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Julius Robert OPPENHEIMER: American. In 1942 the US authorities were told that Oppenheimer,...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/3877

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This record is about the Julius Robert OPPENHEIMER: American. In 1942 the US authorities were told that Oppenheimer,... dating from 1954 Dec 29 - 1967 Feb 20 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 2/3877
Date
1954 Dec 29 - 1967 Feb 20
Description

Julius Robert OPPENHEIMER: American. In 1942 the US authorities were told that Oppenheimer, then working on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, was a communist sympathiser. However his security clearance was not withdrawn until 1953. He was officially 'rehabilitated' in 1963

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 603790 VOL 3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2014
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14540301/

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