Some related terrible bad luck (well, for the Third Reich) in organization: the scientists' saving throw to get serious resources devoted to the project was rui

Some related terrible bad luck (well, for the Third Reich) in organization: the scientists' saving throw to get serious resources devoted to the project was ruined when a secretary preparing the invitations for a seminar accidentally substituted the agenda for a highly technical one happening around the same time, and the major figures who would have otherwise shown up declined.