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Old 20-February-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gillianren View Post
However, there are multiple examples of people working with the US nuclear program who sold information to the Soviets.
Not sold, gave. There was at least one ideological Marxist at Los Alamos -- or at any rate, a person who felt it was wrong to keep such a secret from an ally. The fundamentals of both bomb designs and other critical technology were in Moscow before the bombs were used. Stalin was the least-surprised person on Earth after Trinity.
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