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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and ask your question there. Linguisticgeek Again, welcome! Linguistic ''' Geek 11:31, 13 November 2010 (UTC) Re: Inquiry about my relationship with Stanley Kubrick and the production of "Dr. Strangelove." From 1961-1963 I was an employee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). In 1962 I was assigned to the AEC New York City office. I was the deputy director of the Office of Public Information, and became a Special Projects Officer. During that time I got a call from a researcher for Mr.Kuberick--I think her name was Jenny. She said she was working with Mr. Kuberick on a movie involving nuclear weapons, and he wanted it to be authentic in several sections. She said that no one in government was being helpful. She was desperate. I told her I was a fan of Mr. Kurbrick's films- especially "Paths of Glory." I would help him all I could but only on unclassified matters. Also, that before joining the AEC I had, in a private capacity had studied the first atomic bomb test, Operation Trinity, and that I had many relationships with people involved in that program. She asked a number of questions about nuclear weapons and effects. We talked for severa times after that. The point was how realistic they could make certain scenes in the film where use of nuclear weapons were discussed. I was able to send her several official publications, such as, "The Effects of Atomic Weapons" and others. I also included a plastic disk calculator that is used to determine statistics about an atomc blast and its effects, fallout, etc. Dr. Strangelove used this calculator when he calculated bomb blast fallout and the potential for using mineshafts for survival. Kubrick thanked me for my help, and we exchanged several personal letters over the years. I was his guest at the NYC premiere of Lolita. Charles B. Yulish Icby (talk) 16:49, 25 January 2014 (UTC)Icby (talk) 15:24, 25 January 2014 (UTC)