In 1946, soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the us ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called ‘the thing.’ It was found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep. - History Education Network

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In 1946, soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the us ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called ‘the thing.’ It was found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep.

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