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Editorial September 18, 1958

The Camas Hot Springs Exchange

Hot Springs, Camas, Sanders County, Montana

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Opinion piece by Howard E. Kershner warns against sharing U.S. atomic and missile information with Britain and France, citing risks from communist spies and defectors like Kapitsa, Fuchs, Pontecorvo, Joliot-Curie, Burgess, and McLean aiding Russia.

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IT'S UP TO YOU
By
Howard E. Kershner, L.H.D.

One of Russia's top scientists, an authority on the atom and space travel, is Professor Peter L. Kapitsa. He was educated at Cambridge, England, and spent about fourteen years there in scientific research and in the construction of a very important, highly technical laboratory.

In 1935 he went to Moscow and did not return. Whether he stayed voluntarily or was forced to stay is not known. A little later the Russian Communists offered to buy his laboratory and equipment from the British for a reputed $90,000.

The British Government was very obliging, as usual, and delivered everything to Communist Russia, even sending two trained assistants to help reassemble the laboratory on Russian soil. As Lord Hailsham, chairman of Britain's Conservative Party, puts it, "we gave the Russians the satellite."

Before we decide to pool all atomic and missile information in a common program with Britain and France, we would do well to remember that France's leading atomic physicist is Pierre Joliot-Curie, an avowed Communist; and that two of England's top atomic physicists Klaus Fuchs and Bruno Pontecorvo were both spies for Russia. Furthermore, Burgess and McLean after gathering up all possible information, both in Washington and London, defected to Communist Russia where they with many others are now aiding our enemies.

We can't stand much more of that even for a common program.

Christian Freedom Foundation, Inc.
New York 19, N. Y.

Dr. Kershner

What sub-type of article is it?

Foreign Affairs Military Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Atomic Secrets Communist Spies Cold War Betrayal International Cooperation Russian Scientists Defectors

What entities or persons were involved?

Peter L. Kapitsa Lord Hailsham Pierre Joliot Curie Klaus Fuchs Bruno Pontecorvo Burgess Mclean Russia Britain France

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Risks Of Sharing Atomic Secrets With Allies Due To Communist Spies

Stance / Tone

Cautionary Warning Against International Atomic Cooperation

Key Figures

Peter L. Kapitsa Lord Hailsham Pierre Joliot Curie Klaus Fuchs Bruno Pontecorvo Burgess Mclean Russia Britain France

Key Arguments

Kapitsa Educated In England But Stayed In Russia After 1935 Britain Sold And Delivered His Laboratory To Soviet Union France's Top Atomic Physicist Joliot Curie Is A Communist British Physicists Fuchs And Pontecorvo Spied For Russia Burgess And Mclean Defected To Russia With Gathered Intelligence Cannot Afford More Such Betrayals In Joint Programs

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