This is untrue. This is a false conspiracy theory that people keep repeating that has no facts to back it up. This one bugs me because my grandfather was in the merchant Marines and was stationed there when this happened. People parroting that untrue fact drove him bonkers.
They really put the work in too. Kept pushing it along until we had the technological ability to use it. Amazing stuff
Getting my 20 year badge in a few weeks. I was so confused at the discourse during the early days. People actively wanted it to fail. I was ready to be rid of physical copies. I still have such fond memories of when the orange box came out.
The whole “Rosevelt knew claim”. It is one of those false clames that gets repeated so often.