How Klaus Fuchs Helped Build The Atomic Bomb

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Klaus Fuchs was a German- born British scientist who had helped build the atomic bomb, was arrested in Great Britain for passing information about the bomb to the Soviet Union. The arrest of Fuchs had led authorities to several other individuals involved in a so called spy ring. Some of the other men that were involved were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Fuchs arrest in 1950 had came after a routine security check of Fuchs father. The AMerican FBI had informed the British authorities that decoded Soviet messages in their possession indicated that Fuchs was a Russian spy. Fuchs was charged with violating the official secrets Act. HE had admitted to his charges and was sentenced 14 years in prison.