Цитаты из западного источника
Прошу прощения, что по-английски.
http://nuclearhistory.tripod.com/faq.html
July 23, 1945 -
Stimson, in Potsdam for meeting between Truman and Stalin, receives current target list. In order of choice it is: Hiroshima,
Kokura, and Niigata. He also receives an estimate of atomic bomb availability: Fat Man should be ready for use on Aug. 6, second
Fat Man-type by Aug. 24, 3 should be available in September, and more each month - reaching 7 or more in December.
August 9, 1945 -
Oppenheimer cable Groves with the following shipping schedule: ... 12 Aug. next plutonium core...
August 11, 1945 -
Groves reports that the second plutonium core would be ready for shipment on August 12 or 13, with a bombing possible on August
17 or 18.
Truman orders a halt to further atomic bombing until further orders are issued.
Groves decides to delay shipping the second Pu core and contacts Bacher just after he had signed receipt for shipping the core to
Tinian. The core is retrieved from car before it leaves Los Alamos.
August 13, 1945 -
Stimson recommends shipping the second plutonium core to Tinian.
August 14, 1945 -
Following leaflet bombing of Tokyo with surrender terms, Hirohito orders that an Imperial Edict accepting surrender be issued.
2:49 p.m. (1:49 a.m. Washington time), Japanese news agency announces surrender.
А почему к 1947 году не произвели больше бомб, чем могли (могли - свыше 100 штук) - потому, что сменились приоритеты, как пишут - война закончилась. Кроме того, на реакторах в Хэнфорде возникли некоторые технические проблемы, поэтому производство было частично свернуто, военной сверхнужды уже не было.
