[edwest]

Research is difficult, dismissal is easy. Why raise the ire of the British or American public with such stories? The British expected atomic bomb attacks and had plans in place if they occurred. When was the German atomic project officially over from a "functional capacity"? Yet, we have this:

As Soviet intelligence teams were allowed in the America zone, the JIC* claimed that it was critically harming American interests:

"Unless the migration of important German scientists and technicians into the Soviet zone is immediately stopped, we believe that the Soviet Union within a relatively short time may equal the United States developments in the fields of atomic research and guided missiles..."

Source: The Paperclip Conspiracy by Tom Bower.


* Joint Intelligence (Sub-) Committee (of COS)*

Chief(s) of Staff


Respectfully, those who knew nothing valuable, especially regarding German atomic research, did know.




Ed