hartland.

Call the Hartland!

September 1, 1939.
A day the world will remember.

Oh, Hartland, our article has been published.

You have been obfuscated.

HITLER INVADE POLAND

During the Battle of Britain,
I felt increasingly unsympathetic

with the neutrality policy

which the communists stood for.

After Hitler invaded
Russia and we became allies.

Has that communist sympathy returned?

No.

I need to make it clear
that my views on Russia have changed

didn't mean a sharp break with
those who had different points of view.

For a year or two,
during a previous marriage,

my wife Kitty was a
member of the Communist Party.

This way, where I keep the best.

I know this is the Tolman house.

I live with them when I'm at Caltech.

Need anything?
It's okay Ruth.

So, you're a biologist.

Well, somehow
I became a housewife.

Can you explain
quantum mechanics to me?

- Sounds
interesting. - It is.

Well, this cup.

This drink is countertop too.

Our bodies.

All of it.

It's an empty space.

Clusters of tiny waves
of energy bound together.

For what?

Attractive forces
strong enough to convince us,

this matter is solid.

which prevents my body
from passing through yours.

You are married to Doctor Harrison.

Not much.

There's someone I feel...

She feels the same.

Sometimes, but not often.

You know, I'm going to New Mexico,

to my ranch with friends, you should come.

With your husband, of course.

Of course.

Because you know it
won't make a bit of difference.

Why did you marry him?

I was lost.

He was kind.

Lost?

Well, my first
husband had died.

At 28, I wasn't
really ready to be a widow.

Who was your first husband?

Nobody.

But my second husband was Joe Dallad.

He was from a rich family like me, but

he was a union organizer
in Youngstown, Ohio.

I fell in love

How much in love?.

Tough enough to spend the next
four years living on beans and pancakes,

handing out
flyers at factory gates.

At 36, I ended up telling
Joe I couldn't take it anymore.

Left the party, but a
year later, wanted to come back.

For him and not for the party.

He said, I'll see
you when I get back from Spain.

Was it fighting for the Loyalists?

And then he went
to the brigades and I waited.

And...

Joe was killed the first time
he poked his head out of the trench.

He died for
ideology, for nothing.

The Spanish Republic is not a nothing.

My husband sacrificed
our futures to stop it

a fascist bullet
hit a pile of mud.

That's the definition of nothing.

- Sounds reductionist.
- Pragmatic.

I'm here now.

What the hell is that?

I didn't want it to
come out from anyone's mouth.

At least you didn't bring me flowers.

We both know
I'm not who you want.

Yes, but it's the door that closes.

No.

As far as I'm concerned, no.

You got her pregnant. Fast work.

You know it's hard to hold on.

She was talking about her.

She knew what she wanted.

And the husband?

We talked. They are getting divorced.

So.

That way we can get
married before it starts to show.

So civilized.

You idiot. This is your community.

You think the rules
don't apply to the golden boy?

Genius pays off a lot.

Don't exclude the only people
in the world who understand what you do.

One day you may need them.

FAECT

The Federation of Architects,
Engineers, Chemists and Technicians.

SYNDICALIZE THE RADIATION LABORATORY

Lomanitz, how
much do you earn per month?

Not the Lawrence question.

What do any of you have in common
with farm workers and longshoremen?

A lot.

Everybody out? Now!

You don't.

What are you doing?

It's a union.

Full of communists.

I would try to forgive you.

They won't let me bring you
on a project because of that shit.

They won't even let
me tell you what the project is.

Oh, I know what the project is.

Oh really? We've all heard
about Einstein and Sitter's letter to

Roosevelt warning him
the Germans might make a bomb.

And I know what it means
to the Nazis to have a bomb.

But I don't know?

It's not your people who
are going to the concentration camps.

It's mine.

You think I tell
them about your policy.

The next time you
get back from a meeting,

why don't you take
a look in the rearview mirror,

Listen to the sounds of your
phone line and stop being so naive.

Because you care what I do.

Because you're not just important
to you, you're really important.

Right.

I see.

- And if you could
be a little... - Pragmatic,

I'll talk to Lomanitz,
I'll talk to the others.

You don't have to worry. It's over.

Lawrence.

Then let's go to war.

Filled out my first safety
questionnaire and off I went

reported my involvement
with left-wing groups

wouldn't be a lie for
my work on the atomic program.

Why your communist associations

Wasn't this seen
as a wartime security rescue?

Senator, I cannot
answer because it was given

gives him the security
clearance, years before I met him.

Okay, what next?

After the war, Doctor Oppenheimer was
the most respected scientific voice in the world.

That's why I invited
you to run the Institute.

That's why he became a member
of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Simple as that.

What are you accusing me of?

I think they just want to
know what happened between 1947 and

1954 to change his mind about
Oppenheimer's security clearance.

I haven't changed, I was chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission, but it wasn't me

- I wasn't the one who made the
accusations against Robert. - Who did it?

Was a former member of the
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

There's a rabid
anti-Communist named Borton.

He wrote to the FBI
demanding that they take action.

The FBI and why it didn't go straight to the commission.

Why get caught knife in hand.

What does Borton have against Oppenheimer?

This was the McCarthy era.

People kicked out of jobs

to him, and he had to report it.

By reading Oppenheimer's
security file,

communist brother, sister-in-law and bride,

best friend, wife.

Even before
the Chevalier incident.

How would Borton have access
to Oppenheimer's security file?

Because someone gave it to him.

Someone who
wanted to silence Robert.

Who?

Who knows. Robert was not careful
not to upset Washington's powerful.

Your views on
the atom have become final.

And he wasn't always
patient with us mere mortals.

I have received many harsh treatments.

There was a vote from

commission on the
export of isotopes to Norway.

They enlisted Robert,
to make a fool of me.

But, Doctor Oppenheimer, we already
heard from Admiral Strauss that these

isotopes can be useful to our enemies
in the production of atomic weapons.

Congressman, could you
use a shovel to make atomic weapons.

But really, do they already use it?

You could use a beer
bottle to make atomic weapons.

But you already used it.

I'd say isotopes are less
useful than electronic components,

but more useful than a sandwich.

Genius is no guarantee of wisdom.

How could this man
who saw so much be so blind.

Kitty?

Kitty?

Kitty?

The project.

I'm in.

I'm in.

Let's celebrate.

Aren't you going to pay attention to him?

I've been calling him all day.

I don't know how to say this.

I'm ashamed to ask.

Ask?

- Stay with
Peter. - Of course.

Just for a while, Haakon.

A while.

- Does Kitty know?
- Yes, of course she knows.

Of course she knows.

We are horrible people.

Selfish people.

Forget I asked.

Selfish, horrible people.

They don't know.

They are selfish and horrible.

Sit down, sit down, sit down.

Robert, you see
beyond the world we live in.

There's a price to pay for that.

Of course we'll help you.

Everything is changing, Robert.

Having a child always changes everything.

The world is heading
in a new direction.

Rewording.

This is your moment.

- We're putting together a group
to study. - Forget that "we" Robert.

You will.

Lawrence won't do it.

or Tolman, or Rabi, you will.

Who are the military?

I thought you knew.

Doctor Oppenheimer.

I'm Colonel Groves.

This is Lieutenant Colonel Nichols.

Send to dry cleaners.

If that's how you treat a lieutenant colonel.

I don't even want to see
how you treat a humble physicist.

If I come across
one, I'll let you know.

Holy crap.

Combat theaters worldwide.

But I have to stay in Washington.

Why?

I built the Pentagon.

The high command liked it so much they made
me take over the Engineering District of Manhattan.

What
is it? Whatever.

Don't be a smartass.
You know very well what it is.

You and half of all
physicists in this country.

This is problem number one.

I thought the number one problem
would be securing enough uranium ore.

Twelve hundred tons,
I bought the day I took command.

Are you there yet?

Just arrived
in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

I am now looking for
a director for the project.

- And my
name came up. - No.

Even though you brought quantum
physics to America, that made me curious.

What did you discover?

You are a dilettante, a womanizer,

an alleged communist.

I'm a New Deal-era Democrat.

I said suspicious.

Unstable, theatrical,

selfish, neurotic.

Not good. No,
not even he is brilliant.

But brightness is an unimportant
data in your circle. So no.

The only person who had anything
good to say was Richard Tolman.

Tolman thinks you have integrity.

But he also strikes me as a guy
who knows more about science than people.

And here you are.

You don't trust others very much.

I don't trust anyone.

- Why don't you have a Nobel
Prize? - Why aren't you a general?

- They'll promote me
for this. - Maybe I'll be as lucky.

A Nobel Prize for making a bomb?

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.

So how would you proceed?

You're talking about
transforming the theory

into a practical weapon
system faster than the Nazis.

- They have 12 months
ahead of us. - 18 actually.

How would you know that?

Our fast neutron
search took six months.

The man they want to put
in charge will have that advantage.

- Who do you think they
put in charge? - Werner Heisenberg.

He has the most intuitive understanding
of atomic structure I've ever seen.

- Do you know
his work? - I know him

as I know Walter, Heisenberg and Diebner

in a straight race, the Germans win.

- We have one
hope, - Which is...

Anti-Semitism.

As it is.

Hitler called quantum physics
a Jewish science, right to Einstein's face,

our only hope is
that Hitler is so blinded by

hate that he denied
Heisenberg adequate resources

because we
need a lot of resources.

Our nation's best scientists
working together right now.

- We need compartmentalization.

All minds have to see the

all task to contribute efficiently.

Lack of security is a risk,
but can cause lack of efficiency.

The Germans
know more than us anyway.

Russians don't.

Remind me, who are we at war with?

Someone with your past doesn't
want to be seen downplaying it

the importance of the
security of our communist allies.

Got it, but no.

You can't say no to me.

My job says no
to you and you're wrong.

