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boomboomsubban
1157 days ago
It's rather famous. Written by Leo Szilard but signed by Einstein who later seemed to regret it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szilard_lette...
I don't understand why it would be in the Spy Museum.
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Uhhrrr
1157 days ago
Cold War relevance, maybe?
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Yoric
1157 days ago
As far as I remember, this letter started the race to nuclear weapons between the US and Nazi Germany. Lots of spycraft involved in that race.
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