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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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German Secret Agents in New York

Carrent te set up for the summer of 19 16. Why don't we pull back a little bit, maybe to the start of the war in 19 14. So this already german secret agents in the city, even at the beginning of the war, right? Because i assume they were kind of stranded here, right? Well, some. But we have to look at the ambassador from germany who came to the neutral united states to serve as ambassador. That's a man named count johann bernsdorf,. He brought with him to washington and to his new york office, ecause he had an office at 60 wall street. Not your typical cast of

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