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ae RE eA ree See: meet EE i Mexico in 1944 reflects the birth of both her parents in Russia. Mra. Pelerls listed attendance at Leningrad University from 1925 to 1929 and indicated employment at the Leningrad Geophysical Laboratory during 1930 and 1931, From 1939 to 1941 she gave her employment as a nurse in a Birmingham hospital in England. During 1941 through 1943 she showed employment with General Electric in Birmingham as a Planning Engineer. She became a naturalized citizen of Great Britain in March 1940 at the same time as her husband. . Allegations concerning her membership in the German Communist Party and the Commmnist Party in England are discussed below. q ue Aasociation with Klaus Fuchs Le Klausfuchs was born in Germany in 1911. He fled to England in 1933 becaase of Commnist Party activities and attended Bristol and Edinburgh Universities receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics and physics at the latter. When the Nazi attempt to cross the English channel seemed imminent, Fuchs together with other selected aliens, was sent to an internment camp in Canada. Following the German invasion of Russia in 1941 he was returned to England where he was employed on unclassified research activities at Glasgow University. Peferls heard about Fuchs and invited him to help in the war research Peierls was conducting at Birmingham University, At that time Pélerls had been selected as the head of the British Tube Alloy Project, which paralleled the work being done in the U.S. by the former Manhattan Engineering District (MED). Fuchs came to live with Peierls in 1941. Both Peierls and Fuchs were selected as part of the British mission which came to the U.S. in December 1943 to work with MED scientists. Peierls was in charge and continued to be in charge when they were both transferred te Los Alamos in March 1944, While at Los Alamos, Peierls was noted for his theoretical work on implosion and contributed heavily to theoretical work on the "super" bomb, They returned to Great Britain in 1946, Dr. Peierls leaving in January while Fuchs followed him six months later, Both were the subject of security assurances received by the MED from the British government. 1 Klaus Fuchs was arrested by the British in February 1950 while employed on the British atomic energy program. He confessed to espionage activities in behalf of the Ruseians and was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, He has since served his jail term and is currently employed in scientific work in East Germany. FBI Investigation in the U.S, in 1950-1951 FBI investigation during the Fuchs and Rosenberg cases, included individuals. oe