In June 1983, at the height of the international debate on the proposed deployment of Cruise missiles in Europe to counter the deployment of Soviet SS-20 missiles in Eastern Europe, a panel discussion was held at Amsterdam’s Free University. It was organised by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the list of participants was impressive:
Speakers:
– Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme (1927-1986)
– Egon Bahr (1922-2015), disarmament specialist of the Social Democrat Party of West Germany
– Georgi Arbatov (1923-2010), Kremlin advisor and head of the Institute of North American studies in Moscow
– Admiral Noel Gayler (1914-2011), former Commander of the US South Pacific fleet