Reich Research Council

Abraham Esau of the Reich Research Council decided then to rebuild in Germany. To expedite construction the council planned to dismantle the Vemork plant and remove it to the Reich. The Norwegian underground reported that decision to London. Anderson was less concerned with the plant itself—Germany had only limited hydroelectricity to divert to its operation—than with the heavy water preserved in its cascade. British intelligence asked the Norwegians to keep watch. 

Staudinger s research into cellulose and other fibres started to receive funding from the Emergency Association/German Research Association in 1936. He received regular support of between RM 3,000 and RM 12,000 per year until 1943 [19, p. 401]. The funds provided by the German Research Association and the Reich Research Council are said [19, p. 232] to total RM 66,160 in the period 1934 1945. 

This list is in curious contrast to Staudinger s own statements after the war The research activities of the undersigned were made more difficult by the fact that he was viewed unfavourably by the party [...]. Due to the position adopted by the party, other major authorities, such as the Reich Research Council, the Reich economic development authorities, etc., were influenced either to refuse funding for the work at the institute here or only to approve minor financial support [37,... 

URANIUM CLUB. In early 1939, an informal group gathered under the auspices of Germany s Reich Research Council to study the possibilities of fission using uranium. Dubbed the Uranium Club (Uranverein), the group included physicists Walther Bothe Peter Debye, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics,... 

Reich, A., Bishop, W., and Veljkovic, M. 1993. Preprints. Oil Sands—Our Petroleum Future. Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, p. 216. 

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