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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
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RUDOLPH and EUGENIA PEIERLS
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hh the prafvasional anéruieicl sisamigaeiaéa. It he mind, at wanna,iit Fain-in wan $1110 samtwr maasr ad av» lrttiah Group at la: 311:0:
mi that Pele:-is and zeha Mai man elasaly aaeaeiazad in their wax-k
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E2. Edam ller aéviwd an iaterviaw eame;-nix Finish: that hehaé rst at Periarla in 002% ark the asvez-any M mm; in 1928. Wstated ghaz we Ban: Pam; was "pa:-rcaisly Iqal in iiarauagr at khuitime am! mat if Feierls 1-ma aw émmis aavamtsiaa he mm haw ma weraasm: ta mag them Es and that mark has sham am mrkad palitieal
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maid mt null mt Petals had éieausad poliiaieawith an Imam he anPeierh in Sauna 1:: 1948» Kn 141.!-ad that hshl~é been at Pale:-1a'1'nna tor
dimer, nlamvwith a nwwer er uthar people, daé am he tad an next to
hzguniq P0101-is daring dime:-¢ its status! that aring tha inner Qrs.,%P¢1@=-zia had dens quite Q at at baiting and ma ealled him Weller! 4
var menu:-. Tallar stated that Peierls had never told him why he leftGrzmw but that ha always aammad tha it was humans: Feierls was Jewish.
Ha expwealed the béliof that Psiarla had mt his wife at a seiantic
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Ema:-:1 follow was barn 15,92'3.998, at Budapest, Hungary,ana his wife, Hrs. Augusta Harkaaa-1 Teller, was born April 30, 1909, inthe sum a1-an Bati: balsam naturalized citizens of the United States an
Kama 1., 19%!., at; Haahingten, B. 6- Infarmtien has been reeeived fmm
a aaufmaaticl that ens Edward Teller had been on the mater at /iteanhora at the Gwmuaiat Workers Banal, Rev York Gity, in 1941, teachingPalitiaal-frwnawg Iiarxisah jminisa and ima 83.3%-02y or the Uwxhii Paréyat em nish Unataa; D2. -idler was inmrvierveé in January, H69,
eaaaeming tm peeaibilzty at his being identieal with tha Edward Taller wbavain liswé an the 1941 roster cf bhe taaohars at the Workers School, and hasmphatmallqr doaiad that he ma iééntioal with this inéividual. Ha» atatatint be ma sbhiabcly aa baakgreuhd arqaa1i£§.¢atio=us which mum entititehis to wash aw oi the subgeets liateé by the Werkarsqheel. Ba statedthat he was 1:; "Bu Zari: Qity m aptamber, 1941, am: that he taugat atGelzwlzia vmveraiw fro: ems time mail Jana, 19%. The phebeg:-aph atBr. Qeller we éispllid to varinua infoxwants, mo iéamiriad hia pharm-gxwpi: as that of a man new by the Ainfarmxrbs cm variana oeaasiem at theh%uart0ra at this Gmaist Party Iiarkera Schael, Hem Yer!: City, duringtaha early mart» of 19%. Om lmmmaat idantitied hi: prwuauph as beingthat sf a perm» wha taught. at the» Eu:-kera Salami in 194.1. It was reporbed
on var:-lab 1.5, 1959, that a very aunridaatial aouree close to the mm»family had maeived tnfermatiea he the efract that lira. Taller had rm:-lame!w ;£rze::da-neaoeeeaaiaa, " . . . . . Imwarriad terddmmdlara
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of tbs Haahingun Oumizes fur Dementia Aéim, which has bean dasuribadby the ztbaz-any enaml aa a Hemnasi tram ex-gnaisgtiou. I-Manta: $111mm at mm. Esra:-4 taller baa Aapsaiséd on a aawea.-ship list of $11: Raga
of Kean $!»wa:-a, mshingtm, D. 6-, duauetboé by tho Esau-Eannitta anEn-Amnriean Actiritias as a awmtat waatmelle £1-mat ¢rm1na$1m=
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April 25, 1950» At at tins, ha uenztaaaé udalph Faiarls aw aum thatha was rather displeased with ?e1er1u Mama Faiarls hm! dean! kmvrhsggat av at mamas wtivit-iaa. Ba did nut Mum that this could by ta-an, asPate:-la and hanks us»:-a ezaremly alase. Ea 1-egaréod Paierla as esua-617 and
and that Paitrls was aadeubtezily afraid ea ezrpmeas lanai! fur.-Sher dim ta
the rst that ¥rs.'Pe1s:-In was at Russian orig» me ma too may wears out
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Aypa-cxintalg two to this in?-ozv£cu;by $9 indégoaéeat wanes as hairs; Hlmtalliy 61:1:-mugbtl sewer éa _
Bin is abvioualy éistmgght and manilly étrageé, am; the M4»: leunn Iittethat ha vac man: tihe are or a gagyehiatriat mad definitely a mental ease.
