He was quite the lefty and some of Oppenheimer's friends and his brother Frank were Party members. The Soviets probably thought he would be easy pickings, I'd imagine their approaches were pretty obvious especially to a man as sharp as Oppie. I can imagine a Sunday BBQ...
"Say Bob, Al and I were going to this meeting tomorrow and..."
"Oh this again? Listen fellas, I can't get mixed up with this. If it ever got out I'd never be let near a lab again. Sorry, but I can't play spies with you boys."
I wonder if that Marshak mentioned in the journal is related to Robert Marshak, another big player in theoretical physics at Los Alamos?
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"Say Bob, Al and I were going to this meeting tomorrow and..."
"Oh this again? Listen fellas, I can't get mixed up with this. If it ever got out I'd never be let near a lab again. Sorry, but I can't play spies with you boys."
I wonder if that Marshak mentioned in the journal is related to Robert Marshak, another big player in theoretical physics at Los Alamos?