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[tense music playing] Joan: February 1951, was when he was arrested
by the FBI. Ted: The FBI called me in. Their agents came
around one day and asked me please to come
and accompany them to the Chicago office. Marcia:
The FBI had been apprised of these Venona documents, which were translations
of secret cables that were sent from the Moscow Intelligence
Center in New York, back home to Moscow,
saying Teodor Kholl was one of the now assets
of the Soviet Union. And it looked a lot
like Theodore Hall
by the FBI. Ted: The FBI called me in. Their agents came
around one day and asked me please to come
and accompany them to the Chicago office. Marcia:
The FBI had been apprised of these Venona documents, which were translations
of secret cables that were sent from the Moscow Intelligence
Center in New York, back home to Moscow,
saying Teodor Kholl was one of the now assets
of the Soviet Union. And it looked a lot
like Theodore Hall
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[tense music playing]
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Joan: February 1951,
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was when he was arrested
by the FBI.
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Ted: The FBI called me in.
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Their agents came
around one day
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and asked me please to come
and accompany them
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to the Chicago office.
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Marcia:
The FBI had been apprised
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of these Venona documents,
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which were translations
of secret cables that were sent
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from the Moscow Intelligence
Center in New York,
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back home to Moscow,
saying Teodor Kholl
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was one of the now assets
of the Soviet Union.
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And it looked a lot
like Theodore Hall.
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Movie Summary
The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.