ASSUMPTIONS. 4. There is general expert agreement here and in America that bombs can be more easily and quickly made of plutonium than of uranium 235. Nevertheless it is a basic maxim of Scientific Intelligence that an enemy cannot be relied upon to follow the advice of our own experts however good that advice may be. It should, therefore, be pointed out that in circumstances other than those appertaining at present to the U.S.A. and Great Britain and with less knowledge than is available in those two countries, the U.235 separation procedure may seem preferable.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Australia Belgian Congo Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Czechoslovakia Estonia France Germany Great Britain India Italy Japan Madagascar Netherlands Portugal Russia South Africa Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/131/42
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/131
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0131.042
- Keywords
- Atomic Warfare Weapons Production Armaments Resources Technology Weapons Development War Materials Atomic Energy Scientific Research Scientific Experts Predicting Enemy Intentions Geographic Intelligence Industry
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- John Anderson Harold Caccia Francis De Guingand Thomas Elmhirst Edmund Rushbrooke
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare
