Documents relating to 1941 Bohr-Heisenberg meeting

Document 7. Page 1 of 3.

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Incomplete draft of letter(s) from Bohr to Heisenberg, never sent.

In the handwriting of Margrethe Bohr, with corrections by Niels Bohr, added in Aage Bohr's handwriting (<>).

Last page may be continuation of Document 8.

Undated.

Three pages.

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Kære Heisenberg

I de senere Aar har jeg fra mange Sider faaet mange Henvendelser om Oplysninger vedrørende mine Oplevelser. Saaledes har jeg som mange andre modtaget Indbydelse til at medvirke ved de Bestræbelser for at fremskaffe og bevare Materiale til Belysning af Fysikkens Udvikling i vor Tid til hvis Gennemførelse Akademiet i Washington har valgt en særlig Komission. Ligeledes har jeg [fået forespørgsler] fra Komiteer, der i flere Lande er nedsat til at undersøge alt Arkivmateriale, der kan belyse Forberedelsen til og Drøftelsen af Anvendelsen af Atomfysikkens Resultater for militært Øjemed, og især er jeg fra mange Sider blevet udspurgt om, hvorledes det forholder sig med Dit og Weizsäckers Besøg i Kbh i 1941.<(p>

Dear Heisenberg

In recent years I have had many requests from many quarters for information regarding my experiences. Thus, like so many others, I have been invited to take part in the efforts to provide and preserve material that will shed light on the development of physics in our time and to which end the Academy in Washington has chosen a special commission. Similarly, I have [had requests] from committees that have been established in many countries to investigate all archival material that can shed light on the preparation and discussion of the application of the results of atomic physics for military purposes, and in particular I have had many enquiries about the circumstances of the visit by you and Weizsäcker to Copenhagen in 1941.