A Soviet leader invites an American schoolgirl to the Soviet Union to soothe her fears about nuclear war - April 25th, 1983

This Day in History Class - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1983, the Kremlin released a letter from Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to Samantha Smith, an 11-year-old American girl who was anxious about the threat of nuclear war.

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