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That's a wonderful letter. It's heartbreaking and it tells you so much.

That's a wonderful letter. It's heartbreaking and it tells you so much.

What a way to put that. It's very gentle, but it's also saying that's perhaps an old-fashioned attitude.

What a way to put that. It's very gentle, but it's also saying that's perhaps an old-fashioned attitude.

What have people's reactions been, like sort of the range of reactions that you've gotten?

What have people's reactions been, like sort of the range of reactions that you've gotten?

That's incredible. I love that.

That's incredible. I love that.

I've never heard that expression before, but I love that.

I've never heard that expression before, but I love that.

That's incredible.

That's incredible.

Mary was one of those people that I think by making her representative of something, you miss a lot of their uniqueness.

Mary was one of those people that I think by making her representative of something, you miss a lot of their uniqueness.

And then he went over to the CIA, almost mysteriously. Alan Dulles recruited him, or seems to have recruited him for the CIA meeting.

And then he went over to the CIA, almost mysteriously. Alan Dulles recruited him, or seems to have recruited him for the CIA meeting.

And she was having this suburban life across the river in McLean, Virginia.

And she was having this suburban life across the river in McLean, Virginia.

The strain on the families of the CIA in the 1950s during the Cold War was extreme. There was a great deal of alcoholism. There was a great deal of suicide. There was a great deal of family dysfunction. Very, very unhappy kids. Very unhappy wives. Guys who would disappear forever and ever on these CIA missions. They could never talk about what they were doing. The drinking was fantastic.

The strain on the families of the CIA in the 1950s during the Cold War was extreme. There was a great deal of alcoholism. There was a great deal of suicide. There was a great deal of family dysfunction. Very, very unhappy kids. Very unhappy wives. Guys who would disappear forever and ever on these CIA missions. They could never talk about what they were doing. The drinking was fantastic.