In August 1945, just a few days after the Hiroshima bombing, Sweden’s Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Helge Jung, made a request via newly appointed research officer Torsten Schmidt that the recently founded FOA should find out what was known about those new weapons.
I augusti 1945, bara några dagar efter Hiroshima-bomben blev känd, begärde ÖB Helge Jung via den nytillträdde forskningsofficeren Torsten Schmidt att det nybildade FOA skulle utreda vad som var känt om dessa nya vapen.