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ON, ONE SIDE-

British defence THE

scientists still

work frantically

for results ...

ON THE OTHER-

-(London Express Servica)

WALL

of

SILENCE

Americans have locked up the answers

T

WASHINGTON.

CHAPMAN PINCHER cables:-

WO British secret weapon experts called at two different American defence research stations a few days ago. Though both

It was this reasoning which are top me in their field, made the Americans end the $11 partnership the welcom: they received wartime stom could hardly have been in 1946 long before any serious been atom security leaks had sharper contrast.

discovered.

Here in Washington you realise why the wail gets higher as the secrets grow more vital

Was

chances of Anglo-American co- operation," a U.S. security man told me.

was

Safety first

Expert No. 1

Dr

There has been virtually no How deep this fear of Congress

HOW

vividly David Henderson, jovial, exchange of information since. penetrales burly boss of Britain's giant Firitam has been told no details brought out by a talk I had with the atomic-powered sub- a US aaval commander who is germ-warfare, station at of

marine, the tactical "baby" involved in's guided missiles pro- Porton, on Salisbury Plain. mbs, or the super bombs now Jeet. He checked in at Porton's in production. sprawling American counter- part-Camp Detrick, íri Maryland.

B

ጓያቱና

Fear

second spread

laboratory THE

Congress,

Every secret unlocked for him to inspect. He was show, the latest ex- arnata! geri bumbe. Sezzet Los were opened.

Expert No. 2 was Sir John Cockurzft, fempus chief of the Harwell utem research station.

When he arrived at Harwell's counterpart, the magnificent Arguane laboratory sited in a forst clearing near Chicago, he was rigidly excluded from every departmani working on secret weapons.

The scientists who met him had beer crdered to show him no secret documents.

Policy OFFICIAL reasoning

this discrimination

simple:

behind

was

The British are doing so well

reason is wide- fear of censure by

There are several noisy sena 1.19 who do not trust Britain.

**If I hand a secret documenti

the

Pentagon Washington's huge five-sided "House of Brass" -fluctuate as different men are appointed to posts there.

the

Now the feeling among U.S. Air Force officials seins to be strongly pro-British. But among the Navy men there $ reluctance to co-operate with the Admiralty on secret work.

le:

This is serious for both sides There should, for instance, the fullest partnership to defea! the Russian mines which have proved far more effective in use off Korea than the Americans expected

Results

£1

to a British representative, and THE only certain way to re- information from it eventually establish full working part- on de- leaks, I may one day be labelled nership with America 25 弱 Communist by Senator fence research is to pay our way with hard results. Britain mut McCarthy," he said.

"If 1 fail 40

pass it on all make the partnership such

sound business proposition that risk is a mild rebuke from my no senator can safely criticize it. chief, who then automatically

There are hopeful signs that we may be able to achieve this. Washington experts have been greatly impressed by the latest

And their suspicions have unakes responsibilty if anything fortunately received sensational goes wrong. So I play safe and

upport from the treachery of on the documents." Klaus Fuchs and Bruno Ponte- corvo.

Under the American system

I is just at Chose medium results of the Bri.ish guided levels that liaison should be per-missile experiments. Our new fect.

jet planes are so good that the are giving us the from their ex-

any official, from the topmost The most promising decisionAmericans ater chief to the youngest army made by top men can be com-atest Andings subaltena, can be called to ac- pletely nullified if subordinatesperimental flights at 1,500 miles

do nothing. That is exactly what an hour. is happening now in the vital Held of guided missiles.

count for his actions .before a Senate committee.

Whether he is guilty or not,' he can be so badly branded by accusations, against which he has no redress, that his career may be ruined. The result is that at every level everybody plays

safe,

in germ-warfare research that NOTH

to offer in they have plenty return for U.S. secrets. In atomic energy they are so hope- lessly behind that any inter- change would be almost entire ly one way.

all Almost

the dcfence- research exper's I have met herz in Washington are strongly op- posed to this polley.

Betrayal

Partnership

DRITAIN and America started B a full working partnership

Mr George Edwards, design bt the new Vickers four-jet Valiant bomber, was given a cocktail party by the chief of the U.S. Air Force, General Hoyt Vandenberg, in Washing-

on recently.

General

Vandenberg

WBS

in rocket research after the war. The Americans abruptly ended tremendously impressed by the it in 1947, following Britain's Valiant when he saw it in flight" decision to join wh the Aus- in Britain three months ago.

Why? Becaus? American de- fence chiefs fear there is 100 much Communist activity in Aus-

alia.

TOTHING can be done to re-alians in building a £50,000,000

rocket range. stort the Anglo-American otom partnership until Congress has amended the U.S. atom law. And nobody is willing to risk being arenciated with an amend ment that may be thrown out, by Congress because it is bad! security.

An amendment was scheduled to be put to Congress early last year. The discovery that Fuchs had given bomb secrets Russia wrecked it.

to

The partnership was restarted

Hope

TAVEN in The floundering atomic energy project there

s a glimmer of hope.

"We are

satisfied tha: Bri-

18 months later on condition thatain now has scmè atomic in- Britain ebould not pass any US formation which would help us," information to the Australians. sald Gordon Dean, chief of Then, early last year, a special America's atom project, as we mission, headed by General Sir talked in his palatial headquar- Gerald Templer, brought offers here. brilliant diplomatic coup

in Dazzling Washington. They got the Amer defence laboratories will not be results from the When Brilnin's American WANTE

cans to sign an agreement which enough to dispel the exaggerated well-wishers жете ready

Information 10 Permitted broach the subject again,

fear of Britain's vulnerabtilly- passed to Australia,

Britain must also a'reng.hen Pontecorvo disappeared. Then,

That

agreemen Just when they felt that public

her operational defences,

Brilliant alrcraft rtstarch will

They think it is crazy to force Britain to duplicate work which the Americans did five years ago when other projects for the common defence are held up for lack of cclentifie manpower. But they feel they can do nothing about it for wo reasons. resentment of this security

De

Is atill. in force. But It is

is not work-

The first reason is surprising, breach had subsided, the two ing. Acting co the safely-Orst

vanished.

Some of the most influential

feel that diplomats Burgess and Maclean principle, US, officials are fail- impress the US. scien isis. But Ing to hand over information caly the presence of our new U.S..mittry chiefs

to British

aeroplanes in strength on the representatives in Britain is too vulnerable to

airfields will sisty invasion to be used as n store- "It almost seems us If the Washington when they are told RAF

the doubting U.S. Service chiefs house for atomic now-how" Russians deliberately crganised it will be passed to Australia, which an Invader could take the disappearance of Pentecorro The feelings towards Britain and senators.

and the diplomats to wreck the of the thousands of officials in over and usė.

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