The statement that the University of Berlin is completely under
Russian control is highly unsatisfactory: Some time ago a question about the whereabouts of a most important and valuable collection of coins in the Kaiser Friedrichs Museum in Berlin elicited the admission that the coins had disappeared, but that the museum was in the Russian sector of Berlin and nothing could be discovered as to where the collection had gone. The University is in the Russian sector, and therefore (though of course there ought to be no " there- fore " about it) under Russian control. The question naturally arises whether any scientific work in such fields as that of the military application of atomic energy is being carried on there. I under- stand there is good reason to believe that this is not so, but it appears that the Russians are (quite legitimately) paying the foremost German scientists much higher salaries than we are offering, and are therefore getting the benefit of their knowledge and experience in many spheres. * * * *
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