The Government of the Soviet Union, as it was then known,
publicly announced the detonation of an atomic bomb. Past
experience taught Americans to treat Moscow pronouncements
lightly. However, the White House, in a solemn statement in
September, 1949, related the disheartening news which startled
and shocked the nation. had finally come to understand the
secrets of the atom. Russian ingenuity in the scientific field
probably contributed considerably to this discovery. But what of
the part played by American traitors Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
This is their story. In the summer of 1949, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) learned that the secret of the
construction of the atom bomb had been stolen and turned over to
a foreign power. An immediate investigation was undertaken which
resulted in the identification of Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs, a
German-born British atomic scientist. British intelligence
authorities were advised, and Fuchs was arrested by British
authorities on February 2, 1950. He admitted hi