a fails: mien» at Lea tum, was law:-vlendaanaeraing _s ea re 11, 1956, audit that tim ha mm ma Fuchs
ms var; clean, soeially aa wall as §raitesn:§.a:m13.y,~ 111%}: Ewaiph Hie:-10,
mawaamaai timtniha, iahiaapiniaa, kaufaeksheah sauaa that itwas his iwaim that whim mam -as ma !'lM¬1,'y~"1a'a-RusB1an" he lad chum
as diapesitim to "raver" ma Raaatsaa £0 a mum-a demise, lad in am vegan!in recalled saw man Pearle, who appaarsd ta waiaalkepf ta ho quite Qniw»
Russian, mas a aritieal appraisal at Fmssta daring a dicussior; at the £11101!rslatinnn with Russia, Fw-aha wiaulé easnr, it, than as who etlaar aiida
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5-58805-649!Bu:-3.3 inveatigstiem at Ia: Alaw, iataraatiua was rweivaéthat. ii:-a. Pain-Ia was smaiéersd to bu a "aha.:'a~c%e2-" and Hm: she waslow! and murwkm. Ie was saaméfémt there wan mam ma»:-a that akama a Enasiaa andluad farm:-3J_been rm:-ybhiag {mu a private £4: a eapimin
- e, Psierla has hm lialead in the pram:with , hem anisaa or aaaads mm taughtmtlnma aura 1: zzztvara r» at farenta ané aim, durim as have or ahsemehas the niversiky, rewm¢d- to Fauna when ha resigned £1-an his mat at-arcmte Ummraity. The 1. »- .- - :- ~. Gathalia paper pmaliahad inwtzeeal, flaaaéa, quated A an Ham}: 18, 1959, as Swingvih mama; ta his 0 W3? > ee marl; ax; Bizaiaghm wasaa mspwtiea ma that than was an smma var.-ic aa um $13968» He saié thatfuel: Pearls, a Garam refugee £1-an Hutu, he ms 1:1:-we sane tntemaungéata: abeut he British and ather was herb pmngsnatm. Thea éahila _£n<!1es§aé~§hst &#$/eaia Marked mark en the sum bez: before the émit-ac! $tat»seéid, aemz=:!"mg to the erhiela. ' V
_<3m- filsa rarlect that a Pa:-seam!. Security Questimmaira lm wkby Era. Eugesxia Poierla $1! July 1.1, 191.4, mhila aha was at Les gum, veeow hais bar father, m=ma.- Eaanegiassar, waa km 1:. Ruaau baa in
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§ith raturema ta Fatah relatives in am thawed stews, yearatrt-uniea La invited 9»: our mewmranéu numb» 746?, étwd {Maker 31., 191$, naming Fuaha mu! Wicrle. Ibo Imignaian aw liaumliamtzilem Servicercearéa refheted him. ainrieh P92ai92er1.o, father gr Rudalph Pearls, wasipglieat-ism fer $2: inagratian visa an Febmarw IA, 3.940, at mm, Eng5.an-This apslieatien maated t-hat ha was ham February $, 1867, 0% Braalan,gmaw, and ma reamed in that seuntry tram his birth until ktareb, 1939.mrsaer he maiden in En land at 9 Ada " Q , _ - - - MD 3;mmar was arms aigart me: his taker, $iwa Feierls, hath daaaaaa. Eta¬£.£e ma 15.6 ?/ed gm Elisabeth éiarie Psisr 8;>§>1!.Q8¬~§.<sr:reaeted tint he intaneiega to join his Q ; _ Ugqaer Yéentaleir,.: '1: In - ~ = an crew. Ht antaraet Es rk an are , < V .
