3: Red Alert: Paul Nitze and the Present Danger
Written and presented by Michael Charlton
The Committee on the Present Danger - composed of distinguished Democrats who later joined President Reagan's administration - had a profound influence on American attitudes towards the Soviet Union in the late 1970s. They believed that the Soviet-American relationship could not be built upon co-operation but, rather, was one of permanent opposition.
Contributors: Paul Nitze , Eugene Rostow ,
Henry Kissinger , Richard Perle Producer ANNE WINDER (R)
(Part 4. 'Jimmy Carter : Retreatfrom Assured Destruction', next Saturday)