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		boomboomsubban on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Explore Washington DC through the eyes of a spy 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.

Uhhrrr on April 19, 2023 | [–]

Cold War relevance, maybe?

Yoric on April 19, 2023 | [–]

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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