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Old 06-21-2017, 12:33 AM   #1
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Ahh, of course. This explains why the Manhattan Project was such an abject failure; too many chatty Cathys just spilled the beans and let the whole world know what we are up to. That's why we are all speaking German and Japanese.
Actually quite a few knew or had strong suspicions we were building a secret super weapon. They didn't know exactly what it was or how devastating it would be, but even if they did what were they going to do about it?
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Old 06-21-2017, 08:35 AM   #2
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Actually quite a few knew or had strong suspicions we were building a secret super weapon.
The Germans and Russians even knew it was called the Manhattan Project. I know it is true. It was stated on "Hogan's Heroes".
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