…most recently played a leading role in a major scientific study on the effects of nuclear war. Lieutenant general Brent Scowcroft, National security advisor to president ford, chairman of president Reagan's Bipartisan commission on the mx missile. And former…

…in our common interest. Let me pick up a point that was made here a few moments ago and address it to you general Scowcroft. I believe it was you Mr Buckley who found optimism in Mr Sagan's Pessimism. If indeed we live in a world in which a…

…Therefore god's sakes don't ever start one. That's the first point. All right, let me let Mr Sagan respond to that then general Scowcroft, and then folks you may as well get ready with your questions because we're going to start involving you with all of…

…leave it in those general terms because I must confess, statistics leave by mind reeling, and I suspect everybody else's too. General Scowcroft do you want to respond to the general thrust of what Dr Sagan was saying? Yes, there are two basic truths we…

…convey how do we get to the men in the kremlin to say we want to do something? What can we do about that? General Scowcroft, I think the men in the kremlin respond to strength and by and large they take gestures of goodwill designed designed by us to…

…the questions crisp and the answers equally crisp. Yes sir it's your question. Yes I'd like to direct my questions to both Mr Scowcroft and Mr Kissinger. If in fact what we're trying to do now is move away from single warhead move away from mirved icbms…

…away from mirved icbms towards single warhead icbms, why are we then moving forward with the ten warhead mirved mx missile? General Scowcroft? I think because it's essential to deploy the mx in order to get from here to there. The single warhead missile…

…let the other five panelists give us their closing thoughts because we are quite literally down to our last couple of minutes. General Scowcroft, I think the key issues are how we sort our way through what is a very dangerous period. I do agree, as Mr…