Interesting that none of the Allied witnesses wondered if Stalin's disinterest could have been due to prior knowledge.
Americans sometimes want to believe, even today, that Stalin didn't know what Truman meant. It's a weird thing, given we know how much intel Stalin had on the bomb, on the upcoming Trinity test, etc. Seems more plausible to me to assume he knew.https://twitter.com/GeneDannen/status/1021800799616229376 …
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They knew that the Soviets had attempted espionage (at Berkeley), but they thought they had thwarted it. How wrong they were!
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According to new book by Frank Close on Klaus Fuchs, Stalin knew about Trinity before Truman, newly-sworn in, did.
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Hasegawa's "Racing the Enemy" (based on US, Soviet & Japanese archives) was eyeopening. Stalin accelerated plans to invade Japan as soon as Truman told him about atomic bomb in Postdam. Both bomb & invasion abt securing terms of surrender
@curiouswavefn https://books.google.com/books?id=iPju1MrqgU4C&q=atomic+bomb#v=onepage&q&f=true …pic.twitter.com/yfx9XfjiHM
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He did, but I have a different question: how can one "win" a conversation?
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I have read that Stalin got the news before Truman. Also Truman’s suite was bugged.
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I thought afterword Stalin chewed out his intelligence chief for not getting the info to him first, since he knew the test was coming.
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I have a pretty low opinion of Truman. Hard to imagine him showing up Stalin: vain, evil and competent.
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