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In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.
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German-born British physicist and atomic spy (1911–1988)
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a theoretical physicist, atomic spy, and communist who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Official Secrets Act
UK legislation
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World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
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