Henry Tizard
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Sep 7, 2026
Thomas777GUEST
But the reaction in London was especially kind of severe to the French physicist's letter, you know, the Nature magazine letter.
Thomas777GUEST
The British press went, you know, just like as they did subsequently when insinuating mr churchill into office they undertook this like full court press um full of lowered accounts of a new quote super bomb based on uranium fission that was being developed in germany you know like they they just presented this as a foregone conclusion as a fact you know the um four days after the letter appeared um both the british treasury and the Foreign Office were approached by Sir Henry Tizard.
Thomas777GUEST
He was chairman of the Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defense, which had outsized power, as did pretty much everything related to the Air Ministry.
Thomas777GUEST
I think we talked about that in our Churchill series.
Thomas777GUEST
So in Belgium, you didn't just have the raw stores of uranium.
Thomas777GUEST
It was like the infrastructure to, you know, process it in basic ways to make it Utah.
Thomas777GUEST
So essentially what Tizard was suggesting or demanding perhaps was, you know, that Britain find a way to, you know, wage war on the continent and capture whatever uranium Belgium had, um, you know, with hostility, um, which operationally, obviously there was, that was not going to happen, but the fact that this was well within their contemplation.
Thomas777GUEST
And, um, I don't think this was just propaganda in the case of the UK.
ThomasGUEST
But that the reaction in London was especially kind of severe to the French physicist letter, you know, the Nature magazine letter.
ThomasGUEST
um the the the british press when they you know just like as they did subsequently when insinuating mr churchill into office they undertook this like full court press um full of lowered accounts of of a new quote super bomb based on uranium fission that was being developed in germany you know like they they just presented this as a foregone conclusion as a fact you know the um Four days after the letter appeared, both the British Treasury and the Foreign Office were approached by Sir Henry Tizard.
ThomasGUEST
He was chairman of the Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defense, which had outsized power, as did pretty much everything related to the Air Ministry.
ThomasGUEST
I think we talked about that in our Churchill series.