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Theory of Fielding BlogThis! Theory of Fielding Sunday, January 14, 2001 Theory of Fielding: An Investigation By H. B. Laes [email protected] Updates 11/20/04 - Fuchs and Oppenheimer 10/30/04 - Was JRO a Communist and a spy? 09/20/04 - Uranium and Hydride 08/06/04 - Top Ten Questions 06/30/04 - SOVME Unit 04/19/04 - Comment Staline 04/10/04 - Conclusion-Perseus 11/11/03 - The PERS Puzzle 10/26/03 - Mission to New Mexico 09/15/03 - Rosenberg Redux 05/30/03 - Was Kitty in Spain? 04/28/03 - Progressive Professor 04/24/03 - Fielding Revealed 03/09/03 - Was Philip Morrison Perseus? 03/06/03 - SERB and SIL'VER 02/10/03 - The Anonymous Letter 01/07/03 - Was Shakespeare a spy? 12/19/02 - Santa Fe Drugstore 12/18/02 - CHESS PLAYER 12/01/02 - KVANT, IRI-ERNEST, GURON file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/OPPENHEIMER-Theory of Fielding.htm (1 of 329) [12/2/2004 4:14:25 AM] Theory of Fielding 11/10/02 - Goldsmith 09/17/02 - The Mironov-Zarubin Affair 09/01/02 - Sacred Secrets 12/19/01 - MAR and "D" 12/01/01 - Feklisov 08/26/01 - Gold Testimony 07/05/01 - Japan 05/25/01 - Mitrokhin Contents Introduction Set A - Comment Staline Set B - Spanish Civil War Set C - FOGEL'-PERS Set D - Drugstore Safehouse Set E - The Eltenton-Chevalier Incident Set F - Prodigy, Prankster, Scientist, Spy Set G - VEKSEL, KVANT, IRI-ERNEST, GURON Set H - Hero of Russia Set I - RELE-SERB Set J - September, 1941 Set K - MLAD's Report Set L - Mission to New Mexico Set M - MAR and "D" Set N - Post Los Alamos, 1945 Set O - A Freeze in 1946 Set P - Shelter Island and Paris, 1947 Set Q - 1948, 1949, 1950 Set R - The Rosenbergs Set S - Sudoplatov and Sacred Secrets Set T - The Kurchatov Decision Set U - Fuchs Reexamined Set V - The Volunteers file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/OPPENHEIMER-Theory of Fielding.htm (2 of 329) [12/2/2004 4:14:25 AM] Theory of Fielding Set W - The Progressive Organization Set X - Strays Set Y - Implosion and Hydride Set Z - ANTA and ADEN Conclusion - Fielding Conclusion - Perseus Table - Table of External Web Links Introduction In 1991 Vladimir Chikov, a Colonel in the KGB Press Bureau, first told the espionage story of Morris and Lona Cohen. The Cohens were native Americans who were KGB agents in New York City during the early 1940's, and then later in London in the late 1950's. Chikov's shocker was the claim that Morris Cohen had recruited a physicist involved in the United States' early atomic bomb program. The recruitment of the physicist allegedly occurred sometime before July 1942, the date Cohen left New York to enter the US Army. Chikov initially gave the physicist the fictitious name "Arthur Fielding," but later in his story said that Fielding was assigned the codename Perseus. These and many other details of the Perseus-Cohen story were later published by Chickov and co-author Gary Kern in their 1996 book, Comment Staline a vole la bombe atomique aux Americains, Dossier KGB No. 13676 (How Stalin stole the atomic bomb from the Americans, File No. 13676). Most writers on this subject believe that Perseus was not Fielding's, nor any other Soviet spy's, real codename. Most writers also agree that Chikov's Perseus legend is really a composite portrait of two or more Soviet atomic spies, one of whom was undoubtedly Theodore Hall, codenamed MLAD. However, questions and controversy about the Perseus story continue: Knowledgeable readers understand that Hall could not file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/OPPENHEIMER-Theory of Fielding.htm (3 of 329) [12/2/2004 4:14:25 AM] Theory of Fielding have been Fielding as delineated by Chikov; the Venona codenames PERS, KVANT and MAR are associated with atomic espionage and remain unidentified; the source of Igor Kurchatov's knowledge in March 1943 of Fermi's successful "uranium pile" experiment, just three months previous in Chicago, is not known; etc. Bombshell's authors, by virtue of their Perseus Myth Chapter, are in the camp that discounts the Fielding part of the Perseus story. Nevertheless, there are other interested parties who are not quite ready to dismiss Chikov's story about Fielding. Bombshell does not completely agree with other credible writing on early Soviet atomic espionage and there is a physicist who's career, actions and words are very consistent with the Fielding legend. That physicist is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the first Scientific Director of Los Alamos. Some readers may not know that Robert Oppenheimer was once accused of being a Soviet spy. In 1953 William L. Borden, a former Executive Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, wrote a detailed and incriminating letter to J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, alleging that "more probably than not J. Robert Oppenheimer is an agent of the Soviet Union." This letter resulted in the 1954 Atomic Energy Comission Personnel Security Board that removed Oppenheimer's security clearance. Our Theory of Fielding could be viewed as a fresh examination of that controversy in light of new information. The very idea that the Director of Los Alamos was in some way a Soviet spy will elicit a knee-jerk reaction of disbelief and derision among some readers. That will be unfortunate because it will serve to fulfill Oppenheimer's traditional drinking toast to his communist friends, "To the confusion of our enemies!" (The Story of a Friendship, Haakon Chevalier, page 22). More objective readers will bear in mind that, in the spring of 1942, Oppenheimer wasn't 'Oppenheimer'. He had only recently become a 'player' in America's atomic research effort as a consultant to Arthur Holly Compton, head of the recently established Metalurgical Lab at the University of Chicago. Thus, at the time, the Soviets would file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/OPPENHEIMER-Theory of Fielding.htm (4 of 329) [12/2/2004 4:14:25 AM] Theory of Fielding have considered Oppenheimer only as someone commensurate with their new, contemporaneous source in England, Klaus Fuchs. This post and the ones that follow certainly do not constitute a proof against Oppenheimer. We understand that, and want readers to understand that. Our discussion should be viewed as an unfinished theory that tries to accommodate what Chikov and others have written, along with other unexplained facts or phenomena. In the scientific world if a theory fits the phenomena it is used, studied and pushed further. When it ceases to explain phenomena it is discarded. The Theory of Fielding is posted on that basis. Perhaps via the Readers' Rendezvous the theory will elicit what others presently know or what they can contribute through additional research. The Theory of Fielding will address 8 or 9 sets of phenomena, some of which are still 'under construction' either with regard to research or final write up. Subject headings of postings will be: Met Lab 1942, Spanish Civil War, Parents in New York, Prospect of Employment, Soviet Consulate, VEKSEL, Pavel Sudoplatov, Hero of Russia, December 1941, etc. (With minor differences the forgoing was posted in February, 1998, at the Readers' Rendezvous at the Bombshell website under the title, Best guess at Perseus - Theory of Fielding) Set A Set B Set C Set D Set E Set F Set G Set H Set I Set J Set K Set L Set M Set N Set O Set P Set Q Set R Set S Set T Set U Set V Set W Set X Set Y Set Z Back to Top posted by Humphrey Laes 7:53 AM [edit] file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/OPPENHEIMER-Theory of Fielding.htm (5 of 329) [12/2/2004 4:14:25 AM] Theory of Fielding Tuesday, January 09, 2001 Theory of Fielding - Conclusion - Fielding The conclusion to the Theory of Fielding is divided into two parts: Fielding and Perseus. They are not fully equivalent entities. From 1991 through 1997 Vladimir Chikov wrote a number of articles and published two books about Morris and Lona Cohen, American KGB agents whose joint espionage careers spanned over 20 years. The Cohen spy story moves from provocative to the very extraordinary with Chikov's claim that Morris Cohen came into contact with and subsequently recruited an American physicist who in 1942 was involved in America's incipient effort to develop an atomic bomb. Chikov first gave the physicist the alias "Arthur Fielding." In order to hide Fielding's identity, Chikov did not provide the precise dates of Cohen's meetings with the physicist. If true, however, the contacts had to have occurred prior to July 22, 1942, the date Cohen left New York City for US Army boot camp. At the point in the story when Fielding is assigned to Los Alamos, Chikov gives him the spy name Perseus. There is a degree of independent support for Chikov's story. In personal interviews before their deaths both Cohen himself and Anatoli Yatskov, his KGB controller, confirmed contact with such a physicist. Be that as it may, Chikov's legend on Fielding changed significantly from the early articles to the later books. Fielding Legend #1, "Luis Reports" The Cohen-Fielding account from early periodicals such as New Times (Novoye Vremya), Nos. 16 & 17, April 1991: 1. Cohen was addressed by Fielding 2. Fielding was a Spanish Civil War acquaintance of Cohen 3. Fielding was aware that Cohen worked at Amtorg 4. Fielding had a prospect of employment with the Los Alamos Laboratory 5. Fielding was visiting New York City to see sick parents and planned to stay about a fortnight (2 weeks) 6.
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