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PASH: "Results of surveillance conducted on subject "indicate further possible Communist Party connections. "Subject met with and spent considerable time "with one Jean Tatlock, Communist, the record of whom is attached." The subject being Dr. Oppenheimer? - PASH: Yes. - ROBB: Whom you had not met? PASH: Not then, but soon after. He's the head of security for the project. Shouldn't I know him? No, he should know you. I would never put you in a room with Pash. - Why not? - (sighs) When Pash first heard about Lomanitz, he told the FBI he was gonna kidnap him, take him out on a boat and interrogate him in the Russian manner.
Oppenheimer
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Dr. Oppenheimer, it's an honor. Please, take a seat. No need, um, I just wanted to check whether I should talk to Lomanitz while I'm here, given your concerns. Well, I'd say that's really up to you, Professor, - but I'd be cautious. - Uh-huh. Understood. Oh, and, um, (clears throat) as regards to the union, I wanted to give you a heads-up on a... on a man named Eltenton. A heads-up? Yes, just that he might merit watching is all.
Oppenheimer
53s
I won't take up too much of your time. No, no, not at all. Whatever time you choose. Mm. Mr. Johnson told me of a conversation you had yesterday in which I'm very interested. It's had me worried all day. Yes, well, I didn't want to talk to Lomanitz without authorization. That's not the particular interest that I have. It's something a little bit more... well, in my opinion, more serious. Now, when the FBI pointed out that such information wouldn't be admissible in court, Pash made it clear he had no intention of leaving any witness left to prosecute. Now, the FBI talked him down, but that's the man you're dancing with. I gather you've heard there are other parties interested in the work of the Radiation Lab. A man attached to the Soviet Consul indicated, through intermediate people, to people on this project, that he was in a position to transmit information. Oh, why would anyone on the project want to do that?
Oppenheimer
55.3s
And you thought Pash would be satisfied with that? I was attempting to give them Eltenton without opening a can of worms. I told them a cock-and-bull story. Did you lie to General Groves too? No. I admitted to him that I'd lied to Pash. GARRISON: Do you recall this conversation - about the Chevalier incident? - (scoffs) I've seen so many versions of it. Um... Wasn't confused before, but I'm certainly getting there now. GARRISON: And what was your conclusion? That he was under the influence of the typical American schoolboy attitude that there's something wicked about telling on a friend. Well, now. Might we know through whom the contact was made? That would in... involve people who are not to be involved in this. Is that someone a member of the project? A member of the faculty, yes, but not in the project, no. Ah. So Eltenton made his approach through a member of the faculty here at Berkeley?
Oppenheimer
25.5s
ROBB: In the months in between your interview with Dr. Oppenheimer and his eventual naming of Chevalier, did you expend resources trying to find the name of the intermediary? Considerable resources, yes. Without the name, our job was extremely difficult. And when did you receive the name? I was gone by the time -Oppenheimer finally offered it up. -Gone? They felt my time would be better spent in Europe determining the status of the Nazi bomb project. Who did?
Oppenheimer
30.8s
ROBB: And did he give you the name? GROVES: He did. - ROBB: But not then, did he? - No. No. In fact, it was some months later, wasn't it? It was. You see me as persistent. Well, you are... you are persistent, but that is your job. And-and my job is to protect the people that work for me. PASH: Instead of us going on certain steps, which may come to your attention... and be disturbing to you, I would like to discuss those with you first. I'm not formulating a plan. I'll just have to digest the whole thing.
Oppenheimer
25.2s
And you said that to Pash? I was trying to put it in a context of Russia's not Germany. Boris Pash is the son of a Russian Orthodox bishop. Born here, but in 1918, he went back to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. This is a man who has killed Communists with his own hands. I'm not the judge of who should or should not have information. It's my business to stop it from going through illegally. Would you be a little more specific?
Oppenheimer
19.8s
Gentlemen, if I... if I seem uncooperative, I think you can understand that's because of my insistence in not getting innocent people into trouble. GROVES: You're trying to protect your friend. Who's protecting you? Well, you could. If you gave me the name. If you order me to, I'll do it. That's a mistake, Robert. You need to volunteer this name.
Oppenheimer