Beware gifts from Soviet spies
5/10/20260 min
After the Second World War, relations between America, Britain and the Soviets were frosty and as the Cold War rivalry intensified, they were watching each other with intense side-eye. And it turns out, listening as well.
Matt Bevan (If You’re Listening) tells Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole) the story of how a gift from the Soviets to the Americans was used as a trojan horse to listen in on conversations, and it was made by a man whose name is now famous but for a very different reason.
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13 sentencesSpeaker 00:00
ABC Listen: podcasts, radio, news, music, and more [pensive music] How reliable is your memory of a crime scene?
Sana Qadar· Soundbite0:10
And can those memories be manipulated?
Speaker 20:13
Connected to wrongful convictions How a memory works can be damaging for a justice system and for the integrity of a justice system This is Sana Qadar from All in the Mind.
Sana Qadar· Soundbite0:24
If you are a fan of true crime, you should check out our new series, Forensic. It's about the quirks and curiosities of our weird human brains. Search for All in the Mind on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts [radio static] Here is a news flash.
Speaker 40:41
The German radio has just announced that Hitler is dead.
Speaker 50:47
Germany and the enemy who drove all Europe into war has been finally overcome.
Speaker 40:56
During the first few moments of this bulletin, the war in Europe is coming to its official end [pensive music] World War II has ended.
Marc Fennell· Host1:06
Nazi Germany has been defeated. The US, Britain, and the Soviet Union banded together to win a war, but now the relationship between them all is, well, it's tense. We've shifted into Cold War territory, and they're watching each other with intense side eye and, it turns out, listening to each other as well. The year is 1951,