thought that was terrific. most of the people in attendance of the speech didn t think it was terrific at all. why? because he was too radical. and it did cause a reaction in the soviet union. [nina] that speech, it was offensive. and it was actually offensive to a lot of people. a lot of people i remember saying, well, who the hell are you to tell us that we are in the heap of history? [tim] that fed into the sense in moscow that ronald reagan was a cowboy, and that he intended to use nuclear weapons against the soviet union in a war that is really fought psychologically. think about how dangerous that is. [narrator] closer cooperation between the u.k. and the u.s. is exactly what andropov fears. and in this cold war, andropov looks to his agents for proof. [ken] what intelligence did in those days
was going to come back at us and the family with a vengeance. and, you know, there was even a talk that the gulags are going to be reinstated. he is going to push forward certain policies, including international policies. [narrator] as leader of the soviet union, andropov takes his operation ryan charts from the kgb back rooms to the heart of soviet policy. [tim] yuri andropov is a very conspiratorial figure. he is convinced that the united states is seeking domination over the soviets, and ultimately a nuclear victory. [nina] and so the soviet union has to be completely and utterly prepared to push that button. [narrator] all eyes are now on reagan in this uncharted new landscape. [nina] reagan was adamant that he s not going to deal with those red bastards.
the most notorious double agents it s in the four-part series, and here s a preview yuri andropov is the head of the soviet intelligence service the kgb the kgb have been running the rational life for years under open was getting more and more convinced of the menacing was he was a full blown kgb person who thought that it s sayyed the us or them. and basically better by them your andropov concludes that the superpowers are on the verge of a nuclear war and so he begins a process of collecting information. there would be indicators of the approach of nuclear war this running tally of signs is called operation riyadh joining
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