Later Oppenheimer told an interviewer: The whole damn thing was a farce, and these people are trying to make a tragedy out of it. ... I had never said that I had regretted participating in a responsible way in the making of the bomb.
Posteriormente Oppenheimer declarou nunha entrevista: A maldita cousa foi unha farsa, e esta xente está tentando convertelo nunha traxedia. ... Eu nunca dixen que me arrepentise de participar como responsable na creación da bomba.