…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 national review, author and columnist Carl Sagan, Astronomer and author who most recently played…

…thank you very much for joining us this evening. And so we move now to our panel and let me begin with you Mr Buckley. You have been quite eloquent in your denunciation of the movie that we saw this evening, as usual. Now that you have seen it…

…of the soviet union then there won't be a first strike. I agree with that. I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Mr Buckley but that is absolutely right. Well in that case let me capitalize on that brief moment of agreement because I suspect there…

…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 nuclear exchange of what? 100 megatons or…

…of thing that bob McNamara is talking about. All right we're going to have to take a break in just a couple of minutes Mr Buckley, go ahead I may have to cut you off in mid sentence. Well I'd like to focus on this business of stabilization because I…

…Let's go on to the next question the lady in the back I don't think Dr Sagan should be allowed to Shake his head. Ms Buckley Let's well let Dr Sagan Shake his head and you can Shake yours and let's get on to the next question please. Many of the…

…for invasion of Central America? Isn't that the type of situation that could in fact emerge and erupt into a nuclear war? Mr Buckley, well theoretically anything could result in a nuclear war if the soviet union thought it could win it. But I think that…

…I think that they haven't reacted to thus far and that is: how do you accomplish a verifiable reduction in nuclear arms? Mr Buckley, you want to take a crack at that? That's a technical question I don't have the answer to. It is widely alleged that…

…madness would be to remember. If we remember that things are possible, then I believe memory can become a shield. Mr Buckley, we saw tonight a hypothetical catastrophe. There is an ongoing catastrophe that is not hypothetical that's life in the soviet union…