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[ Man Narrating ]
1961. The Cold War rages...
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between the United States
and the Communist powers.
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It is a war of nerves, of threats
and bluffs, of military bluster.
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Armies and ominous tanks
line the streets of Moscow...
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as do missiles with warheads...
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carrying the promise
of mass destruction.
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It is an era of intrigue
and espionage.
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Soviet spies are routinely
trapped and sent to prisons.
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Or they are exchanged
for American spies...
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incarcerated
behind the Iron Curtain.
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Tensions culminate
with the shooting down...
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of an American high-altitude
reconnaissance plane...
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while a U.N. ambassador,
Henry Cabot Lodge...
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shows a hidden microphone the Reds
disguised in the great seal at an embassy.
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Abroad, often in the midst of
bloodthirsty Marxist regimes...
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tiny islands of
free American territory...
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in the person
of United States embassies...
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carry on round-the-clock efforts
to maintain stable relations...
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often against hostile
and aggressive populations.
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One slip in the world
of Cold War diplomacy...
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could lead instantly
to nuclear disaster.
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...
