Harry Gold Sentenced: Atomic Espionage Case Opens
Harry Gold receives a thirty-year sentence for funneling Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets, a move that directly enables the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg through his subsequent testimony. This chain of events transforms a single spy's confession into the legal foundation for one of the most controversial trials of the Cold War era.
December 9, 1950
76 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Soviet Union
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Klaus Fuchs
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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Manhattan Project
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Harry Gold
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Cold War
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Harry Gold
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Klaus Fuchs
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Manhattan Project
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Soviet Union
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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Nikolai Podgorny
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Head of state
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Anastas Mikoyan
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Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
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