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[ chanting ] >> all of east germany, angry crowds lashed out on the streets. that night in dresden, they found a target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building, as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside, peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. >> he was terrified they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down, police weren't going to help. he called for instruction. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters ...

class="nosel"> all russian and soviet dictators, their problem is they always think that they're the last line of defense. you are in power. you have the right to, if you decide, to destroy it so nobody else will get it. the united states doesn't even notice that the soviets are on edge. they didn't even put the soviet reaction into ronald reagan's presidential daily brief. [indistinct radio chatter] [narrator] before andropov can act, the able archer operation wraps up on schedule. [pilot] roger that. [narrator] andropov is finally persuaded that this really was just an exercise. thi...

History columnist John Rhodes writes about the Roxborough villa and the Gray family.

History columnist John Rhodes writes about the Roxborough villa and the Gray family.

History columnist John Rhodes writes about the Roxborough villa and the Gray family.