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[indistinct radio chatter] [bianna] and it came at a very sensitive moment for moscow, that it had been humiliated on the global stage following the downing of that jet in particular. so every move was interpreted probably to a larger degree than it should have. [narrator] b-52 bombers with nuclear capabilities now arrive at the u.s. air base in germany. andropov watches everything unfold from his hospital bed. the soviet people are unaware of their leader s declining health, as he keeps his hands firmly on the reins of power. [nina] andropov is dying, but he is clutching that red button. he really thinks if it s not him, who else? ....
Is coming true. [indistinct radio chatter] [bianna] and it came at a very sensitive moment for moscow, that it had been humiliated on the global stage following the downing of that jet in particular. so every move was interpreted probably to a larger degree than it should have. [narrator] b-52 bombers with nuclear capabilities now arrive at the u.s. air base in germany. andropov watches everything unfold from his hospital bed. the soviet people are unaware of their leader s declining health, as he keeps his hands firmly on the reins of power. [nina] andropov is dying, but he is clutching that red button. ....
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Is that everything got out of control. this is just something that people can t comprehend, that a human error could bring the end of the world. people just can t absorb that. [nina] ultimately, you kind of have this mendacity. you believe in your own propaganda of your own greatness. you re in the control of the state. [suspenseful music playing] 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. ....
Thought that was terrific. most of the people in attendance of the speech didn t think it was terrific at all. why? because he was too radical. and it did cause a reaction in the soviet union. [nina] that speech, it was offensive. and it was actually offensive to a lot of people. a lot of people i remember saying, well, who the hell are you to tell us that we are in the heap of history? [tim] that fed into the sense in moscow that ronald reagan was a cowboy, and that he intended to use nuclear weapons against the soviet union in a war that is really fought psychologically. think about how dangerous that is. [narrator] closer cooperation between the u.k. and the u.s. is exactly what andropov fears. and in this cold war, andropov looks to his agents for proof. [ken] what intelligence did in those days ....