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{{cquote|Putin had words of praise for the American scientists who willingly helped the USSR develop its own A-bomb. They were not traitors to their country, he said. Rather, they were serving the cause of international peace.<ref>Jerrold L. Schecter and Leona Schecter, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ftFoAAAAMAAJ Sacred secrets: how Soviet intelligence operations changed American history]'' (Brassey's, 2002) ISBN 1574883275, p. xix</ref>}}

{{cquote|Putin had words of praise for the American scientists who willingly helped the USSR develop its own A-bomb. They were not traitors to their country, he said. Rather, they were serving the cause of international peace.<ref>Jerrold L. Schecter and Leona Schecter, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ftFoAAAAMAAJ Sacred secrets: how Soviet intelligence operations changed American history]'' (Brassey's, 2002) ISBN 1574883275, p. xix</ref>}}

In 2012, according to Russia's government news agency Itar-Tass, Putin amplified these remarks:

In 2012, according to Russia's government news agency Itar-Tass, Putin amplified these remarks:

{{cquote|You know, when the States already had nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels ... They were carrying the information away not on microfilm but literally in suitcases. Suitcases! ... It was the cream of the scientific world that was gathered in America, and I personally have gotten the impression that they consciously gave us information on the atom bomb ... They did this consciously because the atom bomb had been used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and scientists from mankind’s intellectual elite at the time understood what unilateral possession of such a weapon might lead to.<ref>"[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/putin-praises-cold-war-spies.aspx?pageID=238&nID=14477&NewsCatID=353 Putin praises Cold War spies], ''Hurriyet Daily News'' (Turkey), February 22, 2012</ref>}}

{{cquote|You know, when the States already had nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels ... They were carrying the information away not on microfilm but literally in suitcases. Suitcases! ... It was the cream of the scientific world that was gathered in America, and I personally have gotten the impression that they consciously gave us information on the atom bomb ... They did this consciously because the atom bomb had been used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and scientists from mankind’s intellectual elite at the time understood what [[unilateral]] possession of such a weapon might lead to.<ref>"[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/putin-praises-cold-war-spies.aspx?pageID=238&nID=14477&NewsCatID=353 Putin praises Cold War spies], ''Hurriyet Daily News'' (Turkey), February 22, 2012</ref>}}

====The H-bomb====

====The H-bomb====