Viewpoint: 'The Day After' Panel
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Apr 26, 202620 November 1983USA — ABC News (national broadcast)
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Ted Koppel hosts an 80-minute panel discussion airing immediately after the ABC TV-movie The Day After — Sagan's first major TV deployment of the 'nuclear winter' framing, alongside Kissinger, McNamara, Buckley, Wiesel, and Scowcroft.
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ABC News hosts a major panel discussion on the film The Day After and the reality of nuclear war. Guests debate deterrence, arms reduction, nuclear freeze, verification, and the risks of launch-on-warning, while stressing the need for stability, education, and continued U.S.-Soviet negotiations.
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