Dont know if all of you have met him, dr. Vince houghton, he is the historian and curator of the museum. He holds a ph. D from the university of maryland where his 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 on 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 m
Nothing this this room can change. To my left down the block is the colorado river. This is an important site in the citys history. This is where waterloo was. It was a cluster of cabin occupied by four or five familieses including j. Carol. Im standing at the spot where the cabin was. This is where Mirabella Mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity. They jumped on the horses congress avenue wasnt the avenue. It was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. The men galloped on the horse s. They stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. Lamar at 8th and Congress Shot this enormous buffalo. From there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. He told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. Watch our oh eventses from austin saturday at noon eastern on c arespan 2s book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 00 on American History tv on cspan 3. During thi
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
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