…we are joined here in Washington by a live audience and a distinguished panel of guests: former secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Elie Wiesel, philosopher, theologian and author on the subject of the holocaust. William F Buckley Jr Publisher of the…

…right. Well in that case let me capitalize on that brief moment of agreement because I suspect there won't be very many more. Dr Kissinger, let me turn to you and ask you then, if indeed one accepts either Dr Sagan's Version or the version that we saw…

…in this room who disagrees with the fact that this must not happen. It's how to avoid it that we should be discussing. Dr Kissinger, you have brought us precisely to the issue that I think brings us all here together this evening. I think it can go…

…working on reducing the numbers, which the arms negotiations now in Geneva are pointed to, we should pick up an idea that Henry Kissinger put forward I've put it forward, others have others have put it forward: it's not enough to reduce numbers, we must…

…historians feel that it was that very sense that brought about precisely what everyone was trying to avoid. I think what Dr Kissinger was talking about before is precisely that: the danger that in being human about what we've just seen, we may become not…

…not only impractical but unwise. Would you like to respond to that notion? I agree with you and I agree with Dr Kissinger on that. It's true that pacifism in the absolute sense would be dangerous. We cannot yield our world to dictatorship we cannot…

…will explode hence my ambivalence hence my fear. I do not see realistically a way out I don't know what could be done. Dr Kissinger, You've been writing about dealing with this notion, as you pointed out a few moments ago, for some 30 years. Why do we…

…most likely at the lowest numbers of weapons and has in fact been advocated at the lowest numbers of weapons if you can Dr Kissinger explain that briefly? Why well the theory? There was a theory at one time that was and that is still used by many…

…the situation and the more the encouragement for other powers to acquire nuclear weapons. That's the second time that's been said now Dr Kissinger said it a moment ago. Explain it one more time why is less more in this case? Because if each side the…

…more to do. Mr McNamara said tonight that we have to increase stability while at the same time being much more imaginative. Mr Kissinger said that we need a policy that will one day eliminate the need for these type of weapons. I'll tell you what. Help…

…from the high Frontier School of thought right, that would be correct. All right who would like to pick it up? Dr Kissinger, high Frontier, I don't know enough about the space technology to have a judgment on whether it is technically possible to do…

…nuclear winter. Carl Sagan, pick up if you will, on a the question that was asked but b also the point that Dr Kissinger made, namely that defensive systems and for example at one point we were in the process of building an anti ballistic missile system…

…lulls us into thinking that we can get away from this problem without the kinds of confidence building and stabilizations that Dr Kissinger and secretary McNamara have talked about. All right let's go to questions the lady in about the fifth row back. Yes…

…happen if we don't it's bound to happen again. Go ahead Mr Berkley. No I think that we do have to talk about it and Dr Kissinger 25 years ago got hell for consenting to talk about it. So did Herman Kahn. The fact of the matter is that here we are…

…and that's been very positive. But it does not go nearly far enough in dealing with the problem we're talking about. Dr Kissinger, some thoughts on the freeze. I think that the freeze will prevent many of the measures that we've been talking about. It…

…your left hand up go ahead. Well I'm not necessarily afraid of the man in the white House or us here. And building on what Mr Kissinger said, how do we convey how do we get to the men in the kremlin to say we want to do something? What can we do…

…the panelists have been emphasizing that what the real objective is is the pursuit of stability in the world. Secretary McNamara, Mr Kissinger both emphasized this. I have to ask, in light of that and if we want to reduce the probability of a conventional…

…on to the next question. Yes sir, I'd like to return to an affirmative approach to some of these problems. Secretary Kissinger mentioned the need for new institutions with which to maintain stability. At this time. Thousands of Americans have joined together…

…some of our resources to the field, to study and research in this field? And isn't it a time that we got on with Dr Kissinger? Are we, in suggesting a peace academy, in suggesting that we devote our resources to that are we being naive or is that in…

…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 towards single…

…a technical question I don't have the answer to. It is widely alleged that they're violating salt I right now. Maybe Dr Kissinger can tell us whether that's true or not with that RADAR Installation they have in Siberia well, rather than isolating on that…

…or not with that RADAR Installation they have in Siberia well, rather than isolating on that point, is it in fact, Dr Kissinger possible to independently verify that the soviets are keeping to agreements that they make and to address the point that was…

…jointly set for ourselves and our civilization and our species. But the way to cut nuclear weapons is to cut nuclear weapons, Dr Kissinger. I think we must have confidence in ourselves and we can solve both the arms control problem and we must solve the…