Dossier #1: Boreskovich

Boreskovich immigrated to the U.S. in 1981. His primary motivation was to get at high speed computer equipment. Inside the Soviet Union, the government had very few truly state-of-the-art computers. Those that were built, were dedicated to specific military applications. As far as the Kremlin was concerned, Boreskovich's research seemed like far fetched games. In 1978 Boreskovich himself had estimated the computer capacity required for demonstration of his basic theories was a thousand times greater than the fastest computer in the USSR. The Kremlin's Office of Technology Planning estimated such capacities would be achieved in the year 2030. They had given up trying to direct Boreskovich to other projects, so when he requested immigration in 1979, the application was pre-approved and expedited through channels. It only took two years to be finalized.

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