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From Stettine in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.

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

We have been compelled to create a permanent armament's industry of vast proportions.

As a free man, I say pride in the word, Hish bin, Hein, Bialina.

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.

Welcome to episode 12, or Patreon-only series 1983, the year the world almost ended.

This one is titled 1983 Part 2, The Winds of Change.

And last time, we spoke of Anthropov, Reagan, and a little bit of what was known or is known as Operation Ryan.

Today, we're going to move the narrative further along.

As you probably noticed, the early 1980s was a dangerous time.

Your humble host was in elementary school when Reagan won the presidency, and thus not truly aware of what was going on.

Sure, you heard about the Russians being the enemy, but honestly, I was more interested in Star Wars, the films, not the Strategic Defense Initiative,

so for the most part, that stuff didn't penetrate into my thinking. However, it would in 1983,

when ABC aired the day after tomorrow. Suddenly, all of this started to become very real to me

and to many other Americans.

Now, I don't want to spend a whole lot of time with introduction,

so I'll spare you that and just get right into the show.

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