082585 Remembering Samantha Smith an AT40 Extra

Samantha Smith is famous for writing a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov in November 1982 and for the letter to be published in Pravda, the Soviet Union s newspaper. Her letter reads: Dear Mr. Andropov, My name is Samantha Smith. I am 10 years old. Congratulations on your new job. I have been worrying about Russia and the United States getting into a nuclear war. Are you going to vote to have a war or not If you aren t please tell me how you are going to help to not have a war. This question yo