The mend: further refleat that as of Saiateavber, l'§46, HeinrichPwierls was retired. A hr-sher is liawd as iegfrxaé Feziarls, aw Ye:-%e Gity,mad his tam sans were awed as Alfmd H. Pe§.er&§, urrsy, England, ansPrafaamr Rudolph Ywiar-la, Eiamingium, England. ma 511% mfleatsé a st.a%e--amt try Heinrich ha we effset that he had pa-evwaaly visihsci lama vnitazi Eiatesin I937, but tshera was ma racer-:i Mi me}: a_ vi.-sit. The le reflects inrurma-rm ta the effect that einrieh ¥"aie1:'1s died ma June "-Z9, 194$. ~é
Aneazing be 1'-baa necera, Elisabeth $3124: Paierls, .fe_ ateinrieh" Paiarfls, was ban: Jams 1, 1883, at Prankfurh an: tne, Germny. Eur tm wh Ii #26 6 V - ~ para , a ware a as eeeasa, warn Ame Ernst ma Sari Herman». TMremrda lised her state: a: #1:. Balm; It aw Yerk. Ear aiai-,er'anraaa was 2'1:-a% givan as in ears of Jaahingt.¢n, B, 33,
Iilisabazh E-aria Peierls, in aa apwlicatian far aataraiizatien, satmm at. aha aarriaé eiarzeh an Jana 15, 1%, at am:-11», 31% Fmlm: it Wald mm that Slisatmth is awamntly has magma wife sf §a1nr£ahmad is mt we mister at Ruéolph am: mam Feierla. 3% was mwww 3.9, 2.945, at. kart, air Jo:-asgu
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wan refénz-nae: to an mtivity of Faierls wbwqueat ta hisdepartsuxu tram the United States, in available hat tramkbruary 13 ta 1?, 1946, a eanfex-ems on Salaam; and the Yolrare er misting!"tad hold in I-Baden, aeaordirg to a repart written by a delegate ta the éaafa1'i'serspcr§a%atedthat%h B a mm 7 ' ' ' e j Lish Aaaaciation 92 Scientific Wei-hers termé 8Gamattaa at M-Gm Saientiatm P:~a£¢:§sar 5.8 1: was listed as a rumba: 3 af thia eamittea, man ineluée
fha A 1-11 191.9 1p , . , same <1: E-ha-B'u11aB1n <=2 étom éeieneim cantaiusdan arhiele se*b%irg torlsh t @ #1-ii of mzimea, WP:-atasgor R; E. ?e1Qr1JI J =~< _A eicrla aka fur ah;poaaibia etchings or aeiént I-* Q eiavaen seesiua - and um:. amtianaé we diasia-ability at ss$.aa%$.f§.¢ taterwaraa with Iran Burtklawmtrlaa, mé ma aritieal of tiuitad $%a'£aa treamnt at ueimtlsta. Inthis raggnt, Pate:-3.s is qwtad as rolkeam "One mare a gum! éanl at talkabaut the ésngamns stream at aaientiatm who held subversive view ef emkind ané eaather, ané this, farhmastaly, ta not taken vary aerieualy in $421Y . Qenwmaw. I bsliave meat at yea mam that in the United ats: ishinge are mam: mm éifeult an that respeat." g,5..5g305-.672!
