(telephone ringing) CHARLOTTE: That's Lomanitz, line one.
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You said you would always answer.
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(heavy breathing)
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There's been another screw-up. Lomanitz just got drafted. - We are at war, Doctor. - Don't be an asshole, Nichols. We need this kid. Fix it, will you? It wasn't a mistake. Your friend Lomanitz has been trying to unionize the Radiation Lab. He promised to quit all that. Well, he hasn't. Security officer at Berkeley's concerned about Communist infiltration through that union, - the F.A... - F.A.E.C.T.
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'Scuse me.
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LAWRENCE: Greetings from Berkeley. I am here to update you on our progress and solicit your input. To do so, I am going to have to share a few things that General Groves told me not to. Sorry, General, I said I understood, not that I agreed. - (laughter) - 'Kay. Gentlemen, to business. There were rumors of espionage at Los Alamos. ROBERT: Unsubstantiated. Unsubstantiated. STRAUSS: I'm told that there were Communists on the project. We didn't knowingly employ any Communists. I just want to know, were any of them involved in discussions of the Super? I seem to remember you demanding your brother come to Los Alamos. My brother had left the Party by then. What about Lomanitz? Lomanitz was never employed at Los Alamos. He was a liaison. Our security was tight, as former Colonel Nichols well knows. Our security was as tight as it could be given the personalities involved, but attempts were made. What is that supposed to mean? We've all read his file here.
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All it needs is a saloon.
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It's important you not maintain or renew any questionable associations.
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What about the Super? Does Truman even know about it? Did we brief him on that? Not specifically. ROBERT: We still don't know if a hydrogen bomb's technically feasible. Right, my understanding is that Teller proposed it? - ROBERT: Yes. - At Los Alamos? Teller's designs have always been wildly impractical. You'd have to deliver by ox cart. - Not airplane. - LAWRENCE: Oppie. I'm sorry, Dr. Lawrence, you want to comment?
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Not a word. What did you think that would do to me?
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Doesn't matter who I associate with. I don't talk about those secrets.
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GROVES: Better off without him. (door slams shut) Aren't you more concerned about his discretion out there? We'll have him killed.
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ROBB: Doctor, did you think social contacts between a person engaged on secret war work and Communists was dangerous? My awareness of the danger would be greater today. I mean, it's fair to say that during the war years, you felt that such contacts were potentially dangerous.
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Your Q clearance came through.
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I wrote. Pages of nothing.
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Physics and New Mexico, huh? (chuckles) My God. What a trek. That's why you need a liaison. I'm appointing Lomanitz.
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You're gonna be okay. This way, gentlemen. (stirring music playing) (speaking indistinctly)