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Letter · 1939 · age 60

Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2 August 1939

by Albert Einstein

Kept from en.wikisource.org · 1 file · 73 KBCall number EIN L1939.01

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en.wikisource.org
Retrieved
1 October 2026
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Wikisource: US public domain, 1931-77 publication without notice
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To checkSigned by Einstein but largely drafted by Leo Szilard, who died in 1964.Basis: co-drafter Szilard died 1964 (record note; death year general knowledge), under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.
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Cite as
Albert Einstein, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2 August 1939 (1939). Long Keeping, call number EIN L1939.01. https://longkeeping.com/albert-einstein/letter-to-franklin-d-roosevelt-2-august-1939/
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  • #9Saved from Wikisource without a pinned revision number; the revision is recorded inside the file itself.

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