“Given the widespread penetration of Soviet agents in the US (remember we were allies in WW2) it was impossible to maintain the secrecy needed.”
It should have been enforced by force.
Your comment is not responsive. Technology taken from us or developed independently is beside the point.
That decision would have been way above my job code.
Patton wanted to go into Russia after the Germans were defeated.
I don’t know if that would have worked out or not.