THE HYDROGEN BOMB

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Tale z T~iE I~I~OQ~~N DO~dB by ~~ ~Zodin (tJ~~"~; U
5ourco; Zarya Vo~~o~ca, No G9, 2 Air 50 (Jt?s~ian n?ws~a~er article)
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"The ~roaen ~amb~~
6 ~ Rodi
.
answers o soon of reader
~~ TkaahAnko ~~~
~~At last a weapon 1~aa been #'onn~~ whioh can deoide with li~~itnin~
Qpnecl ~,l~o outoomn of any war an~1 make ter itaea,~' im~-aor~eible, ~ ~" T~~us
did olamorinr~ am~rioan obsorv?re el~~cidate on tl~e oonsequenoea oi~ tine
exp~:oeion of the first ato~~ia bomb over the J`apan~ae oity of hiroohima~
The 9xpaoslon off' the bomb was acoompanied by an unpreoedent?d exp]o-
s~on o~ pu1~l.iaity anc~ uproar abaut the now I~erioan t1mira?le ~ t~ --The oity
off' Ciiroshima was ~ra,~Rd From the #'aee of the earth ~ ~ Th? whol? po~au-
lation of the oity suffered in some der~r9e ~'rcam the atomic exploeion~.
Those who wer? not killr~d by the bomb were either burned by the f,aash
o? the exp~,osion or affeoted tn- strange sQVg.re a3lm~nts w}~ich res~~.ted
in inevitable daath~~~t~ Readers of Am?rioan new?papere were bombarded
bar such d?ceivinp~ headlin?s,
The explosion of the seoond atom bomb over I~'a~!asaki added still more
oil. to the flames of this hvsteria~ -~lilitary observers across the
ooeen cnnolur~ed that ~~the atomio bomb in the hands of the Americana
deprived Js,~n of any chance of winnin~~ ~ ~, ~~ but those who sober~.y
~ud~!R war anr~ know what and who decide its outcome held different opinions
even Churohill w~~s f.'orced to say, after the explosion of the atomic bomb,
that "before the Al~.iAS th9re are st~.~.l months of difficult ~rar." And
th~,s would have been so, given with the atomio bomb, if the deoisive b~.ow
had net been struck by the soviet Army in Manohuria~
Technology by itself', no matter how '~miraoulous," has never deo~,ded
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and oar~not daoido th+~ outoo~o of wary IhA Ita~,ians with their teohnolo~y
took a Pexy long t~.me to oanquor the ?xtron~I~- b~ al~ard abyoainians
Whoa th4 ~w4diah Qngineer 1~hbo1 invaated dynamites many nepaoialiste~-
aeaerted that thin new wont oauld quiakl~r deatro~r any army It ia~ well
known that ~Iynamito has not hro~i~ht the e~cpeotAd ohan~e in the oan~~uot
of war
'the ~~r~irnolot' of mill?~ary hoohno~,o~y G-hioh ~,he ~iitl?r army turned
on o~~r ooi~ntry f~id not t~rin~ viotor!r, ~Q outoome off' the pant ~~r was
~1~oi~e~ ~i- ~~he t~~n'l,e ..- t,h~ anvan~~prs ~n~ ~j~~:z~~~rp of ~-~~~~n~ Zn~ mili
te:rv maohines anal Soviet ~`i~;htinr~ peop~:e uhone spirit made teohnolo~y
itael~' animated and ~,nv~no~,ble
but ideas off' fleaidinr~ ~,l,e ol1toom~ of war by various "miraole?~~ of
science anr~ tr~a~ nslorv sti1:1~ prevQia~, over th? e~nsib~,? idea? of other mili-
tar~r theoreticians and praotica,, work9rs~ 1'ubl,ioity about the uranium
atom; bomb has blinded the conaciot~snass of mi1.l ions off' people in the
