In this segment we explore the book From Major Jordan’s Diaries, where wartime exports are examined and explanations are given.
From the OpenLibrary Archives: On Dec. 2, 1949, in a radio interview with Fulton Lewis, Jr., George Racey Jordan, a former United States Army Air Force major, alleged that shipments of uranium, heavy water, and engineering documents referring to Oak Ridge, Tenn., were shipped through Great Falls, Mont., to the Soviet Union during 1943 and 1944. In this and subsequent statements on the radio, in the press, before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and to Joint Committee staff members, the exact charges varied but there were some very strange allegations that followed. One very peculiar allegation was the USA shipping uranium to the Soviet Union in 1943!
