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The Youngest Spy in the Manhattan Project — Theodore Hall | Cold War Files

Theodore Hall was the youngest spy in the Manhattan Project — an 18-year-old physicist who quietly passed key implosion design details to the Soviet Union. This documentary examines the full, documented case using declassified FBI files, VENONA decrypts, Los Alamos research archives, and recently released Soviet intelligence material. As the United States raced to perfect nuclear weapons, Hall’s intelligence reports helped Moscow close a technological gap years sooner than American planners believed possible. This episode reconstructs Hall’s recruitment, his work at Los Alamos, the specific scientific data he transferred, and how Soviet physicists used those insights to accelerate their own atomic program. From wartime plutonium research to postwar counterintelligence failures, the story reveals how a teenager became a critical figure in early Cold War nuclear strategy. Chapters include: • Hall’s early research and security clearance • Soviet collection priority for implosion design • Tradecraft, couriers, and KGB reporting channels • How the RDS-1 device integrated Western scientific insights • The VENONA breakthrough and why the FBI could not prosecute • Hall’s postwar life, public exposure, and archival confirmation All historical information in this video is derived from official records, including U.S. government declassifications, Manhattan Project documentation, Soviet-era intelligence files, and peer-reviewed historical analyses. If you value accurate, fact-based Cold War history, consider supporting Cold War Files with a like and subscription.