Mystery AtlasKlaus Fuchs
German-born theoretical physicist who worked in the Manhattan Project's Theoretical Division at Los Alamos while secretly passing detailed bomb-design information to Soviet intelligence; identified by the Venona decryption programme in 1949 and convicted after confessing in 1950.
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People
- Kim Philby1912-1988
Klaus Fuchs is frequently compared to Kim Philby — Both were trusted insiders who passed classified information to Soviet intelligence undetected for years, each eventually exposed by a different investigative mechanism decades apart.
Organisations & Programmes
- The Manhattan Project1942-1946
Klaus Fuchs was a member of The Manhattan Project.
- The Venona Project1943-1980
Klaus Fuchs was discovered by The Venona Project — Fuchs's espionage was identified through Venona's 1949 decryption of wartime Soviet cables, four years after the war ended.
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