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Surveillance Revealed Private Life, Not Guilt
- MI5 bugged Klaus Fuchs's home, telephone and mail and recorded intimate moments including his affair with Ernest Skinner.
- Surveillance yielded personal details but not the espionage evidence MI5 desperately needed.
Secrecy Of Venona Handicapped Prosecutions
- The Venona decrypts exposed Soviet penetration but remained too sensitive for courtroom use.
- That secrecy forced MI5 to catch Fuchs 'red handed' or secure a confession instead of using Venona directly.
Uranium Gave Britain Diplomatic Leverage
- Postwar US restrictions cut Britain out of atomic cooperation, creating deep tensions with allies.
- Britain used its uranium stockpile as leverage to restore scientific and political collaboration with the US.