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During the war, Gen. Groves knew he had a good percentage of Communists in his staff, but he signed for both of the Oppenheimers. It was war time expedience.

Political discussion of this type is very common at the Lab (LLNL) which one might otherwise think there was more science talk.

1) Some lack of information exist because Los Alamos was a closed secret city through the 50s. Witch hunters had few handles. Most were not scientists. Even a recent witch hunting book which listed some 50 or 100 only had 1 scientist in it (dangerous liberals).

2) Similar lists in other fields exist which have not been released. Reasons for that still have not been made light (various).

Oppie's brother Frank is exact that kind of example. He never really returned to his "research." He did use research method in his farming and education.

Well the major principals produced a film of that they did after WWII. This is why stock footage of Einstein and Szilard, Teller and Oppie, exist. It's played over and over. They did set up props with lots of blinken lights, meters, and dials. Guess I should try to find that footage in toto.

Teller both wanted the power and didn't want it. He wanted the power but not the extra responsibility which came from screwing up. Who really does?

But he had little to do with McCarthy.

True, but most of them were compartmentalized by Groves' security officers like Boris Pash.

But this fails to take into account the USSR's own bright people like Kapitz. And later Sahkarov.

Not just physics.

Naw nothing to the degree of Lysenko for a while.

I certainly know people who survived the Cultural Revolution. It did affect them.

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