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{{cquote|In December 1942, Julius Robert Oppenheimer was the subject of a discussion between Steven Nelson and Bernadette Doyle, organizational secretary of the Communist Party for Alameda County, California. At this time, Steven Nelson stated that Dr. Hannah Peters<ref>Organizer of the professional section of the Communist Party for Alameda County (Kenneth D. Nichols, [http://www.mphpa.org/classic/JRO/02.htm Indictment of J. Robert Oppenheimer], Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.)</ref> had been to visit him and she had stated that Dr. Oppenheimer because of his employment in a special project could not be active in the party.... Bernadette Doyle answered Nelson by saying that she believes the matter should be taken up with the State Committee regarding the 'two Oppys' inasmuch as they were regularly registered and everyone knew that they were Communist Party members.<ref>FBI report: FBI file: Oppenheimer, Vol. 1, p. 3, reproduced in M. Stanton Evans, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vz42rDYmf3wC Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies]'' (New York: Crown Forum, 2007), ISBN 978-1-4000-8105-9, p. 317</ref>}}

{{cquote|In December 1942, Julius Robert Oppenheimer was the subject of a discussion between Steven Nelson and Bernadette Doyle, organizational secretary of the Communist Party for Alameda County, California. At this time, Steven Nelson stated that Dr. Hannah Peters<ref>Organizer of the professional section of the Communist Party for Alameda County (Kenneth D. Nichols, [http://www.mphpa.org/classic/JRO/02.htm Indictment of J. Robert Oppenheimer], Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.)</ref> had been to visit him and she had stated that Dr. Oppenheimer because of his employment in a special project could not be active in the party.... Bernadette Doyle answered Nelson by saying that she believes the matter should be taken up with the State Committee regarding the 'two Oppys' inasmuch as they were regularly registered and everyone knew that they were Communist Party members.<ref>FBI report: FBI file: Oppenheimer, Vol. 1, p. 3, reproduced in M. Stanton Evans, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vz42rDYmf3wC Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies]'' (New York: Crown Forum, 2007), ISBN 978-1-4000-8105-9, p. 317</ref>}}

In April 1943 the [[FBI]] monitored a meeting in Nelson's home.<ref>Robert Louis Benson and Michael Warner, eds., ''[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/venona.htm VENONA: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957]'' (National Security Agency/Central Intelligence Agency, 1996), Preface</ref>  An FBI report stated:

In April 1943 the [[FBI]] monitored a meeting in Nelson's home.<ref>[[Robert Louis Benson]] and [[Michael Warner]], eds., ''[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/venona.htm VENONA: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957]'' (National Security Agency/Central Intelligence Agency, 1996), Preface</ref>  An FBI report stated:

{{cquote|Through a highly confidential and reliable source it has been determined that on April 10, 1943, a Russian who is an agent of the Communist International paid a sum of money to Steve Nelson, National Committeeman of the [[Communist Party USA]], at the latter's home in Oakland, California. The money was reportedly paid to Nelson for the purpose of placing Communist Party members and [[Comintern]] agents in industries engaged in secret war production for the United States Government so that information could be obtained for transmittal to the Soviet Union.<ref>Herbert Romerstein, "[http://www.aim.org/aim-column/a-valuable-new-book-on-the-kgb/ A Valuable New Book on the KGB]," Accuracy in Media, May 13, 2009</ref>}}

{{cquote|Through a highly confidential and reliable source it has been determined that on April 10, 1943, a Russian who is an agent of the Communist International paid a sum of money to Steve Nelson, National Committeeman of the [[Communist Party USA]], at the latter's home in Oakland, California. The money was reportedly paid to Nelson for the purpose of placing Communist Party members and [[Comintern]] agents in industries engaged in secret war production for the United States Government so that information could be obtained for transmittal to the Soviet Union.<ref>Herbert Romerstein, "[http://www.aim.org/aim-column/a-valuable-new-book-on-the-kgb/ A Valuable New Book on the KGB]," Accuracy in Media, May 13, 2009</ref>}}