Let's Get Together is a science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.
Part of the Robot series, it was first published in the February 1957 issue of Infinity Science Fiction. It was later collected in 1964's The Rest of the Robots, 1982's The Complete Robot, and 1992's The Complete Stories Volume 2.
Summary[]
During a prolonged Cold War, a secret agent from Moscow arrives in America with a critical warning: the enemy has developed humanoid robots, ten of which have infiltrated the country. These robots are designed to act as components of a total conversion bomb, which will detonate with nuclear force once they assemble.
To counter this threat, a secret conference of America's top scientists is hastily organized. The head of the Bureau of Robotics realizes the enemy's true plan: the robots have replaced scientists who were invited to this very conference. While the explosion would be contained, it would precisely eliminate the nation's entire scientific leadership. He immediately orders that all scientists must be security-screened before being allowed to gather.
The plan is confirmed when ten of the scientists en route to the conference self-destruct. However, the bureau chief is struck by a final, chilling realization: the enemy could only have discovered and aborted their plan so quickly if they were warned by their own agent. He draws his weapon and kills the secret agent, whose body leaks high-grade machine oil, revealing he was the primary robotic infiltrator all along.
See Also[]
List of short stories by Isaac Asimov