How Soviet intelligence infiltrated the Manhattan Project to steal atomic secrets
In short: This documentary explores how Soviet secret services expanded from crushing internal dissent to infiltrating the highest levels of Western intelligence, eventually securing the blueprints needed to build their own atomic bomb.
Originally established by Lenin as a temporary measure, the Soviet secret services evolved into a pervasive apparatus that eliminated millions of citizens under the guise of suppressing internal dissent. This domestic brutality was mirrored by an aggressive international espionage campaign.
The network successfully penetrated the German High Command, British Intelligence, and the American Manhattan Project. By infiltrating these critical organizations, Moscow obtained the technical means to develop its own nuclear arsenal, fundamentally altering the global balance of power.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Inside Stalin's Spy Network: Secret War For The Atomic Bomb
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