Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

John Gowans: Ward Evans

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• Roger Robb : Would it be fair to say that this meant that by 1942 he had not stopped having anything to do with the Communist Party? You don't have to answer that yes or no. You can answer any way you wish.

  Kitty Oppenheimer : I know that. Thank you. But the question isn't properly phrased.

  Roger Robb : Do you understand what I am trying to get at?

  Kitty Oppenheimer : Yes, I do.

  Roger Robb : Why don't you answer it that way?

  Kitty Oppenheimer : I don't like the phrase 'having anything to do with the Communist Party' because Robert never had anything to do with the Communist Party as such. I know he gave money for Spanish refugees. I know he took an intellectual interest in Communist ideas...

  Roger Robb : Are there two kinds of Communists? An intellectual Communist and a plain ordinary Commie?

  Kitty Oppenheimer : I couldn't answer that one.

  Ward Evans : I couldn't either.

• Vannevar Bush : [Called to speak before the AEC's hearing on Oppenheimer's security clearance]  It appears to most scientists around this country, Robert Oppenheimer, is now being pilloried and put through an ordeal because he expressed his honest opinions.

  Ward Evans : Dr. Bush, I thought I was performing a service to my country when hearing this case.

  Vannevar Bush : No board in this country should sit in judgment of a man because he expressed his strong opinions. If you want to try that case, you should try me.

  [pauses] 

  Vannevar Bush : Excuse me, gentlemen, if I become stirred, but I am.

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  Gordon Gray : Dr. Oppenheimer? Dr. Oppenheimer? As we begin, I believe you have a statement to read for the record.

  J. Robert Oppenheimer : Yes, your Honor.

  Ward Evans : We are not judges, doctor.

  J. Robert Oppenheimer : No. Of course. Members of the Security Court, the so-called interrogatory information in your indictment of me cannot be fairly understood except in the context of my life and my work.