So you have the job now?

I'm thinking about it.

I'm starting to see
where you got your reputation.

My favorite answer, Oppenheimer
couldn't run a tavern.

It's true.

But I can run
the Manhattan Project.

We can balance things out.

Keep the lab here
in Berkeley with Lawrence.

metalworks in Chicago,
and big scale how about Tennessee.

And Hanford.

All Americas, industrial,
mining, scientific innovation,

connected by a railroad, focused
on one goal, one point in space and time.

And it all comes together here.

A secret laboratory
in the middle of nowhere.

Secure and self-sufficient
with houses and equipment.

Keep them all there until you're done.

I need a school,
a shop or a church. - Why?

If we don't let the scientists bring
their families, we'll never have the best.

And you want security built into the city

and fast.

Where?

Welcome to Los Álamos.

We're going to have to camp a school,

the natives come here to do their rituals,

But other than that, nothing.

40 miles in any direction.

This is the perfect place.

For what?

For success.

Build the city quickly.

Let's recruit some scientists.

Why would I leave my family?

I told you, you can bring your family.

- I'm not a
soldier Robert. - Soldier?

He's a general. I
have all the soldiers I need.

What can I tell them?

Heisenberg and all these scientists,

What do these men have in common?

The greatest minds in atomic theory.

What else?

Whatever you want.

Until I feel my boots in your balls.

You know about isotopes and you know
about explosives better than anyone in the world.

You can't tell us what you're doing.

The Nazis have him.

- Niels Bohr is in Copenhagen
- Under Nazi occupation.

Did they stop printing
newspapers at Princeton?

Why would we go to the middle
of nowhere for who knows how long?

For a year or two or three.

General, would you...

Give us a moment.

It's about releasing the strong force.

Before the Nazis.

My God.

- They wouldn't work
for the Nazis. - Not ever.

They have
them. We don't.

This is why I need you.

Why do you think I would do that?

How about why this
is the most fucking important

thing that has ever happened
in the history of the world?

How about this?

They won't
let me on this project.

And failing a security check won't
be good for a career, even after the war.

So you joined the party.

So what.

This is a national emergency.

I have my past,
and they put me in charge.

They need us.

Until when?

Is there any chance
of getting Bohr out of Denmark?

No, not a chance.

I checked with the British.

Until we get into
the mainland, there's no way.

Is he that important?

How many people do you
know who proved Einstein wrong?

It really would
be faster to catch a plane.

No, a plane is too
risky. The country needs us.

Harvard people said the building.

is too small for the cyclotron.

Call the architects.

When are we opening this here?

Two months.

Robert, you are the
great improviser, but this...

can't be pulled out of a hat.

Four divisions.

Experimental.

Theoretical.

Analog.

Who takes care of the theory?

Me?

That's what I was afraid of.

It's piling up too much.

So you're left with the theory.

I'm not coming here, Robert.

Why not?

You throw a bomb and it
lands on the just and the unjust.

I don't wish for the
culmination of three centuries

of physics is a
weapon of mass destruction.

What if...

I don't know if
we should have such a weapon.

But I know the Nazis can't.

We have no choice.

The second thing you should do is name it

Hans Bethe to perform
theoretical division.

- All right, what's the first?
- Take off that ridiculous uniform.

You are a scientist.

Groves is insisting on it.

Tell Groves to shit in the bushes.

They need us for who we are.

So be yourself.

And the best.

This is the only key.

And Teller is already here.

- Can I let him in?
- No, let's wait for the others.

Let's get started.

Hello Edward.

Hello.

Gentlemen, so let's work here until

theoretical division
at Los Alamos is finished.

- Edward, would
you? - This is more important.

When did I calculate the chain reaction?

I found this to be a rather worrying possibility.

No, but that can't be right.

Show me how you
did your calculations. Yes.

This is fantasy.

Teller's calculations cannot be right.

Remake you,
while I go to Princeton?

Why?

Talk to Einstein.

Well, there's not
much in common about you two.

That's why I need to get his opinion.

Albert.

Ah, Doctor Oppenheimer

How did you meet Doctor Gödel?

We walk here almost every day.

Trees are very inspiring structures.

Albert, can we talk?

Of course, with permission from Gödel.

Some days, he refuses to eat.

Even at Princeton,

he's convinced the
Nazis can poison his food.

Whose work is this?

from Teller.

What do you want from me?

The neutrons collide with the nucleus, releasing

neutrons, which collide with other nuclei.

Criticality, what's a massive
explosive force with no return to do?

But this time the
chain reaction doesn't stop.

That would ignite the atmosphere.

We detonate an atomic device,

we can start a chain
reaction that destroys the world.

So here we are, huh?

Lost in your quantum world

of probabilities and needing certainties.

Can you do the math yourself?

No.

Pretty much the only thing you
and I have in common is a disdain for math.

Who's working on
this at Berkeley? Hans Bethe.

Well, he'll get to the truth.

What if the truth is catastrophic?

So you stop and share
your findings with the Nazis.

So neither
side destroys the world.

Robert,

this is yours, not mine.

Teller is wrong,

he made a mistake.

After knowing Teller's critical
assumptions, the real picture emerged.

Summing up.

The chances of a runaway
nuclear reaction to almost zero.

Almost zero?

That's good news.

- Can you redo it again?
- You will get the same answer.

Until we detonate
one of these things,

the best guarantee
you'll ever get is this.

Almost zero.

Theory only takes you so far.

We miss him.

Do you want to adopt?

She's kidding.

We wanted to
see you before we go.

To an unknown destination.

You know who I ran into the other day?

Eltenton.

Ah, the Shell chemist.

The union guy?

Yeah, the FAACT guy.

He was complaining about
how we're handling the war.

What do you mean?

The lack of cooperation
with our allies.

Apparently the government isn't
sharing any research with the Russians.

He said most scientists
think politics is stupid.

Yes.

He mentioned that if anyone
had anything they wanted to pass on,

outside of official
channels, that he could help.

That would be treason.

Yes, of course.

I just thought
you should know.

The spoiled one has slept.

Where are the martinis.

Almost done.

The conversation ended there.

Nothing in our long friendship
would have led me to believe.

that Chevelia was
really seeking information,

and I'm
sure he had no idea

of the work
I was involved in.

It has long been
clear to me that I should

have reported
this incident immediately.

Oppenheimer's plight highlights
tension among scientists

and security appliances

and in hopes of learning how
the candidate deals with such issues

on the atomic commission.

We will have a scientist
appear before the committee.

- What they're
bringing. - Didn't they say?

Mr President, if you will allow me,
I have been appointed Secretary of Commerce.

Why? To seek
the opinion of scientists.

This is a position in the Admiral's government.

We seek a wide range of opinions.

I would like to know the names
of the scientists who will testify.

I would like the chance to interrogate him.

This is not a court of law.

Formality, isn't it?

No presidential nomination
has gone unconfirmed since 1925.

That's how the game works, that's how it works.

It's in the bag, Lewis. Rest assured.

They're bringing in a scientist so what.

You don't know scientists
like I do, they resent you.

from anyone who has the questions,
especially if you're not one of them.

I was chairman of the Atomic Commission.

It's easy to blame me for what happened to Robert.

But we cannot allow the Senate
to accept that the scientific community.

Does not support you, sir.

Or we change focus

- How?
- An invasive one.

I fought with Oppenheimer and the country won.

I don't think there's any need.

Isn't there someone we can
call who knows what really happened?

Teller.

They will be impressed.

Can you get the name
of the scientists they called?

Probably find out if he was based
in Chicago or Los Alamos during the war.

Why does it matter?

Well, if he
was based in Chicago,

they worked for the fermi paradox and
didn't have the cult of the obvious in Los Álamos.

Robert built that damn place.
He was the founder, mayor and sheriff.

All at once.

Oh, there's only one room missing.

There is no kitchen.

That's right

Let's figure it out

Barbed wire.

Weapons.

Right.

We're at War, Hans.

Halifax.

1917.

A freighter carrying
ammunition explodes in port.

A sudden and vast chemical reaction.

The biggest man-made explosion in history.

Now let's calculate how
much more destructive it would be

would have been if it was a nuclear
reaction and not a chemical reaction.

Expressing power in terms of tons of TNT.

But it would be thousands.

Well then, Kilotons.

Using Uranium U-235, the bomb will need a...

Sorry.

The artifact will need
a 15 kilo sphere of this size.

Or using plutonium, the 5-pound sphere.

Here's how much uranium was
refined at Oak Ridge over the past month.

And the Hanford plant did
this month with all that plutonium.

Now, we can enrich these values.
We need a way to detonate them.

Are you bored, Edward?

A little bit, yes.

May I ask why?

We all went into this knowing
a fission bomb was possible.

How about we leave it with something new?

How?

Instead of uranium
or plutonium, we use hydrogen.

Heavy Hydrogen.

Deuterium. You
see, we compact atoms

under great pressure
to induce a fusion reaction.

And we will not get kilotons, but megatons.

Okay, wait, wait.

So how do you generate
enough force to fuse hydrogen atoms?

A small fission bomb.

Well, since we're going to need
one anyway, let's get back to business.

The question of isotopes
was not his most important thing

political disagreement with Doctor Oppenheimer.

It was the hydrogen bomb, wasn't it?

As colleagues, we agree

a lot of things to disagree with.

And one of them was
the need for an H-Bomb program.

Thank you for coming
together and on short notice.

I can't believe it.

But here we are, .

Tell us what we know?

One of our B-29s in the
North Pacific detected radiation.

Do we have the filter papers?

There's no doubt about what this is.

The White House says there is doubt.

It's an illusion, unfortunately.

These are the long
range detection filter roles?

It's an atomic test.

The Russians have a bomb, we
should be years ahead of them, but...

What were you guys doing
at Los Alamos, wasn't security tight?

Of course it was. You weren't there.

Forgive me, Doctor.

But I was there.

We can now consider the
actual mechanics of detonation.

Any ideas?

I call it shooting.

Fire a piece of fissile material

into a larger sphere with
enough force to achieve criticality.

Ideas? Anyone?

I've been thinking about implosion.

Explosives around the sphere
explode inward, crushing the material.

I'd like to investigate this idea.

I'll talk to the military division,
so you can make the explosions.

- Some progress.
- Good to see you too.

Meet the British contingent.

- Doctor Oppenheimer.
Klaus Fuchs.

How long have you been British?

Since Hitler told me I wasn't German.

Oh. come on, welcome to Los Alamos.

Is the school already in?

The bar? Always open.

I need to
reduce support staff.

- Who is
she? - Mrs. Silver?

Yes. I've offered wives
jobs in the administrative area.

We downsize,
we keep families together.

- Are these women
qualified? - Don't say nonsense.

It's the
brightest minds here.

And they already have security credentials.

I have informed
General Groves that you are

holding open discussions
across divisions every night.

Get it over with. Compartmentalization
is the key to maintaining security.

Who are presumably
communicating with subordinates?

These men are not
stupid. They can be discreet.

I don't like this.

You don't like anything
enough for this to be a fair test.

Once a
week. Seniors only.

- I'd like to bring
my brother here. - No.

The Nichols.

I still haven't been told if
my security clearance has been approved.

- It wasn't. - We're
going to Chicago tomorrow.

No, you must wait.

You know the Nazis
have a two year head start.

Doctor Oppenheimer, the fact that
your security clearance is proving difficult

getting is not my fault.

It's yours.

It might not be your
fault, but it's your problem.

Because I will.

And how many people were
in those, uh... open... discussions?

Many, vaulting
should be the protocol.

We were in a
race against the Nazis.

No, the race is against the Soviets.

Not unless we start.

Robert, they
just fired the first shot.

What is the nature
of the device they detonate?

Data indicates it may have
been a plutonium implosion device.

Like the one you built in Los Alamos.

The Russians Have a Bomb,
Truman Needs to Know, Now What?

And now.

- Negotiations.
- Negotiations. Of course.

Obviously.

And the super? Does Truman
know about this? Did we inform about it?

Not specifically.

We still don't know if it had
a hydrogen operation. Technically feasible.

Right. My understanding
is that this was Teller's proposal.

Yes.

Teller's designs have
always been wildly impractical.

It would have to
be launched in an oxcart.

Not on a plane.

Admiral

Doctor Lawrence,
would you like to comment?

No.

Because if he
can put us ahead again,

The President of the United
States needs to know about this.

What if the Russians
already know this by

a spy in Los
Alamos, so we gotta go.

There is no evidence that
there was a spy in Los Alamos.

Robert.

Put it under the football stadium.

Field is no longer in use.

Good.

- Robert.
- Doctor Fermi.

How are you?

Very well.

Do you, do you have
a small town? Yes, come see.

How could things be negotiated
in a place like that? Huh?

Everyone will go crazy.

Thank you for
the trusting thought.

Do we really, do
we really need to take notes?

Will you
try it? We did.

Diverse and self-sustaining
nuclear chain reaction.

Didn't Groves tell you?

No.

Doctor Oppenheimer?

In the personnel division.

They asked if I could type.

Can you? Harvard forgot to teach
this in their undergraduate chemistry course.

I'd like you to put
her on the plutonium team.

What the hell
were you doing in Chicago?

- Visiting
the lab. - Why?

- You can't
do that. - Why?

We have every right.

You have only the rights
I give you, no more and no less.

We're adults trying to run
a project here, this is ridiculous.

Tell him.

Compartmentalization
is the protocol we agree on.

Enough of this madness where
no one can work under these conditions.

You know what?

Generalissimo, I give up.

Thanks for nothing.

Better without it.

Aren't you worried about
his stealth out there anymore?

We're going to kill him.

I'm kidding.

It's me, not America.

You know General, not everyone
has levers to pull like I do.

I don't think I understand.

You didn't hire
me despite my left wind past.

You hired me because of him.

So you could control me.

No, I'm not that subtle.

I'm just a humble soldier.

You are neither humble nor just a soldier.

You studied engineering at MIT.

Guilty as accused.

Well, we understand each other now.

can you get
me my security clearance

so that I can perform
this miracle for you.

General Groves, were you
aware of Doctor Oppenheimer's calls,

Left membership
is when named?

I knew there
were suspicions about him.

I knew he had a very
extreme liberal background.

In your opinion, would he
ever knowingly commit a disloyal act?

I'd be surprised if he did.

He had complete
confidence in his integrity.

That was Alamos.

Yes, that's where I really got to know him.

General, your security
officers on the project

advised you against
releasing Doctor Oppenheimer.

They could not and would
not exonerate him until I insisted.

And it's safe
to say you had a good one

Knowledge of Doctor
Oppenheimer's security file.

Correct.

Well, there's really only
one question I answered here today.

In light of current AEC guidelines,
would you release Doctor Oppenheimer today?

Do you have the guidelines?

According to current AEC guidelines,

Would you release Doctor Oppenheimer today?

Physics and New Mexico, huh?

My God.

What an adventure.

This is why you need a contact.

I'm nominating Lomanitz.

You'll be fine.

This way, gentlemen.

Dr Lawrence, I'd like to remind
you of what we talked about in Berkeley.

- Compartmentalization,
- I completely understand.

Berkeley sweats.

I'm here to update you on
our progress and solicit your feedback.

To do that, I'll
have to share some stuff

which General
Groves told me not to do.

Sorry General, I said I understood.

Not that I would agree.

All right, gentlemen, business.

There were rumors of espionage,

- Los Alamos.
- Not proven.

I was told there were communists
in the project, knowingly involved.

I just want to know if any of them
were involved in discussions with the super?

I seem to remember you demanding
your brother come to Los Alamos.

My brother had already left the party.

What about Lomanitz?

Lomanitz never had a role at Los Alamos.

He was a link.

Our security was tight,
as former Colonel Nichols well knew.

Our security was
as tight as possible given

personalities involved,
but attempts have been made.

What does this mean?

We all read his file here.

Do we need to talk about Jean Tatlock?

Or the Chevalier incident?

Excuse me.

And Lomanitz, on line one.

Hi
Rossi. What?

Okay, just calm down.

Lomanitz has just been drafted.

We're at war, Doctor.

Don't be an idiot,
Nichols. We need this boy.

Fix it, will you?

It wasn't an error.

Your friend Lomanitz has been
trying to unionize the radiation lab.

You promised to stop all this.

Well, he didn't stop.

The Berkeley security
officer is concerned about

communist infiltration
through that union to FA

FACD

Well, I'm there next week.

I'll come by to see you.

Your security clearance has arrived.

It is important that you do not
maintain or renew questionable associations.

Doctor, you thought that
social contacts between a person

engaged in secret war
work and communist was dangerous?

My awareness of the
danger would be greater today.

It's fair to say
that during the war years,

you felt that such contacts
were potentially dangerous.

We're conceivably dangerous, huh?

Really?

Known Communists.

Let's see.

I've had a lot of secrets
in my head for a long time.

It doesn't matter who I associate with.

I don't talk about those secrets.

You said in your
statement that you had

see Jean Tatlock in 1943.

You're gone.

Not a word. What did
you think that would do to me?

I wrote to you.

Empty pages.

Where did you go?

- I can't
tell you. - Why not?

Because you're a communist.

What did you have to see her?

She had expressed a great
desire to see me before we left.

At that time I couldn't
but I felt she had to see me.

She was in psychiatric treatment.
She was extremely unhappy.

Did you find out why she had to see you?

She was in love with me.

You spent the night together, didn't you?

Yes.

You come and go in my life
and you don't have to tell me why.

And that's power.

Not that I like it.

I'd rather be here for you when you need me.

But you have other priorities right now.

I have a wife and a son.

That's not what
we're talking about.

Jean, you asked me to come.

And I'm glad I did.

But I can't see you again.

But what if I need you?

You said you'd always answer.

Is that a word?

- Did you find this consistent
with insecurity? - Indeed it was.

No words.

Well, did you see her after that?

I never saw her again.

I can take the last
train back to Princeton.

I didn't say anything
I already told you.

The day you said
that to history, wasn't it?

I barely said anything.

If they don't release
the transcripts I'm sure you will.

- I was under oath. - Were you taking
an oath to me when you went to see Jean?

No, you... You sit there.

Day after day, letting
them destroy our lives.

Why won't you fight?

Robert, I will
not call you to the stand.

Doctor Oppenheimer, it's
an honor. Please have a seat.

Maybe, um, I just
wanted to check if I should

talk to Lomanitz,
given your concerns.

I'd say it's up to you,
Professor, but I'd be cautious.

I understand.

Oh, and as far as the
Syndicate is concerned, I wish

give you a warning
and a man named Eltenton.

A warning?

Yes, because he needs to be watched.

I'd love to get more details.

I'm right, but now
and I'll leave tomorrow morning.

I'll come back as soon as you
like, Since you don't have time right now.

Did you come back the next morning?

I did,
I had to. Really?

This time there was another man.

- He said his
name was Pash. - Pash?

- You met Colonel Pash.
- Colonel Pash, please read your

memorandum dated June 29, 1943?

The results of the surveillance
carried out on the subject indicate

other possible connections
to the Communist Party.

Subject met and spent
considerable time with one

Jean Tatlock, Communist,
whose record is attached.

- The subject is
Doctor Oppenheimer. - Yes.

Who you haven't met.

Not then, but soon after.

He's the head of security
on the project, shouldn't I know him?

No, because he knows you.

I would never put you
in a room with Pash. Why not?