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This is an interim response to your recent request for indices checks
concerning Dr. Peierls in connection with his proposed temporary employ-
ment at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Indices check§_have not been
completed because of referrals to other agencies. This information has
been requested and will be furnished upon receipt. Information received
to date has been included with information contained in/Division of
Security files and is sumarized below. f
Dr. Rudolph Ernst Peierls, Information Prior to 1951
Dr. Peierls was born June 5, 1907, in Berlin, Germany. He received his
education in Germany and Switzerland and emigrated to England in 1933
because of racial prosecution in Germany. For two years he was a Research
Fellow" at Manchester University and for the next two years at the Royal
Society Mond Laboratory in Cambridge, England. He was appointed to the
Physics Department in Birmingham University in 1937. There is no positive
information on how he met and when he married his wife. It has been alleged
that he spent some time teaching in Russia sometime during 1930-39 and
that he met and married his wife in Russia. Another source advised the
FBI that he believed Dr. Peierls met his wife while attending a scientific
conference~in Moscow. In any case, based on the age of their oldest
child in 1944 it appears they were married sometime in 1933-34. Dr.
Peierls became a naturalized citizen of Great Britain in March 1940.
In 1951, Peierls was Vice President of the Council of the Atomic Scientists
Association, reportedly a Communist front organization. He was reported
to have been a member of a delegation that visited the British Home Officeon August 1, 1947, to ask clemency for Dr. self-admitted
and convicted Soviet Agent in the Canadian- ov e spy case, who was then _
in prison in England.
Eugenia Kannegiesser Peierls, Spouse
Mrs. Peierls was born July 25, 1908, in Leningrad, Russia. A Personnel
Security Questionnaire filled out by Mrs. Peierls at Los Alaos, New
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Peierls 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 Ccuumnist Party and
the Communist Party in England are discussed below. _;f5i »Al 9*"Dr. Peierl Association with Klaus Fuchs <l;;&*
Klaus uchs was bgrn%in Germany in 1911. He fled to England in 1933
bec se of Communist Party activities and attended Bristolwand 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 whim other selected aliens, was sent to an internent 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. l
Peierls heard about Fuchs and invited him to help in the war research
Peierls was conducting at.Birmingham University. At that time Peierls
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
to Los Alamos in March 1944. While at Loa 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 governent. 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 Russians 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.$1_in 1950-1951
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that Mrs. Peierls was a member of the British Communist Party. Question-
ing of this source disclosed that this information had been based on
Mrs. Peierls' Russian birth and attitude toward Russia. This source had
also known the Peierls prior to their association at Los Alamos. An
American scientist also interviewed by the FBI, who had been associated with
the Peierls at Los Alamos and who had also known him since 1928, stated
that when Peierls was in the U.S. he had been strongly in favor of agreement
with Russia but had shown no other marked political sympathies. During a
visit to their home in England in 1948, this scientist, then a leading
figure in the U.S. atomic weapons program, stated that Mrs. Peierls had
done "quite a bit of baiting" and had called him a "war monger". .
It was also found that captured German documents consisting of original
documents of the German Communist Party listed the use of "Comrade"
Kannegiesser. It was not known whether this individual was identical
with Mrs. Peierls, nee Kannegiesser. Investigation also disclosed that
Mrs. Peierls had been publicly opposed to Britain's participation in
World War II until Russia entered the war. -
l95l ABC Action in Connection with Declassification Conferences with the UK
Dr. Peierls was selected by the UK to attend several U.S.-UK Declassifica-
tion Conferences for which security assurances were furnished the AEC.
Prior to the 1951 conference, the adverse information concerning Dr. Peierls
and his wife was presented to the British, and the UK response was:
Peierls was a close friend and associate of Klaus Fuchs and
they roomed together at Los Alamos. The association between
them developed naturally as s result of scientific assignments
and no "sinister implications" were drawn therefrom.
