Claims

Vannevar Bush organized the 1940 self-censorship of US fission papers

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The source attributes the 1940 voluntary self-censorship of American fission papers to Vannevar Bush. The records say it was proposed by Gregory Breit at the National Research Council in April 1940 and run by the NRC's Reference Committee, without government participation; Bush is not named as its organizer.

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
contradictsatomicarchive.comSmyth Report (1945) 3.3: 'At the April 1940 meeting of the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council, G. Breit proposed formation of a censorship committee to control publication in all American scientific journals.' Chairman L. P. Eisenhart; uranium subcommittee chaired by Breit.
contradictssgp.fas.orgQuist, Security Classification of Information (DOE/FAS) ch. 4: 'At the initiative of Gregory Breit … the National Research Council established a committee'; scientists restricted information 'without governmental urging or participation'. NDRC under Bush formed 27 Jun 1940.

Sources

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UFO secrecy architecture (UAP Gerb Vol 1)reports

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
US physicists' 1940 self-censorship of fission papers produced the silence Flyorov noticed in 1942split from (Bush attribution clause)1940Structural

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FromRoleYearsVerdictSource
US physicists' 1940 self-censorship of fission papers produced the silence Flyorov noticed in 1942split into (Bush attribution clause)1940Structural

Claim

The source attributes the 1940 voluntary self-censorship of American fission papers to Vannevar Bush. The records say it was proposed by Gregory Breit at the National Research Council in April 1940 and run by the NRC's Reference Committee, without government participation; Bush is not named as its organizer.