When Pash first heard about Lomanitz,
he told the FBI he was going to kidnap him,

Take him to a boat and
interrogate him the Russian way.

General Groves has placed
a certain responsibility on me,

and it's like having
a child, and I can't see.

I have remote control.

So, knowing the lord is.

I won't take up too much of your time.

No problem, feel free.

Mr Johnson told me about
the conversation you had yesterday,

I'm very interested in.

He said he worried all day.

Yes, I didn't want to talk
to Lomanitz without authorization.

That's not the particular interest
I had, but it's something a little more,

uh, my most serious opinion.

Now when the FBI pointed out that such

information would
not be admissible in court,

Pash made it clear that he had no intention
of leaving any witnesses to prosecute.

Now, the FBI convinced him, but

that's the man you're dealing with.

Along you have heard
that there are other parts

interested
in radiation lab work?

The man connected with the Soviet Council
indicated, through legal intermediaries,

to the people on this project
he was in a position to relay information.

Well, why would anyone
on the project want to do that?

Frankly, I can
see there might be one

argument for the Commander
in Chief informing the

Russians do have allies after all

but I don't like the
idea of going out the back door.

It doesn't hurt
to keep an eye out for that.

And you said that to Pash?

I was trying to put it in
the context of Russia, not Germany.

Boris Pash is the son
of a Russian Orthodox bishop.

Born here, but in 1918 he returned
to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks.

This is a man who killed
communists with his bare hands.

I'm not the judge of who
should or shouldn't have information.

It's my business to stop
you from going through this legally.

Would you be a little more specific?

There is a man whose name has
been mentioned to me a few times, Eltenton.

I think it's a
chemist who works at Shell.

He talked to a friend of his
who is known to someone on the project.

And you thought
it would be satisfying then?

I was trying to give them
Eltenton without creating a problem

I just told
him a little story.

- Did you also
lie to General Groves? - No.

I admitted to him that I lied to Pash.

Do you remember his conversation
about the Chevalier incident?

I've seen so many versions
of this, before I had no doubt,

but now I don't know.

So what was your conclusion?

That he was under the influence
of typical American student attitude

that there's something
perverse about reporting a friend.

Oh well. Can we
know when contact is made?

It wouldn't involve people
who aren't involved in this.

Is this someone a member of the project?

A faculty member,
yes, but not on the project.

So Eltenton
made his approach

through a faculty
member here at Berkeley?

As far as I know, yes.

There could have been more than

a person involved.

If I seem uncooperative,

I think you
can understand why

my insistence
on not putting it

innocent
people in trouble.

You are trying
to protect your friend.

Who's protecting you?

Would you...

- If you gave me the name.
- If you send it to me, I'll give it.

This is a mistake, Robert.
You must voluntarily offer this name.

Did he give you his name?

He did, but not there?

No.

Actually, it was
a few months later, wasn't it?

It was.

Do you find me persistent?

Well, you are... you're
persistent, but that's your job.

And my job is to protect
the people who work for me.

Instead of following certain
steps, which may catch your attention,

and be upsetting for you, I would
like to discuss them with you first.

And I'm formulating a
plan I'll have to digest it all.

In the months between your interview
with Doctor Oppenheimer and your eventual

Chevalier appointment,
you spent resources

trying
to find broker name?

Considerable resources, yes. Without
the name, our job was extremely difficult.

And when did you get the name?

It was already outside
when Oppenheimer finally spoke.

Out?

They thought my time
would be better spent in Europe,

determining the status
of the Nazi bomb project.

Who made it?

General Groves.
He transferred me to London.

It's a little early for a Christmas party.

Something is happening, Tolman has traveled.

Where to?

Ruth wouldn't tell.

So Ruth, you can't
tell me, or anyone else?

How about compartmentalization, Robert,
What makes you think I know where he is?

Because it does a good job of knowing
where Mister Tolman is when he wants to.

- How
now? - Attention!

Early Christmas present for you all.

The British pilot
put me in the bomb bay,

filled me with
oxygen, but I blew it.

When they took me out
in Scotland, I was unconscious.

But I pretended I was
napping. Please enjoy your party.

- Is it big
enough? - To end the war?

To end all wars.

Heisenberg came to me in Copenhagen.

Amazing, my former
student working for the Nazis.

He told me some things to attract me.

Sustained fission reactions in uranium.

This looks more
like a reactor than a bomb.

Did you mention gaseous diffusion?

He seemed more focused in heavy water.

As a moderator?
Yes, instead of graphite.

What?

He took a wrong step.

We're ahead, and
you're here to help us, Niels.

So, could you give
us a moment, gentlemen?

I wasn't here to help Robert.

I knew you could
do this without me.

- What did you
come for? - To speak to you.

The power you are about to unleash
will live on forever after the Nazis.

And the world is not prepared.

You can lift the boulder without being
prepared for the snake that reveals itself.

We have to make politicians
understand that this is not a new weapon.

It's a new world.

I'll be out there
doing what I can but you.

You are an American Prometheus.

The man who gave them
the power to self-destruct.

And they will respect that.

And your work
really starts soon.

Sorry Robert, but there's a call.

from San Francisco.

Robert!

Robert?

Robert?

Robert?

Robert?

What happened?

Her father called.

They found her in the bathroom yesterday.

Who?

She took pills.

Left an unsigned note.

She took barbiturates but
had chloral hydrate in her blood.

There was a note.

It was Jean Tatlock.

We were together.

She said she needed me, I...

I don't
know. I don't.

I don't
know. I can't.

No, it wasn't me. It was me.

Cannot commit
the sin of wanting that

everyone feel sorry for
you, because it had consequences.

Get yourself together.

The people here are counting on you.

Donald, would you like to contribute
here please? You are attentive.

I won't quit my job
because plutonium is radioactive.

We just don't know what it can
do to the female reproductive system.

Your reproductive system
is more exposed than mine.

Tell me please. The approach
device is nowhere to be found.

I can't rush everything.

Well, there's a rush
and there's moving on, so take it.

You're right. He's doing his job.

He's not helping.

You are not helping.

I've been asking for the calculations
for the blast lens for weeks now.

- The Brits
can do it. - Fuchs?

- Absolutely.
- It's your job, Teller.

I am engaged in research.

In a hydrogen bomb,
which we're not even building.

I don't work for him.

Let him go.

He's a prima Donna.

I agree. that comes out now.

Enough!

Kissing, you replace Neddermeyer,
Seth stays on plutonium. Lilli ...

Will work with Kissing.

Because he needs you, Fuchs,
you take on the role of Teller.

I am placing you exclusively
in the implosion device.

And no one is leaving Los Alamos.

- They're not letting
me out. - No, I won't let you leave.

Forget Hans. Forget fission.

Stay here. Search anything you want.

Fusion and the hydrogen
bomb. Whatever, we'll talk later.

You don't have time for this.

You're a politician now, Robert.

You left physics
behind many, many years ago.

One week. One hour. You and me.

Now raise that fucking barrier.

So super was an underdevelopment
under your watch at Los Alamos.

Yes.

And yet, after the war,
you tried to deny it was viable.

No no no. I called
technician differently.

Didn't you try to kill him at the
AEC meeting after the Russian bomb test?

No.

But that was the AEC's
recommendation, wasn't it?

After hours of discussion
about the best answer.

An H-bomb has a thousand
times the power of an A-bomb.

Your only intended target
would be the biggest cities.

It is a weapon of mass genocide.

He's dressed in circles
on this side of the map,

where would they attack us,
starting in New York or Washington, DC

It's an attacking weapon.
No differences involved in deterrence.

Do we really need more deterrence
than our friend, our slow moving atomic bombs?

You drown in ten feet of water
or ten thousand, what's the difference?

We can drown already.

We can only drown in two feet.

As I said, Teller's designs are still
as impractical as they were during the war.

A hydrogen bomb can
be made to work, I'll know that.

I don't think we should commit
all of our resources to this chance.

So how would you get Truman
to reassure the American people?

Simply limiting
the spread of atomic weapons

through international
control and nuclear energy.

By this means world government.

The United Nations
as Roosevelt intended.

Well, I asked what Truman was supposed to do, right?

The change of the world is not fascism,
but communism that now threatens our very survival.

Lewis, you understand
if we build a hydrogen bomb,

Russians will have no
choice but to build their own.

They could be
working on one already,

based on information gathered
from the spy in Los Alamos?

There was no spy in Los Alamos.

Gentlemen, let's
not deviate from the subject.

I say we should use this moment
to get concessions from the Russians

committing not
to build a hydrogen bomb.

Thus revealing its existence.

That you're convinced
they already know.

All right. At this point,
I would like the committee members

meet in privacy to
finalize our recommendations.

I'm just not sure
you want to go that route.

With all due respect, we are the
advisory committee, We'll give him our advice.

Right.

- Doctor.
Oppenheimer. - Hi.

William Borden.

- Deputy Committee
on Atomic Energy. - Oh, yes.

During the war, I was a pilot.

One night, returning from
an attack, I saw an incredible sight.

Like a meteor, a V-2
rocket headed towards England.

I can't help but
wonder what it will be like

such an enemy
rocket carrying a warhead.

atomic.

Let's make sure we're
not the ones making this possible.

Robert, I don't think
you should fight Strauss.

If we both talked, they would listen.

When you speak, they hear a prophet.

When it's Strauss talking, they listen.

They will listen to the prophet.

A prophet cannot be wrong. Not once.

Didn't you accuse Oppenheimer
of sabotaging the super's development?

I've never been one of those
who use the wrong terms like sabotage.

But Mr. Borden used?

From what I understand, possibly.

How was Mr Borden able to put
together such a detailed indictment?

He was no longer a government official.

He appears to have had unlimited
access to Doctor Oppenheimer's file.

