Ignition sequence start.

6.5.4. 3. 2.1.0. All engine running.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the colony.

On Sunday, June 25th, communist forces attacked the Republic of Korea.

We have been compelled to create a permanent armamentous industry of vast proportions.

As a free man, I take pride in the word, Hish bin, Hein, Bealina.

Three representatives of one foreign power, the Soviet Union, have been expelled for spy.

It was C.S. Lewis, who in his unforgettable screwtake letters, wrote,

The greatest evil is not done now in those sort of dens of crime that

Dickens love to paint.

Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.

All right, so welcome to episode four of our series, 1983, the year the world almost ended.

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Okay, so let's get on to the show because this promises to be a very long episode,

possibly hitting the one hour mark or the 50-minute mark somewhere around there.

All right, so here we go.

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