Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980) - The atom bomb warning of 1939

How Roosevelt was warned of Germany's nuclear threat by two Hungarian refugees from Long Island in 1939, thanks to a boy who liked fishing.

Published on Saturday, 8th August 1970.

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