Mr. Nichols, may have given
access to the file or someone else on

- The atomic commission? - These
are very serious accusations, Senator.

It is your intent to suggest that

Is Doctor Oppenheimer disloyal to the United States?

I have always assumed and continue
to assume that he is loyal to the United States.

I believe this and will until I
see very conclusive proof to the contrary.

Do you or do you not believe that
Doctor Oppenheimer is a security risk?

Now we have
to take a moment to think

if the means still
justify the ends, why...

Germany is
about to surrender. Yes.

She is no longer our enemy, the
biggest threat to humanity now is our work.

Hitler is dead. It's true.

As the fight against the Japanese continues.

Their defeat seems assured.

Not for our soldiers who still fight.

We can end this war.

But how do we justify
the use of this weapon, on humans.

We are theorists.

Right.

We imagine a future
and our imaginations horrify us.

They will not be afraid
until they understand and

they won't understand
until they've used it.

When the world learns
the terrible secret of Los Alamos,

our work here will ensure
the peace humanity has never seen.

Peace based on the type of
international cooperation agreement

that Roosevelt always envisioned.

We make progress.

Was two years and a billion dollars worth it?

Hard to put a price on your city.

Indeed. Just out of
accounts. Free rural deliveries.

Eighty babies were born in the first year.

This year we had ten a month.

Birth control
is outside my general area.

- of
course. - General.

Head down.
all, fucks, head down.

This is it.

Two viable
bombs, I need a date.

September.
July.

We nailed it, gentlemen.

-
August. - July.

Test in July.

I need my brother.

Frank goes to the desert.
He left politics behind.

He has been working
with Lawrence for two years.

What do we call the test?

Strength my chest, Triune God.

SACRED SONNET FROM JOHN DONNE'S 14TH CENTURY

What?

Trinity.

You insisted on
bringing your brother Frank.

- A known communist.
- Ex-Communist.

You brought a well-known former communist.

To America's Most
Top Secret Defense Project.

I knew my brother
was trustworthy. Absolutely.

And you felt your judgment was
solid in who on the team could be trusted.

Fucks, put your
head down. Everyone ready?

Hope you learned something.

A- we learned that we would need
to be much further away. - So fix it, quick.

Tomorrow we're going
to Washington to give them a date.

You're a long way from Chicago, Leo.

If we don't act now, they're
going to use this thing against Japan.

We set up a meeting with
Truman, but someone canceled.

You will meet
with the secretary of war.

Just because we're building,

doesn't mean we
get to decide how it's used.

History will judge us for this.

In Chicago, we drafted a petition.

I will not sign this.

- Just tell me your concerns
and I'll tell them. - My concerns?

Germany defeated.

- Japan will not stand
alone. - How could you know that?

You made this up.

You and Einstein with your letter
to Roosevelt saying we could build a bomb.

Against Germany.

That's not how weapon
crafting works, Cillit.

Robertr, you have to help.

Fermi will be at the meeting.

- Lawrence is at the
meeting. - They are not you.

You are the great science salesman.

You can convince anyone of anything.

Even yourself.

Excuse me.

The Tokyo bombing
killed 100,000 people.

Mostly civilians.

I worry about America when
we do these things and nobody protests.

Pearl Harbor and three years
of brutal conflict in the Pacific.

Buys a lot of morale
with the American public.

Enough to drop an A-bomb?

The atomic bomb might not
do as much damage as the Tokyo bombing.

What are we estimating?

In an average city,
20,000 or 30,000 dead.

Yes, but...

don't underestimate the psychological
impact of an atomic explosion.

A column of fire 3,000 meters high.

Deadly effect of neutrons
for two kilometers in all directions.

From a single device
launched from a B-29.

The atomic bomb will be a
terrible revelation of divine power.

If true, it would be definitive.

World War II would end.

Our boys would come home.

Some military target.

But there aren't any big enough.

Perhaps an armament factory
that has a worker village nearby.

And we could issue an alert
to reduce civilian casualties.

That would send everything
they have against us.

I would be on that plane.

But what if we announce
it and it doesn't work?

we would destroy any
chance of a Japanese surrender.

Is there no way to demonstrate
the bomb to Japan to propose surrender?

We intend to state it
in the most unambiguous terms.

Twice.

Once to show the power of the bomb

and a second one to show we
can keep doing this until they surrender.

We have a list of 12 cities to choose from.

Sorry, 11.

I took Kyoto
off the list due to your

cultural importance
to the Japanese people.

Also, my wife and I honeymooned there.

It's a magnificent city.

Let me make this simple for you gentlemen.

According to my intelligence,
which I cannot share

With you, the Japanese
people will not surrender.

Under any circumstances.

Except for a successful
full invasion of the Country.

Many American and
Japanese lives will be longer.

The use of the atomic bomb
in Japanese cities will save lives.

If we maintain the morale advantage.

What do you mean? If we use
this weapon without informing our allies,

they will see this as
a threat. We'll be in an arms race.

How many times can we be with the Soviets?

Secrecy will not prevent the Soviets
from becoming part of the atomic world.

We were told they have no uranium.

You have been misinformed.

A Russian bomb is a matter of time.

The program needs to continue
at full speed after the war.

Secretary Stimson, if I may.

Not all project
scientists agree.

In fact, this might be
a time to consider other opinions.

If you say so this project
has been plagued from the beginning

by certain dubious scientists

discretion and uncertain loyalty.

One of them just tried
to meet with the president.

Now, we need those
men, but as soon as practical,

we must cut any
scientist from this program.

Don't you agree, Doctor?

If a Russian bomb is inevitable,

maybe we should invite
the best scientist to Trinity.

President Truman has no
intention of raising expectations

that Stalin be included
in the atomic project.

Informing him of our advance and
presenting it as a means of winning the war.

don't make promises you can't keep.

But the Potsdam Peace
Conference in July will be

President Truman's last
chance to have this conversation.

Can you get us a working pump by then?

Absolutely. We will do
a test by fire before the conference.

Ground Zero. The observation is
10,000 yards to the north, south and west.

Where do we trigger
it from? South 10,000.

And the base camp is 10 miles south here.

And there's one more observation
post on that hill 20 miles away.

Is that right? Your lines have already entered.

The Air Force has requested
a line of lights for its B-29.

What B-29? Our bombs in the tower.

They want to use the test
to confirm safe operating distance.

It's risky.

But not as risky as dropping one in Japan

and hoping we were
right about the blast radius.

It's a bit so surprising.
We are shooting on the 15th.

The 15th? That's the 15th.

15th.

So while we're here at South Observation

Spot with Frank and Kistiakowsky,

we will all be assigned to base
camp, west observation or fire observation.

Just a little eye care.

Your safe distances
are based on your calculations.

Time to get behind
your scientific arms, literally.

What about the radiation cloud?

Without high winds, it should
settle within two to three miles.

Evacuation measures are in place.

But we need good weather
for visibility, so it has to be good.

Everyone out.

It's the night of the
15th. It's a tough deadline.

If someone does something, speak up now.

Would you survive a blast test?

Couldn't do it.

Is there anything else that can stop us?

It's happening, isn't it?

I'll send you a message.

It was our way.

Take it to the streets.

Robert.

Which way?

Hope it will take a modest 3 kilotons.

Stems
with 45. - 20.

Twenty thousand kilos of DNT.

Does anyone want to see some
collateral action on atomic ignition.

I just say, we have to postpone.

This time has come to one side.

This call is to report
that the test burst failed.

Was
he wrong? No.

No! Explain.

I can't... I just know
that the burst lens will work.

If we fire this detonator
and they don't trigger a reaction.

2 years worth of plutonium
will be scattered. In wide stands.

Let's go to reserve stock.

Pull them out. We will
make our determination of them.

Three years, 4,000 people, $2 billion.

It doesn't erase.

We both broke up.

I bet on three kilotons.

Nothing less ? I
won't understand what it is.

And what did Fermi
mean by atmospheric ignition?

We had a moment where
it felt like the chain reaction

of an atomic device
may never have stopped.

Set the atmosphere on fire.

And what was
Fermi still betting on?

Call it dark humor.

Are we saying there's a chance that when
we push that button, we'll destroy the world?

Nothing in our research over
three years has drawn that conclusion.

Only it's the remotest
possibility. How remote?

The chances are close to zero.

Close to zero.

What do you
want from theory alone?

Zero would be fine.

We were exactly

one hour and 58 minutes.

We will know.

It is loading.

Army parts left zero.
They're coming this way.

Throw me switches.
Turn the cars.

Ready for emergency evacuation.

After my footage.

Everyone takes a roll splash.

Everyone takes a roll splash.

Twenty minutes.

Twenty minutes.

That's twenty.

The ladies.

The glass.

It stops the
UV. It stops the glass.

I had base
10. That's fire.

Robert.

Try to work the world.

What is that needle?

If the detonator is still
charged, the voltage drops by one volt.

You press that button, you abort.

Understood?
Understood.

Everybody down.

Don't bend over until you
see what's working in the hills.

Then watch the explosion
through your wellness glass.

Ninety seconds to detonation.

These things are hard on the heart

Thirty seconds.

The detonator is charged.

Seventeen.

Sixteen.

Fifteen.

Fourteen.

Thirteen.

Twelve.

Eleven.

Dec.

Nine.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

Five

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

And now I have become death.

the destroyer of worlds.

It worked.

Give me my dollars.

Proceed.

I'm good for this, Kisti.

You are.

Yes you are.

Give me a pot holder right away.

Hello. Hi Kisti. What?

Charlotte.
Charlotte, go ahead.

Oh, um, oh, I don't know.

I told you to put the sheets away

If they did it really high in the
air, the explosion would be so powerful.

With all due respect, Dr.
Oppenheimer, we'll take it from here.

