In September 1942, General Leslie Groves was appointed to lead the project within the US. which better became known as the Manhattan Project. Two of Groves ' first acts were to purchase all 1250 tons of Shinkolobwe Ore (from the Shinkolobwe mine, home to the highest quality uranium ore in the world) and to obtain authority to assign the Highest priority AAA rating on necessary requirements. The Tube Alloys project was quickly overtaken by the US. effort and was relocated and fused into the Manhattan project after Churchill and Roosevelt signed the Quebec Agreement in
In September 1942, General Leslie Groves was appointed to lead the project within the US. which better became known as the Manhattan Project. Two of Groves ' first acts were to purchase all 1250 tons of Shinkolobwe Ore (from the Shinkolobwe mine, home to the highest quality uranium ore in the world) and to obtain authority to assign the Highest priority AAA rating on necessary requirements. The Tube Alloys project was quickly overtaken by the US. effort and was relocated and fused into the Manhattan project after Churchill and Roosevelt signed the Quebec Agreement in