Sympathetic with communist principles. For this reason subject is dangerous as an employee at the radiation laboratory. This is the cal laboratory. Pash singlehandedly could keep people from getting jobs inside the Manhattan Project. Here you have three of the top people on that third tier of scientists under steve nelsons command. I want to read you the recommendation for max friedman, who was one of these guys providing information. It is recommended that subject be immediately separated from his employment on this project. Drafted into the army, and then removed as soon as possible to an outpost where he is not in position to obtain Additional Information about the project or transmit information that he already possesses. There is a second letter where they say they want to clarify what he means. Send him to siberia. Or send him anywhere but here. So thats really what pash is trying to do. There is a third win. Counterintelligence diplomacy. An attempt to use agreements and interna
Research centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence, specifically nuclear, in the Second World War and the cold war which makes him ideally suited to deliver todays talk. He also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship between the u. S. And russia. So you may get some questions focusing on the current difficulties with russia. Hes taught extensively, including at the universityon the diplomatic history, cold war and history of sciences. He is a u. S. Army veteran, served in the balkans where he assisted in both civilian and military intelligence activities. So were just delighted to have you as our speaker, as our first speaker. So please help me welcome vince houghton. Thank you peter. Thank all of you for coming here today. Getting a chance to talk about the atomic spies, about nuclear intelligence, this is my field this is also my passion. I try to do everything i can to talk about this to anyone hop wants to listen. So its nice to actually have people w
Union you ever had. The answer to the question is they asked for tons of enriched uranium. Of course the white house agreed because diplomacy carried the day. But groves got in the middle of it. Groves went berserk, as you can expect, went to george marshall. Groves was one person as a onestar general that could walk into George Marshalls office screaming and throwing stuff and not get courtmartialed for it. He went into the office screaming bloody murder. Convinced marshall of the stupid idea. Then convinced stimson this is a really stupid idea. Groves got in the middle, slowed it down and eventually conceded as a compromise to give them one kilogram of enriched uranium. 2. 2 pounds which you cant do a whole lot with. This is like 10 refined uranium, too. You couldnt even make a Nuclear Reactor out of this. You need about 80 , 90 refinement of uranium to make a bomb. So, yes, he was very much they were very much looking to please the soviets because they were allies, but there was no