Hiroshima immigrants

According to American media reports, George Kwar is the only former Soviet intelligence official who successfully infiltrated the "Manhattan Project" of the United States to create the world's first atomic bomb. It was his activities that enabled the former Soviet Union to possess the atomic bomb in just four years, and his true identity remained unknown for decades, until President Putin posthumously awarded him the highest honorary title in Russia on165438+1October 2, and he died last year.

The best spy of the 20th century.

Keval has a completely American cover: he was born in Iowa, USA, went to college in Manhattan, new york, and has a group of army buddies who often play baseball with him. He also has a shocking secret. During World War II, he was a spy of the former Soviet Union, code-named Delma, and received strict training from Gruwu (the military intelligence agency of the former Soviet Union and Russia, more secretive than the well-known and deeply feared KGB) under the control of Stalin. Later, it was he who stole the secret of the American atomic bomb for the former Soviet Union.

American historians say that Dr. Kerviel, who died in Moscow last year and whose name was not made public until the beginning of this month, may be one of the most important spies in the 20th century.

165438+102, the Kremlin announced that President Putin posthumously awarded the title of "Hero of the Russian Federation" to Kwal, which stated that Kwal was "the only former Soviet intelligence agent who infiltrated the Manhattan Project and made the world's first atomic bomb", claiming that his work "greatly shortened the time for the former Soviet Union to develop its own atomic bomb".

On the surface, it seems too normal.

The great success of Keiwal's spy work lies in that his family immigrated from Russia to Iowa and then back to the former Soviet Union. This experience gave him a deep understanding of the cultures of the two countries, and his English did not have any foreign accent.

Arnold Nano, American, retired physicist. He studied at City College of new york with Kwar, and later participated in the Manhattan Project together. He recalled: "He was friendly, compassionate and smart. He never needs to do his homework. "

Stuart Bloom, a senior physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, also conducted research with Quayle. He said Kwar seems to be a normal person: "He loves fighting.

Baseball, great. He has no Russian accent. He speaks fluent English, American English. The qualification is completely credible. "

"He can touch anything."

Over the years, American scholars and federal agents have identified five or six spies for the former Soviet Union to spy on the Manhattan Project, especially those who carry out activities in Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. But these people are "half-way monks" and have not received strict spy training.

Unlike them, Keval was carefully produced by Gruu. In addition, he can freely enter and leave the atomic bomb factory in the United States, which is an advantage that no spy in the former Soviet Union has. Nuclear scientists believe that the secret in the process of atomic bomb manufacturing is much more important than the secret of atomic bomb design.

The first atomic bomb in the United States was designed in Los Alamos National Laboratory, and its components and nuclear fuel were produced in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Dayton, Ohio.

Dr. Ke Nmichi, who worked with Keval in Oak Ridge, recalled: "He had access to everything. He had a special jeep, which few of us could own at that time. He is very clever. He is a well-trained Gru spy. "

Shortly after the end of World War II, Keval fled the United States. The Washington authorities knew about his espionage at that time, but kept it a secret for many years. Robert Norris, the author of Catch the Atomic Bomb, which describes the deeds of Manhattan's engineering military leaders, said: "If this secret is leaked, it will embarrass the US government."

Immigrant descendants receive strict training.

Keval 19 13 was born in Siu, Iowa, USA, where there are a large number of Jewish residents. 1932, his parents Abraham and Ethel led the family to immigrate to Birobidzhan, Siberia. Stalin, the leader of the former Soviet Union at that time, vigorously promoted the construction of the city into the home of secular Jews.

1934, Kwar came to Moscow to study at Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology. After graduating with honors, he was recruited by Gruu and received strict training. Then he was sent back to the United States to be a scientific spy for nearly 10 years, from 1940 to 1948.

During this period, it is still unknown how he contacted his boss and what information he gave to the former Soviet Union in terms of atomic bomb secrets. However, one thing is clear. Compared with other countries that later acquired atomic bomb technology, the former Soviet government mastered atomic bomb technology very quickly.

Never refuse to talk about politics.

After being sent back to the United States, Kwar initially used an alias, when he was mainly responsible for searching for information about new poisons that might appear in future chemical weapons. Then his boss in Grune took risks and asked him to carry out activities under his real name. Keval was immediately recruited into the US Army, and later he unexpectedly found himself close to the American atomic bomb project, which was still in the early stage of construction.

The American boss thought he was smart, so 1943 sent him to the City College in Manhattan, new york for special wartime training. At that time, this school was famous for its clever students and active industrialists. After World War II, Julius Rollingberg, a graduate of the school, was executed for trying to steal atomic bomb secrets for the former Soviet Union.

However, Dr. Bloom said that Quayle stayed away from discussions about socialism and the former Soviet Union when he was a student. As far as I remember, he didn't talk about politics at all, and he never talked about the former Soviet Union.

At City College, Kwar studied electronic engineering with a dozen colleagues from the US military. Dr. Nmichi said that this group of students from the army lived in the Hebrew orphanage opposite the city college, and Kwar claimed to be an orphan. Nmichi said Kwar was a bit conspicuous at that time because he was ten years older than his peers, which made everyone confused about why he "participated in this training program".

Free access to nuclear power plants

At the same time, the Manhattan Project is experiencing a serious manpower shortage, so it asks the US Army to recruit skilled soldiers on its behalf. 1944, Keval and KeNmichi went to oak ridge together, and their main task was to make atomic bomb fuel, which was regarded as the most difficult part of atomic bomb manufacturing technology.

Cohen Mishi said that because Keiwal was "in charge of health and safety affairs", he drove between buildings in this large complex to ensure that employees would not be harmed by nuclear radiation, so he was free to go in and out.

From June 65438 to June 0945, Keval's responsibilities extended to some top secret factories in Dayton, southwest Ohio. These factories are responsible for purifying polonium 2 10, a radioactive substance used to help start a series of reactions of atomic bombs.

1945 in July, the United States tested the first atomic bomb, and a month later, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

Intelligence agencies have words of suffering

After the end of World War II, the American anti-espionage agency saw the story of the Quayle family being promoted as a "happy immigrant family" from the United States in the propaganda materials of the former Soviet Union, and Quayle immediately fled the United States.

1949, the first atomic bomb exploded in the former Soviet Union, which shocked the Washington authorities and lamented the loss of the monopoly advantage of the atomic bomb in such a short time.

Nmichi said that in the early 1950s, the FBI contacted him and anyone who knew Keval and asked them to keep it a secret.

Not known for decades.

After returning to the former Soviet Union, Quayle rejoined Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, obtained his doctorate and taught there for many years. Despite his age, Keval still loves football crazily, and those who know his secret past in the gym often quietly point him out to others.

In 2002, with the publication of Gru and the Atomic Bomb, Quayle's spy face first appeared in public, but Quayle was only mentioned by his code name in the book. This book doesn't provide much details about his life, but it says that he is one of the few spies who successfully escaped from "various anti-spyware networks".

Keval died on June 365438+ 10 last year, but the news was not made public at that time. The United States thought he should have died at the age of 92, but the Kremlin authorities said he was 94, while some Russian media reported that he was 93.