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What about Communist infiltration of the Manhattan Project


How could you ignore the communist infiltration of the Manhattan Project, and the turning over of classified materials to the USSR (which had been Hitler's staunch ally from August 1939 through June 1941. Communist Party USA members, who had been anti-Nazi until the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of August 1939, attacked F.D.R., attacked liberals who remained anti-Nazi (now that Nazi Germany was the USSR's ally, to be anti-Nazi was to be anti-Soviet/anti-communist, and did everything in their power to stop aid to Great Britain in its death struggle with Hitler's Germany (a regime being supplied by the USSR up until the very day Hitler invaded the country).

Communist Party members answered to Moscow's tune. I'm no anti-Red (I'm actually a Democrat and would be a member of the socialist wing of a labor party if we had one; a social Democrat), but them's the facts baby, facts conveniently forgotten by many (except the boring, braying dogs of the right). Progressives, liberal Democrats and non-Stalinist socialists despised "Communists" (CPUSA members) for good reason.

Incidentally, if the Japanese had attacked Siberia (they had been soundly repulsed by the Red Army in two previous border battles in the late 1930s) in 1941 Hitler's Operation Barbarossa might have succeeded. The thing is, at the time this movie starts, it had only been a year since the USSR and the Communist Party USA had been allies of Hitler.

Of course, Oppenheimer's relationship with a Communist (his wife was also a commbnist, wasn't she) would have been a serious mater, as Stalin and the USSR had been allied with Hitler, invaded Poland two weeks after Hitler did, then annexed the Baltic states and attacked Finland.

THE USSR MADE HITLER'S ATTACK ON BOTH POLAND AND WESTERN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS POSSIBLE. THE NAZI-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT TRIGGERED WORLD WAR II.

This pap was about as weak as dishwater.



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the Soviet Union wasn't an ally of Nazi germany, but they ignored each other for some years. Same as the rest of the world did (except Great Britian, with Churchil; who supported facism in the beginning and wanted Mussolini, Hitler and him to be best friends).

What I never understand is that people are so paranoid that the Soviet Union had bombs too. Why? They weren't more evil, or crazier then the rest of the world. If you look closer at it, the United States has been the only country crazy enough to go so berserk on an enemy to actually drop the bombs.

Well, maybe mass-genocide seemed the best method at those days.

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Only a Commie would deny the Soviet Empire wasn't evil and crazy!

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Ahhhh ... that would be another movie. If you want to talk about that perhaps you should watch Oppenheimer by the BBC (1980).

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ask the rosenbergs

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Klaus Fuchs is scientist most directly responsible for giving away pertinent information on the bomb to the Soviet Union. (The Rosenberg case is the most well known, but not useful for Stalin because he already knew more from Fuchs)

It would have been nice to see a sidebar cameo of him in this. But a major subplot would add a good 45min to the film.

When the U.S.A. started this project, the top stratigiest in Washington knew that eventually Stalin and his spies would acquire the knowledge, the best that they could do is delay it as long as possible.

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