Security & Secrecy

[We would like to thank Robert S. Norris, author of the definitive biography of General Leslie R. Groves, Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project’s Indispensable Man, for taking the time to read over these transcripts for misspellings and other errors.] General Leslie R. Groves: I think another thing that may interest […]

Stephane Groueff: Now if you can give me briefly your background and where you came from and how you got connected with Kellex. Were you a Kellogg man? John Arnold: Yes, I was a Kellogg man, and at the time I was working on an ammonia plant at Sterlington. Groueff: Where is that? Arnold: In […]

[We would like to thank Robert S. Norris, author of the definitive biography of General Leslie R. Groves, Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project’s Indispensable Man, for taking the time to read over these transcripts for misspellings and other errors.] Stephane Groueff: We were talking about President Truman.  General Leslie Groves: […]

Alexandra Levy: All right, we are here today on July 18, 2014 in New Jersey with Robert Hayes. My first question for you is to please say your name and to spell it. Robert Hayes: Robert, R-O-B-E-R-T, E, Hayes, H-A-Y-E-S. Levy: Can you tell me a little bit about when and where you were born […]

[We would like to thank Robert S. Norris, author of the definitive biography of General Leslie R. Groves, Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project’s Indispensable Man, for taking the time to read over these transcripts for mispellings and other errors.] Dr. Glenn Seaborg: Well, I arrived in Chicago on a rather […]

Richard Rhodes: Did David Holloway show you the documents that the Russians published? Hans Bethe: Not the documents, but I got recent documents like [Yulii] Khariton. Rhodes: Ah. They also published what [Klaus] Fuchs gave them. And, I have some of it here. I wanted to show you. You may not be able to comment. […]

[We would like to thank Robert S. Norris, author of the definitive biography of General Leslie R. Groves, Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project’s Indispensable Man, for taking the time to read over these transcripts for mispellings and other errors.] Groueff: So, Dr. Manley, we talked about [J. Robert] Oppenheimer. So, […]

Cindy Kelly: I am Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation, and it is Thursday July 17, 2014. I am in the lovely home Vera Kistiakowsky, and the first question I have for Vera is to tell me your name and spell it. Vera Kistiakowsky: It’s Vera Kistiakowsky. The last name is K-I-S-T-I-A-K-O-W-S-K-Y, and the reason that […]

Groueff: It is February 8, [1965] at Berkeley, California. We have Dr. Reynolds. Wallace B. Reynolds: It is Mr. Reynolds. Groueff: It is Mr. Reynolds. Duane C. Sewell: Mr. Sewell. Groueff: Sewell. Elmer Kelly: Elmer Kelly. Groueff: There is Mr. Kelly. You understood my problems? I want to even dramatize the difficulties. If you have […]

Stephane Groueff: Interview with Mr. P. C. Keith, K-E-I-T-H, former head of Kellex Company during the war. Percival Keith: So I decided I would accept the job of trying to build this plant at Oak Ridge. Groves came up from Washington, and he and I went out to dinner. It was a French restaurant, Miriliton. […]