Talk:Alsos Mission/Archive 1

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we had this page and ALSOS. I merged this to that. Someone, delete this one and make redirect; I dn't know how yet 64.168.30.87 05:27, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

• Done. --Fastfission 06:07, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

many spies at Los Alamos?

used to say "many top scientists at Los Alamos" were spies, I changed it to "one". Any better references? 67.124.100.2 20:54, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• Only one "top" scientist was a spy (Klaus Fuchs) to my knowledge, though a few other people at various levels of the project were also spies (Harry Gold and Theodore Hall). But yeah, I think "many" is stretching it. --Fastfission 04:35, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

duplicate page -- how to move/redirect?

THere is this page and ALSO Operation Alsos. I am merging them to here. Then if somebody knows how to delete the old one and create a redirect... it would be great. 64.168.30.87 05:11, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

• Done. For information on creating redirects (for future reference), see Wikipedia:Redirects. They are very easy once you learn the little trick! ;-) --Fastfission 06:08, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

extensive spy network?

Stalins "extensive spy network" is KGB.stop introducing emphemisms.

Well... Actually, the Soviets has an extensive KGB network (though the acronym was NKVD then, I think), and an extensive GRU network, and an extensive Communist Party USA network, all operating in parallel. So the phrase is a considerable saving on words... ww 05:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Heisenberg

I see that my edit to add the theory that Heisenberg deliberately failed to develop an atomic bomb has been removed from the article. I only put it in there because without it, the last paragraph makes no sense. As it stands, the article tells readers that Goudsmit denied Heisenberg's claims, but doesn't say that Heisenberg made them, or indeed what they were. If the claims are too controversial for this article, surely their refuting is as well?

For now, I will try the alternate approach of reworking the end of the article to not refute claims not made. Please consider this before reverting that too. Gnfnrf 17:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Incorrectly Written?

Is the name ALSOS really incorrectly written in US Army documents? I don't know what the style was then, but these days some documents for internal consumption will write out operational names, objectives, and other operational terms in all caps (i.e., ENDURING FREEDOM, OBJ DOG, PL WHITE [phase line]) --CatCube 75.199.156.64 (talk) 14:45, 9 February 2008 (UTC)