3. Role of Soviet spies has been grossly overstated. All the advances in Soviet foreign policy would've happened without them.
@marksholdice Don't want to understate value of info but its important to realize USSR had active science apart from what spies gave them.
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@HeerJeet Yes, but they were way behind the Americans -
@marksholdice Yes and no. Remembers Soviets had Sakharov plus captured Germans. Behind the USA but not impossibly so.
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@HeerJeet The issue w/ espionage isnt its efficacy, but rather the moral aspect. Ppl everywhere hate the idea of traitors, thus the reaction - End of conversation
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@HeerJeet "Spy thinking" in the West, in a sense, is the product of overzealous counterintelligence, public moods and risk-averse politicans -
@marksholdice Yep. Absolutely agree. - Show replies
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