One of WWII's Most Secret Diplomatic Missions [audio 30min]

In August 1940, as Hitler prepared to invade Britain, a top secret mission designed to turn the tide of the war was under way. A team of Britain's top scientists and engineers were on their way to America. They carried with them a briefcase containing the UK's most valuable technological secrets -- to give them away. Stephen Phelps tells the story of one of the most secret diplomatic missions of World War II and of the post-War consequences of this extraordinary gamble.