last four irAnrs~ ~~ow m~toh ink, paper, printery s ink, enerr~r, works and
fantasy has been expend?d in this publicity/ Newspapers and radios have
spent so much timA ~a,mmerin~ into t~~? heads of simpl? peapl? ideas the~t
~~1~meriea owns a sAaret weapon which Qasures her domina~~~:on of the world ~ ~ ~ ~
there is no salvation on earth from the atomic bomb,~~~ the atomic bomb
is abl? to pierce through 'the earths surfaa?~.~~~
the atomic bomb has liven .rise to atomio b~,aakmail, ~~r hvgteria,
and atomic dip1,?macy which tries to intimidate us and the oountries of
Peoples Demoorac;y b?r the ~~ransoceanie ~~atomio seoret~~~ to aompe~. us to sub-
mit to the will of ~,he transoce~io imperia~.~.sts~ Dut this blaokmail
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lioy wsA bsnkxu~tod oar~.ior ~Ghan was expeatsd by thaw who thought that
amer~oa was thQ only possessor s~' th? aeorot o~ tho atom~,o h?mb~
~ a~ ~+~ptamb~r oi' last Year thA w~~al~ world was in~orm4~1 bar a `~'A~9
oomrnuni ue that eoientisto o~ the U~9R hacl also f~~ AooVOrod tho Aeon@t
off' atomio ener~v, that our oountr~- poaeQae4d the atom~.o w~apan~ ~ short
~,imA ~.a~~~r~ ~~ Ya, Uvshinalci>> announoed From tl~e tribune o~ the t~nite~4
Pl~tione Asaeri~bly that "the Caviot Union is i~sin~ ~.tpmio ~n~r~,v in the
intere~te off' the ~eo~~.e ~ A ~~aonomy~ ~ ~ n
d,rra~,~nr~A rom@mber? ~~~~e aonAt~rnat~.nn ,~~~~~ ch a~?iH~~~ thA ~~~+,nn+ h~~~ineee-
men," the warmon~era~ when 1i1~4 a bolt from the b]~~e t,hia comrnunir~uo
hit ahem, On1,y a~~ortly bn~or~ t}; a, tho "famou~~ oneoir~liet on ~ue~tions
of soviet induAtry," ~~dllawortj~ ~tvmond~ ~golar?ds "'x'he ~c~viet Union
will not- b9 al~'le to ~~uil~l an atomic Weapon before 19~t~~ ~ ~ Pxothinr ~zinc~ere
~tmertcan diplomacy in onrrvi~n~ o~tt i~~a ~'lioy~ ~ ~'-
The whop wor~.d knew the results of this ehameful:~:y oollapeinn poliov~
but the at?mio bl~~ckme~i]~er? wo~1.d not be q~~ieted. 'ChA~r rushed hgadlonp
into Mill more unbric~l.ed bino~r-ai1 ~ 'I~ey decided to throw u~ a now atom~.o
b~~aboo~ Trumann hav~:n~ s~~bmitted to tho bossed of the truetA who produce
atom '~omba mode the statement et the end of Januory that "the ~tomio En-
er Commission ~litars+l.ly the Commission for Interne]. Control over lttomio
gY
finer has ~ieen ordered to begin work on the produo~,ion of a 'superbomb~"'
Atomic hysteria then rose to new heights Newspapers anal radio again
ba an to deafen Amerioe.ne with shrieking head~,ines: "Four billion dollars
B
for the hy~drogan bomb,..; Amerioe. will rule with the ahsolute w@enon,~~;
Part of the sun will artificially ba brought down t~~ earth. ? ; ill life
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aahae~ ~ ~ The euperato~aio bomb meano tk-e and a~ th!
will be turned into i
. ed even the deliriu~a of the late U,a~ Seoretary o~
world" All thi? o~aell
o beoame inear~e and propoe?d the oetabliehment o~ aeq-
~efenae Forreotal wh
around tl~o earth for "atAmio bo~abnr~ent" of the go-
eral artitloial moons
viet Uaion?
