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ROBB: So the Super was under development on your watch at Los Alamos? Yes. ROBB: And yet, after the war, you tried to deny it was viable. No, no, no. I... I pointed out technical difficulties with it. You... Didn't you try to kill it at the AEC meeting - after the Russian bomb test? - No. ROBB: But that was the recommendation of the AEC, - was it not? - After hours of discussion about the best response. An H-bomb is 1,000 times the power of an A-bomb.
Oppenheimer
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Oppie, I don't think you want to go up against Strauss. If we both speak, they listen to me. When you speak, they hear a prophet. When Strauss speaks, they hear themselves. They'll listen to a prophet. A prophet can't be wrong. Not once. SENATOR McGEE: Didn't you accuse Oppenheimer of sabotaging the development of the Super? I was never one of those to bandy around terms like "sabotage." SENATOR McGEE: But Mr. Borden was? As I understand it, possibly. How was Mr. Borden able to put together such a detailed indictment? He was no longer a government employee, yet he appears to have had unlimited access to Dr. Oppenheimer's file. Might Mr. Nichols have given him access to the file? Or someone else, at the AEC? That's a very serious accusation, Senator. Is it your intention to suggest that Dr. Oppenheimer is disloyal to the United States? I've always assumed, and still assume, that he's loyal to the United States. I believe this. And I shall believe it until I see very conclusive proof to the opposite. ROBB: Do you or do you not believe that Dr. Oppenheimer is a security risk?
Oppenheimer
1m4s
As I said, Teller's designs are still as impractical as they were during the war. A hydrogen bomb can be made to work, Oppie, you know that. I don't believe we should commit all our resources to that chance. Then how would you have Truman reassure the American people? Simply by limiting the spread of atomic weapons through international control on nuclear energy. By which you mean world government? The United Nations as Roosevelt intended. Well, I... I asked what Truman should do, right? The world's changed, it's not fascism but Communism that now threatens our survival. Lewis, do you understand, if we build a hydrogen bomb, the Russians will have no choice but to build their own? Could they be working on one already? Based on information gathered from a spy at Los Alamos. No spy at Los Alamos. - Gentlemen. - There wasn't? Let's not get sidetracked. I say we use this moment to gain concessions from the Russians by committing that we will not build a hydrogen bomb. Thereby revealing its existence. Which you seem convinced they already know. (clears throat) All right. At this point, I'd like the committee members to meet in privacy to finalize our recommendations.
Oppenheimer
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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
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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
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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