2. Mrs. Peierls was born in Russia. However, the allegation
she was a member of the British Communist Party was "unfounded".
V The British had no information which would connect Mrs.
Peierls with "Comrade" Kanegiesser mentioned in the captured
German documents.
3. The British do not consider the Atomic Scientists Associa-
tion as a Communist front.
4. Dr. Peierls did not teach in Russia.
The AEC approved Dr. Peierls' attendance at the Conference. One of the
prime considerations was that he would have no additional access to classi-
fied information other than he already had.
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In February 1952, CIA reported ierls obtained UK clearancethrough the influence of who had been reported to have
had an open code telephon Donald MacLean just prior
to the latter's departure from England. Strachey wahave been responsible for having the surveillance o
lifted which re ortedl made o l ' , p y p ssib e Pontecorvo s escape to Russ a.
This report also stated that Mrs. Peierls had admitted to being a Communist
and had been publicly opposed to Britain's participation in World War II
until the USSR entered the war. <
Associationwith American Communist
1 53, the AEC was advised by the State Department th a reported American Co was working with Dr. Peierls at t e~ n s"ity of Birmingham; tha ad resided at the Peier1s' home~/ during 1950 and 1951. Subsequen investigation of Brown disclosed
he had worked at the University of Birmingham from 1950 o 1961; that
reliable sources reported he was a Communist Party er at the Univer- "
sity of d11ring 1944-46 and at Yale Uni ing 1946-48.
His roommate at the University of -was who was Wisconsin " W _
President of the American Youth for Democracy A an reportedly a *_;_;¢~
known Marxist. The AYD designated by the ney General underExecutive Order 19l+50. sssociation witheontinuedUniversity during 1946- w ere they studied and wor e together. n
was also active with the Conmunist Party County Coumittee of C cut
during the latter period. In applying for a passport in 1954,
admitted joining the student branch of the C nist Party at Ya e 'University in January 1948. In June l952, was reported to U,S.
authorities to have regularly associated w n ividuals. known to be
members of the Communist Party at the Unive of Birmingham. In 'February 1963, a scientist who worked withat the Niels Bohr
Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, reported at e was known as a
"harmless Communist sympathizer".
Association with All_e_ggd_ Soviet Agent A l p
A current CIA check dis ose "e ort that in December 1950 Dr. Peierls
was an associate of who was described by a reliable sowrce
wn Cozmxunist and a nt who was living in_E_ng1and in 1950 Areported function was to collect scientific and technical intelli
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British intelligence and furnished informat e Russians also.Shortly after the Russians occupied Ber1in,Wfurnished the Russians
the names of German scientists in atomic research and the location of
two tons of heavy water which he said he feared might be destroyed by the
Germans. In a 1948 report by U.S. sources, this action was attributed to
his residence in the Russian sector. Information contained in a letter
written by cientist working for the Russians in Moscow in 1946states that pproached the Russians to work for them and that this
scientist recommen ed him to the Russians.
his reported assistance to the U.S. and British consisted in furnishing .
information on German scientists both in East Germany and working in
Russia. An American scientist associated with U.S. intelligence, reported
that tacts with British intelligence they had left no doubt
that osely associated with them. In December 1950, informa-
tion a suspected Communist agent trying to collect
intelligence information in England for the
Soviets was made available to the British. The British reply was that
his cgntagtg were known and they did not consider him to be engaged inespionage, particularly since there was no supporting evidence for such
allegations.Preturned to Ge m England, exact time not known. An
G er can who had known uring World War II reported that suspicions
about him were aided by e act that his mistress was the sister of an
active East German Communist who was then head of the East German Ministryof Justice. However, this source reported that neitherwor hismistress were known to make any secret of this fact, nor o ave had any
contact with the individual.
There is no question thazhas been close to certain East Germanscientists, to the Soviets, as ad easy entry to East Berlin as well as
good relations with U.S. and British intelligence. The record is not '
clear, however, as to whether he engaged in these activities in behalfof the Russians, other countries, or both.
Further information is expected from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the State Department
which will be furnished upon receipt.
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In Reply, Please Rgfer to , ,
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Internal Security - England
'- A orandum dated March 9,1966, t Brookhaven Office Atomic Ene g o1 , bert E. Tharp, Assistant
Director for Personnel Security, Division of Security,
Headquarters, entitled "Rudolph Ernst Peierls, UK Scientist,
which memorandum was classified "Secret."
Commission, !rooL. a copy of this
memorandum on March 22, 1966, and made available the data
contained in the Atomic Energy Commission files pertaining
to captioned individual,H.
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Under date of January #, 1966, Brookhaven National
Laboratory BNL! transmitted a letter to the Atomic Energy
Commission, Brookhaven Office, requesting Atomic Energy Commission
alien visitor approval for Dr. Rudolph E. Peierls, a British
national, This letter indicated that BNL intended to offer an
appointment to Dr. Peierls as a temporary employee in the capa-
city of Visiting Senior Physicist in the Physics Department
effective on or about March 20, 1966, for a period of five
weeks. The letter relates that during his stay at BNL, he
will engage in unclassified research with the Theoretical
Physics Group.
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BNL, with
in.éE§E§m§n$m3:D the site of BNL. He further advised " Ithat BNL had assured the Atomic Energy Commission that they
will be informed if Peierls intends to visit other Atomic
Energy Commission installations during his visit to theUnited States. BNL further indicated that Peierls would be
concerned principally with nuclear theory and would work w'thstaff theorists. ' ¬&%@¬£l /?2{Z%j;%% A5é§j¬%;é%?gf_£ y
Atomic Energy Commiss tn réE6?H§*fevea1 that the
subject was born on June 5 1907 at Berlin Germany. Hereceived a Ph.D. degree from theUniversity,of Leipzig. ' _
From 1937 to 1963, he was employed as a professor at the 'University of Birmingham, England. From October, 1963 to E mo,date he has been engaged as Wykeham Prof sor Physic at the e "University of Oxford. His wife, Eugenégzgannegiessg;&¬éier1s,was born on July 25, B398, at Leningra , ussia. _ . _
AP1 is. d-t,e At ic Energy Commission
of the file perta ning 0 the son
subject. This indi 1 1 oyed at BNL as a
Visiting Assistant Physicist ' artment sinceJuly, 1963. He was born uo_n at Manchester,
A r e a e 1vers t ' England, He received 5 B. . g g U i'y
and a Ph.D. degree at Cornell University. He has had the
following employment history:
September, 1956 Cornell University, Ithaca, .
June, 1959 - New Yorg, Research and f
U§§¬HiKg Assistant in Physics;June, 1959 Q Lawrence Radiation'Laboratory,
August, 1959 - Berkeley, California, ,
Theoretical Physics. F
October, 1959 Birmingham University, England.
September, 1961 Nato Fe1lowship'; ;September, 1961 - Institute for Advanced Study,
March, 1962 Princeton,_New$£ersey,
Atomic Energy Commission records indicate that
Ronald Frank Peierls' appointment was approved by Atomic
Energy Commission for unclassified research inrnn-security
areas of BNL. "
S"_Q_d _ , ._.,i.,,_M, . _ K ,w jMarch 19, 1966, and was then residinéigizg»-3»
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Rudolph Ernst Peierls
I 1 _Atomic Energy Commission approval
was granted or travel on BNL business from
L July 30, 19 . to Sep ember 30, 196M. The purpose of this trip
was to attend the International Conference on High Energy
Physics at Dubna, Russia, and to hold discussions on High
Energy Theoretical Physics at GEN, Saclay, France, CERN, Genev
Harwell and Rutherford Laboratory, England, and at Imperial
College, London, England.8.
