The FBI Dossier on Richard Feynman
The Federal Bureau of Investigation published a dossier compiled on Richard Feynman, a famous physicist and mathematician, one of the creators of quantum electrodynamics and the first atomic bomb, the Nobel Prize in Physics (1965, together with S. Tomonaga and J. Schwinger). It turns out that for many years he was secretly observed, and Feynman’s close friends worked as informants.
The bureau became interested in an outstanding scientist in the early 50s. At that time, it turned out that several world-famous physicists participating in the Manhattan project were spying for the Soviet Union, including Klaus Fuchs.
In January 1955, an invitation from Moscow to take part in a prestigious physical conference came to the professor of the California University of Technology Richard Feynman, and the Soviet side paid all expenses. The scientist immediately notified the State Department of the receipt of the invitation and asked him to indicate whether he was allowed to leave. The State Department was unable to make a decision on its own and forwarded the letter to the FBI. There, Feynman's letter was immediately sent to the director of the FBI, but within two months the scientist did not receive an answer, so he sent a polite refusal to the Soviet embassy.
The observation of the physicist continued. According to published documents, Feynman’s public refusal of religion, his hobby of collecting locks to safes, participation in the “socialist club” during school years, as well as other oddities, including his love for bongo drums, caused suspicion on the part of the FBI.
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Lectures of Richard Feynman on Habré: first selection , second selection .
The book "You are, of course, joking, Mr. Feynman!"
The bureau became interested in an outstanding scientist in the early 50s. At that time, it turned out that several world-famous physicists participating in the Manhattan project were spying for the Soviet Union, including Klaus Fuchs.
In January 1955, an invitation from Moscow to take part in a prestigious physical conference came to the professor of the California University of Technology Richard Feynman, and the Soviet side paid all expenses. The scientist immediately notified the State Department of the receipt of the invitation and asked him to indicate whether he was allowed to leave. The State Department was unable to make a decision on its own and forwarded the letter to the FBI. There, Feynman's letter was immediately sent to the director of the FBI, but within two months the scientist did not receive an answer, so he sent a polite refusal to the Soviet embassy.
The observation of the physicist continued. According to published documents, Feynman’s public refusal of religion, his hobby of collecting locks to safes, participation in the “socialist club” during school years, as well as other oddities, including his love for bongo drums, caused suspicion on the part of the FBI.
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Lectures of Richard Feynman on Habré: first selection , second selection .
The book "You are, of course, joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/145580/
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