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Word: alek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them. In accordance with Russian espionage practice, Zabotin's man insisted on paying May, despite his squeamish objections, for his information. The fee: a bottle of whisky and at least $700. In the records of the Russian intelligence, Dr. May became known by the code name "Alek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Alek Goes Free | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...Canada came to an end, but before returning to England he was able to pass on to Zabotin minute samples of separated uranium isotopes. Zabotin immediately sent one of his men flying back to Moscow with the samples, dispatched this signal to Moscow: "Facts given by Alek: 1) the test of the atomic bomb was conducted in New Mexico (with '49', '94-239'). The bomb dropped on Japan was made of uranium 235. It is known that the output of uranium 235 amounts to 400 grams daily at the magnetic separation plant at Clinton . . . Alek handed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Alek Goes Free | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...with the coding of Zabotin's dispatches, he became alarmed at the magnitude of the conspiracy and the added power the possession of an atomic bomb would give Dictator Stalin. One evening Gouzenko ran out of the embassy with his shirt stuffed with Moscow telegrams, including some mentioning Alek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Alek Goes Free | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

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