The real, stolen brief, a marijuana stand.

The summary would be overkill.

He was referring to
a stolen new powerful weapon.

I hope we can use it against Japan.

This is it.

The one where we gave them an
ace, that's for them to play the hand.

You're heavy for the six.

It's from CO in the Pacific.

If anything happens, to Washington.

Before.

When you stay informed.

Of course.

As best I can.

What would the Japanese
yield if they knew what was coming?

I don't know.

It's all
here, it's a petition.

How the hell is it like that, no matter
the Japanese? Not subscribing to an item?

Many people
are. Lots of people.

Pidrode.

The fact that we built
this bond gives us no more,

more right or responsibility
to decide how it is used.

And anyone else.

But they're the only
people who know about it.

I am informed steps in the
various opinions of the community.

But what's your opinion?

Once used,

Nuclear
war. Maybe..

every war,

becomes unthinkable.

Until someone builds a bigger bomb.

I thought they
would call. It's so fast.

And it's the sixth.

Charlotte?

Trigross?

Anything?

Charlotte?
Trubit is on the radio.

In general? I am very
proud of you and all your people.

It went well.

Apparently it went with quite a bang.

You know, everyone here is
feeling reasonably good about this.

It's been a long road.

I think it's one of
the wisest things I've ever done

that's when I selected
the director of Los Alamos.

We asked him for
the two billion dollars from

biggest scientific
gamble in history, and we won.

The world will remember this day.

It's too early to
- it's too early to determine

what are the results of the bombing.

But I bet the
Japanese didn't like it.

I'm so proud.

So proud of what you've accomplished.

I just wish we had time
to use it against the Germans.

Dr. Oppenheimer. doctor Oppenheimer.

Cool photo. Prison criminals need help.

Dr. Oppenheimer, it's an
honor. Mr. President, please. Thanks.

Sixteen minutes.

How does it feel to be
the most famous man in the world?

You helped save
many American lives.

- What we did in Hiroshima
was... - In Nagasaki.

Obviously. Your invention
allows us to bring our boys home.

It was hardly my invention.

Well, that's you on the cover at the time.

Jim tells me you're worried
about an arms race for the Soviets.

Yes. Well, now
is our chance to make sure

international cooperation
in atomic energy and I'm concerned.

Did you know when
the Soviets will have the bomb?

- I don't think I could
give you... - Never. Never.

Mr President, Russians have
good physiques and abundant resources.

Abundance?
Yes.

I don't think so.

Well, don't put
everything they've got in...

I hear you're leaving Los
Atoms. What should we do with it?

Give it back to the Indians.

Dr. Oppenheimer, if what
you say about the Soviets is true,

we have to build
Los Alamos, not shut it down.

Mr. president,

I feel like
I have blood on my hands.

Do you think someone in Hiroshima,

Nagasaki, give a fuck who built the bomb?

They care who dropped it. I did.

Hiroshima is not about you.

Dr. Oppenheimer.

Don't let that
crybaby come back here.

Robert saw that
worry got him nowhere,

and when I met him, he fully
embraced his father's bombshell reputation

and used your profile to influence policy.

The years after the
war, would you say that you

has had a major influence
on US atomic policy?

I think it's great.
We know this statement.

Really? We'll make sure isotopes

We are not personally responsible
for destroying all opposition to your export.

Can you, uh, about looking at beer?
Making atomic weapons, indeed, you do.

I was the spokesman, but opinion
among scientists was unanimous.

All the while, McCarthy on
the rise, he knew he was vulnerable.

Your brother was blacklisted
by every university in the country.

A woman from the squadron
working on the railroad, laying rails.

Like Chevalier, he went into exile.

But none of that stopped
Robert from pushing the

The GAC recommends
gun control over the H-bomb.

He was devastated when Truman
rejected their recommendation.

I miss Richard more
than I can bear to think.

I'm glad he didn't live
to see what it was all about.

Here comes the
birthday boy. Take away.

Have fun with it.

Robert, my son and his bride say the
best words to the father of the atomic bomb, so...

Suspicious.

What do you think, Luis?

I guess I must have gotten you involved.

To the world.

The world? What does fukes
mean to the rest of the world?

Fuck you. Fuck class.

Oh dear. You haven't heard.

Klaus Fuchs.
The British scientists who

you've placed on the
implosion team at Los Alamos.

Turns out he was... he was
a spy for the Soviet Union, I'm sorry.

After the truth about fukes came
out, the FBI stepped up surveillance on him.

He knew his phone was tapped.

Followed him everywhere.

They've completely gone through your trash.

But he never stopped speaking his mind.

Man of conviction.

And maybe he thought that
fame could really protect him.

When Eisenhower took
office, he saw another chance.

He got it.

America and Russia can be
compared to two scorpions in a bottle.

Each capable of killing the other,
but only at the risk of his own life.

There are several aspects of your policy.

Modern scientists blame me,
but how am I supposed to protect you?

It's too secret for discussion.

Frankness is the only remedy.

The authorities in Washington
need to start leveling the American media.

That was the last straw for Robert Sotomayor.

So he had to miss his safety class.

And with it, your credibility.

But how could they do that?

He was a war hero.

He had already told everyone about his past.

The board wouldn't have soaked everything.

How could the board get
access to Oppenheimer's FBI file?

Could it have been Nichols?

No, I can't imagine if I could do that.

Who did, at least if I were a storm
that burned a path from the White House,

or to my desk, the AEC

You see him in there, right?

I've worked my whole life to get here.

For Canada, the United States
of America, now and across the country.

They'll put me back in my place.

A low-leaf shoe salesman.

Lewis, we can win this thing.

I think we can get the sun off
the grass, but you've done your duty.

A painful account it was.

Will Hill's testimony support us?

Hill will be fine.

I don't really know him, but
that's when his Silveridge boys in Chicago

never forgave Robert for not supporting
a petition against the bombing of Japan.

This was taken 31 days after the bombing.

Practically everyone on the
street, almost a kilometer around,

was instantly and badly burned.

The Japanese spoke of people who

wore striped clothes over
which the skin was burned in stripes.

There were many who
considered themselves lucky,

who emerged from the ruins
of their homes, only slightly injured.

But they died anyway.

They died days or weeks later,

from the ratium-type rays emitted
in large numbers at the time of the explosion.

Did you read the note in the papers?

British physicists say

the atomic bombings
were not the last act of WWII,

but the first act
of this Cold War with Russia.

What physique? I think
you knew him. Patrick Blackett.

They might not be
wrong. Stimson is now telling me

they tied up an enemy
that was essentially defeated.

Robert, you have all the leverage now.

Please ask them to continue
my research on the super.

- I can't and I don't
want to, Edward. - Why not?

Not the correct
use of our resources.

Is that what you really believe?

Wow, Robert Oppenheimer,
sphinx, your atom guru.

Nobody knows what you believe.

Do you know?

One last time, our program
director, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer.

I hope you came, and we will
look back on your work here with pride.

But today, that pride
must be tempered with deep concern.

If atomic weapons are to be
added to the arsenals of a world at war,

then the day will come when
people will curse the name of Los Alamos.

Sorry I'm wrong.

Stop, doffs, forget about it.

Sounds pretty favourable.

There's Oppenheimer. What's the caption?

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the great fighter.

And the US won.

This will work.

Those were your words the other day.

We need to change focus.

But how did you know
what Time magazine would write?

Henry Luce is a friend.

Sit here and let
me tell you how it's done.

But you were way ahead all along.

Survival in Washington.

I was about to know how to do things.

Right.

What did you say about Borden?

Why get caught holding the knife alone?

I understand that Borden
was holding the knife for you.

It will depend on how much
influence Borden was able to observe.

Did I say something funny?

It's Borden, Borden, Borden.
When we all know it's straw.

God took me to Princeton, Kitty.

And so you're familiar
with him in front of Congress.

But more useful than a center.

How many of these?

Perhaps a little too well, Robert.

It was six years ago.

You know, they're truly vindictive.

Patient to say it is...

Strauss has made it perfectly
clear that he is neutral.

Wake up! It's Strauss!

Always has been and you know it!

When are you going to fight this.

Damn.

It wasn't Nichols or Hoover,
one of Truman's guys. It was you.

You gave the file to Borden.
You put him behind Oppenheimer.

You convinced him... Borden!

It didn't take any convincing.

Take your time using the entire file.

Write your conclusions.
Send them to the FBI.

The material is obviously extensive,
but there's nothing new here.

Your conclusions will be in.

And will have to be answered.

Hoover passes them to McCarthy.

Oppenheimer is too slippery
for that self-promoting clown.

I talked it over
with Hoover. Hold McCarthy

in the bay while you do this with the AEC.

Judgment. No. No judgment.
You cannot give Oppenheimer a platform.

You can't martyr him.

We need a systematic destruction
of Oppenheimer's credibility

so you can never talk about
matters of national security again.

So what?

We isolated him,
well out of the spotlight.

A simple and bureaucratic procedure,

Your security authorization
is about to be renewed.

You send your allegations to the FBI.

Hoover sends them to the atomic
commission and you are forced to act.

You write an accusation.

And tell Oppenheimer that his
security clearance will not be renewed.

But give him a chance to appeal.

As you can see, Robert,
it's not signed yet. Can I keep this?

No.

If you decide to appeal,
they will send you a copy.

When he appeals, and believe
me, you will, I appoint a council.

They will, of course, have lawyers.

Promoter?

- With
another name. - Who?

Roger Robb.

- Damn. - Robb
will have security clearance

to examine the Oppenheimer file.

So will great counsel,
but the defense attorney won't.

- A closed hearing - Said derogatory
information in your indictment.

No hearing, no reporters,
no burden of proof.

No burden of proof.

We are not condemning.

Just denying.

What did you say?

This is how the game is played.

Well, forgive my naivety.

