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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Nobs01 (talk | contribs) at 17:58, 14 September 2005 (declassified U.S. Govt. document in public domain). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I thought the report also asserted USSR could not make a bomb for another 20 year (e.i. Before mid 1960) Minor detail, but important because of how erroneous it turned out to be.

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of a different report -- the Smyth Report didn't say anything about the USSR, I'm fairly sure, and it would have been against the tone (and purpose) of the report to comment on world affairs in general. I tried some Google searches limited to the online version (looking for USSR, U.S.S.R., Soviet, etc.) and didn't come up with anything. --Fastfission 11:36, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is the report a public domain text? Cxn I put the text to WikiSource? --ajvol 12:01, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In the first page of the Princeton University Press version of the report (the first version published as a "book" rather than a literal "report"), it says: "Copyright 1945, by H. D. Smyth. Reproduction in whole or in part authorized and permitted." This would seem to imply that it is copyrighted but the copyright holder allows people to use it for any purpose, the equivalent of {{CopyrightedFreeUse}} for images. --Fastfission 13:05, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It is a declassified U.S. Govt. publication, that would make it public domain. nobs 17:58, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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