[edwest]

The amount of uranium was finite but not small. The Americans secured at least 1100 tons of uranium ore on April 21, 1945 in a location near Stassfurt.

In the book Critical Mass by Carter Hydrick, evidence is presented that enriched uranium was brought to the United States aboard a captured U-boat. Among those who listened to the author prior to publication was Dr. John Poston, Sr., PhD and head of Texas A&M's Nuclear Engineering Department. "Dr. Poston provided valuable additional insight into atomic theory and technology that have further strengthened the conclusions forwarded within these pages." Also mentioned are Dr. Bernhard Wehring of the University of Texas J.J. Pickle Nuclear Research Center, and Drs. Sandy Bergen, Harlow Russ, Edward Hammel and John Allred, all retired from the National Atomic Laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico - "and the late Clarence Larsen, formerly director of the Oak Ridge calutrons..."

This book is heavily footnoted and the locations of primary documents are given.

A drawing of an atomic bomb that was shown in the German book written by Karlsch can be found on physicsweb.

A final comment. As I, myself, have been in the book publishing business for 25 years, I know what kind of numbers such books sell, and I assure everyone that a lifetime income cannot be obtained thereby.



Best regards,
Ed West