From the same news outlet that Oppenheimer himself subscribed to.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I read document 12 and it says that Dr Conat suggested the target and made said recommendation to the Secretary, and that there was a "general agreement... That we could not concentrate on a civilian area; but that we should seek to make a profound psychological impression on as many of the inhabitants as possible ".

    So it was Dr Conant that advocated directly for that specific target, not Dr Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer however advocated for the biggest possible spectacle, and even multiple simultaneous nuclear bombings, according to document 12. Which is probably worse.