Atomic Bomb: Decision: The Franck Report, June 11, 1945: >SECRET >This document consists of 16 pages and 0 figures. No. 2 of 6 copies, Series A >This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Act, U.S.C. 50; 31 and 32. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. >SECRET >Political and Social Problems >I. Preamble II. Prospectives of Armament Race III. Prospectives of Agreement IV. Methods of Control V. Summary ---- >I. Preamble >The only reason to treat nuclear power differently from all the other developments in the field of physics is its staggering possibilities as a means of political pressure in peace and sudden destruction in war. All present plans for the organization of research, scientific and industrial development, and publication in the field of nucleonics are conditioned by the political and military climate in which one expects those plans to be carried out. Therefore, in making suggestions for the postwar organization of nucleonics, a discussion of political problems cannot be avoided. The scientists on this Project do not presume to speak authoritatively on problems of national and...