Amateurs, you seek the sun, you get burned.

Power lies in the shadows.

But, sir, you're out of the shadows
now. Yes, that's why this has to work.

Well,

Teller will
now give his statement.

This will help.

in the afternoon it will be ...

Hill will help us too.

As you can see, Robert, it's not signed.

- Can
I have this? - No.

If you decide to appeal,
they will have to send you a copy.

Take my current driver, I insist.

I won't talk to my lawyers.

Of course.

But don't take too long.

so you can hold Nichols.

I'm sorry it came to this, Robert.

I got this wrong.

Nichols wants me to fight
so he can record everything.

Strauss wants me gone.

Strauss knows you can't do this.

You would be accepting the charges.

You will lose your job.

You will lose your reputation,

we're going to lose our home!

Robert, we have to fight.

As an attorney for the
commission, I cannot represent you.

I'll call Lloyd Garrison.

- He's good.
- He's the best, but

But I have to warn you.

This will not be a fair fight.

During your interview with Boris
Pash in 1943, did you refer to microfilm?

No.

Tab 11, page 1, paragraph 3.

Never said consulate man and
specialist in the use of microfilm.

Sorry. Sorry.

I would like to know
what document Mr. Robb is

citing and whether
we can receive a copy.

The document is confidential, Mr. Garrison.

I think we should
go back to live information.

It's live.

What do you mean Roger?

There was a recording of the conversation.

You let my client
sit here and commit perjury,

and all this
time you had a recording?

Nobody told your customer to
misrepresent their previous response.

It was 12 years ago.
Can we listen to this recording?

You don't have authorization, Mr. Garrison.

You were reading the document.

Please, please. Is this process interested
in coming up with a trap or the truth?

If true, where is the transparency?
Where's the witness list?

Mister Garrison,

this is not a judgment call because
you are well aware. Evidence rules do not apply.

We are dealing with national security.

Yes sir. With all due respect,

I can't see how national security

prevents the prosecution from
providing us with a list of witnesses.

Gentlemen, you have my words.

It is from a
transcript or I accept.

I've already explained
how I made a little story for

So why would anyone
make up such an elaborate story?

Because I was an idiot.

Why lie?

Well, clearly not intending
to reveal who the intermediary was.

Your friend, Haakon Chevalier, communist.

Is he still your friend?

Yes.

Doctor Rabi, thank you for coming.

Now, do you know who else the prosecution called?

Teller, obviously, and Lawrence.

- What did he say? -
That I wasn't going to help him.

Strauss told him that you and Ruth
Tolman have been having an affair for years.

The whole time you
stayed with them in Pasadena,

he convinced Lawrence
that Richard died of heartbreak.

- How absurd.
- Which part?

From heartbreak.

Richard never found out.

Will Lawrence testify?

I don't know.

Doctor Rabi, what government
positions do you currently hold?

I am the chairman of the General Advisory Committee

of the Atomic Commission,
succeeding Doctor Oppenheimer.

And how long have
you known Doctor Oppenheimer?

Since 1928, I have known him very well.

Well enough to speak
to your character of your loyalty?

Doctor Oppenheimer is
a man of principled character.

And he's loyal
to America, to his friends,

the institutions
to which it belongs.

Come.

- Who is that?
- Nothing to worry about.

After the Russian bomb test, did Doctor
Lawrence talk to you about the hydrogen bomb?

- You'd better
ask him. - What do I intend?

Would you say that Doctor
Oppenheimer opposed the H-bomb?

No, he thought a
fusion program would come in

at the expense of
our unusual fission program.

But that proved not to be the case.

In that case, both could be done.

Suppose this council does not feel
satisfied with this in its testimony here,

Doctor Oppenheimer
has been completely sincere.

What would you say whether or not
he should have a new security clearance?

Why do all
this against the man who

accomplished
what Doctor Oppenheimer

did, see your log.

We have an atomic bomb and all series of it.

We have all super bomb series.

What else do you want?

Mermaids?

But I've known Secretary
Strauss for many years and

I feel the need
to express warm support.

For science and scientists, it always has.

We'll take a break unless there's some...
- Senator, I'd like to request one more time to request

to provide a list of witnesses.

And I'll remind the candidate that we
don't always have that information in advance.

We know that Doctor
Hill will be here after lunch.

Mr. President, our next scheduled witness,

Dr. Lawrence,
apparently had colitis.

So we are proceeding
with William Borden.

Mr. Borden, please have a seat.

Mr. Borden, listening to your investigation into

Dr. Oppenheimer, have
you reached certain conclusions?

Yes.

And there came a time when
you expressed these conclusions in

a letter to Mr J. Edgar Hoover
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

That's correct.

Before writing the
letter, you discussed writing

the letter with someone connected
to the Atomic Energy Commission?

Not me.

Thank you..

- Do you have a copy
of the letter? - Yes, sir.

Would you be so kind as to read it?

Dear Mr. Hoover,
The purpose of this letter...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry if I could...

What is the purpose of the
delay? He will simply read the letter.

Mr President, this is the
first time I have seen this letter.

And I see declarations
here, at least one,

which I don't think anyone
would want to see go into the registry.

These are allegations
that have not been previously made,

which are not part
of Nichols's indictment.

These are accusations of
a kind that I don't think fit here.

The witness wrote this
letter on his own initiative,

putting evidence that has
already been presented to the board.

Your conclusions are valid
testimony as well as positive

conclusions of Doctor Oppenheimer's
friends, goes for both parties.

How long has the
council had this letter?

I don't think I should be
questioned by you, Mister Garrison.

Mr. Garrison, since we are on
the board and have all read the letter,

wouldn't it be better
to leave it on record?

Let's proceed.

Dear Mr. Hoover,

The purpose of this
letter is to express my opinion,

based on years of study
of available graded evidence,

most likely,

that J. Robert Oppenheimer
is an agent of the Soviet Union.

The following conclusions are justified.

One, between 1929 and 1942
probably J. Robert Oppenheimer was one

hardened enough of a communist
to offer information to the Soviets.

Two, probably, he's been working
ever since as an espionage agent.

Three, more likely than
not, he has since acted under one

Soviet directive influencing
US military policy.

- I'm sorry,
Robert. - the intelligence

Is anyone else going to tell
the truth about what's going on here?

Now we'll hear from Doctor David Hill.

Doctor Hill, would
you like to make a statement?

Thank you.

I was asked to
testify about Lewis Strauss,

a man who has given years
of service in high government offices

and who is known to be zealous,

hardworking and smart.

The opinions I
have to express are my own,

but I believe much of what
I have to say will help point out

why most scientists
in this country do

prefer to see Mr Strauss
completely out of government.

You are referring to the
hostility of certain scientists

directed to Mr Strauss because of his

commitment to safety demonstrated
in the Oppenheimer case?

No. Because of the personal
vendetta he took against Mr Oppenheimer.

Order! Order!

Looks like most of the scientists
in this country Robert Oppenheimer are now

being ridiculed and subjected to trials
because he expressed his honest opinions.

Dr Bush, I thought
I was doing my country a service

when approaching this case.

No council in this
country should sit in judgment

from a man because he
has expressed his strong opinions.

If you want to judge
this man, you must judge me.

Excuse me, gentlemen,
if I get angry, but I am.

Doctor Hill, we've heard
that Mr. Strauss didn't bring the

charges or participate in the
hearings against Doctor Oppenheimer.

The Oppenheimer
case was started and taken

through, largely through
the recenting of Lewis Strauss.

Oppenheimer mocks Strauss'
position on shipments from

isotopes for Norway and Strauss never
forgave him for this public humiliation.

Another controversy between
them centered around their differences

opinion on how the H-bomb
would contribute to national security.

Strauss resorted to
the personal security system

to destroy Oppenheimer's
effectiveness.

and managed to find some
ambitious men who also disagreed with

Oppenheimer's positions and envied
his prestige in government circles.

I have always assumed and continue
to assume that he is loyal to the United States.

I believe it and I always will until
I have very strong evidence to the contrary.

Do you or do you not believe that
Doctor Oppenheimer is a security risk?

In a large number of cases
I have seen Doctor Oppenheimer perform

in a way that was extremely
difficult for me to understand.

I completely disagree
with him on several issues and his

the actions frankly strike
me as confusing and complicated.

To this extent, I feel I
want to see this one's vital interests

country in hand that I understand
best and therefore trust most.

- Thank
you, sir. - Thank you.

Sorry.

Did you shake his fucking hand?

Oh, I could have spit in his face.

I'm not sure the board
would have appreciated that.

Isn't that chivalrous
enough for you?

I think you're
all being very chivalrous.

Gray should see what Robb is doing,
why doesn't it just get it over with?

And you shaking Teller's hand.

You need to stop playing the martyr.

Under current commission guidelines,
would you accredit Dr. Oppenheimer today?

According to my interpretation
of the Atomic Energy Law, which

did not exist when I
hired Doctor Oppenheimer in 1942,

I wouldn't accredit you
today if I were on the Commission.

Good. Thanks, General.

- I don't think I would
accredit any of them. - That's all.

Doctor Oppenheimer
had no responsibility for

Selection or elimination
of Klaus Fuchs, right?

No. Absolutely none.

And you wouldn't want to leave
this board with any hint today that you are

Questioning your basic loyalty to
the United States in the Los Alamos operation?

No way. I hope I haven't led
anyone to believe otherwise for a moment.

Thank you, General.

You shouldn't keep them waiting.

She'll be here.

You still want her?

Only a fool or a teenager would presume
to know about other people's relationships

Not your case.

Kitty and I are adults,
we've been through a lot together.

You'll be fine.

Would you describe your views
on communism as pro, count, or neutral?

Very strongly against. I have had
nothing to do with communism since 1936,

since before I met Robert.

