For years, most Russian scientists and officials have insisted that the Soviet invention was completely independent of the United States, with the exception of preliminary intelligence from Klaus Fuchs.
The possible shift, first reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, came days after the United States disclosed its preliminary intelligence assessment that chemical munitions, which Mr. Assad's military has been known to stockpile, had been used on a small scale in Syria.
Although he had already failed in 1964 the draft's preliminary intelligence tests in literacy and numeracy (placed at just 16 in an elementary attainment level of 30) – "I said I was the greatest, not the smartest" – fresh calls for his induction came in 1966.
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