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By 1945, Stimson was receiving more direct information about World War II than any other U.S. official. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall reported directly to Stimson and as a member of the "Committee of Three with Sec. of the Navy James Forrestal and Under Sec. of State Joseph Grew, Stimson also received information directly from the Sec. of the Navy. Grew provided Stimson with the State Department's diplomatic information on the war. Stimson also knew much about an important factor known to few others: the atomic bomb project. In June 1942 the transfer of the a-bomb project to the Army was begun, and from May 1, 1943 until his retirement on Sept. 21, 1945, Stimson was directly responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project.

-Henry Stimson, George Bundy, "On Active Service in Peace and War", pg. 612-613-

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