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  • $\begingroup$ That's some really good prediction skills! Thanks for the insight $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 18, 2018 at 19:47
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    $\begingroup$ Really, Stalin was known for being a tad bit of a paranoid. In the sense that Godzilla was a tad bit on the large side. I hesitate to say it was predictive, but then again, you're not paranoid if you're right, right? $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 19, 2018 at 15:30
  • $\begingroup$ Re Stalin "sent his spies", I think you misread the situation. The "spies" mostly weren't Russians sent to spy, but Americans who were Communists and who already worked on the programs. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 3, 2018 at 19:00
  • $\begingroup$ @jamesqf: I think that is a distinction without a difference. Stalin knew where to look. It's said that Stalin knew more about the Manhattan Project than Truman did the day before Roosevelt died. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 16, 2018 at 15:15
  • $\begingroup$ @hszmv: In the context of development it doesn't really make a difference, of course. The Soviets had the benefit of much information from the US. It's just that in the wider political context, it's inaccurate. Had it been a case of just sending spies, they wouldn't have known where to send them, whereas the people who were inside in the course of their work knew what they had. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 17, 2018 at 16:51