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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Interesting that none of the Allied witnesses wondered if Stalin's disinterest could have been due to prior knowledge.
They knew that the Soviets had attempted espionage (at Berkeley), but they thought they had thwarted it. How wrong they were!