That's all.

The record demonstrates
that Oppenheimer was not interrogated

by impartial
counsel headed by Gray.

He was questioned by
a prosecutor who used all the

the malicious tricks
he had up his sleeve.

Are you now accusing Gray's
council of having carried out a trial?

If I had been on the Council
of Gray I would have protested the

tactics of the man who actually
served as the prosecuting attorney.

A man appointed not by
the Council, but by Lewis Strauss.

Who was it?

How?

Who was it?

Roger Robb.

Ms. Oppenheimer.

Did you have a Communist
Party membership card?

- I...
not sure. - Not sure.

Fine.

Well?

I mean, presumably
the act of joining the party

need to send some
money and get a card, no?

Sorry.

It was a long time ago.

not really Mr Robb

- Not so much. -
Long enough to have forgotten.

Did you return the card or tore it up?

the card I forgot existed.

- The Communist Party membership
card. - Not having a clue.

Can a distinction be made
between Soviet communism and communism?

Well, back when I was a member,
I thought it was definitely two things.

I thought the Communist
Party of the United States

United was worried
about our domestic problems.

Now I don't believe that anymore.

They have all things connected
and scattered all over the world.

And I've believed
that since I left the party.

Sixteen years ago.

Ah, seventeen years ago.

My mistake.

But you... Sorry, eighteen.

Eighteen years ago.

Are you familiar with
what your husband was doing

contributions
to the Spanish Civil War

- up to the year
1942. - That's right.

I knew Robert gave
money from time to time.

Did you know that money was
going into Communist Party channels?

Don't you mean through?

- Excuse me? - It means through the
channels of the Communist Party, doesn't it?

Yes. So it would be fair to
say that this meant that in 1942 your

husband did not stop having
anything to do with the Communist Party?

You don't have to answer yes
or no, you can answer any way you like.

I know that. Thanks.

Your question
is not well worded.

- Do you understand
what I'm getting at? - I see.

Why don't you answer that?
Because I don't like your sentence

have something to
do with the Communist Party

because Robert never had anything
to do with the Communist Party as such.

I know you gave
money to Spanish refugees.

I know he was intellectually
interested in communist ideas.

The two types of communists.
Intellectual communists

and your plain
old regular communist.

Well, I couldn't answer that one.

Me neither.

Robert, you can't beat this thing.

It's a crap court
with a predetermined outcome.

Why put yourself through it.

I have my reasons.

Okay.

Good night.

He's right.

- I don't know if
you understand, Albert. - No.

I left my country, never to return.

You served your country well.

If this is the reward they offer you,

maybe you should turn your back on them.

Damn! I love this country very much.

Then tell them to go to hell.

Interesting, if not more of
a cross-examination, but a judgment call.

About a trial.

It's no good that he tells
everyone you started the hearings.

He can't prove shit.
He certainly can't prove it

- which I gave file to
Born. - We are not in court, sir.

There is no burden of proof.

Right. They are not condemning.

Just denying.

Why would Hill come here
to take me down? What does he get?

Do people need a reason
to do the right thing as he sees it?

I told you, the oppenheimer started poisoning

the scientists,
since that first meeting.

I don't know what Oppenheimer said to Einstein that
day, because he didn't even want to look me in the face.

Oppenheimer
knows how to handle his.

At Los Alamos, he
took advantage of naivety

of scientists thought they would
have a say in what they were working on.

They'll never
think he was so naive.

Doctor, during your
work on the hydrogen bomb,

Have you been deterred
by any moral qualms?

- Yes of course. - But you
continued with your work, didn't you?

Yes, because it was worth exploring
and it wasn't the preparation of a weapon.

You mean it was more
of an academic field trip?

No, it wasn't an academic thing.
Because you could build a hydrogen bomb.

It was a matter of life and death.

By 1942, you were actively promoting
the development of the hydrogen bomb.

Promoting is not the right word.

Supporting him and working on it. Yes.

When did those moral
scruples become so strong that you

actively opposed development
of the hydrogen bomb?

When it was suggested
it would be the policy

America to do
these things at all costs,

without taking into account
the balance between these weapons

and atomic weapons as part of our arsenal.

What moral scruples have to do with that?

What moral scruples have to do with that?

Yes. Oppenheimer
wanted to own the atomic bomb.

He wanted to be the
man who shook the earth, And now

about putting the nuclear
genie back in the bottle.

Well, I'm here to tell you that I know one.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, if he could do
it all over again, he would do it the same way.

You know he never said he regrets
Hiroshima, he would do it all over again. Why?

Because it means he's
the greatest man who ever lived.

Well, we freely use the atomic bomb.

Actually, you
helped select the target

to drop the atomic
bomb on Japan, right?

Yes.

Well, so did you know, did you know
that by dropping that atomic bomb on the target,

You have selected thousands of civilians
who would be killed or injured. Is this correct?

Yes. Not as much as was thought.

Oh. How many were killed or wounded?

Seventy thousand.

- Seventy thousand in Hiroshima and...
- One hundred and ten thousand in both.

On the day of each bombing.

Yes, and in the weeks and years that followed?

It has been estimated at between
fifty and one hundred thousand.

- Two hundred and twenty
thousand dead, at least. - Yes.

And some moral scruples remained.

Yes, terrible.

You testify here that the bombing
of Hiroshima was very successful.

- Technically successful.
- Technically it was very successful.

And also that it helped end the war.

Would you object to dropping
a hydrogen bomb on Hiroshima?

That wouldn't make any sense.

The target would be too small.

Assuming there is
a big enough target in Japan,.

for a thermonuclear
weapon, you would launch it.

This was not a problem to confront.

I'm confronting you now Doctor.

It was all part of the
plan, he wanted to use the gun.

and crown the glorious guilt of the presumptuous.

and say no, we
can't go down that road.

even though
we knew we had to.

Sir, would you be against dropping
a thermonuclear weapon on Japan?.

Because of your moral scruples?

Yes! Of course it does.

But he was against the bomb launch,

in Hiroshima because of your moral scruples?

We have established our...

No, no, no, sir.

- I don't...
- You sir...

I have my arguments against
the release, I don't endorse them.

You mean after working night
and day for three years building the bomb.

You then argued
against using it.

The secretary of war asked
me what the scientists' opinions were.

I gave them
the pro and con views.

You supported the release in Japan.

- What do you mean
I supported? - You supported it.

Well, you helped
pick the target, didn't you?

I did my job. I was not in a
position to discuss politics at Los Alamos.

I would have
done anything I asked.

Well, then you wouldn't
have built the H-bomb, would you?

I couldn't.

I didn't ask that, doc.

And the committee
report that you signed,

where you put that
there was a soviet test

of a superbomb, that where
puts that. should never have been built.

What we meant, what I meant.

And the Russians wouldn't
do anything to increase their strength?

If we did it, they would have to.

Our efforts would
only fuel their efforts,

just like
the atomic bomb.

Just like
the atomic bomb.

No moral scruples
in 1945 and like many in 1949.

Doctor Oppenheimer,

When did your strong moral convictions
develop regarding the hydrogen bomb?

When it became clear to me

we tend to use
whatever weapon we have,

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the martyr,
I gave him exactly what he wanted.

To be remembered for Trinity,
not Hiroshima, not Nagasaki.

He should be thanking me.

Well, it won't.

Do we still have enough votes?

Or the crowning moment
of my career is about to

became the most public
humiliation of my life.

The Senate is about to vote.

You will pass.

Great, then round up the fucking press.

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer,
this board, bearing his testimony

and many of your
current and former colleagues,

has come to the unanimous conclusion
that you are a loyal citizen.

However, in light of
their continuing associations

and disrespect for this
country's security apparatus,

along with his somewhat disturbing
conduct in the hydrogen bomb program

and the incredible lack of candor
and some of your responses to this advice,

We voted two to one to deny
your security clearance renewal.

A complete written opinion with a disagreement from

Mr. Evans will be sent to the Atomic
Energy Commission in the next few days.

That's all.

Robert.

Speak.

No, no.

Don't store the sheets

Calm down, clamor, two minutes

two minutes

Well, is it official yet?

Well, there were
some unexpected setbacks.

- I got rejected, yes?

- Unfortunately.
- All right.

Who changed the vote?

There were three,
led by junior senator from

Massachusetts, and a little
guy trying to make a name for himself.

didn't like what
you did to Oppenheimer.

What's his name?

Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy.

Kitty.

You thought if you let them

crucified you,
would the world forgive you?

But it won't.

Let's see.

The drug!

Oh my God, you told me it would be okay.

Well, I didn't have all the facts, did I?

Here's the fact.

President Eisenhower placed the
Medal of Freedom on my chest last year,

because I've always done
what's right for this country.

They don't want me in the cabinet room.

Well, that's... fine.

Maybe they should
just invite Oppenheimer instead

Maybe so.

I told you, you turned the
scientists against me one by one,

starting with Einstein. I told
you about that, Einstein. I said in the pond.

You did, but you know, sir,

no one really knows
what they said to each other that

it's possible they
didn't say anything about you.

It's impossible that they
talked about something that...

Most important.

Thank you.

Albert.

The man of the moment.

You once held a reception
for me. In fact, he gave me an award.

Yes.

You all thought I had lost the
ability to understand what I had started.

So the award really wasn't
for me. It was for all of you.

Now it's your turn to deal
with the consequences of your conquest.

And one day, when they've punished you enough,

they will serve salmon and potato salad.

They'll give you speeches and give you a medal.

- Hi, Frank. -
If you're happy, I'm happy.

They'll pat you on the
back, and say all is forgiven.

Just remember,

will not be for you.

It will be for them.

Albert ...

When I came to you with those calculations,

we thought we could start a chain
reaction that would destroy the entire world.

I do remember that.

What's with it?

I believe we destroyed it.

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