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310 Finn Aaserud statesmen ... without disclosing information and by expressing general hope."21 Bohr seems to have taken the comforting role that he had thanked Rutherford for in the letter celebrating the outcome of World War I. A particularly interesting case in point was Albert Einstein who on 12 December sent a letter to Bohr. The only solution to the arms race problem Einstein could envisage was that scientists in the U.S., England and Russia advise their respective governments to work for "an internationalization of military power." He suggested that with his international connections, Bohr would be instrumental in implementing this.22 Bohr, who considered Einstein's suggestion to imply a severe breach of security, appeared personally in Princeton ten days later explaining his strong reservations and assuring Einstein "confidentially ... that the responsible statesmen in America and England were fully aware of the scope of the technical development, and that their attention had been called to the dangers to world security as well as to the unique opportunity for furthering a harmonious relationship between nations."23 Einstein proceeded to drop his proposal without a quibble. On 5 March 1945 Bohr was back in England, after Groves had accepted that he made the trip for personal reasons. While there, he wrote another memorandum - in Bohr parlance known as the "Addendum" to the "Memorandum" previously written for Roosevelt - expressing his concerns. This is the second of Bohr's war writings that he subsequently regarded as important enough to include parts of it in the "Open Letter" of 1950. Again, however, the question came up of whom Bohr could show it to. Now it was Anderson who was sceptical of Bush, whereas Cherwell resisted showing the document to Frankfurter. After Halifax had recommended to Anderson that Bohr meet with Bush, there were three meetings between the two upon Bohr's return to the United States, the first taking place on 23 April. At this point, however, the so-called "Interim Committee," of which Bush was a member, had been formed to advise on political matters in relation to the atomic bomb. Even from Bohr's rather positive account of the meeting, it appears that Bush sought to keep him at arm's length. Bohr seems to have wanted to stay in the U.S. for a longer period, and after the capitulation of Germany, preparations were made to bring his wife Margrethe from Stockholm. The unrelenting Frankfurter now sought to achieve a meeting between Bohr and Stimson. After Bohr had informed him on 23 June of Frankfurter's efforts, Roger Makins, the new Minister at the British embassy, reported back to England that the Americans were suspicious of Bohr's "always popping around" as well as, indeed, Bohr's continued relations with Frankfurter, who was considered suspect by many. Indeed, Makins considered that after the appointment of "the advisory group on the American side" there was no longer any need for Bohr's viewpoints.24 "2.6 Notes regarding conversations with Sir John Anderson," BPP. Letter from Einstein to Bohr 12 Dec 1944, "10.1 Albert Einstein, 12 Dec 1944," BPP.

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