In 1960 he reportedly sent Vasudev Iya, a young chemist, to France to absorb as much information as he possibly could about how polonium--a chemical element used to trigger a nuclear explosion--was prepared.

• 据说他在1960年曾派年轻的化学家瓦苏德瓦·伊亚前往法国，尽可能多地收集关于怎样准备钋(一种用于引发核爆炸的化学元素)的信息。