DOCUMENT SOURCE Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Archives and Records Offica Records Series Tale EE Accession ie File Code No. US -i44 Garton No, 7 Folder No. 42 KGS: Yes, he really was he had the support of the people back in Washing tongywho were responsible for the Manhattan district. And he had a great deal of influence with those peoples were—edmriveie—end SSH: How do jou reach the stage of having influence with people | KGS: like that? Mostly by being there and talking to them when they had a need, SSH: (Andyat least in the early days, was it true that the 60" was about the only machine around which could produce the isotopes that were needed for the experiments that the A.E.C. and the Manhattan Project needed. KGS: Ie—that_tree? Well, they had a facility at the University of Chicago. Now they were nuclear reactor=minded. en ~~ they came¥to Joe Hamilton for help. in this. But I thinkg‘aostly” NS Now two people figure Ome is Robert Stone, who went to what we call the Metallurgical Laboratory Projects director of medical research, I would guess. Ard the other person that shows up around here is Stafford Warren, who was one of my boases. SSH: What are their roles? KGS: . Well, Stafford Warren was a full golonel in the Manhattan Q- BPistrict, and he spent his time traveling around the . Ty . Se country, breathing down the backs of people like naiwhe was given the first plutoniung/ experiment waset) to find out where it went in the body. ssi: How did that happen? |