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Soviet Atomic Bomb Test

World Reaction One Of Skepticism

"DOES NOT MAKE .........................................................

MUCH SENSE"

London, Nov. 11.

Comment from Moscow was awaited tonight on the report that Soviet Russia had successfully exploded her first atom bomb in Siberia last

June, as published today in the independent

Paris evening newspaper "L'Intransigeant" from its Moscow correspondent.

The correspondent declared that the Soviet Union exploded her first atom bomb on June 15 this

"Pipedream

Washington, Nov. 11. Major General Leslie R. Grovce, the U.S. "Army's fore. most atom bomb authority, said today the report the Russians had exploded a small sample-size atomic

bomb in a test sounds like somebody is having a pipe- dream."

Groves, who directed the first atom bomb project, com mented: "It just seems amusing via

to me. I wonder what story wolli come up next?" Associated Press.

year in a remote area of Siberia, and his re- port was marked "Filed from Moscow Prague."

The correspondent said that the test explosion took place before 280 Soviet atom specialists and some Government officials. The nearest town was Irkutsk, about 50 miles from the southern tip of Lake Baikal, and about 140 miles north of the Mongolian border. The correspondent declared that the explosion was felt over a radius of 30 kilngetres (about 19 miles).

"The bonib TV DR a small ane, weighing about six kilogrammes (11) 1b.) which functioned perfectly."

Experts who watched the explosion returned in Moscow towards the end of June and had since been working In "ultra werezy preparing reports for Marshal Stalin.

The correspondem asserted that he had "ultra confulemia)" information That Soviet

the experts entreded The Happiest Hit of the Year! Soviet ene be "live years he hind the Americans in the manufae,

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M. Mulutoy hast told a cheering| at last week's celebration! of the 30th anniversary of the Ru- sian Revelion that the atom hamb was "he longer a

a recict." "In expansionla circles tf the United States," he had declared, "a Brs preuliar Blusion is widespread: plaring Faith in their internal strength, they rely on the secret of) the new book, although this secret has long ceased to exim."

Report Ridiculed

To Washington, scientists who had engaged in the preparation of

the

i first atun bisal, ridiculed the Paris report, which they maintained con

int certain hasie seirutific incon- sturaries.

organ, declared that the Soviet Union had sufficient strength and tremenil Gal international influence to defend the ease of perce with success.

World Reactions Reuter reports from world centres gave the following reaction to the Russian claims:

Gigantic Communist Hoax?

New York, Nov. 11.

On the same day that the Com- munist Parly organ came out with its claim that Russin has the atom bomb, the Pulitzer- Prize-winning journalist, Fro- derick Woltman, reported the Communist Party has launched A "gigantic honx on Congress ns well доп many innocent

citizena"."

****** ***********: | Libernis Institute of Nuclear Studies, said that { all this does not make much sense.

Dr. Teller told other atomic scien tist at his office of the report and said that their reaction marked scepticismo.

very

and distinguished

Woltman reported in the "New York World Telegram" that he has "come into possession of a secret communique sent by Com- munist national headquarters to all Communist organisers in the party's 30 districts throughout

the nation.

Not True At-Bomb?

New York: The atom bomb repart

"In it, party members are tay not be of a true atom hun but directed to collect, by December of a kind such na a British officist 10,00,000 signatures to petitions report published after the unleashing backing a resolution of Con- of atom bombe on Japan indicated greasman Sabath to abolish the helped to prepare the firm atom bhuld be made, observeri bere il House Committee on Un-Ameri

Loday. ridiculed the Paris report.

Washington--Scientist

who had

One selemist pointed on that she These observers quoted the British. Paris story stated that the detona report as saying that it was possible

than was heard 30 kilometres away. to get an explosion so imperfect that The original atom bough was beard the detonation of atomic material clearly 100 kilometres away and a

would be no worse than that of some boh beard only 30 kilometres away sedinary explosives. would he a very poor weapon indeed, One rientist, acquainted with the

added.

weight of the American but, said Chicago-Leading United States that it would be impossible to produce scientis Expressed very marked an atom bomb weighing only 13 scepticism, at the report.

pounds, the weight of Dr. Edward Teller, Professor of

the Sovier bomb according to the Paris story Physics at the Chicago University Reuter,

1

Earth Tremors Recorded

Paris, Nov. 11.

enn Activities,

"The 500,000 signatures are to be

presented Lo the House by the Communist Party but of Representatives no! by a 'delegation of distinguished delegation that goes to Washing- citizens, Woltman said. "And the

on will be acting not in the name of the Communist Party:

in the name of a but.

party front known Congress,

us Civil Right's

"Hence, it the party's plans go through, 500,000 signatures will be presented па representing 500,000 loyal Americans. But actually the signers will have been rounded up by the Com- munist Party from its members and supporters".-United Press.

Britain Against It

The Rightist newspaper "L'Intransigeant" today printed a copyrighted dispatch purporting to come from Russia which said the Soviet Un- ion was making atomic bombs and that Soviet scientists had exploded their first test model in Siberia on June 15. The story was datelinod | atartling "Prague. Czechoslovakia." and atom bombs. On July 7, the Transjordan

was proposed when the

London, Nov. 11, Britain would be opposed to a general revision of the Anglo. Transjorden treaty of 1940 if

Prime Minister,

report concerning this

of

The report also claimed that the carried the Suvier Lining has constructed several Griggs," which the newspaper bomb had blown a crater 2.700 London later this year for talks byline "John paper said. a new American Samir Rifat Pasha, comes to huge atomic industrial bind the Urals and described atomic cause the writer still was

centres be-explained was a pseudonym be- feet deep and 11 miles wide on the consequences of Britain's research the No. 1 priority under Russia and was

in during a test in New Mexico. withdrawal from Palestine, it was the new Eve-year plan.

nelther an The US.

reliably learned here today. Atomic Commission! "Jeventia," the Soviet Governmeni

American nor British.

called that report nonsense. 1946 when Transjordan became The treaty. signed in March, An Associated Press dispatch Associated Press. from Prague said weak tremors |

independent, hasn duration London, Nov. 11,

23 years. On the other hand, the were registered on selmological Professor Oliphant, Brition critical military annex, by which apparatus at Strasbourg, atomic scientist, and today that Transfordon gives Britain The France: Vladivostok, Moscow, report that Russia had detonated territory and Britain agrees

he was "very dubious" about the right to station troups on its Tashkent and Sverdlosk in -Russia--Pasadena, California!

its first atomic bomb,

provide financial-arid--technical Oliphant said: Alma Ata, Outer Mongolia;

assistance, may be revised and Stuttgart, Germany. June 15.

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Six airmen were killed when a

"I know what sort of effort it consultation during the currency CHANGE! on took in the technological sphere of the alliance.-Reuter

in America. We know roughly The Royal Observatory out how Russia compares with side London reported the re-la such a lot of extremely special. America technologically. There cording of a very faint distur-lized knowledge needed that it bance the same day, but none takes an extremely long time to "Lancaster" bomber and a "Hornet" of these recordings coincided evolve the bomb and reach a suc-fighter plane collided in mid-air co- with the hour of 10 a.m. at which "L'Intransigeant" said the explosion took place.

"Nonsense"

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