~~ one oorreotly ~~ooided that Amon^~n businessmen had
~~ore sober p ra
io oteria in order to inoraaea eti1~. more the military
stirred up atom by
the Marel~allizod Courltrioe ar~d to reoeive euperpro-
budgetA of Amarioa and
~~t b ~
o "e-~ eratomio bombe" in Amerioa~ "All this deafening
there are n p
rr ?of these observers," ie produced on oredit, we might say,
olamor, Raid on
the future" l1r~d only to~a~~ eo~e of the moat prominent
at the e~ense of
diaoueeing this very "hydrogen bomb" in the magazine
~merian:n 9oholare,
~ esys r'Theoretio~lly speaking it may
C1rti a dt~`~ ~0 1V~we nn~ War ~
,, auoh a bomb. Hut whether it oan praotioslly be made
bo po e a ibl~ to oreate
ea for aert~in,"
and exploded , t.~ , ane today can truthfully' Y
ubte ~ ~m:r~ae:~rJ ~ fho have not yet lost
Hut these are not th? only do
a of thou h1t, remember the dieg~?aceful oolle.pse of those
their sobornee g
at ~ ~,~~~, ltmortoa had maeter8d ~to~i^ aner~y~ dome 1, X00
who believed th
i?ntif~.o work?re sent to Truman a deol+ration thAt they oon-
Amerioan ao
~ of a monopoly of the "hydrogen bomb'' if it iA mad?~ a'.pure
e 3sder the ids
rue l2 soientiste who played a lec~.ding role in the
illusion, In ob ~"Y~ ~
atomic bomb,, ~',ent ,a statement to the U. ~, govarnmant in
production of the ,
asserted that "America wily not be able to monopolize
which they strongly
o bomb, Ruasl.n., of ua~urrae, will c~lao mn.eter it,"
the ma,8tery of a auperatomi
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- _ ~, of did d@nat~or ~~o~iahon' Chap n o~
Mill more deQiaivoly arc/ ~ofi~i iv Y
Atomio ~n?r~Y, express b~-eelf ~ +'~e-
tho Joint Oor.~rooo~,~ria1 ~orro~~,tteo on
liar than we could eXpcot~ dh? w~.ll
eia dostrpyod o'~' e.tom~.o monopoly sear
of tho suporbomb duet ao ~uiokly, if not
de atroy our monopole in tho field
Tier of Amerio~ re~,otion and imporialiem,
morel no ~ " The well-1~own towr- o
~, ~s ~~oaaming more at d morn deepo~~dent~
the o~~rr~aliet ~Walto~ Lippm n,
n he warned 'I'rurna`' and Aoho?on, ~~ to
"There is no morn Petal miQtsko,
r?s the e~uilibri~u~ of Atron~th which
su ose that the ' euporbomb rosto
Pr olio
and on which was based our foroign p y
ws.s dQetroyed in Sept?mt~er 1919 n
od before September hse disePp?ared forever-
The r~ono; o~ ~; Q~ which we cep?rd
tho some oonolusion~ A leading ~~eriaan
Othor promin@nt observers o~.me to
said frankly that "the sup~rbomb is
e "Bit" in the articl~
sioist, Beth
phy
.eat /scat thr?e yanre to make clear the
not only not ready, but it will tak
oseibility of preparing it,"
p dine Chairman of
?~eriou~ voices, dene~tor Millard Ty 6 ~
9eoonding then
d Foro?s reoently appae?1.ed to Truman to
the g?n~-to Cottae on the Acme ~
h tl~e 9ovi?t Union. in order to secure a peace-
"undertvke neCotiatione wit
psis and to ~-vert a at~:ll mor? terrible
agr?e on an e.aoe~atable b
e ?rs the Mn c d an
,~~ And some observers for Eritish newsp p ~
war, ,
to make the atomic ~~laalan~:ilers sea re^s"n~
for instance, have tried P ec~f-r~ ~h~ ~ll~'~d~ oi~he ~ n oon-
r ~I ~ ~,Missour~ mule,
But the rulers of Amorica, ~1
son refuse every proposal. w~yiah will
inu@ to strand f irm ~ Trurne~n and Aah
t
lan e,s a basis for negotia.tions~ This
not acoept tl~e notorious Bel,ruoh p
world trust for production of etomia enQr~y
would mean eetabliehmgnt of a mia
++ .. the "controllers" of production of ato
headed by American "atomizers
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dti11 mono d?oieivel~? and ~ofi~i~ivvly did donator ~~obtahon, Chairman o~
the ~oi~t Cvn~~~?a~~.~,na1 ~o~ittee on Ato~aio ~org~-, sxpr?as k~i~seli's n~s-
sia dQStrayod our atomio monopoly earlier tZ~an we could expeot~ dhe wi11
destroy o~ monopole i~ tho fi?ld of th? superb?mb dust as c~uiokl;~, ii' not
more poi" The well-known town prior of I-merioa-~ roaotion and imperialism,
tho ~ournr~list ~Walte~] Lippman, ~e ~-ooomis~g more aT d more deapo~~{dent,
"There is r~o more fatal, r~istake, ~' he warned Truman and AoheAOn, "than to
suppose that the 'suporbomb' restores the er~uilibrium of strongth whioh
we-a destroy?d in dept?m~}er 199 and on whioh wf~s based our foroign polioy~
The monopoly ors whioh we depended before 9epternber has disappeared farever~"
Ot~t~r prQmiz?~nt ~+bR~r4ar~ acme to the seine oonolusion, ~~ leading Amerioan
physioist, Bettie "Bit" in the artiolg] so:id frankly that "the sup~rbomb is
not only not ready, but it will tak? of least thr?e yosre to make olear the
po?sibility of preparing it."
