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/ 13 July 2005

The secret behind PO Box 1663

It was a spectacular climax to years of secret scientific research as well as the start of a new era: on July 16 1945 at 5.29,45am, the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in the south-western desert state of New Mexico. The scientists who worked undercover and around the clock for two years were well aware of the monumental meaning of their project.

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