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david irving Secretly Overheard:
able, as the English simply have to take an interest.”
The letter went off on October 4, signed by Heisenberg. The
“guests” became increasingly restive as no reply came. Diebner, regarded
as a Nazi by his “hosts”, itched to get out.
BAGGE: Tell me, what is Diebner so excited about?
KORSCHING: He is quite rightly annoyed about our Nazi-nationalist
English guards.
On the last Tuesday in October 1945, the thirtieth, the Daily Express
suggested that Otto Hahn was to work for the British at Didcot.
He blurted out that that was monstrous, it might provoke the
“Werewolves.” During the month the microphones, which were
switched on throughout their waking hours, produced less and less
of interest – except for repeated escape plans hatched by the scientists:
HEISENBERG: I don’t know whether it would not be a good thing
after all for one of us to return his Parole and scram.
HAHN: But then people would have good reason for saying, “We
have treated them well, and now they are obstinate. Therefore now we
shall treat them badly.”
Perhaps one should speak with the Captain [P. Brodie] again, at any
rate about the sinking spirits of several of us. . . He can see that for
himself. Laue staying in bed for a day or two, and that Gerlach suddenly
gets fits of hysterics – he can hear that when Gerlach suddenly gets a fit
in the kitchen and starts shouting at the staff. . .
HEISENBERG: I just think that talks with the Captain are somehow
futile. . . He listens to us and then passes it on to the Commander [Eric
Welsh of M.I.6] They air their feelings a bit as to how unpleasant the
whole thing is . . . It is impossible that it will ever reach America where
a decision could be made.
On November 6 Heisenberg whispered to Wirtz that he was thinking
of making a dash for freedom, and seeking refuge in the Danish
Embassy, where he could establish contact with Nils Bohr. Wirtz
warned: “I don’t think much of anything connected with escape.
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