United States Atomic Energy Commission: In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Finely preserved first-edition copy of the transcripts and principal documents of Oppenheimer's testimony in front of Senator McCarthy's hearings.

• Sold as a set of 2.
• United States Atomic Energy Commission.
• Transcript of Hearing before Personnel Security Board WDC April 12, 1954, through May 6, 1954 (volume I).
• Texts of Principal Documents and Letters of Personnel Security Board General Manager Commissioners May 27, 1954 through June 29, 1954 (volume II).
• Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1954.
• 993pp. & 67pp.
• Bound in original printed gray wrappers.

Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, was stripped of his security clearance after this set of hearings that took place April 12 to May 6, 1954. This is the official transcript. Much of the testimony, mirroring the McCarthy hearings at the time, focused on his relationships with members and supporters of the Communist Party and his expressed opinions as a government advisor on use of nuclear bombs and his opposition to the creation of a hydrogen bomb. In December, 2022, the decision was nullified on the basis that the process had been flawed and Oppenheimer had been loyal.