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| Video Discription | Interview of Tuesday, 17 Oct 2023 between Brian J. Morra, Former US Air Force Intelligence Officer and senior aerospace executive; and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss Brian's semi-fiction book "The Able Archers" on the 1983 Soviet nuclear war crisis. Of this book, Former DDI and D/CIA Robert M. Gates wrote: “Occasionally, a work of fiction is best suited to bring little-known but dangerous historical events to life. In the fall of 1983, Soviet leaders apparently became deeply worried that the U.S. was preparing to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the USSR under the cover of a NATO exercise titled “Able Archer.” Brian Morra’s novel “The Able Archers ” builds a tension-packed story around those events and paints a cast of heroic figures on both sides who prevent a global catastrophe. While a gripping work of fiction, “The Able Archers ” is a powerful reminder of the value of human judgment — and the continuing peril posed by nuclear-armed powers.” The interview runs 26 minutes and includes several Q&As. His book "The Able Archers" may be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Able-Archers-Brian-J-Morra-ebook/dp/B09RH2PK2S Key Moments: 00:45 - Intro of author Brian Morra 01:25 - Why did you decide to fictionalize some aspects of this true story? 02:22 - Give our audience more background on the shootdown of KAL Flight 007 and this "nuclear war crisis" 04:01 - How much of a role did inadequate communications and U.S.-Soviet fatigue play? 05:50 - Who was GRU Colonel Ivan Levchenko and what role did he play? 07:06 - Who was Air Force Captain Cattani? What role did he play? 08:35 - Speaking of NATO's nuclear war exercise called Able Archer 83...what happened and what was the outcome? 14:12 - What stratagem did the principals come up with to de-escalate the crisis? 18:02 - How did the U.S. signal to the Soviets that Able Archer was only an exercise? 19:51 - Were President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher made aware of how close we came to a nuclear exchange? 23:34 - Do you have another book in the works? A sequel? BIOS: BRIAN J. MORRA is a former U.S. intelligence officer and a retired senior aerospace executive. He helped lead the American intelligence team in Japan that uncovered the true story behind the Soviet Union’s shootdown of Korean Airlines flight 007 in September 1983. He also served on the Air Staff at the Pentagon while on active duty. As an aerospace executive he worked on many important national security programs. Mr. Morra earned a BA from William and Mary, an MPA from the University of Oklahoma, an MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. JAMES R. HUGHES currently serves as the 17th President of AFIO. His service began January 2015. He had a career of US Government service spanning 37 years in numerous foreign countries with a particular focus in the Middle East. He started in U.S. Military Intelligence in the late 1960s and then joined the CIA’s Clandestine Service. He served overseas as a Chief of Station several times, and at CIA Headquarters in a number of senior management positions, including as Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, in the Directorate of Operations [today’s National Clandestine Service]. He was also named the Associate Deputy Director of Operations (ADDO) at the National Security Agency, 1998-99. Following his retirement from the government in 2005, he joined EDS in Herndon, VA, as the Client Industry Executive for the U.S. Intelligence Community. After the HP acquisition of EDS, he continued to serve in a similar capacity until his retirement in 2012. His parents were missionaries in Turkey in the 1950s, where Jim spent his formative years. He is fluent in Arabic. AFIO's upcoming programs: https://www.afio.com Follow us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-former-intelligence-officers-inc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AFIO YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AFIOVideos/videos Podcasts: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/afio-podcast/id1557682646 Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education-Podcasts/AFIO-Podcast-p1415133/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eFF7ll45IeG2Knp3GEXtU Podbean: https://afio.podbean.com/ |
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