On June 11¢, 1966,furnished the following;information:
The subject entered the United States on March 19,
1966. He started his employment at BNL on March 21, 1966, and
he terminated on April 19, 1966, at the completion of his
assignment. He was to leave the United States on April 20,
1966, His forwarding address was Department of Theoretical
Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England. His residence
address was listed as Farleigh Orchard Lane, Old Boar's Hill,
Oxford, England.
advised that there is no record zbn his
files of any trave" in the United States on the part of the
subject during his stay at BNL. _
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departed the US on an early morning flight on April 20,k51 1966, for England. He entered the US on 3/19/66, on a
round trip ticket via British Overseas Airways BOAC! and
it is assumed that he returned to England via BOAC. He
was accompanied by his wife, EUGENIA KANNEGIESSER PEIERLS.
On 8 ll 66Brookhaven National iai-ra o aoviseb a' PE E - - ry, I R res ein an apartment on the Laboratory site during his stay atthe laboratory. He said that no phone calls were charged to
the phone in his apartment during his stay. . M _,
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AT WASHINGTON D.C.. will check arrival and departurerecords at Central Offfce of INS to verify departure of subject,/!%Krn on June 5 1907, at Berlin, Germany, and his wife, EUQENIA, »* _ _NNEGIESSE3§f¬IERLS, born on 7/25/O8, at Leningrad, Russia,_The subJect" permanent address was listed as Farleigh OrchardLane, Old Boar's Hill, Oxford, England. ' * M" .1__ . -.-.-' - 92-
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Referenced New York letter requested WFO
check arrival and departure records of subject and
wife at the Central Office of INS. 1
On 9/EQ66, I advised
records of the Central contained the
record of arrival and departure of the subject and
wife to the United States:to
his
that the
following
his
t P?"RUDOLPH ERNST PEIERLS, born 6/5/07, Berlin,
Germany, British citizen, occupation Physicist, Was last
admitted to the United States on 3/19/66, and departed on
4/19/66. His permanent address was shown as Farleigh,
Orchard Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, England. His destination
in the United States was shown as Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, New York. PEIERLS was traveling on Passport
Number 311140. He arrived on BOAC flight.505 from
England.
YalelsLondon,
EUGENIA 92born 7/25/08, at Leningrad, Russia, with
the same London address and the same destination in the
United States, arrived and departed the United States the
same day as the subject.
' The subject was previously in the United
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He arrived in the United States on 9/ll/65, and
departed 9/17/65. His United States address was shown as
64 Highland Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Subject arrived in Ihe United States at New York on
8/9/65, and departed 9/12/65. On this occasion his UnitedStates address was listed as c/o Dr. R. F7KPEIERLS, RFD #1,
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PEIERLS was again admitted to the United States on
6/22/65, and departed 6/24/65. 0n that occasion he stayed
at the Windsor Park Hotel Annex, Washington, D. C.
PEIERLS was admitted to the United States at Boston,
on 6/9/63, and departed the United States at Boston on
6/13/63, this time his address was shown as Endicott,#¢ ;¢7
Dedhanq Massachusetts.
*S was admitted to the United States at Seattleon 7/16/6Q, and departed 8/21/62. On this gccasion his
address was listed as Department of Physics, University of
Washington.
PEIERLS was tadmitted to the
York on 3/30/61, and departed 4/9/6/.
address was Massachusetts Institute of
Centennial Conference. The records of
PEIERLS was first admitted to New York
departed 9/4/60. On that occasion hisUnited States at New
His United States
Technology, c/o '
INS showed that
City on 9/3/60, and
address was listed
as 58 Warfield Street, Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
INS records revealed that File A-14786038 regarding
subject is located a ,Boston, Massachusetts. INS records
revealed that EUGENI IERLS was admitted to the United
States on the following dates:
She entered the United States on 7/31/65, and
departed 9/17/65. Again she was admitted to the United States
on 10/11/62, and departed 10/26/62. 3he was first admitted
to the United States on 8/31/60, and departed 9/4/60.
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