Even in direct comparison Paperclip comes out looking a lot more :sus-deep: than the Soviet equivalent. The Soviets grabbed middle managers and working engineers, while the Americans grabbed the people in charge and whoever came along with them. The Soviets put German scientists on teams headed by Soviet scientists, the Americans put high profile "former" Nazis in charge of American military programs. When the work was done, the Soviet German scientists were sent back to the Germany of their choice with a paycheck and anonymity, while America gave their German scientists fame by centering them in propaganda and publicly excusing their crimes. There's a reason Nazis did everything they could to surrender to America, meanwhile in order to get their scientists the Soviets showed up in the middle of the night with guns.