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Typescript transcript of interview with Peter Pry, CIA Analyst. Subjects include his PHD in Strategic Studies at the University of Southern California; his political views at this time; the tension between the two superpowers; NATO deploying Pershing II missiles and USSR deploying SS20 missiles; making comparisons between Able Archer and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; the importance of the enemy’s perception and the use of intelligence analysis; USSR’s “culture of paranoia” compared to US’s ‘dysfunctional optimism’; the principle of a balance of power and global vulnerability as a result of the balance of power; Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP); Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches; Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)/Star Wars; US as a benign superpower; USSR seeing peace as a preparation for conflict due to their history; Yuri Andropov; his history, the ministers surrounding him; 1991 USSR coup d'état attempt; Operation RYAN computer; US monitoring of USSR activity; Able Archer causing increased combat readiness.101pp
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