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  • 30 years ago, we were all protected by something called mutually assured destruction.

  • Life was very different.

  • Then we have to go through all this.

  • Yes, you must.

  • The letters were able to pass through the Berlin Wall.

  • From there they would be sent by diplomatic mail bag to London.

  • This was treason.

  • Then this happened 1989 1 of the great days of modern human persistence.

  • The wall may be gone, but is there still a chill in the air?

  • In those days, the rules were the rules now drawn Cold War season on BBC four.

30 years ago, we were all protected by something called mutually assured destruction.

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