Beoonding those serious voices, donator Millard Tydingo, Chairman of
the Ben~~te Co~ittoe on the Armed ~'oroes, reoently appoaled to Truman to
"underta:k6 ne~otiatione with the Sovi?t Union in order to secure a peace-
ful agreem on an s.aaeptable basis and to avert a cat~~ll more t?r~~ible
war...." And some obs?rvers for British n?wspapers, the ~ d an
for instance, have tried to make the atomic ~laoloa~alers sen re~fir~n~
r~~lec~h~ ~hr ~~li~~~c of ohs
But th? rulers of Amorioa, ~ "Missouri. ieu],e," oon-
tinu? to stand firm. Tr~unan and Aoh~eon refuse every propo$al wt~,ioh will
not aooept the notorious Baruch plsxa as a basis for negotiations. This
would mean establislunent of a world trust for production of e.tomio energy
has,ded by American "atomizers" -- the "controllers" of production of atom~io
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~ne~ P'o country whioh raepoote its own aovaroignty and indepondenoe and
g'y
effeotiv?ly pratooto its own intoreato will submit to what in its broadeot
eonee~ amounts to a aeoond edition o~ the '~Marehall P1an~'~
The Soviet Oman, having mnetored atomio onex~y, has etror~gly d?olar?d
end continuos to c~eolAre thn~t it has not ohnngecl its point of view on the
qucetion o~ prohibition of +~tomia woapona~ This viewpoint is ~. deoioive,
conaintQnt de~'ane? of pAace,
"very t~~o of bl~akm~iler," e~:id V, i?;, ~Tfiolotov, "wc~a intimi~~ating
us y~c~~~rdnv with the atom bomb `1'o~~~v they i~+timidate ue with the eo
oallad 'hydrogen bomb' which does not yet exists They would not have
boasted so, if they had mctinag?d to r?mejnber thn~t whilt they wore busy
with blao~nail on the bye of a monopoly of the ?~tomio bomb, the Soviet
eoples, ae ie well known, wvra not westing time b'?t wore mastering the
p
~eoret of production of atomic energy and the atom bomb Only fools,
ke one minister who wer_t out of hie head ~orrosta~, c?r indulge in
li
reokleASl;~ oaleulr~ting the intimidation of th? 9ovi?t Union c~nd bewilder
their people wit~i publicity of cell kinds of a~~gressive pl~!ns~" The time
is long Bono when the head of the British gov?rnment, Lord ~eaoonsfield,
aoulc~ with imptiu~ity employ blaekma3l'in addressing Tparist Russia.
ack~jail ~:neluding r~.tomie blackmail, refusr - to oom-
The po:~f~c~ of bl ,
ot? peeoof`a].ly with the Soviet Unions and war unleashed by blind, rook/ess
p
ree~otion will produce with t~npreo?dented strength an explosion of revolt
among the peoples This explosion will sweep in-parialism and the w~rraongers
from the face of the earth
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The i~ve?~tore ~~ tho "hydre~e~ ~mb" shQ~ld reoall the w~lole iii?te~y
a~ blao~cmail and intimidation of our oountry by the various "horrors" oi'
military teohaola~~ They would find it ospeaially use~il to romembor to-
day,? he ~i~th annivoreary of Viotorlf Day, tho fato of hitlor G?t~nany, o~
hitlor himself ~ a he oxoautore off' hie will rho blindl?v bolioQOd in their
military teol~nolA~y~, aid in G?t~an "mir~:a~ce, n ti~~hore ara these "miracles"
today`s
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