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They ended the war in Japan, which was the final frontier in World War II. See nuclear fusion. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

As CIA station chief in Moscow in the 1980s, he oversaw an operation for a trove of secret documents on Soviet military research and development.