"Spies in US Told Russia All"
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Published in USorld Reports,pril agesS
Froa court testimony supplied by Soviet espionage agents, this article describes in detail the way in which the agents stole secret data en the atom bomb froai within Los Alamos, the most guarded area in the US, where during World Karroject for the manufacturing of atom bombs was being can led out.
The Los Alamos area was physically hedged about by the most careful secrecy. Only three categories of persons, all workers on the project, coulddmittance to the grounds. In the first group were the scientists who had access to the innermost workings of the project. They wore white badges.In tho second group were those who worked in the machine shops and who wore red badges admitting them only to the immediate areas in which they worked and entitled them to be privy to only as much information as they needed to turn out inatcriols to
bo used by ihe scientists. The third group included such employees as ditch diggers, steam fitters, and workmen generally assigned outside who cameinside on occasion to do specific jobs and left when they had finished. They wore blue badges.
-" Davidechnical sergeant in the Army assigned to work in the machine shopsed.badge. He is said to have had no idea at first of the end use of the metals he shaped on his latches. The first inkling he had of the nature of the project was after he had been there three months. His wife, Ruth, brought wordoviet agent (name not given] in New York that an atom bomb was being made at bos Alamos. Althoughundred Americans outside Los Alamos were'thought to be aware of what was being done there, the Soviets had learned that the project was under way in4 because they were* in contact with Klaushite-badged scientist, with full access to secret information at Los Alamos.
InRKENGI.ASS was able to pass along to theescription of the Los Alamos plant, buildings, grounds, and the names of the scientists. The Soviets, however, were already several steps ahead of him. They had learned much more from FUCHS. FUCHS was passing his information to Harryourier for the Soviets, who' in turn was transmitting it to Anatoliy (Antonovlch] YAKOVLEV, Soviet Vice Consul in New York. FUCHS and GOLD met on Long Island, also in Brooklyn, andonely road in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
When GREENGLASS went on furlough inS, the Soviets already knew the principles of the bomb. Juliusoviet spy and brother-in-law of CREKNGI.ASS, had explained the principles to GREENGI.ASS. '
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his college.days Julius ROSENBERG had belonged to the Young Communist League. Afteiward lie became'in active member of the Communist Party of the US (CPUSA). lie decided that he wanted to help the USSR and began to seek out persons influential In the Party. Finally, he came in contactoviet |nanc not given] who vould listen to his proposition about getting information for the Soviet Unioii.
Once the contact was made, ROSENBERG and his wife, Ethel, withdrew from thcli earlier Party activity. As an apparent token of esteem from the USSR for his services, ROSENBERGitation that was supposed to give him certain privileges if he ever went to the Soviet Union.
Because of the information supplied by CRFENGl.ASS, FUCHS, and, accoiding to the article, possibly other persons lunnarocdj the Soviets knew every step of the development ofomb. Inonth before the explosion at Alatnogoido, the Soviets were said lo have known that it was scheduled. Inonth after the Nagasaki bomb vas dropped, tho Sovietsetailed descriptionhe bomb and recogniicd that it wasifferent type from the earlier bomb.
The author cites two Incidents, one during which GREENGI.ASS met Hairy GOLD, his contact, and the other in which David and Ruth CREtNCI.ASS and Julius and' Ethel ROSENBERG worked together to draw sketches ofoab and toescription of its working parts. The first incident occurred on the third Sunday InS. an visited the GKEENGI.ASS's in their apartment in Albuquerque. He said: "Julius sentm Have from Pittsburgh." After having matched two bits of cardboard, which had been cut from the same dessert box, Dave got from CREENGLASS
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sketches of the plans and the accompanying dcscriptlvo material and in return handedGI.ASS an cnvelopo containing money. Tho GRIil.NGLASS's did not open the envelope until the nan had left. Inside they found.
"Dave frosi Pittsburgh" was Harry GOl'D who had travelled viadevious route from New York lo Albuquerque to avoid surveillance. He first went to Phoenix and then doubled'back to El Paso. Next he went to Santa be, where he pickedackage front FUCHS, and then Moved on to Albuquerque.
Bark In New York, COLD met YAKOVLEV, when GOLD knew only as JOHN, far out on the fringes of Brooklyn and turned over the material to him.
The second incident mentioned in the article occurred in the late summerSew York apartment. David GREENGLASS drew sketches Ofomb aridonghand description of it while Juliua ROSENBERG and Mrs. CRFENG'-ASS corrected his English and His. ROSENBERG typed the final copy.
CREENCLASS claimed he turned over secretsbecause ROSENBERG had been his idol andnot let his hero down. Khen he gave aatcrlal he did not feel he was doingin the light of his philosophy at the
Later, CRtLNGLASS began to wonder if what he had done was light. In the end,hange of heart, he appeareditness for the prosecution against his older sister, Ethel, and his ijrothpr-in*law, Julius ROSENBERG,
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